You'll have to pardon me George, the shells must be worth $1500 each then.

DLH

Well Destry: I didn't know they were worth that much! WOW! How many would you like to buy? I have seven.

Best Regards, George

I didn't know bored out double rifles were worth $50,0000 either, so ain't we both surprised.

DLH

The history on the gun that I received from the family that consigned it to auction states that the gun was purchased by their great great grandfather from Reilly's shop in London. It goes on to say that he used it for waterfowling while in England and later on the Mississippi Flyway after returning to the U.S. It states that it was originally a 4 bore pinfire gun and he later returned it to Reilly to be converted to central fire. They have sent me several 4 bore pinfire brass cased shells that they later found in the home along with another cleaning rod set.

Destry, I have yet to hear you say anything positive regarding my posts. I have never met you, to my knowledge and for the life of me I can't understand your negativity. As we used to say in Uncle Sam's Navy: "Shape Up Or Ship Out"

Best Regards, George

The pinfire cases would be another fabulous rarity, just like the only known shotgun with a stalking safety setup. That is if the cases are all brass like you say. Since pinfire shells weren't made to be reloaded, all brass would have made for an awfully expensive throw away.

DLH

Only known? Hmmm, I've had 2, one a Steven Grant hammergun with individual stalking safeties, the other an H&H with tang mounted, above the safety.
The Grant was a Jones underlever with Perkes patent self cocking mechanism.

I'm sure there are a few out there. To me that's a big bore rifle set up, maybe they were intended as round ball guns or had another set of barrels at one time. I'm really just giving our boy George a hard time for the most part, he loves it.......


DLH

The Grant was a 16, The Holland a 12, 30" 5# gun, so I doubt it was ever barreled with anything else as it was straight stocked, 1913 mfg.