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Too on the the Crown over V touchmark, that is an inspection mark of the Gunmaker's Company and is typically a >>view<< mark applied after final proof????


Cheers,

Raimey
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i am not the seller. i have an interest in french shotguns, and have on several occasions posted items offered on online sites for discussion here. there are a handful of gentlemen here who collectively represent an impressive degree of knowledge re: french makers - one of the more difficult subjects to research.
i offer no apology for what you seem to regard as poaching on your friend's personal hunting grounds. perhaps you could tell them to block my password on gunbroker.

best regards,
tom

turns out three of the four guns were sold last month...with somewhat more informative descriptions.

https://live.amoskeagauction.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/50?lotnum=775

Here is a curious development.

I bought the Cogswell & Harrison that was part of the group of guns sold by this dealer.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/878878522

Naturally, I also went and immediately got myself a copy of Cooley & Newton's "Cogswell & Harrison -- Two Centuries of Gunmaking," Safari Press, 2000.

This shotgun has a very beautiful stock, unfortunately broken at the wrist and imperfectly repaired. The right hammer, at half cock, rested farther forward than the left, and needs adjustment.

I immediately shipped the gun to Kirk Merrington.

Meanwhile, the book arrived. Plate three opposite page 48 is a photograph of Cogswell & Harrison hammergun 14742 described as an ejector gun made in 1887, from the collection of Emil Rosner. My shotgun has the same serial number, and looks identical. However, the book describes it as an ejector gun. I saw no ejectors and the seller specifically said it had no ejectors. Strange.

It is very cool, of course, to wind up with a gun illustrated in the reference book on the Gunmaker.

I thought it was a really fine example of the London Best Gun. I own a Blissett, and I compared my Blissett once in detail with a Purdy of the same period and style and concluded that they were of identical quality. I think the Cogswell & Harrison is very much in the same league. I hope that the stock can be repaired. I took a flyer on the gun because I have seen this kind of break repaired so well that you couldn't even tell it was there. Time will tell.

I wonder if Emil Rosner participates here.

Looks like it has an ejector mechanism attached to the barrels ??

You know I think you're right. Dysfunctional, of course. I'm used to seeing the ejector mechanism in the foreend.

Harrison Patent ejector

I wonder how hard Harrison Patent ejectors are to repair.

+1 bsteele.... I agree with you 100%. Most guys perusing the auction sites are looking for a deal, and if they are smart, they won't tip off the whole double-gun community if they spot something they plan to bid on. So why would I feel it is OK to increase the competition for those guys who may have put in hours of searching by posting links that will gin up the interest of others who wouldn't take the time to do the time consuming leg-work?