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That's a very good question Doug. Other's may have other thoughts but my go to green flags are.......are there other vintage double guns on his work bench and does he have the proper tools to measure barrel wall thickness. If I walk into a shop and all I see are rifles getting scopes mounted etc, that's likely not the guy I;m looking for. I want to see SxS, American, British or European.

Also, when you think you have found one, ask here if anyone has had work done by the shop.

there used to be a guy in port st Lucie, that did good work...

I agree. I was in a fancy range/shop in the Chantilly, VA area and I was hoping that their smith could simply check the sites on my Walther and he said no. Bizarre! So yes, the differing degrees of smiths is apparent.
I’m going to look deeper into the other higher end trap ranges around, I have found 3 others.

Thank you guys!

Cole’s is in Naples:

https://colegun.com/naples-florida-gun-shop/

Best,
Ted

Franchi Condor, 1952

Original paperwork, proof docs and envelope of documents.

AyA Pictures:

JP Sauer & Sohn Suhl pictures:

three interesting continental guns...

perhaps something english and somethings american would be worthy additions to your collection...

The Franchi and the Aya are in nice conditions. The old Sauer & Sohn Model Habicht (proofed in November 1930, and itself at the bottom rung of Sauer products even back when new), alas overall is NOT, leave alone mentioning the visible coarse ministrations of the village blacksmith with a welder; and indeed, as much as I can recall, that one may have came from a stock of more or less dilapidated guns somewhere from the Near East, that Sarco had imported in bunch and barrel, lumped together.
I know what it would be worth here (little, if anything), but cannot say about the USA.

Carcano