"GRANDPA Shotguns"

[Brithunter]

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 .