I think that gun would be disquaulified under the "budget" part of the qeustion Very nice though
I admit I love it, and would never part with it, and it is a very nice example.
The best of 3 that I have owned, but they are still fairly easy to find over here.
Most make around £100 to £150, a few people advertise them for more, and I know where there are at least 3 for sale at the moment, all are ready to shoot as is, but one is another shining example.
It is also a very rare example of the "Trap Gun" version, has a 32 inch full choke barrel and a Monte Carlo stock in walnut, but even so it will probably only make £200.00 at most.
The first one I bought about 20 years ago, had a good bore, but that was lt.
The stock had been butchered, the metalwork was all rusty, and the action rusted solid, but even so, nothing needed replacement (except the wood).
It took me a couple of evenings with a can of oil and heat gun to get it apart, and a few weeks of spare time to get all the rust off, and a Saturday morning at work to polish everything.
Next I sent it all to the local electroplater's, copper and then double nickel plated the whole thing
Made a new stock and forend from a piece of mahogany, all basically shaped on various linisher's and belt sanders at work during lunch breaks.
Shot really well, although it was a good while before I dared take it to a clay shoot.
After everybody had stopped laughing, and generally taking the pi$$ I shot a few sets of single trap and got my only ever clean run.
And then some smart ass offered too much money and I sold it :banghead:
But it did pay for the next better one, with a handsome profit
Neil.
