SxSxS

[sillymike]

If one is good and two is better... three must be pretty good, right?

Stumbled upon this and this

As a promotion for his single trigger, Robertson engineered among the most important shotguns to emerge from the Boss & Co. London workshop in the company’s 205-year history: the triple-barrel SxSxS that incorporated a single trigger. Although a marvel of ingenuity, the shotgun actually reveals the lengths that Robertson went in order to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of the single trigger to a skeptical marketplace.

 

[1963beretta]

Looks like it would swing like a 2x4

 

[Evanguy]

That's impressive and I love his reason for building it.

 

[rembolt]

At 6 pounds 14 ounces . It is probably better than one would think .

 

[sillymike]

That's impressive and I love his reason for building it.

Seems like a whole lot ot trouble to prove a point... but then again, if you have the time/money/knowledge to do it...
- I'd sure be curious to have a look at the inside, but with a listed price of $333,333.33... I sure won't be the one taking it apart!

 

[guntech]

Wouldn't that be a beauty in a 20 gauge...?

 

[FLHTCUI]

Wouldn't that be a beauty in a 20 gauge...?

How about a 28 gauge
Where there is a will there is a way when it comes to ingenuity.
Will be looking for more info via the tube and google.

 

[MiG25]

There's Drilling, Veirling, google Funfling for fun.

 

[legi0n]

regulating this shotgun must be a full time job

 

[Longstud]

Looks like it would swing like a 2x4

I think you meant 2x3 !!

 

[kamlooky]

Hope awl three don't go awf at the same time.
Could be hard awn the tail bone.

 

[Grouse Man]

"Weighing a mere 6 pounds, 14 ounces, I can tell you that when shouldered and presented it feels like a magic wand in ones’ hands; as light and maneuverable as any small-bore, side-by-side game gun.

Of the gun’s total weight, the 28-inch steel barrels are amazingly light at 3 pounds, 7 ounces. The three barrels combined are barely wider than a standard 12-bore side by side."

That is incredible.

 

[Falconflyer]

3 lbs 7 oz is approximately the weight of the 31.5 inch barrels on my 9 lb sporting clays over and under so to be 2 point something pounds lighter I'd think it to be barrel heavy in balance. That's certainly light for 3 barrels but they certainly don't look "barely wider" than a standard 12-bore side by side.

 

[1963beretta]

That's certainly light for 3 barrels but they certainly don't look "barely wider" than a standard 12-bore side by side.

Agree. It’s mathematically impossible to be “barely wider” then a standard 12-bore. Unless by saying “barely wider” they mean the width of an additional 16-bore barrel….

The bore difference between a standard 12 and 16 bore is about 1.6mm

 

[stubblejumper]

Agree. It’s mathematically impossible to be “barely wider” then a standard 12-bore. Unless by saying “barely wider” they mean the width of an additional 16-bore barrel….

The bore difference between a standard 12 and 16 bore is about 1.6mm

Exactly, there is no way to physically fit three 12 gauge barrels side by side to be barely wider than two 12 gauge barrels.

 

[Stephen Nash]

To be fair, I think Grouse Man was alluding to the fact there is probably not a sliver of excess metal anywhere on those barrels, compared to the considerable stoutness of some 12-gauge barrels. What a gorgeous gun, even if the proportions seem odd at first. I think I could get used to it!

 

[sillymike]

Dickson of Edinburgh. It is a side by side by side.

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built as a one off for the director of Dickson's in 1882.

Dickson & Murray's patent No. 2, action patent No. 50, sidelever action with quadruple-bolts engaging two pairs of lumps in parallel, three-trigger round-action non-ejector mechanism, with articulation, gold cocking-indicator pins, automatic safe, each fence carved with a lobate bolster, best foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock (inserts at the head) with ornate border chequering and extension, lever-latch forend with horn tip, the browned fine damascus barrels arranged in line, with twin sunken ribs and central small muzzle-bead

Weight 7lb. 3oz., 14¾in. pull, 28in. barrels, choke approx. cyl. (right), I.C. (mid) and 5/8 (left), 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof.

 

[ParksPipes]

Here's a 12x12-over-20 by Abesser&Merkel.
This one was in an auction here in Ontario a few years ago.
It was an obscure auction, with only a couple guns, and I thought maybe I'd get away with it.
But I tapped out around ~2000-2500 and it went for over 10k.
It would have been a fun one.

 

[ParksPipes]

Here are some triple sxsxs 410s by KarlHauptmann.
These are impressive. Talk about decadence.
Each weigh around 6 3/4lbs.

 

[ParksPipes]

And not to be outdone, a 28bore Ludwig Borovnik, also weighing around 6 3/4lbs....