doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Trading for an English gun, help.

Yes my gun is the #2 of a pair, serial number 14325. I have a friend who told me that when you get in the 20 K range there should be no problems.
I would like to sell the Hussey and then have a better chance to get a nicer gun.

The value is two Husseys equal one Purdey/H&H/Boss/Woodward. The difference is that if we are speaking of a best work gun, the chances of any given gun having originally been a best work gun are a good deal higher with the Purdey/H&H/boss/Woodward than with the Hussey. The market does not like uncertainty, as you can see from the advice on the barrel pits.

A best work Purdey, BV1-OQ1-CC3(significant use) = $21,000. A gun in this condition can have significant wear to blue/black, case color, and wood finish; it might even have a quality reblack and/or wood refurbishment. However, it will not have any barrel, frame, or lock issues; absolutely no burred screw slots!! A $16,000 Purdey, BV1-OQ1-CC4 = $16,000 should fit to a current condition description of, " heavy use, but no abuse." Occasionally, you will find a Purdey in CC3, or a bit better, but with barrel pits due to a short lapse in cleaning after shooting corrosive priming. Uncertainty about the barrels must be a big value hit.

There was some guy on here who bought, had inspected, and sent back through three or maybe four different Purdeys in his 20K search.He may have found one but I don't recall him posting that he did.I do know every one he had purchased went directly to a gunsmith and every one had some major issues.

I own its pair, no. 14324, marked 1. These guns were sold to Griffin & Howe, where they were separated. My gun has original barrels that were struck by HJ Hussey and are stamped with his initials. Lovely gun.

The first rule of gun trading should be: 1. Never sell a gun that pleases you and you shoot well until you own a gun that pleases you more and you shoot as well or better. If you don't feel comfortable evaluating the Hussey on your own, I would send it off to one of the smiths who have vast Brit gun backgrounds and get an opinion from him as to the quality of the example you have and how he would compare it to a similiar pre-WWI Purdey. If you are concerned about appreciation, consider that as the most highly recognized items leave the market, lesser names of equal (or better) quality will actually appreciate faster.

Hey Man////Got any pics you can post of that nice Hussey Imperial by any chance....let us see the gun you want to trade
I'd think that would help a good bit,,,,it might get high praise from the guys who really know the good stuff.
I saw one at a shoot, & i thought it sublime
Pics of BOTH Guns would be great
Good luck
Franc

It was my impression that H J Hussey was a bean counter, and not a gunsmith. The guns I have seen with the firm name in various manifestations were all of high quality.

here is a rhyme for ya: to play big-shot game one gots to pay for the name......buy quality not the name now that's poor mans game!

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i have exact same tile in my basement whoever put it in for you didn't do very good job. it's man-made but it was on sale at home depot or lowe's so i bought it anyway. nice looking gun.