Vintage British Doubles

[zephyr]

for your viewing and to keep (8x60's) Salter and Varge .410 company is a John Wilkes .410 made mid 1920's cambered 2 1/2" with 27" barrels weighs in at 4.5lbswith a quarter to show just how petite these guns are

 

[CJNJ]

Love the Funeral finish on the Purdey . I would pick it over elaborately engraved actions every day of the week . I have a Purdey 303 double rifle which went out “in the black” for the 1897 deer season and then came back in to be finished . I wish it had stayed unadorned .

All the guns on this thread are beautiful and worth coveting but that blacked out Purdey is somehow more elegant than any.

 

[gcbailey]

Love the Funeral finish on the Purdey . I would pick it over elaborately engraved actions every day of the week . I have a Purdey 303 double rifle which went out “in the black” for the 1897 deer season and then came back in to be finished . I wish it had stayed unadorned .

I find the funeral guns beautiful in their simplicity as well. I am guessing whoever ordered this gun felt the same way and must have been a Churchill fan, as the gun was ordered to be finished as a funeral gun. It has a beautiful deep blueing. Also, it was struck light and has 25" barrels, which Churchill believed was the optimum length. Apparently long barrels are all the rage right now so I picked this one up at an amazing price, considering its provenance. I have shotguns from 18" to 32" and barrel length (or gauge) has never been a factor in buying.

 

[PCC600]

I find the funeral guns beautiful in their simplicity as well. I am guessing whoever ordered this gun felt the same way and must have been a Churchill fan, as the gun was ordered to be finished as a funeral gun. It has a beautiful deep blueing. Also, it was struck light and has 25" barrels, which Churchill believed was the optimum length. Apparently long barrels are all the rage right now so I picked this one up at an amazing price, considering its provenance. I have shotguns from 18" to 32" and barrel length (or gauge) has never been a factor in buying.

The extra long barrel craze is lost on me . I’m not a clay buster . I prefer lighter guns ( sxs and o/u) with 28 inch barrels for driven game and walk up shooting . I like fast handling guns .

 

[CJNJ]

Found a vintage English gun case on Etsy for my Hellis

 

[CJNJ]

Found a vintage English gun case on Etsy for my HellisView attachment 719842

Will have to make some blocks to fit as it looks like it was made for a long LOP and barrels

 

[Atticus]

Birmingham guns are still the best bargains out there.

I spent the day in the grouse woods of Vermont with my current favorite—a Halliday 2” 12B BLE —@ 5# 3oz it is a joy to carry all day in the thick stuff.

The Wilkes 20b BLNE may get the call tomorrow

I left the W. Horton 12b BLE at home this trip. It’ll see some time later this fall in the Berkshires.

 

[CJNJ]

Beautiful guns. Am intrigued by the 2" guns and how light they are.

 

[Kynoch2015]

Birmingham guns are still the best bargains out there.

I spent the day in the grouse woods of Vermont with my current favorite—a Halliday 2” 12B BLE —@ 5# 3oz it is a joy to carry all day in the thick stuff.

The Wilkes 20b BLNE may get the call

Birmingham guns are still the best bargains out there.

I spent the day in the grouse woods of Vermont with my current favorite—a Halliday 2” 12B BLE —@ 5# 3oz it is a joy to carry all day in the thick stuff.

The Wilkes 20b BLNE may get the call tomorrow

I left the W. Horton 12b BLE at home this trip. It’ll see some time later this fall in the Berkshires.

Love the scalloped action on the two-inch! Congrats on a nice day in the field with it!

 

[PCC600]

I really like Birmingham guns . Picked up this Powell pigeon gun with 2 sets of barrels . Very little used . Shipped to Australia by William Powell in 1951 . One set of barrels are quite open so can handle steel . The others are 3/4 and full. The action is a Scott with a hidden rectangular cross bolt as the third fastener . Just a really nice well balanced gun .