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I like it when Murphys Law is frustrated. Me too. I just hate somebody being right so much of the time, as Murphy (as in Law) is. SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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My only Spanish gun is a Julian Arana made La Sorda, badge engineered to a large sports store in Brisbane Australia in the seventies. It carries the name they had put on it of Sniper.
So, job lot cheap but looks good on the outside while the internals look like they were finished at 4.30 on a Friday afternoon with a mill bastard file.
For years it gave me trouble with firing pins, those swaged in jobs. Broken springs, original ones misfired because of lack of protrusion & my replacements failed on the swage & broke the pin off the body. I finally changed things a bit & used ball point pen springs & a different swage with a washer which tricked it into being a reliable old gun. My wife's go to gun these days.
I like the fact that its 28" barrels are brazed together & not soft soldered. They are well enough regulated with the left full choke barrel shooting more to the right the farther out you get. The first or right barrel is IM & true to point.
I have replaced the hinge pin as well. A very simple thing to do on that design.
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I agree, he is very knowledgeable.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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I have a Spanish double rifle (Armas Ego) in 375 that has been completely trouble free and well regulated, in addition to having some external beauty. I have enough confidence in it to take it to Africa...
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The only "cheap" Spanish gun I have is a Laurona which was marketed here by Sears. Never a problem with it...Geo
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Is that the one that is the same as a Winchester model 22?
Pretty decent gun, if that is the case.
My Uggy was cheap. I bought it after the tax on gun ownership hit those in Spain, and they were being dumped, here, although my Falcon wasnt in that group, anything from Spain was cheap, for a while.
Cole went through it. Never a problem, but, Cole going through it migh be cheating.
Best,
Ted
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Ted, my recollection was Sears imported a Spanish gun to compete with the Win. 21, but I don't think it was the Laurona. I used to keep a lookout for whatever model Sears called the gun in question, but I've forgotten what it was...Geo
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Ted, my recollection was Sears imported a Spanish gun to compete with the Win. 21, but I don't think it was the Laurona. I used to keep a lookout for whatever model Sears called the gun in question, but I've forgotten what it was...Geo It was the Sears JC Higgins model 100 made by AYA in I believe 1953 and 1954. I have one.
Last edited by gunsaholic; 01/13/19 02:33 PM.
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My Laurona looks like the model 22, but is not marked Winchester anywhere I see. The model 100 was the one I was thinking about. I've seen one but never owned one. The Laurona is good enough for me...Geo
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