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Post by roaniecowpony » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:26 pm

Some of my guns that you might enjoy pics of..

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Post by jeffkrop » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:02 pm

Unreal, so pretty

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Post by ridenismo » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:30 am

Oh my! Those are on the level of artwork rather than a gun!

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Post by DonF » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:24 am

Beautiful guns! Do you ever hunt with them?
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Post by roaniecowpony » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:29 pm

DonF wrote:Beautiful guns! Do you ever hunt with them?
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I only hunt my doubles. Every chance I get. I don't collect. My guns are all shooters
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Re: Eye Candy

Post by ckirsch » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:41 pm

You have a beautiful collection of firearms.

I just hope you're allowed to keep them......

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Post by nikegundog » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:21 pm

Very nice, is that the original wood on all of them?

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Post by roaniecowpony » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:50 pm

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Those are all restocked guns that came to me damaged to the point the original stocks had to be replaced or the stocks they came with were non original. They are restocked in the style of the factory stocks and checkering patterns, albeit the quality of the wood has been upgraded and the stock dimensions are custom to fit me. These were all "rescue" guns. The exceptions are the two 410 Ithaca guns on the other thread asking what you hunt with. They are both original.

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Post by cohanzick creek » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:45 am

They look great
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Post by DonF » Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:20 am

roaniecowpony wrote:
DonF wrote:Beautiful guns! Do you ever hunt with them?
Don
I only hunt my doubles. Every chance I get. I don't collect. My guns are all shooters
My hat is off to you! I would not buy that nice of guns for fear of buggering them up in the field. I have a 30-06 like that, appraised at way to much to risk hunting with, I just shoot it.

I only hunt with doubles myself but mine are AyA Matadors, not very expensive. 16, 28 and 410.
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Post by mask » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:26 am

If you ever chukar hunt with one of those beautys I'll just walk along side and catch your gun when you fall :lol: and then claim it ofcourse. beautiful wood did you do any of the work yourself?

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Post by roaniecowpony » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:41 pm

mask wrote:If you ever chukar hunt with one of those beautys I'll just walk along side and catch your gun when you fall :lol: and then claim it ofcourse. beautiful wood did you do any of the work yourself?
I always throw my body between the ground and my guns when I fall. Skin grows back, bones mend, but guns need gunsmithing and money to fix. :D

I'm not an avid chukar hunter, but do it occasionally in the terrain that is not as bad as most chukar country. I have a reasonably nice area to chukar hunt that is relatively easy hunting, but it's a hair raising experience to drive to and is reliant on good spring rainfall to be productive. 1 in 3-4 yrs it's decent.

Other than that, I pursue quail and pheasant with those guns. I want to enjoy hunting those guns. Sitting in the safe isn't worth it to me. In fact, one of those guns, the damascus barreled one, I sold to a friend recently because I hadn't fired it in about 7-8 yrs. No sense keeping it if I don't use it.

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Re: Eye Candy

Post by Sniper John » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:57 pm

Beautiful guns. It would cry if I dropped one in the rocks. It would be hard for me to hunt with them.

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Post by roaniecowpony » Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:40 pm

You only go around once.

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Post by TonyS » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:00 pm

Where did you buy your blanks for the gun, roanie?

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Re: Eye Candy

Post by Tooling » Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:16 am

roaniecowpony wrote:Image

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Old school - great execution - and subdued beauty - just gorgeous!!!

Are those cocking indicators that I see to just top it all off?

One of the most impressive things that I spot looking at the top pic on this pc. is how perfectly proud the wood is - if it is that way everywhere and if this is the original wood which is not likely to shrink any more that is VERY well done!!

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Post by DonF » Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:41 am

Something I noticed on each that I really like is case harden finish and lack of all that scroll work. I like case harden finish ans I think a beautiful gun has no need of all the gaudy engraving many expensive guns have. My AyA's are blued with sparse engraving, I live with them easily. The 28 really should have a new stock but money is a problem for me. years ago I cut the stock down to fit my ex wife and she never shot it the first time. finally got it back from her a couple years ago and had the stock extended to fit me. Works fine but noticeable and I don't care for it. Someday it will get a new stock. I also removed the auto ejectors from them. Never have liked them. Love my extractors!
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Re: Eye Candy

Post by JKP » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:34 pm

three barrels...less than 7 lbs...with coyote medicine on the bottom..
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Post by Bird Dog 67 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:34 am

Love me some gun porn! Nice pieces everyone.

