Sereremo Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Beautiful shotguns, younger but interesting. the second one with Churcill rib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 41 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Lovely gun Andy. What does it weigh. I have never seen a two inch in the flesh. I’ve never weighed it 🙈 I’ll try later. it’s ideal to carry on walked up days but perfectly capable of hitting decent driven birds to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, WelshAndy said: Wouldn’t have a clue where to take it Dave? I’m sure that a jeweller would be able to do it quite easily. I had one do a ‘Safe’ inlay on an old gun of mine. Didn’t cost the earth and made all the difference to the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I wonder how much it would cost to have the C and A replaced? Surely that’s a warranty issue just take it back and make a fuss 😊😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Just now, Old farrier said: Surely that’s a warranty issue just take it back and make a fuss 😊😊 Yes good idea, do you have time travel on the IoW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes good idea, do you have time travel on the IoW? Well we’re about 100 years behind the rest of the country if that works 😊😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Old farrier said: Well we’re about 100 years behind the rest of the country if that works 😊😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 The Skimin and Wood name is owned by F. J. Wiseman of Cannock. I am sure John Wiseman could help with the gold inlay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 19/10/2019 at 10:15, DUNKS said: Lovely guns these Garbi's here's mine. Custom built in 1977 for a now defunct London dealer who specified no makers name to appear on the gun. Think that`s my favourite style of engraving on Spaniards,very H&H like. Lovely gun that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) H&H engraving. Edited October 20, 2019 by London Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimtrout Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 05/08/2019 at 15:42, guzzicat said: This was my last purchase from Holt,s ,a C. Boswell from1896? sold as " The major parts of a Boswell ,some in a bag" now ready for birds, had the lockwork rebuilt locally, barrels re/blued same & did stock myself, it was a bit of a tip but Trade secrets stock kit did the jpb, re/barreled by Gallyons, it came for the price of a decent catapult. Ejector by the way. I meant to put this in SBS club, could it be moved ? lovely wood, well done for rescuing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 41 minutes ago, London Best said: H&H engraving. I believe a lot of these Spanish SLE’s are shameless copies, both mechanically and aesthetically, of a H&H SLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 You are quite correct, in fact I think most are copies of the Holland action. Cheaper and less complicated to make and adjust than the Purdey/Beesley action and very reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 I had my first driven day of the season last week. Bag was 132 Redleg partridge. As a total SxS man myself I was pleased to notice that with ten Guns shooting there were nine side by sides being used. Out of the nine seven were British made with a couple of Spanish sidelocks. Two were twenty bores, one a sixteen and the rest twelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 The sxs is very well suited to partridge shooting. My SXS is my go to game gun, for any normal game day. If it's a shoot which has some high bird drives I'll get a over and under out for those drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, London Best said: Cheaper and less complicated to make and adjust than the Purdey/Beesley action Spanish copies of the Purdey/Beesley are very scarce: AyA Senior (also known in UK as Premiere) and Ignacio Ugartechea model 1040 (think I've remembered that right) are the only two I can think of. Ignacio Ugartechea model 1040 was pre WW2, whereas AyA Senior was circa 1979 to about 1987, but only very few made of either. Edited October 21, 2019 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Spanish copies of the Purdey/Beesley are very scarce: AyA Senior (also known in UK as Premiere) and Ignacio Ugartea model 1040 (think I've remembered that right) are the only two I can think of. Cheaper and less complicated to make and adjust than the Purdey/Beesley action was pre WW2, whereas AyA Senior was circa 1979 to about 1987, but only very few made of either. Victor Sarasqueta built them too.How many I dont know but there were a pair for sale last year in London . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, matone said: Victor Sarasqueta built them too.How many I dont know but there were a pair for sale last year in London . Quite right - I had forgotten that pair! I have also corrected a cut and paste type error in my post above re dates. Edited October 21, 2019 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, matone said: Victor Sarasqueta built them too.How many I dont know but there were a pair for sale last year in London . Do you have a link to the pair of VS you refer to? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 39 minutes ago, button said: Do you have a link to the pair of VS you refer to? Thanks I did once have a bookmark, but think I must have deleted it. I believe the VS Beesley action was model 211. These images are a VS. I will post some of a Ugartechea on a following post. Thse images are not mine and are from another web source. The Ugartechea model was definitely model 1040. Both of these were made in the 1930s, though whether they were made after the war, I don't know. Ignacio Ugartechea Model 1040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 8 hours ago, button said: Do you have a link to the pair of VS you refer to? Thanks Sorry ,I don`t.From memory they were side clipped actions and looked to be of `older` manufacture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 51 minutes ago, matone said: Sorry ,I don`t.From memory they were side clipped actions and looked to be of `older` manufacture. I remember, was it the pigeon guns at London Gun Services c.£7.5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 All this is very interesting and I must confess I knew none of it. I have never seen a Spanish Beesley copy but they obviously do exist. I have an Uggie from 1962 but that is definitely a Holland action. The ones in the pics above look really nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 49 minutes ago, button said: I remember, was it the pigeon guns at London Gun Services c.£7.5k Yes,that sounds familiar!!! 11 minutes ago, London Best said: All this is very interesting and I must confess I knew none of it. I have never seen a Spanish Beesley copy but they obviously do exist. I have an Uggie from 1962 but that is definitely a Holland action. The ones in the pics above look really nicely done. Get hold of a copy of `Spanish Best` if you can,lot`s of info on the gunmakers of Spain there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, matone said: Get hold of a copy of `Spanish Best` if you can,lot`s of info on the gunmakers of Spain there. Great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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