Sabel sbs Free

[Royboy]

Giving away a Sabel sbs that a reconditioned a few years ago, it’s not perfect but still a good rough/hide gun.

preferably to go to new starter.

Clearing out my cabinet for another project.

12g no idea measurements and choke sizes but think it’s 1/4 and 1/2 with 26” barrels 

bluing slightly coming off barrels, I did reblu it but it was my first attempt 

located near Leyland Lancashire 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Royboy

[pigeonbasher oz]

Generous offer well done

[Minky]

It's a sad state of affairs when you can't even give them away.  I was told that a person took 6 guns into a local RFD and GAVE them in.  The silly thing is that the RFD didn't really want them.!?  A friend and I were in a gunshop a few months back and there were two guys in there and asked if they would buy in some guns from an uncle who was packing up.  The answer was a definite NO.  the counter man said LOOK HERE we have a rack of S/H guns that no one will buy or even look at.  Now to me these S/H guns looked brand new. I couldn't see any difference between new and S/H.  The counter guy said, We sell a few NEW guns but People won't even look at S/H not even with a massive price difference.  When I was a kid guns were thought of as a tool with a purpose.  Now they are a sort of short lived fashion accessory.  It's like shot game.  My mother would deal with the blood and guts then make a meal out of it.  99.9% of women /Girls wouldn't even touch game let alone butcher it.  Dirty, smelly, disgusting, cruel, unethical.  It's a bad state of affairs.  Then you have fashion.  "SBS kick like mules and you can't shoot anything with them".  It has to be a new 30+ inch multi choke , O/U or it is no use.  I like my 25 " sbs's  with fixed chokes and double triggers.

[Royboy]

I know mate, I’ve seen blokes Nevermind woman on shoot days not want to pick up shot game ! 
Looks like it might end up being melted down because there’s not much room in my cabinet 👎

[PelletPinger]

7 hours ago, Minky said:

It's a sad state of affairs when you can't even give them away.  I was told that a person took 6 guns into a local RFD and GAVE them in.  The silly thing is that the RFD didn't really want them.!?  A friend and I were in a gunshop a few months back and there were two guys in there and asked if they would buy in some guns from an uncle who was packing up.  The answer was a definite NO.  the counter man said LOOK HERE we have a rack of S/H guns that no one will buy or even look at.  Now to me these S/H guns looked brand new. I couldn't see any difference between new and S/H.  The counter guy said, We sell a few NEW guns but People won't even look at S/H not even with a massive price difference.  When I was a kid guns were thought of as a tool with a purpose.  Now they are a sort of short lived fashion accessory.  It's like shot game.  My mother would deal with the blood and guts then make a meal out of it.  99.9% of women /Girls wouldn't even touch game let alone butcher it.  Dirty, smelly, disgusting, cruel, unethical.  It's a bad state of affairs.  Then you have fashion.  "SBS kick like mules and you can't shoot anything with them".  It has to be a new 30+ inch multi choke , O/U or it is no use.  I like my 25 " sbs's  with fixed chokes and double triggers.

Where is said gun shop out of interest?

[Royboy]

On 11/12/2022 at 14:53, Royboy said:

Giving away a Sabel sbs that a reconditioned a few years ago, it’s not perfect but still a good rough/hide gun.

preferably to go to new starter.

Clearing out my cabinet for another project.

12g no idea measurements and choke sizes but think it’s 1/4 and 1/2 with 26” barrels 

bluing slightly coming off barrels, I did reblu it but it was my first attempt 

located near Leyland Lancashire 

Here’s some pictures 

[falco]

On 13/12/2022 at 10:45, Minky said:

It's a sad state of affairs when you can't even give them away.  I was told that a person took 6 guns into a local RFD and GAVE them in.  The silly thing is that the RFD didn't really want them.!?  A friend and I were in a gunshop a few months back and there were two guys in there and asked if they would buy in some guns from an uncle who was packing up.  The answer was a definite NO.  the counter man said LOOK HERE we have a rack of S/H guns that no one will buy or even look at.  Now to me these S/H guns looked brand new. I couldn't see any difference between new and S/H.  The counter guy said, We sell a few NEW guns but People won't even look at S/H not even with a massive price difference.  When I was a kid guns were thought of as a tool with a purpose.  Now they are a sort of short lived fashion accessory.  It's like shot game.  My mother would deal with the blood and guts then make a meal out of it.  99.9% of women /Girls wouldn't even touch game let alone butcher it.  Dirty, smelly, disgusting, cruel, unethical.  It's a bad state of affairs.  Then you have fashion.  "SBS kick like mules and you can't shoot anything with them".  It has to be a new 30+ inch multi choke , O/U or it is no use.  I like my 25 " sbs's  with fixed chokes and double triggers.

It's down to people not having the opportunity to hunt like they did 30/40 years ago so what happens is they end up buying all this fancy kit and can't use it, just out of frustration. I saw it in Germany years ago, all the top gear and nowhere to use it, or don't have the time. My first sxs was a Sabel just like this one, bought from William Powell in Brum for £105 in 1978, still have the receipt, saw a lot of action and never let me down once. 

[TOPGUN749]

50 years ago at 15 I would have loved a cheap double barrel,then they weren’t available and everything had a price tag.The best I could afford was a single BSA Snipe 2nd hand for £13,which is the equivalent of £250 now.Imagine trying to sell a single or even a double sxs for that today!

[Minky]

1 hour ago, falco said:

It's down to people not having the opportunity to hunt like they did 30/40 years ago so what happens is they end up buying all this fancy kit and can't use it, just out of frustration. I saw it in Germany years ago, all the top gear and nowhere to use it, or don't have the time. My first sxs was a Sabel just like this one, bought from William Powell in Brum for £105 in 1978, still have the receipt, saw a lot of action and never let me down once. 

Yes.  When I was young you just rocked up asked and generally you were allowed to mooch.  There were loads of small farms and the fields were smaller with ponds hedges and woods.  The majority of ground is now medium mega farms. The ponds have been filled in and the hedges dozed out.  The other smaller  bit's of land are now pony paddocks and the other thing is that attitudes have changed and people just either don't agree with shooting and don't want the risk of people wandering around shooting and posssibly splogging the neighbours daughters pony or dog.   

Edited December 15, 2022 by Minky

[Minky]

33 minutes ago, TOPGUN749 said:

50 years ago at 15 I would have loved a cheap double barrel,then they weren’t available and everything had a price tag.The best I could afford was a single BSA Snipe 2nd hand for £13,which is the equivalent of £250 now.Imagine trying to sell a single or even a double sxs for that today!

I had a BSA snipe back then after the Webley  & scot bolt action single shot 410.  A 12 BORE.  A BIG gun.  And an ejector to boot.  The snipe was a cheapo but I  shot well with it and still have a few memories of spectacular shots with it.

[Scrimshanker]

I’m after a short barrelled side by side shame your not down south especially it being free! Shame they are unwanted but the plus side is if you are one of the few to want them bargains are to be had! Poke your O/U’s. 

[FOXHUNTER1]

Pity you aren't closer as I would have taken it.