New SxS's at the 3/4 point of 2024??

[Mike of the Mountain]

Only rifles and pistols on my end. No shotguns.

[ArtS]

Bought quite a few but not a lot that are exceptional. I mostly buy what rings a bell.

Finished refurb of a G level lifter with Parker Lam barrels.

Found a nice little Cogswell&Harrison sideplate 20ga. Likewise a decent 410 single and same in 28. Both really old.

Bought a 1943 S3 that is configured exactly like my 1936 S2. Waiting on an early Lifter that is a low grade but looks really original and straight (paid too much).

Got a Webley 8ga double and a Scott 10 ga double, both around 1872. Both are the lightest double in the gauges I have ever handled and great condition.

Oddest may be a Verney Carron sliding breech single. It is a 10 ga and weighs 6 pounds. And no I haven't (and likely won't) shoot it. It is a very elegant gun due to its perfect function and minimalist mechanical design with only 35 total parts, screws and all. It is a waterfowl model and made for maybe 2 years before the war. They made only a few thousand total in all gauges over 30 some years. This model may have only a few in existence. They were never really marketed in the US and are pretty rare anywhere. This one is the only 10 ga I could find anywhere on the net. It looks brand new and is a really beautiful gun.

Three high grade trap singles to fill in the manufacturers in my collection.

A bunch of interesting European guns by unknown and unmarked makers that all have an odd feature and good quality build round out the year.

Probably about it for the year, although I have my eye on a really old 410 single with maybe a good provenance.

Missed a BHE with a highly suggestive provenance but a buttstock from a low grade Parker that the letter indicates may have never been useful based on it's original build specs. That is a story in it's own.

[Andy]

I got a well worn but wonderful fitting 16g on 0 frame VHE from JOSH LOEW and it's beyond what I expected. Will be a bird killing machine at 26" and choked Sk/Mod and my go to gun this year in Maine. Seems I'm having a love affair with 16g 0 framed Parkers : )

[Steiner]

I've had a busy year after deciding to refine my collection by selling some guns that didn't fit into my evolving shooting needs. I sold a couple of Parker 28's and 20's, a Parker 12 and a Super Fox 12 and added a Model 21 30" 12, and Parkers VH 30" 20, a straight grip VH 26" 28, DH 28" 16, GH 30" 16, GHE 12 32", 26" two barrel set and my first Parker A Grade 12.