My first Uggie was the top gun in the picture, a model 30 12 ga. I bought it new in the box( still have the box) for $300, it is essentially the same as the Lion Country supply grade 1 gun at $1400.
The 20 ga is a grade 2 with coin finish. When I bought that gun, new ones were selling for $1800. A gent in Pa wanted to sell his--couldnt take the recoil-he was shooting 1 oz loads--ouch, in that gun. He had put less than 1 box of shells thru it--paid him $900, and at the end LCS was getting $2200 for that gun.
The 28 ga was on the write in auction at our RGS banquet where I am the chairman, and recieved no bids. Bill Goudy( RIP, gosh I miss that man), did not want to do the paperwork to return it to headquarter, and asked me if I wanted it for $750, when they stopped importing them,they were over $2000. s o, like I said yard sale prices. I think they are of better quality than the current lines of Turkish imports, certainly not as nice as AYA's( the higher grades were).
Wouldnt mind finding a 28 ga Dickinson with 30" barrels.
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