"GRANDPA Shotguns" - Page 2

skeet · #16 10-20-2007, 05:50 PM

I think I did ok on the double. It is an ok gun and surprisingly the stock is not warped or the "grain"worn off yet. Blue is about 95% too. Not much on doubles myself though. And I bought a 16 ga Winchester m-24 not long ago at a yard sale. Now I have 5 doubles. Almost as bad as having a (gag) Browning(gag)

Brithunter · #17 11-20-2007, 09:43 AM

Hi All,

Hmmm what may I ask is up with Brownings?

As for old guns

I am sorry to say that I have none of Grand-dads as they were stolen whilst he was dying in hospital when I was 8 years old. Dad was not interested in guns and is still not but I always have been. The police were not intrested back then not like they would be now with anything to do with guns. Got to get their quotas in you know

. Anyway he was a gamekeeper and I am told had several SxS English guns in the cases

So I had to buy mine and I have accumulated the folowing :-

Cogswell & Harrison SxS 12 bore Non Ejector 30" barrels made around WW1.

Browning Auto 5 in 12 bore with 25" vent rib barrel, rounded "Prince of wales" pistol grip stock with embossed horn butt plate, farily nice wood but shows slight rusting to metal. Picked it up last Friday for a total of $290 US. gun cost $140, new service kit $70 and gunsmiths work restrictin it to two shot magazine so I can have in on the shotgun licence instead of a firearms (more restrictive) $80.

I did have a very nice English game gun, sxS ejector by A.J. Russell of Maidstone but traded it for a P-H 1100 deluxe rifle in 30-06 and some cash a couple of years back.

My others are only about 10-30 years old being a trio of Russian baikel model 18's single barrels, two in 12 and one in 20 bore and a model 27 O/U Baukel SST ejector pus an Italian .410 folding single barrel.

Boy I have wanted a Browning A-5 or Franchi Hunter for the last 30+ years and now finally I have one

.

Rapier · #18 11-20-2007, 01:47 PM

Skeet,
I just bought a 20ga browning Superposed grade VI with 30 inch barrels, carrying case and exhibition wood, at a garage sale on Saturday, for $230. I will trade you even for the Stevens.

That was also a joke, a gag.

Ed

skeet · #19 11-20-2007, 04:57 PM

When it comes to "gag" Browniings "gag" I know why you treated it as a joke... Why no self respectin gun ownin Merican would ever want one them ol Citori's. So...Tell ya what I'll do to hep ya out. You send me that ol "gag" Browning and I'll bury it somwheres so it won't embarrass ya any more. I do feel yer pain about havin to pay so much fer that grade 6. By the way...did it have that ol fake gold ingravin on it that makes 'em look so cheep?? I can really unnerstand yer pain if'n it did. Oh an if'n ya really need that ol Stevens after I git the junk gun...just to keep the pain from ownin a "gag" Browning at bay...I send her to ya. Just ta make ya feel better ya unnerstan!!

You know..it really wouldn't surprise me to see you get a deal like that at a yard sale. It happens more than you think!! I got a 3000 dollar custom rifle this year at a yard sale for 400 bucks or thereabouts. It do happen.

jplonghunter · #20 11-20-2007, 06:51 PM

Stumbled across Remington Model 11 16 ga.,however barrel has damaged Poly-Choke. Anyone know where I might find replacement barrel?

jplonghunter

skeet · #21 11-21-2007, 02:20 AM

I'll have a friend check out a gunshop back east for a bbl. With just a little work...even a browning bbl will fit on some guns. Other bbls also..Savage 720 bbl as well others too.

Classicvette63 · #22 11-21-2007, 12:24 PM

Grandpa shotguns is about all I shoot. Winchester M1897 is an all time great pump gun. Usually gets a lot of looks and questions at the range. One of the most under rated shotguns of all time is the J.C. Higgins pump. Dead tough and reliable and can usually be had for $100-150.

Since Brownings were brought up, I also have a Belgian made Superposed in 12 ga. Don't shoot it as much as the others since it's cherry, but it is a sweet swinging firearm that that just oozes quality and craftsmanship.

skeet · #23 11-21-2007, 12:41 PM

Had a couple of the ol superposed and they were good guns but in 12 ga kicked the snot outta ya. Understand i shot a LOT of shells back then. 75,000 or more a year. The darn things just got to be too much in the thump line ...and to be very honest the quality of the steels then were not as good as the Jap made guns..The blue wore badly and the guns wore appreciably when shooting like that. I had a Browning Broadway that i shot at trap for a while(PAIN). Sold that thing and later found a Charles Daly configuration of the same gun(Browning sued them and they only made a few). Seriously, the gun kicked less and the gun handled the quantity of shooting better than the Browning.. I also had a Browning 4 bbl set once for a short time and no 2 bbls seemed to shoot to the same point of impact. The 410's were way off. Browning would not fix it either. Kinda soured me on them.

