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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

http://www.lcsmith.org/

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

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!!

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

I think it died of fright when it saw your Trojan

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

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Getting ready for the hunt, Hooksett, N.H. 1936
 

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.

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!

workin man's double
 

uncle red's go to gun:

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.

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.

Working mans Remington
 

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

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:

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?

Ouch!

O grade 10 and big bird

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

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

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

That is funny. :rotf:

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

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




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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

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

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps3a61dbc2.jpg

heres a 9x57.

Must be some great stories behind these old guns

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?

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

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

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...00Elcsmith.jpg
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sorry no wood on file.

VERY NICE 00E 20 GA.

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.

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

is this really #27?

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

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.

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

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