New SxS's at the 3/4 point of 2024??

[Craig Larter]

I got off to a strong start with a BH Parker and a Fox XE this Spring. Bought a very nice condition Fox AE 12ga 30" with #1 weight barrels and .042 chokes 7lbs 15oz this summer. Sold 7 at Josh's sale last month. How about you?

[Reggie Bishop]

Zero buys. Sold several. Always looking for guns in my sweet spot, they just don’t come along often.

[Craig Larter]

Zero buys. Sold several. Always looking for guns in my sweet spot, they just don’t come along often.

Reggie what's your sweet spot???

[Reggie Bishop]

Small bore long barrels. Like to have a grade higher than 3 as I have a few of those.

[Chris Robenalt]

Craig, my eyes were drawn to the straight stock Fox just above the XE. Just curious what grade and gauge it was? I would have been all over that!

[CraigThompson]

Went to the G&D preview about the only thing I could do with the four I liked was LOOK :rotf: So nothing bought but I’m still culling reducing whatever one cares to call it !

[Craig Larter]

Craig, my eyes were drawn to the straight stock Fox just above the XE. Just curious what grade and gauge it was? I would have been all over that!

Chris: I am fortunate to own two straight grip XE's both 12ga 30".

[Randy G Roberts]

Small bore long barrels. Like to have a grade higher than 3 as I have a few of those.

Reggie it seems as though I recall you having a high grade small bore that has some Southern IN roots unless it has left your possession. I guess 30" is not long enough for you long barrel aficionados :)

Been sort of a quiet year for me although I have been living vicariously through my friends and their acquisitions, seems as though most of them are doing quite well at finding some new toys.

[Craig Larter]

Reggie it seems as though I recall you having a high grade small bore that has some Southern IN roots unless it has left your possession. I guess 30" is not long enough for you long barrel aficionados :)

Been sort of a quiet year for me although I have been living vicariously through my friends and their acquisitions, seems as though most of them are doing quite well at finding some new toys.
Randy: Quiet year???, how about the AHE 12ga? :bowdown:

[Randy G Roberts]

Randy: Quiet year???, how about the AHE 12ga? :bowdown:

Criag it has been sort of quiet, not totally dead but sort of quiet compared to previous years.

[Mike Koneski]

Only rifles and pistols on my end. No shotguns.

[Arthur Shaffer]

Bought quite a few but not a lot that are exceptional. I mostly buy what rings a bell.

Finished refurb of a G level lifter with Parker Lam barrels.

Found a nice little Cogswell&Harrison sideplate 20ga. Likewise a decent 410 single and same in 28. Both really old.

Bought a 1943 S3 that is configured exactly like my 1936 S2. Waiting on an early Lifter that is a low grade but looks really original and straight (paid too much).

Got a Webley 8ga double and a Scott 10 ga double, both around 1872. Both are the lightest double in the gauges I have ever handled and great condition.

Oddest may be a Verney Carron sliding breech single. It is a 10 ga and weighs 6 pounds. And no I haven't (and likely won't) shoot it. It is a very elegant gun due to its perfect function and minimalist mechanical design with only 35 total parts, screws and all. It is a waterfowl model and made for maybe 2 years before the war. They made only a few thousand total in all gauges over 30 some years. This model may have only a few in existence. They were never really marketed in the US and are pretty rare anywhere. This one is the only 10 ga I could find anywhere on the net. It looks brand new and is a really beautiful gun.

Three high grade trap singles to fill in the manufacturers in my collection.

A bunch of interesting European guns by unknown and unmarked makers that all have an odd feature and good quality build round out the year.

Probably about it for the year, although I have my eye on a really old 410 single with maybe a good provenance.

Missed a BHE with a highly suggestive provenance but a buttstock from a low grade Parker that the letter indicates may have never been useful based on it's original build specs. That is a story in it's own.

[Andrew Sacco]

I got a well worn but wonderful fitting 16g on 0 frame VHE from JOSH LOEW and it's beyond what I expected. Will be a bird killing machine at 26" and choked Sk/Mod and my go to gun this year in Maine. Seems I'm having a love affair with 16g 0 framed Parkers : )

[Dan Steingraber]

I've had a busy year after deciding to refine my collection by selling some guns that didn't fit into my evolving shooting needs. I sold a couple of Parker 28's and 20's, a Parker 12 and a Super Fox 12 and added a Model 21 30" 12, and Parkers VH 30" 20, a straight grip VH 26" 28, DH 28" 16, GH 30" 16, GHE 12 32", 26" two barrel set and my first Parker A Grade 12.

[CraigThompson]

Reggie it seems as though I recall you having a high grade small bore that has some Southern IN roots unless it has left your possession. I guess 30" is not long enough for you long barrel aficionados :)

Been sort of a quiet year for me although I have been living vicariously through my friends and their acquisitions, seems as though most of them are doing quite well at finding some new toys.

I have faith in you ! You’ve still got three months to pull it out and buy a few before the New Year :whistle::rotf::rotf:

[Larry Stauch]

I did run across a nice DHE 16 gauge straight grip, beavertail forend and a Parker SST with a skeleton checkered butt. It was made at the end of the Remington run. There is no additional information available on this particular gun, but I can assure you it is a wonderful shooter. The other interesting thing is it is marked with 2-9/16" chambers. I do have another SUPER gun that I got, but I'm not quite ready to show that one.


