What Won't You Buy??

[Stan Hillis]

Twelve gauge guns with shorter than 32" barrels.

Doubleguns without ejectors.

Smallbore guns with less than 30" barrels.

Vintage guns with chokes reamed out.

Jamamatics.

[Craig Larter]

410's, 28ga and 16ga have little appeal to me. Upgrades, fully refurbished and customs have no appeal. Guns below a DH Parker, CE Foxes and EE Lefevers at this point in my collector life have little appeal unless they are uncommon like 20ga Damascus Parkers or graded 20ga Foxes.
I gravitate to waterfowl guns especially big bore Parkers and Super Foxes.
Interesting topic.

[Mills]

Guns I can’t shoot although there are exceptions for very early stuff. Honed barrels that are too thin are a deal killer.

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I gravitate to waterfowl guns especially big bore Parkers and Super Foxes.
Interesting topic.

Craig ain't joking, of course you all know that. He looked at my 34" VR double trap gun with a trap comb that would work for a balance beam and casually commented, that's too small for me. Jokingly said of course. Craig shops in the men's department for sure

[6pt-Sika]

I’m not much of a pump person but I have two Model 12’s . Not really much on semi autos either but I do have an A-5 and a Benelli . I’ve lost my intrest in Browning Superposed’s but still have a couple . Other than the R-32/K-32/K-80/K-20 guns I’ve pretty much lost intrest in O/U’s . As to doubles the euro stuff doesn’t intrest me much anymore and I hesitate to say it but Fox and Smith don’t get the looks I used to give them . And as to more Parker’s I’d like a lifter 8 gauge , one or two more 10’s , 32” 16’s both hammer and hammerless , a 32” 20 hammerless and dare I say it a 30 or 32 inch hammerless 28 . But I’m not holding my breath for any of them . Oh yeah I almost forgot I shot someones VHE 16 gauge skeet over the past weekend , I wouldn’t mind one of those if I ran across one . Took a couple shots with a friends DHE 12 34” shooting sporting today and as you might expect I wouldn’t mind one of those but I doubt I shoot it any better than my DH 12 32” pigeon gun .

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

There are some features that just have no appeal to me, no matter how "collectable" the gun might be. For example, I own no single trigger, beavertail or monte carlo stocked guns and don't even consider them when they come up for sale

Good! Leave them for me. That’s just what I like and if it has a straight stock even better.

[78CJ]

Recoil pads, its going to have to be a smoking deal for me to buy a gun with a non factory pad.

[Reggie B]

Originally Posted by Ryan Brege

Recoil pads, its going to have to be a smoking deal for me to buy a gun with a non factory pad.

I used to feel that way. Then I realized so many super nice guns of the period had pads added so I have taken that spec off my "do not buy".

[GH-16]

The features which hold the least appeal to me in no particular order are:

1. Single triggers 2. Recoil pads " Especially on Grade 3 or higher Parkers" 3. Ejectors 4. Barrels longer than 30" 5. Frames sizes larger than 1 1/2 6. Big bulky beavertail forearms 7. Vent ribs on a SxS

With That said: I own or have owned examples of all those pet peeve type guns. I guess it's just part of the my doublegun addiction.

My preference is 16-20 gauge guns with double triggers, extractors, splinter forearm, around 6.5lbs and those just right sized 28" barrels.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

Good! Leave them for me. That’s just what I like and if it has a straight stock even better.

Will do, Mike!