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jOe: I tried being nice but that apparently won't work. First, to answer your questions: #2081 is a great gun with a lot of history some of which is contained in the Parker letter. #2087 is also a great gun that has been well used that also has a lot of history some of which is contained in the Parker letter PLUS it is a C GRADE HAMMERGUN! #2002 & #2017 We're talking about a Chrchill & a Hussey respectively & the Hussey is a two barrel set! If they wern't sleeved, yes, they would be worth more to a collector but not so much to a shooter who wants to shoot a fine gun(You probably wouldn't want to sleeve your 311s though). If I wanted to send my 200 guns back to England I could do pretty well now with the exchange rate but I'd rather sell them over here to people, unlike yourself, who can appreciate good workmanship and history. Who knows, in another 100 or so years your 311s will be classics! I REALLY LIKED HOW DIG REFERRED TO YOU POLISHING YOUR WEAPON! THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!

Best Regards, As Always, George

I agree it was....

If you ever do unload those 400 English bongs you might consider investing in 311's ?

jOe: Now its 400? I wish! I said @ 200 & going for 100 +/_ What is a bong? Can you BANG a BONG? Is that what you do while polishing your weapon? Perhaps a BING would more be the case. I once waited by a Bilabong for Matilda to wattz with. Come on down out of them hills in Tennessee and be part of a real live English gun auction in South Carolina. It 'aint that fur! I'll even treat you to a Wild Turkey & water.

Best Regards, George

George you claimed to be down to 200 SxS's...do the math.

If you sent them back to England and they chopped all the barrels off there would 400 scrap pieces...2 x 200 = 400


Thus 400 potential bOng pipes according to Lowell.

Ah yes- almost time for White Christmas (written by a gent of the Hebrew persuasion, Irving Berlin already- go figure) guess he thought that "Grey Channuaka" wouldn't play in Peoria. Harry Lillis "Bing" crosby died in Sept 1977 whilst shooting partridges with his 12 bore Purdey- wonder who has that "escopeta" now? george, as you know the Limey guns so well, even better that Homely Joe knows his beloved 311's- any ideas??

George after reading Foxeys post I'd say a bOng could be banged.

Kinda Early ain't it Foxey ?

Foxey: If I am not mistaken Bing's 20 bore Purdey was sold at one of Greg Martin's first auctions or perhaps while he was still at Bonham & Butterfields.

jOe: I'd say that if you pulled the BUNG from a cask of Wild Turkey and stand under the effluence thereof your BING would get a BANG out of that BONG! Seriously (or is it too late for that?)
If any of my fine British guns were out of proof they would have been "cut by the auction" prior to the sale as a few of them were. Those were sold for "stock, action and fore-arm" only. I don't have any more, I'm sorry, but they wouldn't fit on your 311s anyway. I really haven't counted how many SxSs I have left but apparently you have, so how many are there? Bye the Bye the word is "scrap" not "scrape"

Best Regards, George

George I don't own any 311's....

Do you think it right to make fun of an American Work Horse Gun like the 311 with a stable full of wore out British Sway-backs like you had listed on Guns of America ?

There appeared recently in the British sporting Press a statement that carried the following message. Scotland Yard is pressuring the gun trade in the U.K.to refrain from exporting guns unless they meet the same pre-sale proof standards applicable in the U.K. The article went on to say; Scotland Yard was making this request because an accident involving an "out of proof"shotgun that was exported from England to the U.S.A.
Regret, I could not trace the article, has anyone else knowledge of this situation?

hOjO may be exasperasting at times, but I don't think anyone can seriously question his taste in fine guns. I wish I had some of his Scotts...Geo