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I had it measured before giving it to my daughter-in-law. It was fine - hasn't disfigured her. . .,yet. The gun was what I wanted and we both walked away content.

But Ed, I know you won't understand this. But, basically you are a con-man, and really seem to get off by putting something over on another. You could have told me the gun was out of proof. You chose not to. That's a loss of integrity and trust. I know those two words are for losers. . .right?

Now about those 6 bore photos?

Ed, I recall Argo44 whining before about that French gun he bought from you. He said he bought it for his daughter in law, but complained it had thin barrel walls.

He didn't offer us any proof, but he did admit you offered to give him a refund. He chose to keep the gun, but continues to cry about it. If it had been dangerously thin, does anyone really think he would have kept it for his own daughter in law to use?

I called him out on that when he admitted you offered him a refund, but chose to keep it and let his daughter in law use it. He had no answer, and put his tail between his legs and left the discussion. I can't believe he would be foolish enough to think I'd forget that phoney complaining, and come back years later to do it again.

But Argo44 needs a target, and you're it. There's another hypocrite who complains about vitriol being the ruination of this forum, again using pure bullshit to denigrate you and hopefully hurt your business... which of course would lead to less of those $12.00 fees you pay Dave when you sell guns here.

As I often say, you can learn a lot about Double Guns here, but you can learn more about people if you pay close attention.

argo, when you say the gun was out of proof, what the hell do you mean by that?

we have no gubmint imposed proof tax here in the us of a...

an one does not stay in any bidness for over forty years, operating under ones real name, by being a con man...

an argo, you claim if I do not post pitchers of the 6 bore doublegon here, as you demand, then I am a liar...

well, what if when you first whined about honed bores, around ten years ago, my response was...

"honed bores? watt honed bores? you are a liar"...

but no, I acknowledged the issue, and advised you the gun was safe to shoot, based upon the opinion of my trusted gunsmith...

does that sound like the words of a con man?...

as for the six bore gun, as indicated in a previous post, images will be posted in my gi listing, which will be referenced in the for sale section of this fine doublegon forum...

argo, you continue to do me injustice here...

Keith, as usual, you are spot on in your analysis...

for those who expressed a positive response to this thread...

the reference to the gi listing is now posted on the for sale forum...

Just looked over your listing and fotos ed. Cool gun!
Id never restore it but given its a no name Belgian id give it a good cleaning and some sympathetic work to the wood finish- if it were my gun that is.
Nominal bore size for 6 gauge is .919"
Did the bores measure exactly .900" ath the muzzle? If so id bet it is a 7 bore

noticed stamp 22.8 at breaches...

if that is 22.8 mm, then the bores were .90 at some point in process of fabrication...

plus, there appears to be .007 of choke in the left barrel...

Top to bottom:
Probably 'PF' and likely the Twist barrel maker who I can't ID
Possibly the inspector's mark. If crowned, prior to 1877.
FD is likely Ferdinand Drissen active 1874-1900
On L the Provisional Proof mark and bore 22.8mm at the time of 1st obligatory proof. On R the Belgian Proof House mark.
No way to date the gun further.

22.8mm(.8976") right between 7(.873")and 6 (.919") considering your measurements id say 22.8mm is definitely the bore size neither 6bore nor 7 bore. Super common
No name Belgian guns were sold prolifically through the gun trade, and they certainly prioritized low cost and high manufacturing amounts over adhering to strict tolerances and standardizations of the American or English gun market. The result? we have loads of 19th century, Belgian trade guns that don't adhere to the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12, etc. Etc, gauge sizes, there were plenty of half gauge or in-between gauge guns sold out of Belgium and many other countries in fact.
The good news is 6 guage Fibre cushion and overshot cards at .935" will still slide down those barrels. I wouldn't bother using the nitro cards they'd be too hard to load.
Its a shame we have ten gauge max here for turkey hunting, a gun like this would be a turkey thumpin sun uva gun!!!
Best of luck with the sale ed!

senor, hopefully this rare piece will find a new home in a museum like environment, where it will be preserved for its uniqueness...