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The 'Holy Grail' of the gun world: TRIPLE-BARRELLED shotgun from 1891 goes under the hammer
Daily Mail UK ^ | 12 June 2012 | Eddie Wrenn

Posted on 06/17/2012 8:25:18 AM PDT by Lorianne

... back 1891, one gun-manufacturer came up trumps - developing the world's only triple-barrelled shotgun, subsequently dubbed the 'Holy Grail' of the gun world.

Now the gun - built by Edinburgh gun makers John Dickson & Son - has a new owner, having just been sold in London for £43,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: bangbangbang; banglist; scotland; scotlandyet; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 06/17/2012 8:25:27 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

That barrel(s) sure has a nice finish.....wonder if anyone ever shot it.


2 posted on 06/17/2012 8:28:09 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Lorianne

These guns were hand made using chisels and files. Take a close look at the workmanship, the fit and finish, and the engraving. I’m pretty sure at least a 1,000 hours of hand labor went into the gun, and probably more. The firm of John Dickson produced some of the most beautiful guns ever made.


3 posted on 06/17/2012 8:32:53 AM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: Lorianne

Prolly a little heavy to pack around hunting. If I had the money, however, I would like a drilling in 12ga over some rifle caliber.


4 posted on 06/17/2012 8:33:30 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: Lorianne

It is interesting but just doesn’t look right to me.

You never can tell tho, it might handle better than it looks. Then again it might be awkward as all get out.


5 posted on 06/17/2012 8:41:14 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: umgud

Then your in the market for a Savage Mod. 24. There was a rifle round/s over a 12 ga. made. I have a .22LR over a 20 ga myself.


6 posted on 06/17/2012 8:51:18 AM PDT by TMSuchman (John 15;13 & Exodus 21:22-25 Pacem Bello Pastoribus Canes [shepard of peace,dogs of war])
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To: TMSuchman

I’ll stick with my old L. C. Smith...


7 posted on 06/17/2012 9:06:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: TMSuchman

A drilling is typically 2 shotgun barrels over a rifle caliber. Usually European and expensive. I had a Savage 12ga over 30-30 back in the 70’s. I wouldn’t mind having a 20ga over 22 or 22mag.


8 posted on 06/17/2012 9:08:32 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: umgud

I once had a Tikka 12 gauge over a .243. It had a flip up rear sight with a square front and square blade. Made a nice sight picture.

One of those guns I wish I had back. The .243 even with iron sights was unusually accurate.


9 posted on 06/17/2012 9:18:45 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: umgud

Long time ago I had a chance to buy a Sauer drilling in 12ga/30-06 when they weren’t hideously priced. Did get to handle one at a gun show. JMHO, it didn’t point like a shotgun nor aim like a rifle.

Drillings are masterpieces of the gunsmithing art, even so. Heard of this three barrel gun many years ago but didn’t know it was unique.


10 posted on 06/17/2012 9:22:06 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!")
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To: Lorianne

Wonder why three barrels didn’t catch on? Seems like it would have been a good coach gun.


11 posted on 06/17/2012 9:22:58 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Seems like the 3 triggers would just be awkward to me.


12 posted on 06/17/2012 9:35:30 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Stevenc131
“These guns were hand made using chisels and files”

I wonder why they did not use lathes and mills and drill presses and stuff that the other gunmakers used.
I can understand Marshall Williams using chisels and files to build his rifle, but not this.

13 posted on 06/17/2012 9:44:38 AM PDT by Tupelo (TeaParty member, but no longer a Republican)
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To: TMSuchman

I’ll take a SEAL-modified Stoner, .223 over a grenade launcher. (XM 148?)


14 posted on 06/17/2012 10:11:13 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: umgud

The article says it was only 7 lb.s which surprised the heck out of me. Practical or not it’s still a thing of beauty.


15 posted on 06/17/2012 10:16:42 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: TMSuchman

There’s also a 243 over a sixteen gauge model I have in the closet.


16 posted on 06/17/2012 10:16:57 AM PDT by STD ([You must help] people in the communityÂ…feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless)
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To: yarddog
This gun was made by a well known strict Protestant family of devout gunsmiths. They built it to pay homage to the Holy Trinity 'there is nothing more powerful'. The barrels were actually christened; from Right to Left; the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

The joke of the day published in the iconic cartoon Punch opined that if you hadn't taken your prey after exhausting the Trinity, quit hunting altogether, because you were totally lost.

Modern hunters know that state law calls for plugs put into the magazine of pump and semi-auto shotguns limiting them to three rounds. I seriously doubt that a mass produced top break side by side by side would ever be durable enough for routine shooting. It would have been pretty cool to try wing shooting pheasant with three barrels. Leading your target would have become even more fun. American youth hunters like Col. Bong Gen. Yeager might have proven even more deadly fighter pilots; if that were even possible?

17 posted on 06/17/2012 10:17:28 AM PDT by STD ([You must help] people in the communityÂ…feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless)
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To: TMSuchman

There’s also a 243 over a sixteen gauge model I have in the closet.


18 posted on 06/17/2012 10:17:44 AM PDT by STD ([You must help] people in the communityÂ…feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I would too!!

When was it made?

19 posted on 06/17/2012 12:44:11 PM PDT by painter (Rebuild The America We love!)
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To: painter
Sometime around 1940 or 41, according to the serial number on the gun.
It's a 20 ga. “field” (read not fancy) model.
20 posted on 06/17/2012 1:10:16 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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