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I have two high grades sidelocks in 28 and 20 gauges. Bobby
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A good Spanish double (or two or three) is on my wishlist. A 28 gauge or 410 would be ideal
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I have a Ugartechea .410 Falcon Pistol grip, DT 26" barrels. It is a nice gun.
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I was in Lion Country Supply one day to pick up some dog stuff. Those guys were doing their best to sell me a Uggy 410. I have handled guns that felt like 2x4s but this one was at the opposite extreme, more like a toothpick. I told them no thanks, not my cup of tea.
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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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Wasn't there a period of time when some of the Spanish guns were accused having soft metal innards? If so, any guess when that was? Would be nice to have time period defined - sort of like Salt Wood Brownings
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Uggies are the best buy in a good S/S yesterday, today and tomorrow!
I have owned many over the years and unfortunately let them go for some other current fancy. I still have four (4), two (2) sidelocks and two (2) boxlocks. Bob Jurewicz PS John, yes some of the early guns had some issues with soft firing pins. I believe the Excel imports were the ones |
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I read about soft metal era as mostly in the '70s and the DIARM years. Then it was supposed to be solved. So, I ordered an Arrieta 871 in 1991. Guess what?, it had soft metal in lock works.
I know many people find Spanish guns to be reliable and many of them look very nice as did mine. I have been tempted on some nice Spanish guns since, but I'll probably never buy another one. |
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I never seem to find those yard sales.
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