The oddly beautiful, highly durable Darne doesn’t break open its receiver slides back.

Years Produced: 1881-1979 produced by Bruchet from 1989-present Some of the American doubles in the lower grades look cheap, but not the Fox. Teddy Roosevelt called it “the finest gun made.” The Fox was a well-designed gun that hardly ever broke down its receiver was beautifully sculpted, and it closed with the quiet strength and precision of a Swiss bank vault. But his shotgun is arguably the simplest, strongest, and possibly the best of the classic American side-by-side shotguns. Inventor Ansley Fox’s automobile is long forgotten his self-lighting cigarette never dented the marketplace. Years Produced: 1903-1930 produced by Savage Arms from 1930-1942 and by Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Co. The high-grade Smiths built by Hunter Arms from 1890 until the imposition of cost-cutting measures in 1913 have some of the finest engraving and the most pleasing lines of any American gun. Smith double in a dozen grades, from plain to princely. In 1890, Smith sold out to Hunter Arms, which made the L.C.

Years Produced: by Hunter Arms: 1890-1945 by Marlin from 1945-presentīefore going on to become half of a household word as the manufacturer of the Smith-Corona typewriter, Lyman Smith dabbled in the gun business and left his name on America’s only sidelock double. Since we won’t be shooting lead forever, I would almost take one of these over an American Parker. The ultimate proof of the Japanese skill at copying, these beautiful reproductions had parts that interchanged with the originals and barrels tough enough for steel shot.

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