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Anyone Recognize This .410
Unread 06-09-2022, 04:21 PM   #1
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A Gent working on a home project for me shows me a few pics of this gun and says that he has been unable to determine what it is. I have no other pics or markings or anything else to offer. All I know is that it's a .410 and you can see the markings. Just looking to see if anyone might recognize this as it is not for sale and I have no involvement with it other than trying to help this chap out.
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Unread 06-09-2022, 04:23 PM   #2
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It looks belgian. I have seen them before.
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Commonly goes by the name El Faison ,meaning the pheasant ,i see them all the time up here
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It's an El Faisan (with an "a"), indeed. Not Belgian, but made in the Middle East, maybe Turkey or Afghanistan. I have one. It is easily the ugliest, worst made double shotgun I've ever seen.

But, I did dishrag one of two chimney sweeps, that insisted on building a mud nest under my carport a few years ago, with mine. The other one took the hint and ceased and desisted. The trigger pulls on it are so bad they would probably destroy my Lyman trigger pull gauge trying to measure them.

My cousin gave it to me. I have since wondered if he harbored a strong dislike of me.

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Tell us how you really feel about that gun there Stan!!

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It's an El Faisan (with and "a"), indeed. Not Belgian, but made in the Middle East, maybe Turkey or Afghanistan. I have one. It is easily the ugliest, worst made double shotgun I've ever seen.

But, I did dishrag one of two chimney sweeps, that insisted on building a mud nest under my carport a few years ago, with mine. The other one took the hint and ceased and desisted. The trigger pulls on it are so bad they would probably destroy my Lyman trigger pull gauge trying to measure them.

My cousin gave it to me. I have since wondered if he harbored a strong dislike of me.
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Several European makers offered guns like the one in question. The catalog I still have that is the only remains from a 1967 misadventure, shows Eusebio Arizaga offered such a gun.

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I gave the owner of this gun some information on it today. He inquired about the value to which I replied. I don't think it's very much at all based upon what I've been able to find. He then confessed to me that he has owned this gun for some 20 years or so. He bought it at a gun show and paid $800 for it because he thought it was cool
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Several European makers offered guns like the one in question. The catalog I still have that is the only remains from a 1967 misadventure, shows Eusebio Arizaga offered such a gun.

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Thanks Dave. I will print that out and give it to the owner.
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