Nice guns. That Imperial Premier is fantastic. That engraving ranks up there with some of the best I've seen.

The other additions are nice, too. Mr. Gattis, that gun of yours is great. That's one of the best refinishes I've ever seen.

Check out these links to see some other guns being made in the 1880-90s:

Here's a Holland. This gun was made for them by Scott:

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=63540482


Here's a Boss made on a Perkes action:

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.C...mp;mode=viewGun

The Boss is from the company's pre-Robertson era. Robertson turn Boss into THE BOSS. The Perkes-patent Boss guns are pretty blah.

Here are some hammerguns:

An H&H:

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=180


A back-action Purdey:

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=165


A Woodward:

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=44


Another Purdey:

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=69


A Lang:

http://www.atkingrantandlang.co.uk/gundetails.asp?id=147


A William Evans:

http://www.atkingrantandlang.co.uk/gundetails.asp?id=382


And a couple of Bosses:

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=116

http://ospreyarms.com/category_details.php?i=4&id=120


Overall, I think the Scott Premiers stand up to these guns pretty well.

OWD

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