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"I think, at the moment, there are four top end, or near top end, guns out there at almost reasonable prices: Laurona:" Kyrie, can you shed some light on who built this or who or what "Laurona" refers to? And look at the price on that I.Ugartechea, unbelievable!!! 
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"I think, at the moment, there are four top end, or near top end, guns out there at almost reasonable prices: Laurona:" Kyrie, can you shed some light on who built this or who or what "Laurona" refers to? And look at the price on that I.Ugartechea, unbelievable!!! That's Armas Laurona. They are out of business now, having closed a couple of years ago. Most of the Laurona guns we see here in the US are entry level box lock guns, on par with the AyA No. 4 or Ugartechea model 30/40. That gun: http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13124950/# is a decent grade of side lock; I think a model 502. Stock is a little short (LOP of 14 inches) and barrels are unfashionably short (25 - 26 inches) but all in all a nice gun. Not, IMO, $2800 nice but that's a personal calculation.
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Be hard to find something similar or look like that at that price.
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From what I've been able to find so far, the 25-26 inch guns are running about $750-$1000 cheaper than 28-30 inch bbls.
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From what I've been able to find so far, the 25-26 inch guns are running about $750-$1000 cheaper than 28-30 inch bbls.
I'll add that, from my own observations, the shorter barrel guns go longer until an offer is made. Since I like 25-26 inch barrels, none of this upsets me :-)
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The thing is though we're not talking about a shotgun that weighs in at 8 1/2 pounds and looks like it was stocked with a piece of plywood we're talking about a sidelock that weighs in at under 7 lbs. and looks like it was stalked with the finest wood anyone could find and all for around $1,000.00 dollars. If I was looking for a breechloader today a used Spaniard is the first place I would look. Better than anything being produced today for that price.
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Hmm, where should I be looking for the $1K fine looking sidelocks? Seriously. I've had trouble finding any in that price range looking on the usual auction sites. I'm not arguing, I'm looking for more places to search than I have found where I might see better deals.
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