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These are the innards of my Dickinson and Yildiz side by sides. I have the wood off them, receiving new finishes, so took the time to snap a few pics. Both guns have served very well after having the trigger pulls squared away. I did the trigger on the Yildiz myself, and sent the Dickinson to Phillip Crenwelge. The single trigger on the Yildiz has never once failed to function perfectly, something I cannot say for a few other single trigger doubles I've owned. Kind of amazing what they can do for $389.

First, the Dickinson action which is, of course, a true triggerplate action. Nicely polished and fitted internals.



And, the Dickinson's ejector forend iron.



Now, the Yildiz which was bought new at $389 and given to me.

Certainly a difference to interior polishing. I guess what about a difference of price, $1500?

John
Arrieta

Stan: the Yildiz looks better than I expected, is it a triggerplate action as well?

John, you're close. As of today the posted prices for the two guns are $1721 dollars apart.

Lloyd, the Yildiz is just a boxlock, not a triggerplate action. Strange thing is that Dickinson's website calls the Estate a boxlock. I think they must be saying, in an erroneous way, that it is not a sidelock.

The Dickinson is a lot more gun than the Yildiz. But, for a kid's first double, or a cheap pickup gun, it's amazing. They have evidently perfected a single trigger design. I've shot the little feller a lot, and the trigger has never malfunctioned.

thanks Stan, I always love to see the inner workings.

Thanks for posting, very interesting!

I bought a Yildiz 20 gauge about 15 years ago and made it into my primary turkey gun. The trigger wasn't bad out of the box, but I sent it to a gunsmith to chop off both ends and had him lighten the trigger. It was the first Yildiz he had worked on and he was very complimentary of the way it was made.

I've never had any sort of trouble with the gun, even though I am shooting 1 5/8 oz turkey loads in a 5 lb 6 oz gun. You got a bargain on yours; mine was $486. 😀

They are now $569.99, Coosa. However, at the time mine was bought and given to me they were selling for $389.99. One of my landlords wanted to pay me for preparing his deer food plots and I refused to allow him to do so. He was at Academy and saw them on sale $50.00 off, at $339.99 and bought two of them. One for himself and one for me.

Something is to be said about the wood quality on the Yildiz shotguns. Below are my single-shots by Yildiz that I've had purpose modified for delivering wild turkey hand loads of TSS shot, #9-10. Why these guns? Lightness is one factor. The .410s are 3.25 lbs. and the 12s are 4.25 lbs. Why not a 20 ga.? Yildiz doesn't have one in single-shot. My Baikal single shot in 20 ga. is 5.5 lbs. Another feature of the single shots is the finish. The action is anodized aluminum with steel inserts in critical areas. The barrels are finished in black satin chrome. The finishes are more corrosion resistant than blued steel. Cost? NIB, the TK36 guns depicted were $130 and the TK12s were $150. The current prices are $160 and $170 respectively. The wood is exceptional except on the top gun which was my first that I had rigged out with screw in chokes and red dot bases by Sumtoy as were the other guns. The guns without red dots have Marble posts and Skinner adjustable peep sights. The .410 with the Skinner system required SKB to fashion a collar on the muzzle to accommodate the Marble fiber optic post. The small Skinner peep required Sumtoy to mill flat the receiver curve. The artwork was done by Mark Larson. All four guns have been successful in the field for the purpose intended. The one gun with bright finish on the action is hunted with bow tape on the action. The other was was Duracoated by me. These folding to load and cock guns are similar in design to the 1950s era Beretta M412 series, but with a tang mounted safety. At my age, it's nice to carry a lightweight shotgun as my "running and gunning" is now mostly "stumbling and bumbling." Gil