doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Found a nice Purdey pigeon gun

7 and 10 is not that heavy. About the same as a Superposed standard weight. You will enjoy that weight on the clays course, and everytime you pull the trigger on a real pheasant load.

The choke issue is a non-issue. Anyone with the coin to buy a Purdey can afford spreader loads one would hope! Home-rolled spreaders cost a whopping 2 cents more than standard shells, if you want to load your own. I've been known to shoot skeet with a modified/full Fox using spreaders and they do perform well.

Owning an extractor gun would not bother me one bit.

Buy it, just so we can see pix of it and your smiling face behind it.

This sounds like you've finally found a keeper. From a weight perspective, you'll likely soon be able to tell if the handling suits you; we can't comment on that. I mean, take a look a some of the Italian guns being used for upland birds...is the weight feel all that different? If you put it up to your shoulder, does it feel right especially as compared to what you've tried in game guns? From a value, aethetics, and durability perspective, a Purdey pigeon gun in good shape would be hard to beat. Nice barrel length. How's the wood for you? On paper, it's hard to beat this gun.

Update.

I am having the gun sent to Alfred Gallifent to be inspected. The only issue with the gun at this time relates to several "dents" on the barrel. I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

Ken

SORRY !!! I mistyped. I meant 20,000 dollars. Still a lot of money to take the originality from a masterful gun. This is the price quoted by Purdey, to a friend that needed the work done, in the past few weeks.
I will edit my post.
Best,
John

John:

$20K is still a lot of money. Hell, even at $5K I would pass just because it would ruin the originality of the gun.

Ken

Ken, the gun sounds very nice and something that will always be desirable in the future. My only caution would be that being a pigeon gun it is likely to be quite high stocked for rising birds,
ie trap shooting dimensions.Personally this would not work for me.I shoot a Scott Monte Carlo B SLE pigeon gun for sporting clays and occasionally for ducks and pheasants, however I re-stocked the gun
to more typical North American field dimensions with more drop at comb and heel.This works very well for me.We are all different and
this gun may be perfect for you,but stock fit is sooooo important.
Good luck in your pursuit. Terry

Still chasin' thim Purdeys eh!
There are some great 2nd tier London guns about.
I'd tell them snobs at Purdey to kiss my a#% for 20,000.00 worth of ejectors - The old chaps have sold their guns, and there ain't any new chaps in ol'Londontowne!
Remember the Flock of Seagulls?

Mr. Glenthorne

I agree that their are many great 2nd tier London guns. I located a Stephen Grant Best gun in mint condition but the price was more than a Purdey.

If this Purdey Pigeon gun is as advertised it is a good gun. It appears to be all original. Alfred will verify this later in the week. I will be inspecting the gun personally to see if it floats my boat.

Ken

I was just thinking of the Stephen Grant 1890 ejector Kirby found that is in great condition...prices are amazing on these things.

There was a really nice Stephan Grant Best Gun from 1925 that looked new. I would have purchased the gun in lieu of a Purdey but they wanted $30K.

Ken