Guns International #: 103268314
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Guns International #: 103268314
Category - Shotguns - English Double
- Shotguns - English
S. J. Carr, London
Description: Here is a very nicely handmade, maintained and cased, London-made boxlock by S.J. Carr, a London retailer of new and used guns, with modern stock dimensions and chamber lengths. This would make an oustanding field and sporting clays gun. I have included a 25-minute video posted to Youtube which attempts to show as much detail of the gun up close as possible, as well as a demonstration of the gun being fired at clays to show there are no faults mechanically. I have not edited the section when the gun is fired, it is one continuous take, so there can be no doubt of the gun's reliability. The video can be found by going to Youtube and typing in: S.J. Carr Shotgun The handling is superb, and the feel of the gun as it opens and closes, locks up, and recocks the lockwork and ejectorwork is one of true hand-made quality. This is a gun where every piece was hand fitted via smoke black to every other piece, rather than assembled from manufactured parts. This gun was no doubt made by the same London outworkers who completed guns for the "big-name" London makers, such as Churchills, Watson Brothers, etc. It has the same feel and fit and finish as that category of gun. This gun as many decades of future use in it. The gun has been completely stripped, cleaned and lubricated, and inspected for mechanical faults, of which there are none. It has also been fired 100 times on clays to check for faults, and again, none detected. The stock head has also been inspected for deterioration due to oil ingress, and all is sound. It is ready for use. I have also included pictures of the internal action so that you can see the quality of construction. There is a slight gap the width of a piece of paper between the action back and stock head on the right-hand side (noted in a photograph below) and a very small piece of wood about 0.020" in size missing on the inletting of the fore-end escutcheon ( also noted in a photograph below). These are small trifling things, but worthy of mention by way of full disclosure. The barrel and furniture blacking is a deep, rich glossy black. Please contact me if I can provide any additional information. I am happy to do so. Barrel Length: 28" DOM: 1965/66 LOP: 14.75" (including leather-covered butt pad Cast Off: 3/16" Drop at Comb: 1.5" Drop at Heel: 2.5" Chambers: 2.75" Choke: Right-Cylinder; Left-1/4 Weight: 6 lb 10 oz Proof Pressure: 3 1/4-ton Nitro Bores at time of proof 0.729"/ Bores at present 0.730" Right/0.731" Left Action: Anson and Deeley Wall Thickness Right: 0.028" Wall Thickness Left: 0.027" Location of Proof: London Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge Manufacturer: S.J. Carr Serial Number: 1001 Barrel Length: 28 Bore Info: .730 right/.731 left Chambers: 2 3/4 Ejectors: Yes Condition: Very Good Metal Condition: Very Good Wood Condition: Very Good Bore Condition: Excellent Action: Anson and Deeley Triggers: Double Stock: Walnut Stock Cast: Off Fore End: splinter Butt Pad: leather covered LOP: 14 3/4 including leather covered recoil pad Rib: Concave game Weight: 6lb 10 oz. Manufacture Date: 1965/66 Chokes: Fixed Choke Left: 1/4 Choke Right: Cylinder Engraving: Rose and Scroll, full coverage Extras: snap caps, cleaning rod, oiler, hand guard, etc. Case: Leather and baize Item Location: Maine Proof:Nitro: Yes Minimum Wall Thickness Left: 0.027 Minimum Wall Thickness Right: 0.028 Price: $3,990.00 Contact Seller |
Guns International #: 103268314
Guns International #: 103268314