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[Bill Murphy]

Larry, no IBM card on your 16? Sometimes the IBM card will give some interesting information.

[Larry Stauch]

No Bill. Unfortunately, Chuck told me that there is no information on this gun at all.

[Reggie Bishop]

Randy: Quiet year???, how about the AHE 12ga? :bowdown:

AHE 12 Randy? I know its a 32" gun for sure right?

[Randy G Roberts]

AHE 12 Randy? I know its a 32" gun for sure right?

Sorry to disappoint Reggie but it's a lowly 30" gun. Although it does have 24 critters and 4 Roundels on it which is cool.

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Craig, Just the 8ga and a couple Sharps, sold a few thru Josh, almost forgot a B grade SBT, Gary

[Mike Koneski]

I've had a busy year after deciding to refine my collection by selling some guns that didn't fit into my evolving shooting needs. I sold a couple of Parker 28's and 20's, a Parker 12 and a Super Fox 12 and added a Model 21 30" 12, and Parkers VH 30" 20, a straight grip VH 26" 28, DH 28" 16, GH 30" 16, GHE 12 32", 26" two barrel set and my first Parker A Grade 12.

Don't forget a certain 20g Trojan 2 barrel set. :shock:

[Mike Koneski]

Art, a "lightweight" Webley 8g double? Please define "lightweight". :rotf::rotf:

[Reggie Bishop]

Sorry to disappoint Reggie but it's a lowly 30" gun. Although it does have 24 critters and 4 Roundels on it which is cool.

Sounds like anything but a disappointment!

[Dan Steingraber]

Don't forget a certain 20g Trojan 2 barrel set. :shock:

You mean the straight grip one? :whistle: Hello, My name is Dan and I'm a Parkerholic. ;) Did I mention that I sold several guns this year? :)

[Bill Jolliff]

I got this 12 gauge August Francotte hammer gun with a swamped rib at Ernie's in June from one of our PGCA members. It had belonged to a very good friend of mine about 10 years ago but it got away. My good friend has since passed away. Gun weighs 6 1/2 pounds.

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[Garry L Gordon]

I got a well worn but wonderful fitting 16g on 0 frame VHE from JOSH LOEW and it's beyond what I expected. Will be a bird killing machine at 26" and choked Sk/Mod and my go to gun this year in Maine. Seems I'm having a love affair with 16g 0 framed Parkers : )

I love those open choked, short barreled Parkers for grouse. You got a good one!

[Garry L Gordon]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

[Larry Stauch]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

Wow Gary; what about some pictures of those great guns. This is show and tell you know. :corn:

[Dan Steingraber]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

WOW! A and B grade 20's. That's quite a year.

[Garry L Gordon]

Wow Gary; what about some pictures of those great guns. This is show and tell you know. :corn:

Pictures to follow when these guns get blooded.

[Randy G Roberts]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

Whoa !! Nice work Garry !!

[CraigThompson]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

Excellent ! Now you need AHE and BHE 28’s :rolleyes::cool:

[Garry L Gordon]

Excellent ! Now you need AHE and BHE 28’s :rolleyes::cool:

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[Dean H Hanson]

Garry, I'd better see those 20's at Pheasant Fest! You can take a look at my PH 1 1/2 frame 20 I'll have a long.

[Randy G Roberts]

Garry, I'd better see those 20's at Pheasant Fest! You can take a look at my PH 1 1/2 frame 20 I'll have a long.

Nice Dean. Not many 1 1/2 frame 20's running around out there :bowdown:

[Mike Koneski]

The good wife permitted two small bore acquisitions: and AHE and BHE, both 20s with straight/splinter, two trigger configurations...and choked for hunting, not "killing" inanimate objects beyond my range to see.:)

I never met a clay bird that was too far to see. Just sayin'.

[Ken Descovich]

L. C. Smith's are what I have recently purchased this year in the sxs category an A2 and Quality 4. I also purchased a cased engraved pair of plant revolvers that took my fancy.

[Craig Larter]

A-2's are amazing, I believe they were comparable in price to a AAH Parker. Congratulations!

[Arthur Shaffer]

Art, a "lightweight" Webley 8g double? Please define "lightweight". :rotf::rotf:

A few ounces over 10 pounds. And it's not my lightest. I have a Scott single of the same age that is under 10. I have shot the single and with anything but an 8ga ball, it is pretty mild (due to my light loads).

[Bob Jurewicz]

Well today I had this one delivered. CHE 20 with 28" open chokes.
Bob Jurewicz

[Garry L Gordon]

Garry, I'd better see those 20's at Pheasant Fest! You can take a look at my PH 1 1/2 frame 20 I'll have a long.

Yikes, I can't wait to see that PH! (Maybe I should bring my little Twist PH 20...just an 0 frame, but it might pose well with your big 20.)

[Garry L Gordon]

I never met a clay bird that was too far to see. Just sayin'.

I refuse to use binoculars to shoot "at" the far ones.:)

And you've obviously never seen me shoot.:rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Reggie Bishop]

Well today I had this one delivered. CHE 20 with 28" open chokes.
Bob Jurewicz


Nice one! I saw that one when it was listed and emailed the seller about it. Great gun!

[Larry Stauch]

Well today I had this one delivered. CHE 20 with 28" open chokes.
Bob Jurewicz

That's a lovely gun Bob. Very nice indeed!

[Aaron Beck]

There seemed to be a lot of 28 gauges in play in recent times...