whats the most expensive shotgun you own?

stuckinthe60s · October 26, 2017, 07:55 PM

1940 parker pachmyre A1 on my end.
how about you guys?

Virginian · October 26, 2017, 09:47 PM

Browning BSS Sporter 20 gauge. All the expensive stuff is long gone now. Down to 3 Model 1100s, a Wingmaster, and the BSS.

bamaranger · October 26, 2017, 11:40 PM

My shotguns are all blue collar. Bought myself a Rem 870 Wingmaster in 1980 as a college graduation gift to myself and am still hunting it. If memory serves, I paid $285 for a 3" chamber, vent rib, fixed choke 12 ga.

When I transferred from AR to AL, (1988) I bought a Lanber 101 O/U that was marked $400 plus at a KMart of all places, that was closing, $200 bucks.

jmstr · October 27, 2017, 01:16 AM

I don't have real expensive ones. My LGS has two double-rifles on the shelf that are being sold for a combined $80,000. One is $45k and the other is $35k.

Compared to that, I am homeless.

I like variety- so my budget stays under 5 bills. I just yearn for nicer, but can't convince myself to spend more than I did for my laptop- as I use the laptop more [like, right now].

B.L.E. · October 27, 2017, 06:10 AM

When I go to shoot registered trap, my Browning BT99 and Browning CX are like Chevrolets and Toyotas on a road filled with BMWs and Porsches.

darkgael · October 27, 2017, 06:52 AM

BT-99.

muzzleblast... · October 27, 2017, 07:28 AM

Beretta Silver Pigeon is the most expensive I own.

Ricklin · October 27, 2017, 07:40 AM

Mine is my high condition 1918 single barrel trap. I would very much like to break 25 with it next year. Would be great to do that when it turns 100. It will be no fault of the gun if that does not happen.

34" barrel, straight grip, no safety. Best trigger of any gun I own. The Smith only comes out to play on sunny days.

FITASC · October 27, 2017, 08:21 AM

Currently, as far as resale or replacement cost goes, it would be one of my Beretta Gas guns - I'm still waiting for that winning Lotto before I custom order a few Perazzis.....

BigJimP · October 27, 2017, 11:51 AM

Probably a Browning Citori XT Trap Over Under.. Adjustable comb, 32" barrels...with a custom grade 7 - 8 Turkish Walnut stock ( custom ordered from Browning ) and a GraCoil system on it.../ .. I actually picked it up used, but replacement cost is probably around $ 6,000 because of the upgraded stock... ( the new XT's, with adj combs in grade 1 stocks with no GraCoil retail for about $3,000 )...

https://thefiringline.com/forums/att...3&d=1339792349 not a great photo, but all I have on forum site.

I also have a limited edition Browning Citori BT-100...only 200 made in "Leo's Specials" by Browning...and mine is # 110 out of 200....but I'm not sure of the value. The gun is heavily engraved, with some Gold inlay of Pigeons.... ( value may actually be going down ...as other single barrel, break action guns become more popular ---- and the BT 100 is no longer made because the "removeable trigger" was too expensive for Browning to produce.

https://thefiringline.com/forums/att...2&d=1339792349

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But in my view, its not about value...its whether you love the gun ...every time you touch it...or take it out to shoot it ! I also love my Browning BPS pump guns...that I bought years ago...that are only worth $300 with a replacement cost of $ 500 probably.

ilmonster · October 27, 2017, 12:24 PM

Mine would be my skeet / sporting clays shotgun, a Browning Citori XT. It is stock except for a Pachmyer recoil pad and Briley extended choke tubes. On the handgun side though, I do have a Les Baer which is certainly the most I've spent on a handgun.

Rob228 · October 27, 2017, 03:01 PM

Mine would be my Beretta A400. I had just graduated college, transitioned from enlisted to officer and decided it was time to treat myself.

moe.ron · October 27, 2017, 06:25 PM

Mine is a Citori Lightning.

Omaha-BeenGlockin · October 27, 2017, 06:50 PM

I too got rid of all the expensive O/Us and SxS-------now down to a Benelli M2 and new Wingmaster

Doyle · October 27, 2017, 07:14 PM

Berretta 685 O/U. It's a field grade so not worth a whole lot but it's the most expensive thing I have. Don't see many 685's in the US - especially with double triggers. I bought mine when I was in Italy.

MTT TL · October 27, 2017, 07:16 PM

Mine is going to disappoint too.

KSG for $695 out the door.

It just edges out my 11/87 SP (which also came with two barrels, it only mounts one at a time)

Cheapshooter · October 27, 2017, 07:34 PM

A Remington 1100 I bought almost 40 years ago for three hundred bucks. Aside from one small nick in the butstock it is still like new.
$$$ does not impress me, function does.

