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So for quite some time I’ve been absolutely obsessed with John Dickson round action shotguns. Knowing full well that unless I win the lottery I’ll probably never own one, let alone would I ever feel confident take it to the field to actually use it which is it’s intended purpose, I decided to put together a poor man’s version of a John Dickson ish sxs. I started with a Huglu 200a 16ga sxs I bought from Prophet River Firearms. I reshaped the forearm and cut all new checkering to match the Dickson style checkering that covers the whole forearm. I then recut the checkering on the stock with more of an English style pattern. I then prepped the stock for a London’s best finish from researching a recipe online, which included a 2 year old alkanet red oil. I finished the gun off with a pachmyer red recoil pad. I now have a single trigger 16ga sxs that has the look of a Dickson that I have no problem taking to the field for many years. Matt

The gun I started with
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The finished gun
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You have good taste matt. A Scottish round action is my dream gun and what's called The Edinburgh Gun, by McNaughton (who had the first round action patent, around 1875) is my unicorn. Google it. Once you see one, there's no going back.

However, Dickson, McNaughton and the more modern work of David McKay Brown on updating those designs are not the only true round actions out there. There is also the Manufrance Ideal from France......first produced in 1888 and the production run ended in 1984. Almost 100 years. Like vintage American SxS, Manufrance made the Ideal in a multitude of grades.....from dead stock basic to over the top extravagance. And like with Parker, Fox and the rest, the vast majority of Ideals were made in the lower grades. That translates to not that much money. A basic Ideal will show up for sale in Canada every once in a while in the $800 to $1200 range. If it's a 16, like all the rest, it will be a bit more money.

This one is mine:


This one is kinda top of the line:
 
Looks better than the original. I think the new checkering pattern is way better suited to the shotgun than the original pattern.
 
The Dickson, McNaughton (especially the skeletal action), and the David McKay Brown are all my dream gun as well.

There has been a Dickson trigger plate round action with damascus barrels in its makers case at the Calgary gun show these past couple years that I have been drooling over. But alas it is beyond my budget and probably for a good many years.
 
The_Gun_Boy said:
The Dickson, McNaughton (especially the skeletal action), and the David McKay Brown are all my dream gun as well.

There has been a Dickson trigger plate round action with damascus barrels in its makers case at the Calgary gun show these past couple years that I have been drooling over. But alas it is beyond my budget and probably for a good many years.
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Is that the one that has another makers name on it that was apparently finished in Brandon?
 
canvasback said:
You have good taste matt. A Scottish round action is my dream gun and what's called The Edinburgh Gun, by McNaughton (who had the first round action patent, around 1875) is my unicorn. Google it. Once you see one, there's no going back.

However, Dickson, McNaughton and the more modern work of David McKay Brown on updating those designs are not the only true round actions out there. There is also the Manufrance Ideal from France......first produced in 1888 and the production run ended in 1984. Almost 100 years. Like vintage American SxS, Manufrance made the Ideal in a multitude of grades.....from dead stock basic to over the top extravagance. And like with Parker, Fox and the rest, the vast majority of Ideals were made in the lower grades. That translates to not that much money. A basic Ideal will show up for sale in Canada every once in a while in the $800 to $1200 range. If it's a 16, like all the rest, it will be a bit more money.

This one is mine:


This one is kinda top of the line:
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That grade of gun in the bottom picture is called the Ace of Spades, for obvious reasons. It was considered to be a exhibition grade gun, not really used to really hunt. The year mine was made, my gun was the highest grade “hunting” gun they made. It’s called a 7RE -C Perfection. In almost 15 years of looking, I haven’t found a higher grade or one in better condition in NA. The mother lode of Manufrance guns is in France. But it’s hard to get guns out of the EU. 10 years ago it was easy.
 
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