doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Hello from Louisiana

Red Stick's a good town. Go by the Cabela's in Gonzales when you get settled and see what they have in their Gun Library.
JR

Chris
Are you a fresh water cajun or a salt water cajun? I assume you are fracking under my house and that I will soon be buying 870's with the extra money. Stop by and we will talk it over. I can promise that I know every spot to shoot skeet in the state and any event here in the north of the state. By the time you get out of town I may even refer to you as a CA??

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Now is a great time to get into doubles as a young man. The internet makes the entire country your back yard. Then there is a ton of information you can get. Information saves you from countless mistakes. And last many double gun owners are looking to downsize their holding so many prime guns can be found if you look and wait.

If I were starting out again I'd find a decent AHFox 12 for 500-1000. Then pickup a 16 with 28 or 30" barrels. After that it could be a nice 20 ga to finish the Fox family. Might have to repeat several times to get it right. Fun to repeat.

I think all the deal are in the lesser known English or European doubles.

"I can't find this gunmaker's name anywhere."
"That's because he didn't build guns he sold dry goods."
"What's this ABS stamp on the action flats mean?"
"It means buy it."

All?

Not quite, treblig, not quite.

SRH

I agree Stan, I should have said a lot of the deals.

Back in the late 1970's I guess it was I came across a good buy on a Birmingham proofed J P Clabrough & Bros 28" 12 gauge Damascus. Not a super light weight 2 6 lbs 14 oz's but light enough to carry well & had near perfect balance "For Me", 1/4 choke in each barrel with good stock fit & just the right amount of cast off. While I never kept records I can truthfully say that while using that gun I had a higher kill to shots fired ratio than any other gun I have used before or since. I don't recall the exact load used but loaded 1 oz of either #6 or #8 shot @ around 1125-1150 fps depending on use. Powder was the then new on the market DuPont HyScore (pre 700X). I shot predominately quail, rabbit & an occasional woodcock.

Woodcock were not predominant in the area I mostly hunted but were an occasional bonus while either quail or rabbit hunting.
I recall the first season I used this gun I shot around a dozen to maybe 15 woodcock, but the amazing thing was however many it was that was how many shells I expended, didn't miss a single one that year with this Clabrough. I shot it heavily about three seasons & then foolishly sold it. After long years of regret it later cams back home to roost but by then I was not out & about hunting so much as previously so has not been put to much more use.

A good shooting gun is not necessarily dependent on being a "Best" by any means. This Clabrough was likely built in the late 1890's, is well built, but certainly not a "Best". It is a back action sidelock extractor gun with side plates which resemble a bar action. In an 1895/96 Clabrough Golcher & Co of San Francisco, Cal this gun sold new for US $50.00. This compares to, from the same catalog, a Parker PH @ $52.00, Lefever G @ $45.00, Rem A @ $45.00, Ithaca #2 @ $48.00, Baker B @ $50.00 or L C Smith #1 @ $45.00, all extractor guns.

My old Clabrough has no built in wear compensation at all to the locking bolts or hinge joint but some 120 years later is still tight & on face. makes one wonder about the value of compensation. The one thing you don't want to do though, unlike a Lefever, is take it apart with the hammers down. it's a bugger getting it recocked to put back together.

I love BR. It has certainly matured since I first moved there. I still have my favorite places to eat plus more. The only thing that bothers me now is traffic.

Funny you should mention that. I stopped the other day to look at their double shotguns and they had three. A new Dickinson 28/20, a Browning 12, and I think a Fox or something like that.

Saltwater all the way. I grew up on Grand Isle till I was six and we were always down there. Especially once I turned thirteen had to work for my papa unloading shrimp boats and shoveling ice for the same boats.

Nice...I almost got a Browning pump at Cabala's the other day. It was an old one but someone took good care of it. Unfortunately it isn't me. Three years ago I was laid off from Chevron while working in California and I haven't been able to get a nibble on the resume since. I remember when they use to flare off natural gas because it was "worthless". Anyways, in teen more days I am buying a company and going work for myself.

I am looking forward to stopping by and chewing the fat and I need to know where to shoot skeet because at this point I don't think I can hit the broadside of a barn.

Whoa whoa whoa....I like this plan. Except I would start with the 16 and go 12, 20, and then 28. I am planning a trip to Japan next year to watch baseball so I might not be able to repeat as much as I would like.


Haha, don't let my daughter here you call me young. She would roll her eyes so hard they would fall out her head.