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My new gun
Topic Started: 15th January 2007 - 08:44 PM (213 Views)
win22
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Bought a new gun but i think it has something wrong with it.
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I think it has a bit missing
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:huh: :huh: :huh:

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Jan 15 2007, 10:49 PM
:huh:  :huh:  :huh:

Have a look at the barrels just in front of the forend.
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That part of the picture was just off the edge of my page. Has it been cut away?

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Jan 15 2007, 11:23 PM
That part of the picture was just off the edge of my page. Has it been cut away?

You could say that.Posted Image
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That would be half choke at the side then! :D

What a shame that it has been butcherd in such a way, looks a beautiful old gun Win22. I presume that it is a wall piece? *good*
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Just finish the cut, and it'll be ready for a trip to the post office *lol* *lol* *lol*
Seriously though, why?

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It was a nice old gun a model 1878 Colt made around 1880

If you finished the cuts off the gun would still be useable but I am unsure of the description on your ticket.

The cuts have been done by the auction house when it was sold as it has never been through proof. But looking at it I would have said before the angle grinder came out it might have gone through no problem. As the insides of the barrels appear to have had very little use.
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I expect if it wasn't cut it would be worth a damn site more, is it worth restoring, could it be done?

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A trip to the bank were my words when i first saw it,
"EVERYBODY GET DOWN!!!! " *aaaa*

I was holding this gun the other night and thinking -what a shame, its a real nice gun. :(

I suppose youve more chance of hitting things with side chokes like that though..lets take it clay shooting...you can try it first though *lol*

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It looks like they are Damascus twist barrels i.e. traditionally made from twisted and hammered horse shoe nails. They frequently crop up at auctions and it is not uncommon to see small holes in the barrels. I should think this has been the situation with this gun and to cover their &rses the sellers have made it "definitely unshootable". Having said that I know of folks who have fired damascus barreled guns which were holed and it apparently looks like a firework display !! *aaaa*
As I'm sure win22 will know guns can be re-barreled, Westley Richards will do this procedure, however the gun needs to be worth it 'cos it aint cheap.

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Description on ticket: Short bird gun
Previous owner: Jimmy the Weasel (now holidaying in Parkhurst)
Provinence: Lloyds-TSB & NatWest

Yep a 14" barreled shotgun will slot straight on your shotgun cert !! *lol*

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You are correct about the barrels being Damascus and that old shotguns are regularly sold at auction as "suitable for sleaving". Unfortunately these barrels look like they have been cut as the gun had no UK proof marks. I bet the seller that put the gun in auction would be happy to know that for the cost of £50 or so he could have picked up another £700-£1000 for his gun.
As you say you can have them sleeved which means that the barrels are cut just in front of the chamber and new tubes are fixed on to the stubs. The cost of this is around 1k about what the gun would be worth give or take £300. The second slightly more expensive option is to have them lined unfortunately this isn't really an option with the cuts as they are. The third option my choice involves a few international phone calls and a lot of luck that I can pick up a scrapper from the US. If you are really stinking rich you can have peter dyson make you a new set of Damascus barrels but price for just the tubes is around a grand alone.

I did once have a 20" side by side so maybe I could try my arm for one with 10" barrels and just keep it as is. :D
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Looks like an ol pinfire black powder cartridge shot gun. My old granpappys shotgun is like it..............he put many a hot meal on the table for his wife an seven boys with it...
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Jan 15 2007, 11:15 PM
Just finish the cut, and it'll be ready for a trip to the post office *lol* *lol* *lol*
Seriously though, why?

The first thing that I was thinking!!! :ph43r: *dielaugh*
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Whoever is responsible for the damage to those beutifull damascus barrels should
be made two fire to magnums through it **angr**

I'll go along with that Rothers! :angry: *good*
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