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Salopian #541542 03/18/19 10:09 AM
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If anyone is looking for an O/U try gun I have client wanting to sell one. Built on a Spanish action, not sure which maker.


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Just wondering here, Mr. Murphy. Would he be one and the same designer who developed the Curtis style forearm release for the extractor L.C. Smith from aprox. 1913-1920 era?? RWTF


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Same guy, a major gun designer. Wrote some great stuff in early American Rifleman magazines. The Smith-Curtis forend release was a bit weak but an interesting design. I have a minty Ideal Grade ten with the Curtis forend release that works just great, but will fail if abused. He was plant supervisor at Hunter Arms, but I'm not sure of his titles at other companies.

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Thank you for the confirmation, Eightbore-- wonder if by any chance he was related to the late Captain Paul A. Curtis? I still re-read his 1934 book: Guns and Gunning"-- would love to have some of the fine guns pictured therein, in that same configuration and condition yet today.

Of all shown, the R.G. Owen sidelock 12 bore made for Captain Curtis is my first choice-- IF----


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I know of a real try gun. Built that way from the ground up. Made by Churchill. One of 12 made. Two are in Houston. One came from A & F that I know for sure. Even has the box


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Drew, I enjoyed the video of the Perazzi fitting with the try gun very much. Thank you for posting it. Had a fitting done many years go with a try gun at Deep River Sporting. I have shot Perazzi guns a "right smart", and the video of the trip over to Italy to have the fitting done there "has me head a'reeling".

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To me this is an interesting topic.
H&H London have a number of Try Guns both SxS & O/U in various bore sizes . West London SS & EJ Churchill do also have a number as does Ian Coley at Andoversford , so they are certainly about and made by various makers . But is surprising how few people use them for a purpose made fitting , often preferring to hack wood off or put it on to their usual gun . Strange breed the Shooting Man.

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Paul Curtis has no family connection with A.P. Curtis. Additionally, the L.C. Smith drawing shows Curtis design features, but the knuckle at the grip is an unnessesary part that adds cost and possibility of breakage to the Curtis design. The original Curtis stock has all the adjustment of the Smith drawing without the "knuckle".

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