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Michael, I own the J. Donn & Bros. that you have pictured in this thread.

tim

Great! Can you share some info with us such as, is this a Daly with Kilby barrels? Who do you believe did what work on your gun?

I had to log in so I don't know if this link will work. Is the owner of this gun here? Timothy S how does this compare with your gun?

http://www.jamesdjulia.com/auctions/catalog_detail_shots.asp?Details=30220&sale=209
SCARCE HIGH GRADE THOMAS KILBY DAMASCUS DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 1062. Fine English made double with 29” fine Damascus bbls choked IMP-MOD/IMP-CYL with tapered, concave matted rib, sgl bead, crossbolt rib extension, dbl underbites, ejectors & dbl triggers. Maker’s name is on rib. Mounted with highly figured English walnut with full checkered & leaf-carved splinter forearm with Prince of Wales stock, 14-1/4” over a carved & serrated horn buttplate. Stock has deep foliate-carved teardrop side panels and extensively carved foliate & floral wrist with stippled background. Bottom of grip has a black oval insert and there is a blank silver initial oval on bottom of stock. Receiver is elaborately engraved with the vignette of a bird dog on point with two pheasants on left side, a setter with two ducks on right side, a flying crane on bottom and a running doe deer on trigger bow, all surrounded by full coverage, very fine, foliate arabesque patterns with fine borders and a sunburst around hinge pin and the maker’s name is on each side. Appended metal is all engraved to match. Fences have side clips and it has, over the entire top of receiver, very deep relief, floral & arabesque engraving. Top tang has “SAFE” in gold. Accompanied by a pair of 28 ga. Briley sub-caliber tubes with screw chokes, having a total of four chokes. Also accompanying is the Briley hammer & removal plug. Additionally accompanying is a green felt-lined, leather case. Bore diameter: left - .725, right - .726. Bore restrictions: left - .025, right - .004. Wall thickness: left - .022, right - .024. Drop at heel: 2-5/8”, drop at comb: 1-9/16”. Weight with tubes: 7 lbs. 3.84 oz., weight without tubes: 6 lbs. 5.12 oz.. CONDITION: Bbls retain most of their orig strong Damascus pattern, slightly thinned over forearm area. Receiver retains 60-70% orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, fading to silver elsewhere. Triggerguard is silvered case colors. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage nicks and retains about all of a fine professional restoration. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with light pitting just in front of chambers, may have been honed. Case shows light to moderate wear with some light water staining on one end. Interior is slightly moth eaten. 4-30220 JR64 (5,000-7,000)

Well, it looks like a Lindner Daly, BUT it does not have the usual Lindner marks. The SN is #941. It does have the Kilby Damascus Barrels and a carved gutta percha butt plate. The forearm is not the usual Charles Daly or Lindner forearm, it is a shorter 6.5 inch set-up with a Purdy type push button release. Really quite an interesting gun. And if I could, I'd post a couple of more pictures.

tim

Michael, the engraving is identical, definatly from the same hand. Mine is definatly a Lindner boxlock though.

My hope is that the owner of the gun that was sold at Julia can confirm what is written on the rib, I suspect Donn but at this time, who knows. All three guns have the same bird and engraving on the bottom of the action. All three guns are consistent with engraving found on Daly guns. Later today I can post more pictures of the Daly-Donn that I got from a former owner.

I would be happy to edit and modify the title if I knew how. I can't find an edit button. Help from a dummy!


John

An ad from Kilby & Son in Greener's Gunnery in 1858
http://books.google.com/books?id=hysPAAA...3&ct=result

Timothy's Daly-Donn

John, The "Edit" button will be at the bottom of your original post.