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Recently I aquired a Double that was found in a barn just prior to being demolished, Prior I mean the cables were hooked up and this was the last walk thru before the jerked it down,!
The amazing thing was that this shotgun had 42" barrels,the locks did not work but the stock was in good shape and not cracked,the barrels were rusty as well as all the metal parts,
I dropped the gun off with my favorite gunsmith(My Dad)on new years weekend, He has rebuilt several of these old shotguns for me over the years, some allot worse off then this, around the 15 of Jan he called and said it was hopeless, well I went down last weekend and viewed my hopeless gun,hope the pictures come out for you they sure do not do the gun justice,
I only wish I had taken more before pictures,
this is what he ended up with,

Bad thing is it has no names on the locks or barrels ,
it is marked london fine twist but has belgium proof marks ,
if anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them

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[img]http://picasaweb.google.com/hobtag/Double/photo?authkey=tRtqMgqNhPQ#5026673681664063554[/img]

[img]http://picasaweb.google.com/hobtag/Double/photo?authkey=tRtqMgqNhPQ#5026673737498638450[/img]

http://picasaweb.google.com/hobtag/Double/photo?authkey=tRtqMgqNhPQ#5026673754678507650

[img]http://picasaweb.google.com/hobtag/Double/photo?authkey=tRtqMgqNhPQ#5026673668779161650[/img]

Please come and search my barn! I only built it a little over a year ago, but there must be a gun like this in there somewhere.

Lucky guy - and nice work on the restoration.

Brent

Very nice job on rebrowning the barrels. They look fantastic!

If you can take a picture of the barrel flats and water table, there just may be a maker's trademark. The Belgian trade was making muzzle loaders well into the mid 1900's, so the gun may or may not be all that old.

I don't have a barn but I do have an old garage if you are willing to look around.

Pete

Are those dog's heads on the hammers? Never seen that before, really quite nice. My compliments to Dad.

Rob

yes those are dog head hammers,

And I will take a few pictures of the proofs and get them posted

Your dad did a helluva job! How much does he charge?? Any plans for the gun?

Great Story , Congrats on the find, the refubishment and the experience.

What a neat find! Sure wish I could find something like that.

thanks all , sure wish I had some insight as to who might had made it originaly
And I will pass on the good word on his work

Very handsome! Your dad did a very nice job. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.