Steel shot spl. bought today...(-:

[Kenny Graft]

Oh happy day.....I have bought the SS12 listed on guns Intl. being sold by John Allen. It has double triggers and the 14 1/4 pull that I like. He saved me a little on the purchase and it will fit into my collection quite well. PG-DT-BTF has its cardboard boxes and makers case and is listed to be new and unfired. I may list my single trigger-PG-BTF set in the for sale section after the new one arrives. It shows light use and has its case and cover. If I only had some ducks to shoot! SXS ohio...(-:

[Bob Jurewicz]

Great buy Kenny!
I saw the gun when it first hit GI and controlled myself. Would not have if it were 14 3/4" LOP.
Congratulations!!!!
Bob Jurewicz

[Mills Morrison]

Good job.

[Todd Schrock]

Congrats! If it would have had a straight stock I wouldn't have passed on it also.

[Dave Suponski]

Nice going Kenny!

[charlie cleveland]

sounds like a great gun...duck season why not try it out on a turkey.....charlie

[Kenny Graft]

Thanks Guys. I was also on the fence....$$$>>>>The only reason I did buy it...I have one like it to sell that will pay for most of its cost and for me this new gun is a huge up-grade from the one I own now being unfired and having the double triggers and a stock that fits me proper. I have not used a 12ga. for a long time and have no plans too. The gun is scarce and very hard to find and I wanted it for my DT collection. I know its a good investment! SXS ohio

[Kenny Graft]

Charlie...I have a turkey gun...its a short 10 NID....(-:

[Chad Hefflinger]

When I saw that gun show up on GI I knew it would not last long. I was hoping someone here got it, congratulations Kenny! Nice piece of lumber on that one as well.

[jerry serie]

Congratulations on your purchase of an SSS12!

I'm just curious as to the value of an SSS12 w/ SG, DT, and SP forend. Any ballpark estimate? I know so much is condition dependent, but an approximation or range?

Jerry

[Kenny Graft]

Nice clean correct 12SS double trigger gun...4500-5K

[jerry serie]

Thank You for that estimated range of a DT 12SS!

So, these guns would fall roughly in the same range as a clean DHE 20gauge PR guns, although many more 20's were produced than 12"s, and many, many, more than the 350 12SS guns that were produced? I suppose there is a far greater demand for PR DHE 20's?

Jerry

[Joe Bernfeld]

Nice clean correct 12SS double trigger gun...4500-5K

I think that's low. I gladly paid $5,000 for my 3" chambered, 28" IC/Mod bbls, DT/SPL/ STG 14 3/4" LOP 12 ga. For an SSS, I'd say $5,500-$6,000 is more realistic. Very few were made!

[Greg Baehman]

A friend of mine purchased a high-conditioned 12-ga. DHE Parker Repro with 28" bbls., 3" chambers, choked IC/M, SG, SPL, DT with a very attractively figured French Walnut 14 3/4" LOP stock at The Southern about 3 or 4 years ago. Told me he salivated over it all weekend while it sat on a dealer's table with its $4K price tag. On Sunday afternoon he couldn't take it anymore, sauntered over to the dealer's table and wrote the check. It wasn't until after he got home did he realize that what he had bought was a Steel Shot Special.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Now that's a deal. Good thing he bought it, he'd have a hard time duplicating that price today!

[Kenny Graft]

We all like a deal!....These scarce repro's and other collectable guns do not fall in your lap. Guys like me who want the hard to find ones go on line to get them. That said we pay closer to the retail or going price, market value at the time. If the price is not too high like the one this thread is about we justify it and pay the price. I did not pay the asking price but close...I am happy with the deal, the seller was happy also or he would have not sold it. The gun is just what I like them to be. I paid more than 5k but less than the asking price of 5500.00 for a gun that has it all....condition, wood, built the way I would order it. So when Jerry asked value of a similar gun that is nice but not NIB I had a real good feel for the ball park he asked for. Yes guns that so few were made can out-perform the normal numbers. I see marlin Davidsons SS LTD lever guns selling right now for 7 to 8 times production retail price. They made 250 of each caliber=1000 guns total. thanks all...SXS ohio

[Bob Jurewicz]

I agree with Joe B. on pricing.
Bob Jurewicz

[Kenny Graft]

Hi Joe...good to her from you. This gun 12SS with double triggers is scarce indeed....the gun will be hard to duplicate. The price maybe, maybe not? The market is a flat line right now, still not up to the hi times we saw prior to 2008 but much better than it was. We can all hope things do get better if you plan to sell. Now is a good time to buy...(-: Kenny

[Alton Anker]

To all that tried to be helpful in my search for the barrels that were to be nearly impossible to find I received them last week so thank you so very much and to Jerry thank you,the hunt for these barrels was fun looking foward to my next project
Alton