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paul driscoll
04-24-2010, 08:47 PM
I had a couple request to post a couple pics of some other doubles. Some of them have been posted before but not on this site.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0635.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0637.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0638.jpg
Richard Flanders
04-24-2010, 08:58 PM
What a beauty Paul. Thanks for posting.
Donnie Reels
05-02-2010, 11:09 AM
That is one nice gun Paul.
Brad Bachelder
05-07-2010, 07:19 AM
I had a couple request to post a couple pics of some other doubles. Some of them have been posted before but not on this site.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0635.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0637.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/pauld5/IMG_0638.jpg

Paul, you have identified it as a D grade. Do you know how they graded their guns ?
I have an A grade, but the engraving is much more simple, with plain wood.
Robin Lewis
05-07-2010, 09:44 AM
According to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Syracuse_Arms_Co_shotgun, Syracuse Arms Company guns were made in two series -- the stock guns, which had grades designated by numbers 00, 0, 1, 2, and 3; and the special order guns which had grades designated by letters, A, A-1, B, C, and D. List prices in the 1902 catalogue ranged from $30 for the 00-Grade with Triplet Steel barrels to $475 for the D-grade with either Whitworth Fluid or Damascus barrels.
Dave Suponski
05-07-2010, 11:59 AM
Brad and Robin,There is also a great series of articles on Syracuse Arms gun's in past issues of the Double Gun Journal.If you would like I will find them and let you know what issues.
Dean Romig
05-07-2010, 12:25 PM
So, in the reverse of what we Parker enthusiasts are accustomed to, the special order Syracuse guns went from the lower grade of "A" to the highest "D"?
Robin Lewis
05-07-2010, 12:38 PM
Fox too. See http://www.chuckhawks.com/shotgun_grade_chart.htm
bob weeman
06-02-2010, 12:17 PM
Very nice Paul!.......Was this gun ever in the Double Gun Journal? Looks like one I saw a while back. Always thought it was one of the best looking doubles to ever grace there pages.
paul driscoll
06-03-2010, 09:21 AM
Bob, yes it was in the DGJ Spring 2004.