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Most amazing "Bird Guns" #232289 06/13/11 10:04 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA DGM OP Sidelock
OP DGM Sidelock Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA	An amazing work of craftsmanship went on Auction at Christies recently, the Singing Bird Pistols. http://www.christies.com/features/singing-bird-pistols-en-1422-3.aspx "When you have to shoot, Shoot! Don't talk." - Tuco

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232293 06/13/11 10:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 701 Likes: 12 Wild Skies Sidelock
Wild Skies Sidelock Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 701 Likes: 12	Finally . . . guns my wife might take an interest in, but at that kind of price I'd have to veto her purchase of them. Wild Skies Since 1951

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232298 06/13/11 11:12 PM
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MIKE THE BEAR Unregistered	I'll take four!

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232304 06/14/11 12:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA Chuck H Sidelock
Chuck H Sidelock Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 Torrance, CA	Engineers gone wild!

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232307 06/14/11 12:45 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 625 Likes: 1 England. Harry Eales Sidelock
Harry Eales Sidelock Joined: May 2006 Posts: 625 Likes: 1 England.	Didn't this gunsmith (Fr�res Rochat)go on to invent some not very economical chocolates that are wrapped in a gold coloured foil? Very, very nice workmanship, but they're not very macho are they? Certainly not a stopper to take to a gunfight, but then again, your opponent may die laughing before it starts. Harry Biology is the only science where multiplication can be achieved by division.

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" Harry Eales #232315 06/14/11 08:37 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA DGM OP Sidelock
OP DGM Sidelock Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA	Originally Posted By: Harry Eales Very, very nice workmanship, but they're not very macho are they? Certainly not a stopper to take to a gunfight, but then again, your opponent may die laughing before it starts. Harry Would be the thing to bring to a duel if you weren't a good shot! "When you have to shoot, Shoot! Don't talk." - Tuco

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232322 06/14/11 09:34 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA DGM OP Sidelock
OP DGM Sidelock Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 362 Likes: 9 Virginia USA	Final hammer price was $5.8 million for the pair. "When you have to shoot, Shoot! Don't talk." - Tuco

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232329 06/14/11 11:14 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,448 Likes: 278 Maryland eightbore Sidelock
eightbore Sidelock Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,448 Likes: 278 Maryland	Oh, crap, my dial up missed the last chance at a bid. Is ammo available at Wal Mart?

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" DGM #232336 06/14/11 01:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 940 Likes: 6 Warrenton Virginia Ken Georgi Sidelock
Ken Georgi Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 940 Likes: 6 Warrenton Virginia	No thanks, I've already got one. It is very nice! ("Monty Python and the Holy Grail" fans should remember the line. Best if spoken with a thick French accent.) Amazing piece of work. Ken Last edited by Ken Georgi; 06/14/11 01:47 PM.

Re: Most amazing "Bird Guns" Ken Georgi #232339 06/14/11 01:39 PM
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Hoof Sidelock Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 714 Likes: 9	"Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see."

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