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December 7, 2007, 04:24 AM | #1 |
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12 bore shot gun by enos james
my uncle has a shotgun by the name of enos james it is a 12 guage wiht 26 inch barrells and 2 3/4 inch chamber side by side can anyone give some uinformation on this gunmaker and its apprximate value its a hammerless non ejector gun
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December 7, 2007, 05:49 AM | #2 |
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Enos James and Co. were in business in Birmingham England from 1877-1900. they made work guns for the most part but did make some high end special orders.
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December 7, 2007, 06:01 AM | #3 |
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The E. James gun was made by Enos James & Co, an English gun maker from 1880 to about 1920, importer and seller unknown. The only value I found was a 10 gauge going for about $300. The gun is considered non-usable because they were not designed to fire modern ammo, making them unsafe.
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December 7, 2007, 11:37 AM | #4 |
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Enos James
James was a good quality maker from Birmingham, England.. Most of his guns were good quality boxlocks, made for export, however as stated he did make a few high quality sidelock ejectors. Two U S importer of James guns. were H D Folsom Company in New York City and Lamberson Furman & Company..JFC
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December 8, 2007, 03:40 AM | #5 |
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thanks
thanks all of u guys for givin me the details. one more question can u gimme an idea abt its value currently
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December 8, 2007, 05:15 AM | #6 |
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Assuming it's in good shape and not one of the higher end models I'd guess in the 3-400 dollar range but that's just a guess based on sales I've seen of similar guns.
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