Let's see some old 'Working Man's Doubles' of long ago

[allen newell]

20 ga Ithaca Flues circa 1924 ser# 3779xx Belgium Steel Barrels F/M chokes

[allen newell]

C'mon Gents, let's see some of those old clunkers that the working men shot p'atridge and woodcock years ago and are still pulling their own weight!! We know you're out there...The old doubles that really won the East!

[Dave Suponski]

Here ya go Allen. My "Go to" grouse gun Trojan 20 gauge 26" barrels 6lbs. 2oz.

[Daryl Corona]

Nice Trojan smallbore OP. Where did you find the timberdoodle for the picture?:shock:

[Dean Romig]

.......wow....:whistle:

[Pete Lester]

C'mon Gents, let's see some of those old clunkers that the working men shot p'atridge and woodcock years ago and are still pulling their own weight!! We know you're out there...The old doubles that really won the East!

The old clunkers working men shot can be found below :)

http://www.lcsmith.org/

http://www.foxcollectors.com/ah_fox/content/

[allen newell]

Keep em' coming Gents. These are the guns that the not so landed gentry could only afford and took to the field for some great New England Grouse shooting a la W.H. Foster's days. The ones that put the meat on the table!!

[Dave Suponski]

Dean gave it to me Daryl....Smart A**....:rolleyes:

[allen newell]

I think it died of fright when it saw your Trojan

[Dave Noreen]

An very heavy old PH-Grade twist barrel Parker Bros. in 1932 --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Ansleyone/R_K__at_King_Lake_Minnesota.jpg

[allen newell]

Way back when. Harold Hemming on the left with his Fox Sterlingworth and my Grandad on the right with his Parker 16 VH. Grandad's setters Ponto and Spike in Hooksett New Hampshire, on the farm.

[Dean Romig]

Great picture Dave! An American Water Spaniel and a live working decoy.

I had an American Water Spaniel when I was a boy - his name was George - great memories!

[ed good]

uncle red's go to gun:

[Dean Romig]

I think it died of fright when it saw your Trojan


Actually, Dave's Trojan is nearly identical to Jamie's 16 ga. Trojan that he shot at Addieville on Sunday. We beleive they both were restored by the same person, they are that close. They are about the best Trojan restorations that we have seen.

[Daryl Corona]

Boy, no wonder they put in bag limits. I sometimes don't see that many ducks in a week let alone using a live decoy. They were the days. By the way OP, that's Mr. Smart A** to you.:rotf: Was that the first bird you killed with your Trojan the day you got it? Dave, thanks for the picture.

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

This was probably a duck gun, heavy wall thickness and 32" 10g a

[Rich Anderson]

Daryl O.P. didn't shoot that Woodcock. They (he and Dean AKA Grampy) drive around at night during the flight and hit them with the car:shock:

[Dean Romig]

It's pretty easy really... driving through the mown fields at night their little eyes glow in the beam of the headlights.

Actually, I read somewhere that's what folks did long ago with flares or lights and they would just walk up to them at night and club them.... Pretty sporting, huh?

[Daryl Corona]

Ouch!

[Fred Preston]

O grade 10 and big bird

[Rich Anderson]

Maybe they used small bore clubs.....the Harp seals of the uplands.

[chris dawe]

Maybe they used small bore clubs.....the Harp seals of the uplands.

Hey ,I'm from Newfoundland Remember-I may resemble that remark;)

[charlie cleveland]

now that fellow had a good day hunting but bet he s outa shells....i like these old pictures thanks.... charlie

[Mills Morrison]

The old clunkers working men shot can be found below :)

http://www.lcsmith.org/

http://www.foxcollectors.com/ah_fox/content/



That is funny. :rotf:

Where is the link to the Camo Benelli Collectors' Association?

[Dean Romig]

Charlie Cleveland's own 'Working Man's Guns'




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[charlie cleveland]

the first gun dean posted was the 8 ga lifter..this is the gun thats been on the hunt so long after a deer of some kind..shes hunted rainy days and sunny days...the shell on the rite is a load of 00 buck loaded by TOM ARMBRUST..shell on the right is the pumpkin ball load a charlie special...or a deers worst nitemare if they ever meet.ha 2 nd gun shown is the russ jackson gh grade parker.now a fine working mans squirl gun... its a 20 ga... keep these working gun s a comeing.... charlie

[KCordell]

here are a few... LC, Remington 94, Ithaca, Lefever H

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/code337/IMG_1584_zps3a61dbc2.jpg

[steveulrich]

heres a 9x57.

