Two old guys, two old 10 Bores, 10 birds in the boat
 

Mighty fine shootin' boys.:bowdown:

I have to give a thumbs up for the NH 10 in itself, I seen one of those H&Rs a few months ago in pretty decent shape but sold before I could grab it.

Great story of a special day. You under-rate that photo; as still-life hunting art it approaches the sublime.

Who was the builder of that classic-looking duck-boat?

Did you see it at the Vintage Cup? That is where I picked it up.

You mean a 1974 12 foot aluminum v-hull by Mirrocraft is a classic? :)

Well, it is now.

It was under the collectible guns category on GB guy wanted $1200 looked like a good buy. Weren't they built by H&R under the supervision of Westley Richard's? I didn't realize until recently WR were still building A&D actions

Sure is, so were the two guys that were in it. :rotf:

Yes from little I know WR granted a license to use the A&D hammerless design and build the guns in the Worcester MA H&R factory. It's believed that it took two years to set up the factory for the production which started circa 1883 and that Mr. Anson and Mr. Deeley were there to supervise/train. It's thought production lasted two years or little more and only 2500 to 3000 guns in 10 and 12 gauge were produced in four grades, A-D. They are not what you would expect from H&R, they are a fine gun and probably the first self cocking hammerless double built in the US. There are others on the board who know more than I, a lot of what I know about them came from the book, "Birth of the Boxlock".