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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...amp;uploaded=16This is a Daw - an early one. It is Daw's 1861 patent centre fire hammer gun. A farmer brought it in this morning and offered it to me for a very fair price. Unusual to see such an old model in honest condition. the barrels are clean and measure 35 thou minimum. I'll try and shoot some pigeons with it this week.
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Ask not for whom the dog barks, it barks for thee... NRA Life Member
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Oh, my word! but that's a real jewel and a rare one. Congratulations!
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Small Bore, Daw gun #526 resides in my collection. The gun is a 12G with or 28 inch damascus barrels. The brown has faded on the barrels and the bores show minor marks otherwise the gun is in excellent original condition. The stock is of exceptional quality. The action and locks are profusely engraved with acanthus leaf motifs similar to that seen on the Daw gun pictured on the dust cover of The British Shotgun Vol;1.[By Baker and Crudgington] My gun still has the spare firing pins and bushings located under the heel and toe plates of the stock. I believe this was a unique feature of the early Daw guns.
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Well, one needs to research the Pauly guns. A half century before the Daw or others. The French were early, but not accepted for various reasons. Maybe around 1812. -----centerfire , cartridge guns.
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Mr. Hallquist, don't drag those filthy foreigners in just yet. Let them elevate Daw for a time.
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The first centerfire gun could not be a Daw as he got the patent from Schneider and a long suite of continental developments by Pauly, Pottet et al. It may not even be the first British centerfire gun if you look at the Base fire Lancasters (from an original Gastinne design). The French were providing the thrust of the gun development in the 1850s from Damascus to center fire, breech loader etc. The British took it from there in the 1860s and made an amazing Engineering effort which was all but finished by 1900.
That being said, it's a wonderful relic from this amazing era... Best regards, WC-
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Daryl, do you have any 410/12mm shotshells still laying around you can part with or a box of them. Still looking for some, Thanks!
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The Lancaster base fire was certainly a step along the way but fizzled out. With Daw's patent we did see a step change and a rapid movement in Britain in the centre-fire direction, pinfire fading away quite rapidly. To my mind, this is the first 'modern' shotgun and it is the great grandfather of what we all shoot today. The others are clearly relations but more distantly linked.
I often tell people that my main interest in guns is the 1860-1939 period. For me it all starts with Daw. Now, I need to go and shoot it!
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