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Anyone have information on these doubles? Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | ||
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Are these the same as the Gasparini doubles imported in, I think, the sixties? I have owned three of these in the past. All sideplated boxlocks; nice but not high grade at all. Decent wood, decent workmanship, shot great and lightweight. I found a listing in an older Blue Book or somewhere which listed their total import as 250 guns. They had all the typical Italian markings. A few years ago (8-10) they were trading for around $250. | |||
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I bought the rifle today. It is a scalloped boxlock with case colored action with light scroll engraving. The 9.3X74R barrels measure 60 cm. It has a pancake shadowline cheekpiece, fine checkering on nice wood, with a silvers type pad. LOP is 14 1/2. It has a single rear sight that flips from wide to fine notch on a quarter rib and a nice ramp front sight with gold bead. I haven't weighed it but it is light and handles well. Now I have two new double rifles to shoot for the first time! I must try to get to the range. Art S. - The Gasparini you refer to is a different company. They made some of the shotguns marketed under the "Richland Arms" name and are just as you described. Gasparini Aldo was a good, very small maker, but not the "Holland & Holland" of Italy by any means.  Mike Mike Davis DRSS | |||
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Way to go, Mike! I know you are not coming to the next DRSS hunt in January, but I hope you make the next one - I would love to check out your new ladies! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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WTG, Mike! Pictures, picture, pictures. . . . .! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Rusty, Photos sent by email. You may post them if you wish. Mike Mike Davis DRSS | |||
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