3 barrel SxS?
 

A friend of mine sent me this picture and wanted to know if it's real. No detail of what make it is or how many triggers it has. Anyone have any insight into these 3 barrel SxS's?

I believe Dickson, Lancaster, and Boss have made them. Corrections of this statement are welcome.

John Dickson in Edinburgh, Scotland, made the side by side by side three-barrels

Not long ago, there was an advertisement in the DGJ for a SxSxS gun.

About 6 years ago, I handled a 20 gauge SxSxS Holland and Holland in their factory. It was not as bulky as I expected. It was a single trigger gun. They were having a bit of a problem getting the trigger to work correctly

Why not just buy an autoloader? If you can't get it done with two barrels what makes one think you can do it with three?

Expensive novelty I think.




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The plant manager admitted that much of their high end stuff was in the category of "I've got it, and you don't". During that same trip I saw a 4 gauge SxS which the manager claimed had "over $100,000 worth of engraving"

If you want an autoloader which no one else will have (or want!) stroll down to Jaqua's'

http://www.jaquas.com/gunlist/Detail...tockTemplate=0

Dean I suppose the single shot guys say the same about us double gun guys. Just depends on your paradigm.
Erick

John, I used to shoot skeet with a fellow who shot a Cosmi. A very unusual gun to be sure.





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Imagine that thing doubling on you (or tripling).

The Cosmi is bizarre! The 2nd and 3rd shells are stored in the stock - not the forend. That gun has been at Jaqua's for years. Someone should buy it and make Nick (the owner) very happy

Three barrel game gun? Heck, Charles Lancaster started making 4 barrel hammerless guns in 1882. Workable design where the hammer rotated and the barrels and action were static. Later ones had a trigger that was pulled by the middle finger to cock the hammer and another trigger pulled by the index finger to fire it. Kind of a under lever opener. It had a square shape with two barrels on top and two below.
Boss came out with their 3 barrel gun, all in a row like the picture, in 1898. It was a single trigger design, so they figured it out early. I suppose a lot of the others tried the designs too, probably just to say they could.
Autos weren't really an option when they were brought out.

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Either Rock Island or Julia's had an auction in the last 12 months where they had both a 3 barrel SxSxS and a 4 barrel shotgun .

Here are some demos of the three barrel in action......

https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...86&action=view

https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...1f&action=view

And here is where you can buy your 3 barrel, even comes in 3 1/2" 12 gauge and camo! Suggested MSRP at about $1699.00

http://chiappafirearms.com/products/135

Bill

i once seen a 4 barrel 12 ga it was a ugly looking thing.....charlie

There is a three barreled gun currently on the market, in the form of a triangle, upside down to a drilling. There is a 20, and a 12 hanging up in the Indian Hill Trading Post. I didn't ask to see it.

Yes, and here it is....

http://chiappafirearms.com/products/135

Bill

I actually wouldn't mind having that Chiappa if the barrels were selective but it's my understanding they are shot in unchangable sequence . I thought that uh Jewell with 24" tubes would make a lovely buckshot slug gun for deer drives .

I use a Chiappa for Ducks. It is far from a fine gun but it is a good tool. Handles well, shoots where I look, shoots off the shelf 3in steel, 3 shots, the safety and convenience of a break open gun and it is not an automatic! The Duck just hate it!!http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...b/IMG_0100.jpg