Not so Fast! Lol
 

Double Beast!

I have never seen a double barrel Davenport, as pictured. A neighbor at the Baltimore show had several high condition big bore Davenport singles on his tables, but they were priced out of my range. However, in the recent past, I have acquired a 36" eight and a 40" ten, both in very high condition, at attractive prices. They are well built guns. I have seen N.R. Davis guns of exceptional quality, but missed out on the purchase of one at Allentown. I thought I would see another some day, but I was wrong. All Davis guns I have seen since are junk. The pictured Stevens .410, represented as an ugly gun, would sell for over $1000 today if in high condition. The Model 24 Winchester, not so much.

A Bing search found pictures of a couple of the W.H. Davenport double.

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The only W.H. Davenport Fire Arms Co. catalog I have contains only single barrels, like my Maternal Grandfather's ratty old single in my safe, but included folders for both a hammer and a hammerless double of more conventional design.

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I've yet to see one of their hammerless doubles.

I have a few pictures of both the early Davenport Hammer model and the scarce Hammerless gun.

Butt ugly gun
 

Because of guns like this Mills. We HAVE a new contender!
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that looks like a h-r slug gun...charlie

Ugly guns come in all ranges of quality and price. These two deserve a special mention as the short frame and long frame twins of Ugly Town:

Calling an engraved M21 as ugly doesn't compute with me

I have a 410 Stevens Fox model b that belongs in line with the m24 Winchester and a Shatuck

Engraving cannot make up for an ugly design, regardless how nice it is, how strong it is, or how expensive it is, IMO. Something about lipstick on a pig comes to mind.