Photos Knives & Finely Embellished Shotguns

Why only over-unders? Very nice bulino and deep acanthus scroll by the way.

 

I've posted this here a few times before. It's Number 1 of a matched pair made by TR White Gunmakers, Staffordshire UK.

What is that O/U you posted? The cross bolt looks familiar.

 

Geoff Moore engraved it. He has done a lot of work for Purdey. Tony White has made a lot of guns for Holland & Holland, among others. I spent a couple years to find the craftsmen for value and workmanship and leave the Big Four to the hedge fund guys.

BTW, I sold my last O/U years ago. Bore redundancies led me to it, although every once in a while I get a desire for a Beretta Silver Pigeon IV in 28 ga.

 

Gorgeous round body. Who made the gun?

 

In a past life I used to bird hunt a lot and for upland hunting I preferred side by sides since I was a kid shooting an old Fox 20 gauge

Over the years I collected many

The gun pictured above I had made to actually shoot sporting clays with

It’s made by Poli

It’s got 30 inch barrels and Briley Ti chokes in it

I used to shoot a lot of sporting clays and even though I have a strong love of side by sides my best scores were always with a built out CG over and under

 

Here is a 100 plus year old ce fox 12 that’s seen a lot of birds

 

Here is my favorite pic of a great dog and aya

 

These days I’ve been using this little round body roger to good effect

 

Here is a 100 plus year old fox 20 with a great dog

I grew up on this gun and it was my grandfathers

Years ag I had Turnbull restore it

 

I own only 1 fine upland hunting shotgun...a late 20's LC Smith side by side
in 12ga. It is wonderful but alas...field grade!
As a boy I saw a beautiful shotgun on my dads friends mantle. I remarked at how
fine it was and he let me handle and even dry fire it. It was not a shotgun.
It was a Holland and Holland 600 Nitro express double rifle and it was HEAVY.
The engraving on it reminds me of some of the the shotguns posted here.
It was exquisite...and old...and perfect. It was pristine. By far, the most expensive gun
I have ever handled.

 

Now you guys are showing the goods. Be still my heart.

 

Tell me more about the Staffordshire Terrier, please. I've never known one to hunt. That's fantastic.

(This thread is better than the whole old Shooting Sportsman forum.)

 

Wow, great thread. I've always wanted a double barrel, but just never got there. May still happen sometime, but finely engraved is probably no longer in my cards. Hate it when income tumbles back thirty years. But for now, I'll just enjoy drooling over the pics in this thread. Keep em coming.