doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Interesting pair of Dickson 20 bores

Three barrel side lever 20 bore skeleton action RAs. Definitely unique and very rare. However, notice on the cocking indicators. The one gun is slightly lined up differently than the other.

Ken

Those guys who thought running guns with two triggers was tough, are going to have bigger problems with three triggers.

Best,
Ted

According to the Donald Dallas’s Dickson book, these are a composed pair. They are nonejectors so people won’t have trouble trying to catch the empties when they are ejected.

Ken

Mike is right in his title . . . . they ARE interesting. But, interesting is not always synonymous with feasible or practical. These guns are neither of the latter, IMO.

Oh I don't know Stan, I would imagine that they have been on the peg putting red grouse in the bag for the last 150 years, seems feasible enough to me. I have a feeling the three barrel dickson guns handle a whole better than a Benelli SBE. Practical enough for the use that they were built for in my mind.

Not guns that I want or need in my collection but I do admire the craftsmanship.

Does anyone recall the asking price for these guns?

What is the piece of equipment in your included photo?

It’s a jig with a heat lamp for bending stocks. The adjustable wrench (knuckle buster) and 7-11 convenience store grade turn screws are just decor, no doubt.

I’m with this guy on stock bending:

https://vicknairgunsmithing.blogspot.com/2022/07/another-bad-idea-that-refuses-to-die.html

We both came to the same conclusion, from different experiences.

Best,
Ted

Ted, you're going to get called a curmudgeon again for noticing that Princess Stevie uses tools that came from a Garage Sale 6-for-$1.00 bargain box. Another Garage Sale bargain shown is that old articulating arm desk lamp. Most normal people would know that infrared heat lamps should only be used in a porcelain socket. But times are tough.

Those Dicksons sure have a strange barrel configuration compared to the usual European Drilling we see. Three triggers in one long trigger guard bow should be manageable I'd think. But gripping the forend and those triple-wide barrels would be as bad as a pontoon boat beavertail forend. It's easy for most people to see why they never caught on.