Sawyet Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 Morning all & best wishes for the Season. My youngest has seen one of the above & just wondering if anyone has an opinion on them? It’s obvs a second hand but with a private seller & I won’t be able to go to see it with him (he is looking at it whilst staying with his Sister in Surrey over the New Year), so just wondering if, apart from the usual, there is anything he should look out for? It’s a reasonable price so my view is that if it needs taking to a gunsmith to sort then the £150/300 added to the price still makes it sub £1k🙈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 4 minutes ago, Sawyet said: Morning all & best wishes for the Season. My youngest has seen one of the above & just wondering if anyone has an opinion on them? It’s obvs a second hand but with a private seller & I won’t be able to go to see it with him (he is looking at it whilst staying with his Sister in Surrey over the New Year), so just wondering if, apart from the usual, there is anything he should look out for? It’s a reasonable price so my view is that if it needs taking to a gunsmith to sort then the £150/300 added to the price still makes it sub £1k🙈 Hello, Put the advert up on the C and H, They were well made in there day and many i am sure are still being used today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 Not the best of guns, what model is it? take a look at this thread. https://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/440355-cogswell-and-harrison/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 (edited) Coggies never had the degree of hand finishing that was the norm for the London trade. Edit due to predictive text! Edited December 24, 2024 by London Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyet Posted December 24, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 Thanks for the replies, having done a search on the forum & seen a lot of the opinions will tell him to give it a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 Just now, Sawyet said: Thanks for the replies, having done a search on the forum & seen a lot of the opinions will tell him to give it a miss. The last post in the link by Gunman hits the nail on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted December 24, 2024 Report Share Posted December 24, 2024 Bear in mind that most older English guns were 2 1/2" chambered. This does restrict the available ammunition. With lead this was something to "be aware of" as nthere was plenty of choice in 2 1/2 lead. However, at present anyway, 2 1/2 in steel is not very widely available. It is something to think over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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