FITASC · October 27, 2017, 08:02 PM

$300 forty years ago?? That seems pretty high. In today's money, you'd be dropping over $1200 for the gun then.

Cheapshooter · October 28, 2017, 07:04 AM

nope, that was the price. I dud a lot of shopping around before getting that price. Back then Target sold guns, Venture stores, and other discount retailers beside Wallt World. That was actually a pretty competitive price. Maybe $10-$15 over the cheapest, but this one from a LGS had the prettiest wood of all. Their price was twwnty five of si bucks higher, and I hammered them with other places prices until they came down to 300.

MTT TL · October 28, 2017, 07:33 AM

Quote:

In today's money, you'd be dropping over $1200 for the gun then.

Maybe... if it were exactly 40 years ago. But he said "like 40 years ago". There was tons of inflation in the late 70s. If he bought it in 1980 instead of 1977 the difference the value would have been about $900, or close to what a nice model runs today...

What a difference those late 70s years made.

FITASC · October 28, 2017, 08:43 AM

I got that number from running one of those inflation calculators and rounded it down a few bucks

B.L.E. · October 28, 2017, 09:58 AM

My brother bought a 1100 about 40 years ago, it was around $300 if I remember correctly. He still has it.
The current production might be less costly in inflation adjusted dollars simply because the manufacture of the product involves less hand labor than it did in the '70s. Today, we have CNC and other manufacturing technologies that did not exist in 1970.

T. O'Heir · October 28, 2017, 11:26 AM

Only have one shotgun. The 870 Wingmaster I bought for $289Cdn in the late 80's/early 80's. Wingmasters were not Remington's upper end in those days.
40 years ago was 1977. $300 was about average.

JWT · October 28, 2017, 11:30 AM

Browning BT 99 with adjustable comb and GraCoil.

ShootistPRS · October 28, 2017, 02:25 PM

The shotgun I spent the most money for is my Mossberg 12 ga. with two barrels. The rest I picked up cheap, but they all work.

October 26, 2017, 07:55 PM	#1
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	whats the most expensive shotgun you own? 1940 parker pachmyre A1 on my end. how about you guys? __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

October 26, 2017, 09:47 PM	#2
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	Browning BSS Sporter 20 gauge. All the expensive stuff is long gone now. Down to 3 Model 1100s, a Wingmaster, and the BSS. __________________ What could have happened... did.

October 26, 2017, 11:40 PM	#3
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,308	sorry to disappoint My shotguns are all blue collar. Bought myself a Rem 870 Wingmaster in 1980 as a college graduation gift to myself and am still hunting it. If memory serves, I paid $285 for a 3" chamber, vent rib, fixed choke 12 ga. When I transferred from AR to AL, (1988) I bought a Lanber 101 O/U that was marked $400 plus at a KMart of all places, that was closing, $200 bucks.

October 27, 2017, 06:10 AM	#5
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	When I go to shoot registered trap, my Browning BT99 and Browning CX are like Chevrolets and Toyotas on a road filled with BMWs and Porsches. __________________ Hanlon's Razor "Do not invoke conspiracy as explanation when ignorance and incompetence will suffice, as conspiracy implies intelligence and organization."

October 27, 2017, 06:52 AM	#6
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	$ BT-99. __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

October 27, 2017, 01:16 AM	#4
jmstr Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2001 Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA Posts: 1,281	I don't have real expensive ones. My LGS has two double-rifles on the shelf that are being sold for a combined $80,000. One is $45k and the other is $35k. Compared to that, I am homeless. I like variety- so my budget stays under 5 bills. I just yearn for nicer, but can't convince myself to spend more than I did for my laptop- as I use the laptop more [like, right now].

October 27, 2017, 07:28 AM	#7
muzzleblast... Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2015 Location: Obwat, TN Posts: 285	Beretta Silver Pigeon is the most expensive I own.

October 27, 2017, 07:40 AM	#8
Ricklin Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2008 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 2,013	LC Smith Mine is my high condition 1918 single barrel trap. I would very much like to break 25 with it next year. Would be great to do that when it turns 100. It will be no fault of the gun if that does not happen. 34" barrel, straight grip, no safety. Best trigger of any gun I own. The Smith only comes out to play on sunny days. __________________ ricklin Freedom is not free Last edited by Ricklin; October 28, 2017 at 10:50 AM.

