But no British, nor French? Strange omissions, especially given the very clear heritage of the major designs used by current Spanish makers. Looks like you ought to be moderating an anything-but-British shotgun forum.
As the gun ragger once more jumps to a fallacious conclusion.
Cost is one good reason to buy, or not to buy--assuming equivalent quality, of course. Which might lead one to ask why one should pay more for a new Spanish boxlock, based on the same design as a Webley & Scott Model 700 . . . when one can buy a very nice used W&S for less?
Hmmm. Fallacious conclusion? Kyrie, you listed the countries from which you owned guns . . . excluding France and the UK. I simply point out that you don't have any French or British guns . . . and I've arrived at a "fallacious conclusion". Guess I have to stop quoting from the information you provide to avoid such errors.
Speaking of cost, I can buy any number of very nice, used, condition VG to like new, Spanish box lock SxS shotguns for between $400 and $600. How much does one of your W&S box locks go for?
You can perhaps point to sources in this country for such guns . . . with the same features a W&$ 700 has (ejectors, to start with)? Awaiting the source of said treasure trove. And if they're in 12ga, can you find any in the sub-6 1/2 range, where it's not hard to find British game guns?
As for those guns you missed, I think I noted ONE pre-WWI gun. Surely, if someone were interested in a vintage Spanish gun from 1900, one should be able to find one--if they're around, in any kind of numbers. And if they can be had at significantly lower prices than Brit guns from the same era, then I think there'd be a ready market for them in this country. As for features you don't like . . . the Brits were doing hammerless ejector guns well before 1900. Many of which are still in regular use.
There must be some REALLY serious collections in Spain, if those gun numbers approach anything like the number of Brit guns from 1880-1914 that are still in regular use . . . not to mention the ones that are in collections here, the UK, or elsewhere. That are as invisible to the public as are those phantom Spanish guns.
Last edited by L. Brown; 04/26/15 05:33 PM.
