[Side by side hammer gun]

On 07/05/2022 at 09:57, Green hornet said:

I had the hammer side by side with 30inch barrels for 3years  it shot really well and had no problems with it.I sold it last year to a family member and purchased a 28inch  huglu ejector instead.It handles like an over and under also shoots really well 🙂.

That's reassuring, I've had a go with mine and I am very happy with the way it handles. Quite alot of gun for the money

[Side by side hammer gun]

10 hours ago, Gunman said:

Have you ever read a bad review ? No names but I was sent a gun by an importer  directly from a " reviewer " that had been out on test , decent write up but cutting critic that " the stock may have been a little better finished "  . Wow . No mention that the second barrel would not fire .

I was asked by a magazine ,to do some reviews  but I said I'd tell the truth no matter how many double page ads the importer took out .They declined my terms . .

Wow, if you have 2 barrels it's kind of important that you can fire cartridges through both! I do wonder how much these reviewers are paid to basically lie about the guns they are handed. Well the US market seem to like these Huglu's branded by CZ so I guess it's worth a shot.

[Side by side hammer gun]

20 hours ago, Dave at kelton said:

Reviewed in Shooting U.K. site. Guess only time will tell on quality of the lock work.

I'm always abit dubious about those reviews as Id imagine the writers are paid by the suppliers to give a positive review.

 

[Side by side hammer gun]

Evening all,

Does anyone own or have used a Huglu Hammer gun? 3" Chamber, steel shot proof, chrome lined, nice wood, multi choke. They Also they seem really well made compared with the usual Turkish guns. I'm just wondering if the internals are as soft as butter? 

I'm trying to find a reason not to buy one 😂

Cheers

 

 

[12 bore Pedretti Hushpower]

Ok thanks for your advise, I was thinking of applying for my FAC soon as .17HMR would make short work of the rabbits. I have alot of experience with one. Funnily enough I had been looking at the Pard aswell, to upgrade from my Yukon 6.5. i like the idea of a shotgun for runners and in some areas would be safer than a rimfire.

Cheers

 

[Air Arms TX200]

Not sure where you are based, but I have a full length Mk3 if you are interested (I am in Bedfordshire)

[12 bore Pedretti Hushpower]

Hi all, 

Does anyone have any experience with the 12 bore Pedretti silenced single shot shotguns? I've had a Mossberg 500 .410 Hushpower which blew the pattern with every cartridge I tried, had the 20 bore Investarm which I sold  (after hearing you could not get steel shot up to humane killing speed through one, although a very effective tool with lead shot)... But after talking to others that have loaded their own cartridges with steel and used them to good effect through Hushpowers, I'd like to try a 12g so I can go up a couple shot sizes and still have a decent amount of shot going down range to have the similar effect as lead. I will mainly be using the gun at night on rabbits with Horses living 250-300yds away  Any feedback is appreciated either about the gun itself, subsonic 12g in general or about steel shot being used in silenced shotguns.

Cheers in advance

KKB

 

 

 

 

[AYA Proofing]

16 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Should be on the box.

I did look, but couldn't see anything and it's not listed on the website either.

[AYA Proofing]

So I have a slab of Pigeon Extreme 5-34g, but I have no idea if these would be safe to use in my gun (even though a 3" chamber with       2 3/4" cartridges) I am out tomorrow and would like to use them. Does anyone know the service pressure of these cartridges and if they are ok to use in my No.3?

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7 hours ago, grahamch said:

old english 3 inch guns used to be proved at 3.5 tons psi for 1.5 ounces of shot up until l think the 1950s. 

with modern powders this went to 4 tons psi for loads to 1&7/8 ounces. 

 

Do you think the gun was stamped wrong then?

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1 hour ago, enfieldspares said:

Curiouser and curiouser. There were a few AYA guns that had an odd length chamber that wasn't 3" but slightly longer. As there was a now obscure 12 bore cartridge of somewhat over three inches. One went through Holt's maybe three, four or five years ago. It is odd that the cartouche seems to be 12-76.8? Or somesuch? In which case this may be of those guns yet, from recollection they were marked as 77mm? or 78mm? A trawl through Holt's back catalogues anyway will eventually find it after some effort.

I have a folding .410 with 76mm chambers

58 minutes ago, harkom said:

IIRC Birmingham Proof House lost the plot a bit - around the time that they felt the need to "align" British proof with the edicts from Europe ie CIP regs.

You would/might get an answer to your query if you contact the Proof House direct.

That's a good idea, I had contacted Gamebore in hope of a reply, but still waiting. I'll contact one of the proof houses to get some confirmation.

[AYA Proofing]

Here is a pic of my barrels as requested above

23 hours ago, enfieldspares said:

This is both simple and complicated. Once upon a time (as the best tales start) there were 2" guns, 2 1/2" guns, 2 3/4" guns and 3" guns.

As this was "once upon a time" that old 3" wasn't the 3" MAGNUM of today but a different beast. The cartridge was three inches long but the cartridge delivered less pressure and the guns that fired it were proofed to less pressure.

Today those guns, perfectly safe if sound and in good order, can use another "new" cartridge. What today is sold as a 2 3/4" MAGNUM. Indeed the story is that this was specifically introduced in the UK for use in these old 3" guns.

So my advice would be to contact ASI at Snape who were and are AYA importers and ask the question of them. So the ending of the story is that not all 3" guns are 3" MAGNUM guns.

I am told that the Proof House indeed because of this insist that all such old guns that are marked up as 3" now in fact before lawful sale are now sent to reproof at 3" MAGNUM pressure. That may be true. Or it may not be. Again check with either Proof House.

Ok, cheers for that. I will contact them and see what they say about it. 

[AYA Proofing]

Hi all, It's about time I made my first post, I've been reading this forum for years. Anyway I picked up an AYA No.3 3" Magnum the other day in excellent condition, serial number and code date it to 1964, but I'm noticed that on the barrel flats it appears to be proofed to 900kg. What constitutes a "Magnum gun"? I thought the majority of these were proofed to 1200kg. Also being a 3" chamber, does that mean I can put any 3" commercial cartridges through it without any worry?

Cheers