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Posted By: Daryl Hallquist Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 09:24 PM
This gun is by Charles Giddings. The Giddings family contained gunmakers and engravers in New York. They were apparently very skilled, but production must have been small. In roughly 50 years, I have seen two Giddings marked guns, one by Charles Giddings, and one by [his son ] George Giddings. I have heard of another George Giddings gun of unusual design.

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Posted By: ed good Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 09:28 PM
wow!
Posted By: Parabola Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 09:36 PM
“Banknote Quality” engraving!
Posted By: old colonel Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 10:57 PM
Double wow
Posted By: limapapa Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 11:05 PM
Thanks so much for sharing. And I thought I was getting into esoteric Americana with my Tobin. What a magnificent piece!
Posted By: bbman3 Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/27/21 11:17 PM
Wonderful! Bobby
Posted By: eeb Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 12:50 AM
No Pluto dogs or flying turnips, but that skeleton butt looks Parkeresque
Posted By: BrentD, Prof Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 01:18 AM
That is one sweet hammer gun. I don't think I've ever seen one I liked more. "Beautiful" just doesn't do it justice.
Posted By: Dennis Potter Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 04:24 AM
Wonderful Daryl. I especially love the engraving overall, and those Setters on the Left are terrific. The Pointers need enlarging to see them better, and I am sure they compliment the Setters
Dennis
Posted By: Steve Nash Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 04:26 AM
Triple wow!
Posted By: obsessed-with-doubles Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 02:17 PM
Beautiful gun.

Does if have German origins?

Thanks for sharing.

OWD
Posted By: Daryl Hallquist Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 02:19 PM
Dennis, the pointers on the last photo above of the right lock plate are the best I have at the moment. I think the pictures have enough detail in them that if one copies them off to a picture file, one can greatly enlarge them.
Posted By: Tom Findrick Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 03:56 PM
Very elegant
Posted By: Remington40x Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 04:12 PM
Originally Posted by obsessed-with-doubles
Beautiful gun.

Does if have German origins?

Thanks for sharing.

OWD

I’d say it was British, not German. I have a British hammer gun with very similar action shape including the fences, although not quite as nicely engraved. Mine probably dates from the 1880s or 1890s, but has been sleeved and the original proof marks are gone. However, the engraving on this one is far superior to that on mine, nice as mine is.

I wonder if Giddings bought the gun in the white and finished it or bought the gun finished and I engraved and then engraved the side locks.
Posted By: Glacierjohn Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/28/21 11:52 PM
Unbelievable! I love that engraving!
Posted By: gil russell Re: Good Day for Looking #3 - 12/29/21 10:37 PM
Daryl: Thanks so much for posting these yesterday. It made my day! Gil
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