Gun Porn...

[Roan]

What cal is that first No1 of yours?

 

[Roan]

Also that 3rd one? Beauty!!!

What is it?

 

[rookhawk]

Let's see if I can do better?

Pic 1 is a Sumner engraved Boss. Pic 2 was packing for a guys weekend!

 

[rookhawk]

What cal is that first No1 of yours?

Pic of #1 with Cape buffalo was a 458 Lott. Trio of #1s are two 6.5x55 and a .340 weatherby.

One in purple case is actually a Dakota 10 in 7x57. (Presently for sale)

 

[rookhawk]

A challenge for the group to identify the most valuable gun. One is worth 2x-3x more than all the rest. (Hint: it's not the boss)

I suspect @Red Leg has the prowess but not sure who else is that big of a gun nerd.

 

[Roan]

My favorite!

I think you should send it here to Africa for me to look after it!

 

[Bullthrower338]

I would guess that the highly engraved Lancaster would be the one?

 

[rookhawk]

I would guess that the highly engraved Lancaster would be the one?

Absolutely correct. I fought to buy that cigar box full of parts for 4 years. I bought it and had it restocked (cracked/rotted original stock). The wood job took 2.5 years. One of two guns like it in the world. Made circa 1896. Lancaster Sidelock, Auto Opener, Single Trigger, Ejector, Resetting Safeties, 28" Damascus Barrels, Deep foliate engraving, TWENTY BORE. Made for His Highness the Nawab of Rampur.

I paid an unholy sum for the bits and pieces and sinful amount for the stocking as it was to be my "once in a lifetime dream gun". Three kids later, I sold it less than 24 hours from when it was delivered to me. My kids get to ride around with mom in a new SUV and dad shoots a dreadful Spanish Sidelock in the barter.

And that's the way the cookie crumbles.

 

[rookhawk]

My favorite!

I think you should send it here to Africa for me to look after it!

Roan, if you've got the hunts, I've got the guns. PM me if you'd like to barter. I can set you up. Your favorite is a 375HH made in London by Cogswell & Harrison. It was worked over by Griffin & Howe with a Model 70 type safety and a side mount for the swarovski 1-6x24 scope. It took a bushbuck at 340 yards and a buffalo at 66 yards equally well this past July. A great gun, but not particularly valuable as it was made in 1951 instead of in the pre-war or between wars era. If it were a squarebridge it would be a tremendously valuable gun but alas, it is not.

 

[Bullthrower338]

Rook,
Do you have pics of the Lancaster assembled? Assuming she is all complete now?

 

[rookhawk]

here she is in a well known shotgun book circa 1950 and again in 2015

 

[sierraone]

Rookhawk, you can tell amazing stories, and Bullthrower, it's amazing a boy that came from humping hay bales in Montana would know this!! Jerome, you created a Masterpiece when you built this site!!!

 

[CTDolan]

Absolutely correct. I fought to buy that cigar box full of parts for 4 years. I bought it and had it restocked (cracked/rotted original stock). The wood job took 2.5 years. One of two guns like it in the world. Made circa 1896. Lancaster Sidelock, Auto Opener, Single Trigger, Ejector, Resetting Safeties, 28" Damascus Barrels, Deep foliate engraving, TWENTY BORE. Made for His Highness the Nawab of Rampur.

I paid an unholy sum for the bits and pieces and sinful amount for the stocking as it was to be my "once in a lifetime dream gun". Three kids later, I sold it less than 24 hours from when it was delivered to me. My kids get to ride around with mom in a new SUV and dad shoots a dreadful Spanish Sidelock in the barter.

And that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Dude, I feel for you. In 10 years or so the SUV will be long forgotten, parted out as scrap. The Lancaster, on the other hand, will have become all the more rare and priceless.