Originally Posted By: ithaca1
Ken,
I'm not holding my breath. I have brought in a couple of English BL's (BL's!) in the 2-3k range, and they were all returned to the seller. Worn out, off face, engraving buffed to hard....and on and on


Great value! I've got some Vintage Birmingham hammerguns, but as far as hammerless sidelocks and boxlocks, I have several Spanish ones. They were bought at a fraction of what comparable English guns would cost.

I remember reading a Jack Rowe interview some years ago (I think about 20 years ago) that talked about this issue, that many of the English guns over here were fairly "worn out", yet folks were asking very high prices for them. It looks to me like the Canadian and Australian prices for used English guns are more reasonable. Of course, I'm not talking about "Best" or "Big Three" guns.

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 04/04/15 07:06 PM.
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