For those who don't regularly visit the C&R sub forum:
Lefever (Ithaca) Nitro Special 12ga. Serial puts her production date at 1923. Right is cylinder, left is full. Standard cock on open with automatic safety upon cocking.
Triggers are crisp, lots of lockup left, and barrels are perfectly on face. Lots of life left in this puppy!
Here is my Pieper short 10 gauge hammer gun. Its chambered for 2 7/8" shells, originally black powder and damascus barrels with steel chambers.
Here is my Pieper short 10 gauge hammer gun. Its chambered for 2 7/8" shells, originally black powder and damascus barrels with steel chambers.
And here is my big 10. It's an Ithaca NID chambered for 10 gauge magnum. This is the gun that Olin invented the 10 gauge magnum for. Note the message on the original paper shell. They only made about 800 of these, Elmer Keith got the first one
so, they say the French imitate nobody and nobody imitates the French. Gun 1 is a Darne sliding breech in 16 gauge. Instead of the barrels dropping like a normal double, the breech slides back. Its actually much stronger and a great idea.
The 2nd gun is a Manufrance Ideal in 12 gauge. It has a retractable sling in the stock, and instead of a top lever, the trigger looking projection behind the trigger guard opens the gun.
I like the look of that - honest wear but in really nice shape.
For those of us short on SxS knowledge what are things to look for when buying an old double barrel? I would think you'd want to ensure that the action locked up tightly and that shells were ejected smoothly but is there anything else? One of these years I want to get an old double barrel less for looking at and more for occasional shooting. Has to have the "right look", though - one day I'll find one.
New grip on an old police magnum
I found this old Model 11 on Instagram. I hate that someone chopped it, but i think it turned out nice overall
I found this old Model 11 on Instagram. I hate that someone chopped it, but i think it turned out nice overall
$290 on rollback at WallyWorld. Figured it was about time I picked up a modern autoloader with tubes and can handle steel better than all my fixed-choke classics.
Fit and finish is surprisingly good for a low-cost Turkish gun. I'm assuming it's an extruded aluminum receiver, but the whole package is rather nice. Bolt is classic tilting lock (it's like a smaller version of my FAL bolt) the machining lines are all crisp and clean, no blemishes on anything, etc. This particular one was made by Kral.
It's got a nice 5 year warranty as well (1 year parts and labor, 4 years thereafter of free parts).
Everything I've read and seen online is that they're pretty decent machines. I wanted something I wouldn't worry too much about since I hunt ducks and geese from a kayak and canoe, so this fit the bill. So far it's decent. Need to hit the range with it though and see if I need to make some stock adjustments for point of aim. I usually need to take a little off the LOP.
New LE trade wingmaster. South Carroll Sporting Good will have a bunch of these at the HoCo show