doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com What's the deal with calling guns "Best"....

Gentlemen(and of course "Ladies").What a Splendid thread! It warms my'Old London Gunmakers Cockles & Mussel" to know that the Quality that we'Benchworkers'from back in the 1950s-& 1960s, useing our Hacksaws, files,Hammers, Drawknives, Chisels,Chest-Brace & Chisels, Wheel-Brace, Linseed-oil& Lumps of Rottenstone, etc.and of course...."The Artistes"..Without whom the Gunmakers would never be able to sell their Un-engraved Lumps of Wood & Steel "Joking, of course there Lads"...C/C

Well Hello David! Haven't seen you posting around these parts for quite some time - unless I'm just not reading the right threads...

George, I think that quote captures the essence of the term "Best Gun" regardless of where it is made and by whom.

Dam-16.Still at the "Chippin & Chewin" Had some Heavy HI-End Shotguns to "Re-Build, Re-Furbish,Re-Stock, Reproduce. "Best-Guns"(& Rifles)All". Several Very Happy Collectors are Rubbing & Oiling their "Back to All Original" Examples of "Best Quality Guns" Built from the Period 1819 thru 1999..Had Fun on my visit to Jim Julia's with Cap't James Fender, The examples of "Best-Guns & Rifles can be seen on their website.(I hope they advertise here on Dave's "Site"??) This coming auction has some really Good examples of"BEST" American Shotguns, some in their original condition, both wood and metal. Some, sad to say, have been"Re-Furbished" to Non-Original patterns, shapes,and differ greatly from "Factory Specs."& photos taken of the Original Owners with the Original Gun. There is some nice Documentation that a Good Friend of mine has put in the auction to go with Ansley H. Fox Sr# 31088,The H.E 12b.....Several "Well Known Authors & Photographers"( Myself Not Included in this Group as I Stripped the gun down and shot"Good Photos of all the Important Parts) they are "Poo-Hooing"(Bo-Wooping) the gun as a Phoney!!!! To date I've spoken with 14 doublegunshop.com Readers and "Many" SSM. Readers about #31088..I think Fairfield Maine on March 15-16th will be a "Interesting Place to watch what happen's to an American"Best Shotgun" with Providence out the Ying-Yang....I would post photos but I'm still treadling my Lathe for power for the Wifes Computer!Posting Photos is beyond me. "Best" C/C

"Treadling your lathe for power"?? what happened, neighbor cut your wires?

From what I've been told by another who examined 31088 it's the real deal.

Dean that gun makes me as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Tim

JMHO Tim, but I think it will be a "Bid with Confidence" auction on that gun among the few who have followed it and its provenance (and those who trust them) in the past year or so. But, like I said - JMHO

Dean

Dam16...The gun I examined with Capt' James Fender, (He was with me when I "Stripped down the Parker A1 Spl.that was (Or was-Not) Built for Tsar Nick, of Russia) The A.H.Fox #31088 is the HE that is Documented in Callahan's letter. I stripped the Action, Trigger-Plate, Trigger Guard from the Stock. I shot several close-up Photos just for the record, Serial No's all match. I had with me a Fox HE that I am "Up-Grading" with Barry Hands doing the exact engraving from a Wm Gough FE. I used it as a Ref.against the #31088. It seems that the "Doubting Thomas's"Dont seem to want to belive that this HE. "MIGHT BE" the Gun that went missing in Action those many Duck-Shooting Seasons Ago.....Should be a "Spirited Group of Punters" at Fairfield on the 15th March..C/C-dt

The truth remains the truth whether you believe it or not.

Best,
John