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Post by Tooling » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:55 am

Nice pc JKP...I haven't gone into drilling territory myself but the double rifles have sure caught my attention....dangerous territory double guns are...as in $$$$$$ :|

DonF - I've got a pile of "need to get to's myself"...just never enough time!! I'm with you on the heavily scrolled engraving...some of it's nice but not always very tasteful. A quick search for high end engraving on double guns will just blow your mind though - especially the depiction of bird dogs...serious talent out there and I sure wish I had been granted that skill by the almighty!!

Also like well executed color case - tend to like lots of browns instead of purples but of course tastes vary.

Roanie - forgive my ignorance regarding Ithaca manufacturing but I'm guessing that is a Flues grade 2 or 3?

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Post by roaniecowpony » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:00 pm

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it's an NID or New Ithaca Double which replaced the Flues model. It's a Grade 3 ejector, factory single selective trigger with the funky selector. The sliding safety on the tang is the barrel selector also. So, all the way forward selects firing the right barrel first, the middle position on the selector/safety is the safe position, and to the rear fires the left barrel first. Very funky for most people and potentially a hazard to someone not knowledgeable. Its a novelty to me. But I leave the gun broke open until my dog has pointed.

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Re: Eye Candy

Post by Ike » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:33 am

Beautiful SxS guns.
I have a couple that I hunt with too. Will have to get some pix for you.
A Francotte and an old AH Fox. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by JKP » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:18 am

Just to irritate DonF, some of that dreaded engraving..

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Post by Uplandish » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:20 pm

Iff'n a fellar is going to flash around shooting irons like that he better supply the story that goes with each one of them 8)

My question is how do you decide which one to take to the field with you? do you have a custody schedule set up so none of them feel left out?

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Post by JKP » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:38 am

The gun action posted two frames up I inherited and sold. My father brought it back from Europe years ago and I didn't see myself ever using it and my son was in college at the time.

The drilling is a gun I bought but it needed quite a bit of work. It was loose, bluing was gone, stock beat up, etc and over the past years I have pieced together a rehab. I always wanted a drilling
light enough to carry in the field. This one has an alloy action and with 26" antinit barrels and weighs under 7 lbs. I've loaded 120gr Barnes bullets for the 7mm rifle barrel and have been able to shoot a couple of coyote that made
the mistake of not running far enough before looking. My son will probably sell it to pay his bills!!!

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Post by roaniecowpony » Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:20 pm

Nice parts. Very nice.

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Post by birddog1968 » Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:56 am

Here's my grandfathers old double that I inherited. Not the greatest pictures.

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Post by JKP » Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:59 pm

Very interesting old piece...looks like a prewar Herkules action. Can you show a picture of the barrel flats and the receiver from the top??

The lettering appears to be SNEIDER...is there anything on the top of the rib?

Or this could be from the Baltimore gunmaker of the same name.

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Post by roaniecowpony » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:37 pm

Possibly a sideplated boxlock or a hybrid like the LeFever? That engraving seems turn of the century to me.

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Post by roaniecowpony » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:42 pm

My friends over at the doublegunshop forum had a thread on Snieder guns a few years back. These guns date to the late 1870s.

Here's the link
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb ... 162&page=1

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Post by birddog1968 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:54 am

Reads sneider Baltimore on the rib. It was well used. Fed my grandfathers family during the depression.
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Post by nikegundog » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:09 am

roaniecowpony wrote:My friends over at the doublegunshop forum had a thread on Snieder guns a few years back. These guns date to the late 1870s.

Here's the link
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb ... 162&page=1
Another link to a doublegunshop thread, they actually used birddogs photo in it.
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb ... d7d6ab57c4

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Post by roaniecowpony » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:59 am

Ive been a member over there for ten years. It never ceases to amaze me the depth and breadth of collective knowledge over there. easy fix. It's a great forum.

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did you ever get that Sneider shooting? I didn't see the internal pix, but if it just needed firing pins, it should be a quick and

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Post by birddog1968 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:15 pm

yea they snagged my picture from somewhere Nike.....
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Post by GrayDawg » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:38 pm

The Ithaca with the straight grip.......... that's my kind of shooter !! Very, very nice.
A 20ga. ?
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Post by roaniecowpony » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:40 pm

GrayDawg wrote:The Ithaca with the straight grip.......... that's my kind of shooter !! Very, very nice.
A 20ga. ?
Yes, a 1926 20ga NID grade 3 ejector. Its one of my favorites in the bigger bores that I shoot.

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