October 27, 2017, 08:21 AM	#9
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	Currently, as far as resale or replacement cost goes, it would be one of my Beretta Gas guns - I'm still waiting for that winning Lotto before I custom order a few Perazzis..... __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

October 27, 2017, 11:51 AM	#10
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Probably a Browning Citori XT Trap Over Under.. Adjustable comb, 32" barrels...with a custom grade 7 - 8 Turkish Walnut stock ( custom ordered from Browning ) and a GraCoil system on it.../ .. I actually picked it up used, but replacement cost is probably around $ 6,000 because of the upgraded stock... ( the new XT's, with adj combs in grade 1 stocks with no GraCoil retail for about $3,000 )... https://thefiringline.com/forums/att...3&d=1339792349 not a great photo, but all I have on forum site. I also have a limited edition Browning Citori BT-100...only 200 made in "Leo's Specials" by Browning...and mine is # 110 out of 200....but I'm not sure of the value. The gun is heavily engraved, with some Gold inlay of Pigeons.... ( value may actually be going down ...as other single barrel, break action guns become more popular ---- and the BT 100 is no longer made because the "removeable trigger" was too expensive for Browning to produce. https://thefiringline.com/forums/att...2&d=1339792349 ----------- But in my view, its not about value...its whether you love the gun ...every time you touch it...or take it out to shoot it ! I also love my Browning BPS pump guns...that I bought years ago...that are only worth $300 with a replacement cost of $ 500 probably.

October 27, 2017, 12:24 PM	#11
ilmonster Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 180	Mine would be my skeet / sporting clays shotgun, a Browning Citori XT. It is stock except for a Pachmyer recoil pad and Briley extended choke tubes. On the handgun side though, I do have a Les Baer which is certainly the most I've spent on a handgun.

October 27, 2017, 03:01 PM	#12
Rob228 Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2010 Location: Hampstead NC Posts: 1,450	Mine would be my Beretta A400. I had just graduated college, transitioned from enlisted to officer and decided it was time to treat myself.

October 27, 2017, 06:25 PM	#13
moe.ron Member Join Date: July 4, 2008 Location: Macomb County MI Posts: 52	Mine is a Citori Lightning.

October 27, 2017, 06:50 PM	#14
Omaha-BeenGlockin Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2001 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,183	I too got rid of all the expensive O/Us and SxS-------now down to a Benelli M2 and new Wingmaster __________________ I take the leech that's bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me -------Metallica

October 27, 2017, 07:14 PM	#15
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Rainbow City, Alabama Posts: 7,167	Berretta 685 O/U. It's a field grade so not worth a whole lot but it's the most expensive thing I have. Don't see many 685's in the US - especially with double triggers. I bought mine when I was in Italy.

October 27, 2017, 07:16 PM	#16
MTT TL Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2009 Location: Quadling Country Posts: 2,780	Mine is going to disappoint too. KSG for $695 out the door. It just edges out my 11/87 SP (which also came with two barrels, it only mounts one at a time) __________________ Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war.

October 27, 2017, 07:34 PM	#17
Cheapshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 8,306	A Remington 1100 I bought almost 40 years ago for three hundred bucks. Aside from one small nick in the butstock it is still like new. $$$ does not impress me, function does. __________________ Cheapshooter's rules of gun ownership #1: NEVER SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING!

October 27, 2017, 08:02 PM	#18
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	$300 forty years ago?? That seems pretty high. In today's money, you'd be dropping over $1200 for the gun then. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

October 28, 2017, 07:04 AM	#19
Cheapshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 8,306	nope, that was the price. I dud a lot of shopping around before getting that price. Back then Target sold guns, Venture stores, and other discount retailers beside Wallt World. That was actually a pretty competitive price. Maybe $10-$15 over the cheapest, but this one from a LGS had the prettiest wood of all. Their price was twwnty five of si bucks higher, and I hammered them with other places prices until they came down to 300. __________________ Cheapshooter's rules of gun ownership #1: NEVER SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING!

October 28, 2017, 08:43 AM	#21
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	I got that number from running one of those inflation calculators and rounded it down a few bucks __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

October 28, 2017, 09:58 AM	#22
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	My brother bought a 1100 about 40 years ago, it was around $300 if I remember correctly. He still has it. The current production might be less costly in inflation adjusted dollars simply because the manufacture of the product involves less hand labor than it did in the '70s. Today, we have CNC and other manufacturing technologies that did not exist in 1970. __________________ Hanlon's Razor "Do not invoke conspiracy as explanation when ignorance and incompetence will suffice, as conspiracy implies intelligence and organization."

October 28, 2017, 11:26 AM	#23
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Only have one shotgun. The 870 Wingmaster I bought for $289Cdn in the late 80's/early 80's. Wingmasters were not Remington's upper end in those days. 40 years ago was 1977. $300 was about average. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

October 28, 2017, 11:30 AM	#24
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Browning BT 99 with adjustable comb and GraCoil. Last edited by JWT; October 28, 2017 at 11:35 AM.

October 28, 2017, 02:25 PM	#25
ShootistPRS Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2017 Posts: 1,583	The shotgun I spent the most money for is my Mossberg 12 ga. with two barrels. The rest I picked up cheap, but they all work.