![]() Only about 100 guns could be produced each year. By the end of the 1950s it was strictly a Winchester Custom Shop item and cost as much as an automobile. The remaining high quality American doubles basically disappeared from the market after WW II.Īn exception was the Winchester Model 21, which soldiered on as a limited production product for many years. The Second World War halted the manufacture of almost all sporting guns and the post-war world economy was not conducive to the manufacture of fine double guns. Many gun makers failed and most of those who survived were in desperate financial straits. The Great Depression hit the manufacturers of luxury items, like hunting guns in general and deluxe shotguns in particular, very hard. The First World War curtailed the production of most civilian firearms, caused a great upheaval in the domestic arms business, and marked the end of several companies. Historically, the 20th Century was not kind to the American double gun. Although the famous Lefever Arms gun had side plates it was basically a box lock design, albeit a very inventive one. The latter was the sole American sidelock gun. Fox, Ithaca, Winchester 21, Lefever, and L.C. The best known of the great American double guns are the Parker, A.H. Most were box lock designs, as that type of action quickly became the American standard, but there was at least one famous side lock gun. Co.ĭuring the last quarter of the 19th Century and the first half of the 20th Century some fine side by side, double-barreled shotguns were made in the USA. Illustration courtesy of Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. I rest my case.By Chuck Hawks Model 21 shotgun. I think Alexander Brown, Uncle Dan and the other great American gun inventors of the period (including the crew at Ithaca) got a lot right. There is nothing like a classic American double or single trap gun. Were there flaws.yes, were they perfect.no, but a lot of the designs came from the late 1800's and early 1900's and many of the guns built on these designs, using the technologies of the time, are still in service today. A little over patriotic, maybe, but that's good, we need a little more of that today. I do think the high grade American doubles (and SBT guns) are true works of art and national treasures. The designs where made to be tooled up for mass production in factories and assembled by workers who had not apprenticed with a fine gun maker for years. These guns where rugged for the most part and sold at a price point that most could afford. ![]() As Drew stated, most of the American doubles where made in great quantities in lower field-utility grades. Smith, so it's really not a good comparison. ![]() As most know, the English Best is an entirely different gun from an American double like the L.C. Vicknair's article, I had never seen that before. Any questions, please let me know, Drew also knows a ton about these guns. I recommend you find a nice condition pre-1913 Elsie and then shoot away. You will not ruin these guns, they were made to shoot. And I shoot this gun a lot, I don't think twice about shooting a full 100 rounds of sporting clays with it in an afternoon, not a hiccup. Smith A-1, there is not one crack and everything is original, the stock has never been glass bedded or reinforced (127 years and no cracks). The pre-1913 Elsies had impeccable wood to metal fitting, especially in the higher grades, and from what I have seen it's not an issue if you use reasonable loads in a good condition gun.Īs an example, the following are a few pics of my 1893 L.C. ![]() Yes, they can crack due to the side lock design, but my belief is that most of the cracking is done by shooting hot loads that were never intended for these guns (anything can break if it's abused). The stories of Elsie stock cracks are way overdone in my opinion. ![]()
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