OLDSTER
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Name the shot gun ?? I'll play; what's this ?
Let’s Play... Name This Shotgun!
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dasnake
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Darne sliding breech loader
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dasnake
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I don't have pictures but I have a 1957 30.06 built by cogswell harrison, but their shotguns are incredible, why don't I have one? I'm just a pore elderly pensioner.
bulletslap
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I believe that is a Charlin, instead of a Darne.
Nope it is a high grade Darne I believe, after a closer look.
Nope it is a high grade Darne I believe, after a closer look.
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Gorgeous gun! I think of Darne at first glance, but other manufacturers produced sliding breech shotguns. It’s obviously a higher grade gun, possibly a V22. Is that yours?Name the shot gun ?? I'll play; what's this ?
I passed on a field grade Darne 20 gauge years ago and still think about it. IIRC, it was priced at $950. It had very plain wood and typical European style sling swivels. If I found one like you pictured at a decent price, I’d be on it like a hobo on a ham sandwich!
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Here’s another fairly obscure shotgun for you to ID. It’s a 12 gauge boxlock with a scalloped aluminum alloy receiver. It has a solid rib, ejectors, steel firing pin bushings, cocking indicators and a three piece forearm. As you can see, it weighs in at just under 6 lbs.
This was a WWII bring-back and was a mess when I bought it. The wood was rough, the bluing was well worn and it had a social security number electro penciled inside the trigger guard and on the bottom of the barrels, under the forearm.
The manufacturer is still in business (hint #1), so I shipped the gun off and had them restore and modify it. They opened the chokes to IC/Mod, lengthened the forcing cones and removed the SS#’s and sling swivels. They refinished the wood and the barrels, re-cut the checkering and added a brass shield to cover the swivel hole in the stock. It’s probably the lightest 12 gauge over/under I’ve ever handed and I’ve used it at deer camp to take partridge!
Hint #2: It’s not a Merkel!
Who made this???
This was a WWII bring-back and was a mess when I bought it. The wood was rough, the bluing was well worn and it had a social security number electro penciled inside the trigger guard and on the bottom of the barrels, under the forearm.
The manufacturer is still in business (hint #1), so I shipped the gun off and had them restore and modify it. They opened the chokes to IC/Mod, lengthened the forcing cones and removed the SS#’s and sling swivels. They refinished the wood and the barrels, re-cut the checkering and added a brass shield to cover the swivel hole in the stock. It’s probably the lightest 12 gauge over/under I’ve ever handed and I’ve used it at deer camp to take partridge!
Hint #2: It’s not a Merkel!
Who made this???
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vonn
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Snazzy looking for sure.
OLDSTER
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S&Wchad; It could be a high grade BAIKAL ?? Or a German GREIFELT. ??
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OLDSTER
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Gorgeous gun! I think of Darne at first glance, but other manufacturers produced sliding breech shotguns. It’s obviously a higher grade gun, possibly a V22. Is that yours?
I passed on a field grade Darne 20 gauge years ago and still think about it. IIRC, it was priced at $950. It had very plain wood and typical European style sling swivels. If I found one like you pictured at a decent price, I’d be on it like a hobo on a ham sandwich!
It is a file photo and not mine
. I've always been intrigued with the Darne, but never owned one.John
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It’s not a Baikal.
Greifelt made similar pattern guns, so that’s an excellent educated guess. They didn’t make mine, but you’re in the neighborhood (hint #3)!
Geco. need ten characters
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Good guess. Right town, wrong manufacturer...
OLDSTER
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OLDSTER
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Here's another one,( and this one I'm fortunate to own ). Hint; Belgian manufacture, ca. 1949, 10 ga. magnum. This make was imported by Continental Arms in New York City for Abercrombie and Fitch.
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Hoening Rotary shotgun.
Got a guess on this one? Unique piece of machinery!
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Nope, but close.Then it's got to be a SIMSON ??
Final hints: The made Lugers during WWII. As I eluded to earlier, they WERE in Suhl Germany during WWII and they’re still producing high end guns today.
OLDSTER
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Nope, not J. P. Sauer.Can't be a Sauer is it ?? If it is, that's really a surprise.
I’ll make it easy... They’re one of the more popular makers of shotguns used by competitive shooters.
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