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Check out this cased Irish made double on gunbroker

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    #2
    nowwerehurlin
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭nowwerehurlin


    Beautiful gun ..could it be shipped to ireland do you think ??


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    deeksofdoom
    Registered Users Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭deeksofdoom


    Nice Gun it looks to be one of a pair as indicated by the 1 engraved on it its compatriot would have a 2.


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    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    harmoniums wrote: »
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=319103035
    I guess, I'm obligated to bid on this.

    Think I'll bid against you then!;)


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    Mr.Flibble
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭Mr.Flibble


    harmoniums wrote: »
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=319103035

    I guess, I'm obligated to bid on this.


    No, you think you're obliged to bid on it. You've been in America too long.

    If you do buy it, please don't follow the suggestion of the seller to fire 2 3/4" "shells" in it.


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    harmoniums
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭harmoniums


    Mr.Flibble wrote: »
    No, you think you're obliged to bid on it. You've been in America too long.

    If you do buy it, please don't follow the suggestion of the seller to fire 2 3/4" "shells" in it.

    Heh, yes with Damascus barrels, I doubt they're proofed for nitro.
    I reload back powder cartridges for these older guns, so she'll be treated gently if I win it.


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    Mr.Flibble
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭Mr.Flibble


    harmoniums wrote: »
    Heh, yes with Damascus barrels, I doubt they're proofed for nitro.
    I reload back powder cartridges for these older guns, so she'll be treated gently if I win it.

    That may be a good idea, but it wasn't really what I meant, as I think the gun actually is proofed for nitro.

    It's more that I reckon the chambers are 2 1/2". Just because you can put 2 3/4" cartridges in doesn't mean they should be fired in it.

    One thing does puzzle me though. Why, on a gun that old, would the chamber length be marked in non-imperial units? Maybe it was re-proofed, e.g. for nitro(?) much more recently.


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    Sika98k
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Sika98k


    Mr.Flibble wrote: »
    That may be a good idea, but it wasn't really what I meant, as I think the gun actually is proofed for nitro.

    It's more that I reckon the chambers are 2 1/2". Just because you can put 2 3/4" cartridges in doesn't mean they should be fired in it.

    One thing does puzzle me though. Why, on a gun that old, would the chamber length be marked in non-imperial units? Maybe it was re-proofed, e.g. for nitro(?) much more recently.


    It has been reproofed since 1984 and more likely since 1989. Probably bought at auction in the UK and exported to the US of A.


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    DJandDeid
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭DJandDeid


    I notice it says 'boxlock' on the ad but it looks like a sidelock to me. Beautiful though.


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    Dalken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 248 ✭✭Dalken


    I hope you get it she's a beauty.


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