Originally Posted By: Montana
Subgauge Grants are rare. There are a few 16 ga. guns out there but most seem to have been early hammer guns. (A famous pair made for Victoria's heir just sold.) I have yet to see an intact 16 ga. "hammerless." I have seen a 20 gauge I thought made by another and finished by Grant but retained no information on it. Between about 1898 and 1912, Grant was regarded as amoung peers of the favored makers. Refinements to action dimensions and the gradual move away from some of the more anachronistic features make Grant shotguns of this period highly desireable in my opinion; with original barrels, they are sweet in the field.


Not too long ago Champlin had a Grant 20 gauge top lever hammerless sidelock that dated to around the late 1890's (if my memory serves me correctly). It did not take too long for someone to buy it.