The JC Higgins M-20 was a gun made by High Standard and the darn thing was one of the smoothest pumps you could find back then. And if it had the Pachmayr Power Pac choke it was very versatile. A friend had one in 12 ga that he shot at skeet and you couldn't even see him pump the gun. He shot a 99 with it in a registered shoot one day...missing the last gimme bird of the match. Not expensive guns but they really worked well. That fellow is visiting here now and I know for a fact he still has that gun cause I found him an extra short range choke for it at the last gun show I went to.

Rapier · #24 11-27-2007, 01:37 PM

Well I finally came off the wallet and bought a Golden Clays gun...I do love the quail to clay transition and that old yellow junk on the side.

Ed

gold40 · #25 12-09-2007, 09:57 PM

It was raining all weekend, and I wanted to go pheasant hunting nearby in Illinois. so I took my 12 gauge Remington 11-48 with the polychoke barrel. Didn't really want to get any of the more expensive shoguns soaking wet.

I did get soaked, and so did the shotgun and the bird dog, but it was worthwhile. Shot two nice cock pheasants, but it toook almost four hours. The "GRANDPA GUN" did just fine!

Minihuntur · #26 12-24-2007, 09:42 PM

My "GRANDPA GUN" is really my dad's. When he was 15 he did some work on a man's car and he gave my dad a shotgun. Its a Remington Model 31 with a 30 in. barrel and full choke. But it has no letters after the model number. I beleive, for that reason, that it is the first type produced. It shoots fine and fits me well. I have never shot clays but it does fine on every thing else. Can anyone tell me if I can shoot steel shot through it? And don't you tell me to use that crazy priced tungsten stuff! It'd be cheaper to shoot golden bullets! $40 for 10 shots!

Minihuntur

Dan Morris · #27 12-24-2007, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by skeet
Had a couple of the ol superposed and they were good guns but in 12 ga kicked the snot outta ya. Understand i shot a LOT of shells back then. 75,000 or more a year. The darn things just got to be too much in the thump line ...and to be very honest the quality of the steels then were not as good as the Jap made guns..The blue wore badly and the guns wore appreciably when shooting like that. I had a Browning Broadway that i shot at trap for a while(PAIN). Sold that thing and later found a Charles Daly configuration of the same gun(Browning sued them and they only made a few). Seriously, the gun kicked less and the gun handled the quantity of shooting better than the Browning.. I also had a Browning 4 bbl set once for a short time and no 2 bbls seemed to shoot to the same point of impact. The 410's were way off. Browning would not fix it either. Kinda soured me on them.

The JC Higgins M-20 was a gun made by High Standard and the darn thing was one of the smoothest pumps you could find back then. And if it had the Pachmayr Power Pac choke it was very versatile. A friend had one in 12 ga that he shot at skeet and you couldn't even see him pump the gun. He shot a 99 with it in a registered shoot one day...missing the last gimme bird of the match. Not expensive guns but they really worked well. That fellow is visiting here now and I know for a fact he still has that gun cause I found him an extra short range choke for it at the last gun show I went to.

Hey, I still have A Superpose/ Purbaugh Tube set... man I didn't think it 'kicked' at all. Haven't shot it in years.......loved the 28ga tube.
Dan

gold40 · #28 12-27-2007, 10:45 PM

MINIHUNTER-

Unfortunately you should NOT shoot steel through your old Model 31 because it is full choke.

The barrel is likely to "bulge" if you were to do so. Gun won't blow up, but will be disfigured and permanently damaged.

JERRY

popplecop · #29 12-28-2007, 08:33 AM

Minihunter, Rem. 31s refered to as 31Ls, are the ones with the alloy receiver instead of steel. Otherwise Md. 31 is the standard model designation. Excellent shotguns no matter wich receiver used.

gun_nut2 · #30 02-01-2008, 09:23 PM

I love the old guns. They handle so much better than the new ones. I have 9 Winchester model 12's; 4 Remington model 11's:
3 Browning A 5's; 1 Remington model 10; 1 Remington model 29; 1 Remington model 17 and 1 Remington model 31 plus assorted other oldies. Compared to the old ones most new guns look like a 2X4. Oh well, just my opinion.