December 11, 2000, 08:36 PM | #1 |
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I went to a gun show this weekend and saw the most beautiful shotgun in my life. It was a Browing Presentation Grade III. All hand engraved w/gold inlaid ducks. They wanted $5500.00. Oh well i can dream cant I?
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December 11, 2000, 09:08 PM | #2 |
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December 12, 2000, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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Why are they up there with the Perazzi shotguns in price? Im dumbfounded why any one would want to spend 80,000 for a shotgun.
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December 12, 2000, 08:37 AM | #4 |
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If memory serves, Jeff Cooper once wrote that pistol shooters were more sociable, rifle shooters more solitary and shotgunners always broke. There's a good reason for that. Once you get bit by the fine gun bug there is no turning back.
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December 12, 2000, 08:30 PM | #5 |
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80,000?
Well, maybee for a Fabbri or David McKay Brown
The engraved Brownings cost so much due to the engraving, which is a form of art that some people appreciate (People with the bucks to buy them). The gun is no better functionally than a regular Browning. Personally I do not care for the gold inlays, they are too chintzy for my tastes. I prefer the Italian Bulino style of engraving, which is basically the same type of engraving done for banknotes. True Bulino is absolutely gorgeous and the best examples belong in a museum. (Not to mention they are very expensive). Oh well, I can drool like everyone else can't I. (Purdey tastes on a mossberg budget, like everyone else) Geoff Ross
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Drool away, Geoff. A question, have you noticed just how beautiful a plain, unengraved top quality double can be? The elegance of line and proportion found on Shaker furniture comes to mind.
Went in to B&N yesterday to pick up a present for wife, and saw the Double Gun Jourrrnal and Shooting Sportsman side by side amongst the periodicals. Manfully resisted even picking them up(G).... |
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December 15, 2000, 12:32 AM | #8 |
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Perazzi shotguns range from 17,000 to 44,000 for some and 60,000 to 80,000. I think the girl that one gold medal it trap shooting at the Olympics was shooting a Perazzi.
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