Cogswell and Harrison,

[Konor]

I’ve owned a Cogswell and Harrison Konor 3 inch magnum for around 15 years. I’ve used it for 100 plus clay days,driven and walked up shooting and inland wildfowling. It balances well and hasn’t failed to fire or eject its cartridges in all that time. It’s not a London best but then it’s not London best money. The gun was built in house by Cogswell and Harrison and the firm is one of if not the oldest English gun making firms. The combination of it’s dependability and history has made the gun a good investment for me.

 

[Dave at kelton]

On 28/11/2023 at 19:12, PeterHenry said:

AYA no2 would be a sound choice.

On the Coggie side of things - these are some pictures of mine, which is a Gibbs and Pitt leaver cocking action

Very nice!

[Fargo]

9 hours ago, redial said:

Thank you, good to know.

There’s an AYA 117 on here for £500 from memory. Tbh I’d buy that. Bomb proof, looks nice, easy to shoot etc but if you want English then something will be out there 

[PeterHenry]

2 hours ago, Konor said:

I’ve owned a Cogswell and Harrison Konor 3 inch magnum for around 15 years. I’ve used it for 100 plus clay days,driven and walked up shooting and inland wildfowling. It balances well and hasn’t failed to fire or eject its cartridges in all that time. It’s not a London best but then it’s not London best money. The gun was built in house by Cogswell and Harrison and the firm is one of if not the oldest English gun making firms. The combination of it’s dependability and history has made the gun a good investment for me.

 

That looks quite a bit higher grade than a lot of the guns i've seen - is it a fowling gun or a pigeon gun? It's certiantly comething I would happily shoot - the engraving is lovely.

1 hour ago, Dave at kelton said:

Very nice!

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Edited November 30, 2023 by PeterHenry

[London Best]

Very nice condition. Looks to have a long bar to the action. Is that maybe because it’s the magnum model?

[Konor]

12 hours ago, PeterHenry said:

That looks quite a bit higher grade than a lot of the guns i've seen - is it a fowling gun or a pigeon gun? It's certiantly comething I would happily shoot - the engraving is lovely.

👍

Thank you Peter It’s a wildfowling gun built for the 1 and 1/2 oz lead load originally. In money terms not a valuable gun and could probably be replaced by an AYA number 3 magnum but I enjoy owning a bit of English history. I had intended buying another English box lock when I retire next year but the whole non lead shot scenario on the horizon has taken the shine off that idea unfortunately.

[Konor]

11 hours ago, London Best said:

Very nice condition. Looks to have a long bar to the action. Is that maybe because it’s the magnum model?

I think that’s correct and as it is a later model,1956, Gunman’s opinion was that it would be outwith the era of the considered weaker actioned avant tout models. I don’t think it had had a  lot of use when I bought it and had probably been someone’s second gun for occasional inland wildfowling.

[PeterHenry]

1 hour ago, Konor said:

Thank you Peter It’s a wildfowling gun built for the 1 and 1/2 oz lead load originally. In money terms not a valuable gun and could probably be replaced by an AYA number 3 magnum but I enjoy owning a bit of English history. I had intended buying another English box lock when I retire next year but the whole non lead shot scenario on the horizon has taken the shine off that idea unfortunately.

👍 I've been finding the 70mm bio ammo blue works perfectly well - not as cheap as cheap lead, but only a little more than the premium stuff. It's good enough / affordable enough for my normal game shooting.

[Konor]

5 hours ago, PeterHenry said:

👍 I've been finding the 70mm bio ammo blue works perfectly well - not as cheap as cheap lead, but only a little more than the premium stuff. It's good enough / affordable enough for my normal game shooting.

That’s reassuring and might put my plans back on track. 250 cartridges would easily cover my game shooting .I’ll be using lead as long as I can but will see what’s on the market and try out some alternatives before the need to change. I’ve a nice Damascus barrelled gun that I will have to feed non steel loads so some trial will be necessary.

[Gunman]

My two penny worth . Dont buy old Cogswell and Harrison guns without a full assessment from a competent gunsmith . They have a lot of issues .OK they were fine in there day but that time is long gone .

Having said that there may still a few good examples of little used guns about , but very few and far between . The gun originally pictured is not one of them .

[old'un]

10 minutes ago, Gunman said:

My two penny worth . Dont buy old Cogswell and Harrison guns without a full assessment from a competent gunsmith . They have a lot of issues .OK they were fine in there day but that time is long gone .

Having said that there may still a few good examples of little used guns about , but very few and far between . The gun originally pictured is not one of them .

^^^This.