There's generally a premium for a matched pair in Europe. In the States, because only the relatively few people who might travel to shoot driven birds would have need for a matched pair, you can sometimes pick up a pair for less than you'd pay for two individual guns of the same make and model.
I've owned a couple matched pairs. First pair were Army & Navy 12ga boxlocks made by Webley & Scott. Not particularly fancy, but there was some interesting history behind them. I had the original owner's motor case. Turned out he was a British brigadier (like US brigadier general) and WWI veteran. The nice thing about a pair is if something goes wrong with #1 when you're shooting birds over dogs here on this side of the pond, you have an identical mate as a backup. The only modification I did to mine was some minor choke surgery. I left #2 with a tighter left barrel, and that was my later season ringneck gun.
Last edited by L. Brown; 10/03/17 07:41 AM.
