A new level of workmanship in two barrels

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17 June 2015, 05:31

boom stick

A new level of workmanship in two barrels

Granted these are double pistols but I wish I could see this level of workmanship in a double rifle.

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17 June 2015, 09:55

Nakihunter

Great art but not really working guns. They do not shoot any powder or shot!

Hi quality jewellery is what that is.

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17 June 2015, 20:10

MacD37

That is something my wife might find to place in her curio cabinet, but I certainly would not want a real firearm that pimped up in my collection!
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17 June 2015, 23:38

subsailor74

A double rifle (or pistol for that matter) does not have to be ornate to show off the finest level of workmanship. Look inside an English double rifle and notice the attention to detail and quality of workmanship that does not often see the light of day. Flawless craftsmanship and gaudy ornamentation are not the same things.

18 June 2015, 05:53

cal pappas

Subsailor is so right. I have the plainest of doubles and the wood to metal fit and other samples of craftsmanship leave me speechless. Many of my doubles won't close if something as thin as toilet paper is on the action face or a grain of powder. In my Winchester days, hell they could be dropped in the mud and still function. Compared to vintage doubles from the UK, American arms suck.

As to the items shown here, they belong with the Pink Pistols of San Francisco or the new Bruce Jenner. Not on a legitimate firearms forum (IMHO).
Cal

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18 June 2015, 16:28

9.3 X 75R

When it comes to stuff like that I always figure someone had more money than brains to commission it, or, that a maker did them just to prove he could. Art, certainly. A firearm, only in shape.

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18 June 2015, 22:43

JCS271

I think the auction estimate of 2.5 million is a little high. I could see going maybe 1.5 at best. I mean really, for 2.5 I could get about 138 Heym doubles or a dozen best quality Holland rifles (one in every caliber?) and still have money left over to buy Sabatti doubles to hand out as post hunt tips for the camp staff on all of my future hunts!

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25 June 2015, 19:24

dan_oz

In fact they sold for nearly $5.9M.

Of course they are not Holland & Hollands, but they are a nice thing in their own right, and much rarer.

25 June 2015, 20:13

JTEX

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Many of my doubles won't close if something as thin as toilet paper is on the action face or a grain of powder. In my Winchester days, hell they could be dropped in the mud and still function. Compared to vintage doubles from the UK, American arms suck.

Wow. I sure hope a grain of sand doesn't get in the wrong place at the wrong time!

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