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I know we are all fans of the really nice and iconic guns out there. I myself am quite partial to Parkers, L.C. Smiths, Hollands, Purdeys and the like, but what guns do you hold a fondness for that didnt exactly set the gun world on fire? Im talking about guns that hardly anyone would brag about owning.

I'll give an example of one of my favorites, the Winchester Model 1911. It is actually a good gun. I feel that it is as well made from a fit and finish standpoint as any gun Winchester made. It is a marvel of engineering when one thinks that T.C. Johnson helped John Browning patent the Auto-5 making it just about infringement proof and then had to go about designing a gun that had to go around all those patents. While it deserved all the bad press it got (mainly due to operator error). I still find it to be a neat gun--in a Rube Goldberg sort of way. I'd love to find a black diamond version of it.

O.K. I admit my weakness. anyone else got a favorite less than popular gun?

PS. Can you imagine where Winchester would be if T.G. Bennett had just paid Browning what he wanted???

I am fond of both the Husqvarna underlever and,particularly, top lever guns, especially those with Damascus barrels.
For some reason these guns are cheap as chips comparatively ,yet every time I pick mine up I cannot really see why.

GDU

I picked up a a pair of Czech BRNO sidelocks at a local gunshow a couple of years ago for Stevens mod. 311 prices. They are both complete with strap swivels and the obligatory European cheekpieces. The 16ga extractor gun is one of the best balanced, fastest handling guns I have, and the 12ga ejector gun is my favorite duck/turkey gun...Geo

Got to agree with GDU. Those Husky underlevers are the ultimate in funky shotgunning!

Remington model 1894 - I've an AE grade 12ga., and most rustic looking too!
Far from the chic set's circle of influence are the lower grades - a beautiful tool.
...and it goes well with my barncoat.

How about the Stevens 311? Started me off on the Double gun path back when I was 12. Ugly as a mud fence but tough as nails.

Can't pass over my Mother's 10th birthday present, a new-in-the-box Marlin Model 90 20 gauge with dt's. I still shoot it a couple times a year.

Tobin. My 16 was restocked to fit me, and as our own Researcher has posted, the mechanism, with rollers on the hammers and spring ends, using the springs themselves as cocking rods, is a simplification of a Beesley patent-lofty company, indeed.

They litter the dark corners of better gun shows and old shops, the wreakage of a failed attempt at double gunmaking in the growing storm of the repeater.

I've never had anyone correctly identify my copy at the range. Most assume it is an LC Smith, a design that is so very much inferior.

Prices make me believe I am completely alone in that opinion, however-good for me.
Best,
Ted

My lowly Iver Johnson Hercules. I love my Fox and my Spanish guns, but it surprising how often I find myself carrying this sweet little 16. And, with her, who cares about the weather!
Rick

Use to be the Sterlingworths, but how times have changed.
They have quite a following, and today they've reached cult status in a down-home-kinda-way.
Good examples cost more than like wise condition other brand graded Americans.
They're not your turnip guns anymore!