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Category - W&C Scott Shotguns - Shotguns - English Double

Category
W&C Scott Shotguns
Shotguns - English Double

W & C Scott & Son Premier 12 ga – DAMASCUS, CRYSTAL INDICATORS, CERTIFIED, vintage firearms

Description:
General Specs: W & C Scott & Son, 1885, 12 Gauge, 7lbs. 7oz., Chokes M/IM, LOP 14 1/8", DAH 2 7/8", DAC 1 11/16"
Serial Number:  37019 

Vintage Firearms is please to present this beautiful English live bird gun.  Equally at home hunting waterfowl as upland game, this unique shotgun will catch the eye of everyone you shoot or hunt with.  The star of this show is the very strong back action with crystal cocking indicator windows revealing gold washed hammers when cocked.  Curved to match the contoured wrist of the gun, the engraving on the back action plates is a combination of game scene and oak branches and leaves – a Canadian Goose and two Long-tailed Ducks on the left and Pigeons on the right.  The oak theme follows onto the sides of the receiver, interspersed with bursts of scroll at various points and around the barrel fences.   The bottom of the frame and the trigger plate, trigger guard, forearm irons and key latch have scroll engraving as well, but also negative space that is welcome so as not to be too busy.  Roughly 80% of the fading factory case color remains.  The charcoal blued trigger guard has 65% finish remaining, worn at the typical hold points and around the edges of the guard.  The 30-inch Damascus barrels are in very good condition, with a wide concave rib which hosts scroll engraving and an inlayed gold 8-pointed star decoration at the breech end, a small silver bead at the muzzle.  The beautifully figured English walnut stock and forend have a few light handling marks, nice checkering, and a gorgeous hand-rubbed oil finish.  The stock terminates in a checkered horn buttplate with a widow’s peak.  The wood to metal fit at every point on this fine firearm is superb.  The right barrel markings read “W & C Scott & Son Patent Triplex Lever Grip” denoting the solid three-point lock up of the action, with a dolls head, a cross-bar latch, and bottom lug.  The left barrel reads “10 GT Castle Street Regent Circus London” which was the location of their London storefront, the gun was likely crafted in their Birmingham factory, where it was also proofed.

The gun is tight on hinge and tight on face, locking up with the lever slightly right of center.  The auto safety, double triggers, and extractors all function flawlessly.  VFI CERTIFIED GUN HAVING THE ACTION AND FOREND IRON STRIPPED, ULTRASONIC CLEANED, ALL PARTS SCRUBBED CLEAN, INSPECTED FOR FUNCTION AND INTEGRITY, LUBRICATED, AND REASSEMBLED, NOW CARRYING A 90-DAY MECHANICAL WARRANTY.  This is a $450 service in our shop.

Each time I pick this gun up in the shop I marvel at the quality, the craftsmanship, and the fact that you can still feel the hooks from the engraver’s cuts all these years after the work was done.  This gun was built in 1885, and with the care that our capable gunsmiths have put into this gun, it is ready for many more years in the field and on the clays course.  Enjoy!


Barrels
Barrel Length:   30"
Chokes:   .020/.027 M/IM
Bores:   mirror
Bore Diameter:   .731/.728
Wall Thickness:   .035/.032
% Blue:   Damascus
Chambers:   2 1/2"
Ribs:   Tight-Bells
Sights:   front brass

Action
Action:   Tight-Slight Right of Center
Extractors
Receiver Condition:   96% case color – factory
Screws:   very good
Engraving:  95% cover;  high grade engraving, crisp, sharp
Trigger Type:   double-crisp
Trigger Guard Color:   65% charcoal blue

Stock
Type:   round pistol grip/splinter
LOP:   14 1/8"
LOP To End Of Wood:   13 15/16"
DAH:   2 7/8"
DAC:   1 11/16"
Cast:  H 1/8" off; T 1/8" off
Checkering Condition:   superb
Butt Treatment:   horn butt plate

INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a “VFI Certified” gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details or questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms.

Payment and Shipping
Ways to Pay: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3.5% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3.5% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax Collected: FL, MI
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $140.00 within continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK.
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes. C&R licenses accepted for shipping C&R eligible guns

Other
Terms of Purchase: Check your local and state laws before purchasing. It is the buyer’s responsibility to confirm his/her right to own the firearm or any item before purchasing.
PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. View all listings and our full inventory of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. Thanks for looking! We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs “tweaked”, let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns “as found” and others want them “just so”. We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.

Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge

Price: $6,550.00