[allen newell]

Must be some great stories behind these old guns

[Dean Romig]

Steve, that 9X57 double rifle sure doesn't look like a "working man's gun" but rather a gun of a man with the wherewithal to travel to other continents to hunt large and dangerous game. :)

The engraving is amazing! Can we see the wood please?

[Stephen Hodges]

Nice Trojan smallbore OP. Where did you find the timberdoodle for the picture?:shock:

He bought it at the "timberdoodle" store in VT:rotf:

[Bob Brown]

This one may have been a working man's who had good taste. An original condition 00E 20 gauge.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/Northof58/00Elcsmith.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/Northof58/00elcsmithleftside.jpg

[steveulrich]

sorry no wood on file.

[allen newell]

VERY NICE 00E 20 GA.

[JAMES HALL]

This old girl has done her share of work. The left hammer is brazed back together, the trigger guard shows a crack that has a splice added and held together with rivets and there are some pins holding the wood on the right side of the stock. Only marks are the patend date on the tang, rib inscription on rib and serial number 27 on the frame both sides. This just shows to fix what is broke so we can keep putting food on the table. Definitely a working mans gun.

[Dean Romig]

Nice one Jim. It's good to see some of these earliest of Parker Bros. guns have survived.

[ed good]

is this really #27?

[charlie cleveland]

that no 27 has surely put her share of game on the table...working mans gun for sure.... charlie

[Mills Morrison]

Here are two more. LC Smith 00 Grade 12 gauge. Parker GH 12 gauge. The LC Smith is a great shooter. The GH has 23" barrels and I bought it for my wife who likes smaller guns. Not collectors' pieces by a long shot, but great shooters.

[KCordell]

Thought I would add a few working and some heavily worked Parkers.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/code337/B758EF79-F78A-4BA4-B36D-A5E5A9D8C9BF-657-0000007C1D38DC48.jpg

[charlie cleveland]

nice working guns for sure..what are there ga size and info..i like this type of old guns.... charlie

[KCordell]

Thanks Charlie. Well, the top 3 are 10 gauge and the bottom a GH is 12. The two on top are not beauty queens by any stretch but are both Maryland waterfowl guns, one from a family friend who's grandfather actually may have bought it new. These guns for me are really the foundation of why I got into sxs. I grew up hunting on the Chesapeake...Choptank River to be precise and have fond memories of the "old guys" and my dad in his younger years hunting in cold, snowy and icy weather...the kind that stories are written about. While I was just a kid at the time, the comraderie and stories of old, old hunters, guides and trips still stay close to my heart and are fond memories as many of the old guys have passed on. My dad and the members of his club shot the occasional model 12 and humpback but in many a day, doubles (Parkers, Ithacas, LC's) were used with great success. Anyway, not to go too deep here, just having them, in their original, used and worn state reminds me of great times...

I hunt regurally with the 3rd 10ga down and did fairly well with it (and NICE shot) for the last 3 years. Daryl Corona found it and I believe we traded for something he wanted. I had Craig Smith re-do the barrels as I just wanted to see how great twist barrels would look. I have to say, he did a great job in my opinion.

[charlie cleveland]

my old 8 ga lifter came from the cheaspeake area you 10 and the old 8 may have shared some hunts together. who knows what kind of tales these old work horse beautys could tell us... you aught to put some of your old hunting stories on the forem here for some of us toread...i have read a lot of them stories of hunts on the chespeake bay...just wish i could have lived some of them... charlie

[Mike Franzen]

Here's definitely the "Working Man's" gun. An old Stevens 20 ga.

[charlie cleveland]

nice stevens...what model is this stevens...the engraving is unusal on this gun... charlie

[allen newell]

I shot this LC Smith today for the first time and it didn't blow up so I guess 1898 wasn't a bad year after all. Now I'll just have to shoot a bird with it and that will be a challenge!:rotf: