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I'd like to see one of these in a 16ga round action hammer gun model.

He's not talking about you... just the bum. The best thing to do is just ignore ole joe. Like momma said, don't talk to strangers.... I mean strange people.


As far as where to get one.... That's the hard part. As of right now, only the rounded boxlock is available in the states. As you can read in the other thread, they go by the name Dickinson and are carried exclusively by the Cabelas Fine Gun Library. The sidelock models, as of now, are not available.

If you want one, I guess you'd have to contact Komandoav (or Commanado Arms) who is major shotgun importer in Europe (for companies like Beretta, Franchi, Webley Scott, Perrazzi, Browning, Benelli, etc). They represent Akus too. Then you'd have to import it.

Here's their website.
http://www.komandoav.com/index.php

Here is they're online catalog.
http://www.commando-arms.com/

This would be great business opportunity for someone willing to import these. They would sell well AS LONG AS THE PRICES ARENT JACKED UP. Case in point are the Dickinsons. When S&W imported them, their price was much higher and they didn't sell. Now, the Dickinsons are offered at a much more reasonable price and sell well.

I especially think the Sidelock would sell well.

Adam

Yea right.

Thanks Adam. I'd like to check into the sidelock. I'll check Commando.

In recent years the terms "round action" and "rounded action" have been used interchangeably by some makers of boxlocks. Before this I understood "round action" to mean only trigger plate action guns, distinct from A&D boxlock guns. So I also considered the trigger plate action as different from a boxlock. I think the distinction is useful for clarity -- especially since round action is now used so loosely.

Maybe this train is already leaving the station.

Jay

Please ignore. I'll learn someday.

cabela's price is around $1500. predict in three years price on used market will be around $1000, as was the case with s&w gold elite. that will be the time to buy...meantime, best to put your money in the big american four and the japanese made guns...happy new year to all!

I think the S&W in 28", double trigger is a great gun at $1100 on the present market. Every once in a while one shows up. New offerings at retail are only for someone who doesn't own a shotgun yet. I hunt over and live with a seven year old female Wirehair. The Wirehair is the most underrated general purpose house and hunting dog out there. After living with setters,red and white, one great English Pointer, my wife's wonderful Springers, and my "Ugly Dog", Eva, I will never have any other dog other than the Wirehair, popularly known as "The Ugly Dog". I have seen Mr. Burns' dog before and look forward to more pictures of his dog and his guns. By the way, my bird dog ownership now covers 64 years.

Wirehairs are nothing but shorthairs in serious need of a trim. Seriously, although I've owned shorthairs for 25 years, I've hunted with some very good wirehairs. You do, I think, stand a somewhat greater chance of running into a wirehair that's on the "sharp" side, speaking of temperament, than with the other continental dogs. But the 4 or 5 that I've hunted with most recently have not had that issue, and if a little growling and snapping takes place, it's usually my cranky shorthair female that starts it.

I see the BB's censorship program doesn't like the b word for a female dog.

Re Turkish guns, it's probably just a question of proving themselves over the long haul. Americans didn't accept Japanese cars or TV sets as quality products for a long time, or Japanese shotguns. Same story with shotguns from Spain. The more expensive products from Turkey have hit the market priced too high and have had to undergo significant price cuts before they sold. I think the Dickinson is priced more realistically, in terms of how it will sell. But time will tell, and right now the economy isn't very good.