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Sidelock
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I posted a thread four years ago about the Return of the Prodigal Gun, a 10 ga. Ithaca NID 3.5" Magnum, that I got back decades later after regretting selling it decades earlier. http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=359151&page=1In the same thread, redgrouse recounted the story of selling his Damascus barreled round action Dickson, regretting the loss of it, and later re-buying it 30 years later. If you have the Photobucket Fix, you can see his and mine at the above thread. Gil
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Sidelock
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Easy one for me. Second Generation Fox BE in 20 gauge in really nice condition. I spotted it on an auction site about 5 years ago and it had 26" barrels and I was concerned they might be cut (I had been bit before on a cut barrel gun). Ordered a factory card on the gun and that took 24 hours. I could have had it for less then half of what it was worth as it sold while I was waiting for the card and was removed from the site. I'd of course called on the gun when I first saw it, but the seller had no way of measuring chokes or sending me any pictures. etc etc.
foxes rule
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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1) An Arrizabalaga 12ga made for J.Roberts, copy of Churchill Priemere XXV. A dealer at a local gun show who sold pistols was selling for a friend. $1600. Near mint gun, self opener, etc. I hesitated and went home and tried to look through my copies of Gunlist to see what the gun went for used (never found an example). It was Sunday afternoon, never made it back to gun show.
2) A Winchester 16ga Model 21, Tournament Skeet, straight stock and slim beavertail forearm. I was never a Model 21 fan but that was a fine gun. An old guy had inherited it from his brother who live in S.Georgia, a quail gun I'm sure. It had some rust damage on one side in a couple of spots and I never called the guy back, but I should have. I was worried too much about what was wrong with the gun instead of all the things that were right.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
Joined: Nov 2002
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There was only one I can think of. It was straight grip-stocked Caprinus stainless Steel game gun offered at Collectors Firearms of Texas about a decade ago. That is the only gun I truly wished I bought. I know what I was looking at and the price was laughable yet for some reason I can't think of today I passed on the gun.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
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A factory cased R15 Darne 20 gauge, 29" tubes, straight stock, choked modified and full. Bought it, unfired, from a preacher in Indiana. A friend of mine bought the preachers V19 20 gauge at the same time. Both guns were late James Wayne imports. Sold it after someone pointed out the bland wood, and simple engraving pattern. What I had forgotten is I had a tough time missing flying birds with the thing. I had a crackerjack Gordon that a Brit friend of mine referred to as the best meat dog he had ever seen, pointing and retrieving to hand. He used a Pointer and a Golden Retriever to accomplish the same thing. I killed pickup truck beds full of birds with that little gun, and shot clay games with it when I wasn't hunting.
I sold it to a gunshop who offered it back after they had paid to open up the chokes.
No deal, fellas. You guys dicked up one fine piece of wingshooting kit.
The gun is pictured in The Double Gun Journal article I wrote.
Been looking for it's replacement for a long time.
Best,
Ted
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Parker AHE 16 Gauge in near mint condition for $1,500. Guy who owned it didnt understand what he had and my conscience wouldnt let me do it.
Zanicotti 12 Gauge SLE for $6,000. Couldnt find any info on the maker and passed.
Last edited by Remington40x; 12/11/17 01:52 PM.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Nicely engraved pristine Sedgley Springfield .22 Hornet walked up to me at the Albany Gun Show back in the late '80s. Could have been mine for $1k but I just had Model 70s on the brain....
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Sidelock
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Joined: May 2016
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A 20 ga. Browning Midas grade superlight for $4,000.00 from a motivated seller 17 years ago. Reason was I had just paid for my daughter's wedding and you guys know the rest!
Hence my insistance on having a ready to purchase gun fund in my safe.
Karl
Last edited by Karl Graebner; 12/10/17 06:43 PM.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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Joined: Jun 2006
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An old brown Fox Sterlingworth 20ga w/32" barrels from some defumct duck club in California with a dent in the barrel for $800.00
After that one, I had decided that I didn't want anymore Remington 1894's with short stocks, so I passed on an 1894 DE with a 12" stock and 3" of drop for $175.00
Out there doing it best I can.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Mine was a Midas superlight, Bee engraved, 99% 20 guage. For Free, Yes Free! my conscious would not take it from the widow of a good hunting friend who stated before he passed to take it several times. I figured, his son would would appreciate it. Or at least I hope he did!
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