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Chicago You failed to mention that the mint W&S 20 was as new with hanging tags and instructions in it's original case with accessories and actually priced at $5500. That is a good deal. 
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Chicago You failed to mention that the mint W&S 20 was as new with hanging tags and instructions in it's original case with accessories and actually priced at $5500. That is a good deal. Oops, I thought it was $6,000. I know it has been out there for awhile and I have not checked their site in several months.
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king Brown, yes they did make a lot of the Army & Navy guns.
That 20 looks like a decent deal. I looked at the Cabelas 720, nice weight but I would not want to use it with 3" cartridges! The British ones were made for the 2 3/4" round. Lagopus.....
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King, I have a pair of A&N 12's from the 1930's, made by Webley & Scott. I have the entire page from their record book, which lists my guns along with 21 others. Of the 23 guns listed, 18 were from W&S. They did not make all A&N's by any means, but they certainly made a lot of them.
The 712, 720, and 728 were all made for the American market. Actually, they are all 702's that have been given a different serial number sequence (starting with 720xxx, etc), and with 3" chambers in the case of the 720. (Not sure whether the 712 also had 3" chambers.)
By far the most common guns from the post-WWII period were the 700 series. The Brits did their best to confuse us with their model numbers. The basic gun was the 700. The 702 was the mid-grade, and the 701 the top of the line--other than some seldom-seen models made in very small quantity.
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So it is fair to say that all of the SXSs made by Webley & Scott in Birmingham are good guns? In other words, did any bad SXSs come out of Webley & Scott's Birmingham factory?
--shinbone
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With all the wear, nicks and dings on both metal and wood, makes the 20 bore above worth at least 1500 more than this 16.
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shinbone, I don't know about ALL; be wary of absolutes about anything. From what I've read and heard of these guns---several are owned by friends---they have a deserved reputation for making good guns. I've never heard of "bad" ones.
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The Anson & Dealey action is by far the most copied, used, and tested action ever. It is very dependable more so than any American action.
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I won't comment on the prices, but the 700 series 16ga guns seem even harder to find than the 28 gauge guns.
Dave
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