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Sun, 12/15/2013 - 18:02
T Bone
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Than a short barreled mule eared side by side shotgun? Well, maybe a lever action carbine, but let's stick with the Coach guns for now...
I have two of these, one of decent quality (TTN based on the 1878 Colt) and a Norinco made Chicom of unknown design. The Norinco has the typicall nicer than expected wood, and mediocre construction in the metal department.The TNN I've not fired. It appears to be a quality piece with both nice Walnut wood and good quality steel and workmanship.

The Norinco is now loose enough that it scares me a bit. During it's one range session, I found at first it was difficult to open after firing. After that, it loosened up quickly and eventually I was not sure it would stay together. In Spring, I will wring them both out to gain some confidence (and skill) with them (bought both with intentions of CAS shooting).

The Norinco has 3 different safeties on it, a manual switch on the upper tang of the pistol grip, a cross bolt through the frame that presumably blocks the firing pins, and a trigger safety that blocks forward movement of the hammers from the lowered position unless the trigger is pulled. The TNN has only the latter of these 3 (the only one I would have chosen myself).

I'm pretty fond of the genre of the short barreled sxs 12 hammer guns. Few things take my mind back to the old West and some of my favorite movies more than a good ol' hammer gun. 

I'll try to get some pics up tomorrow, to go with the text. Of course, the shotgun comes in all shapes, sizes and types. And it may not be the Home Defense cure all that Joe Biden claims (lol... don't get me started). But to me, the short hammer gun is just cool. Love having one or two in the rack (next to the riot guns...).

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T Bone

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Sun, 12/15/2013 - 19:46
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Damn, I need a picture of my baby

Years ago, I wandered into Bing and Bob's Sporting Goods in Havre, MT to look around. There was an old SxS on the rack with mule ear hammers. It was an ancient Stevens with fluid steel barrels in 12 ga. I bought it of course because I had recently seen  A Stranger in town. It had been a guard gun on the stage that ran from Zortman to Havre to take gold bullion to the railhead. I make it at just about 1900. Havre didn't have a new car dealership until 1947, for perspective. The barrels are 19", and, of course, it's cylinder bored. It worked great on Hungarian Partridges. They always get up right under your feet and fly straight away about two feet off the ground. I'll post photos tomorrow.
Mike

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Sun, 12/15/2013 - 22:38
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I picked this one up this

I picked this one up this summer to go with the many "Social" shotguns we have it will eventually be a "trench gun". I normally would never alter an original gun but this one is a "Frankengun" with two unmatched, but closely numbered halves.
97.1
 

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Mon, 12/16/2013 - 08:05
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At least....

...it's got a full barrel. I see a lot of those old (95's?) that farmer Brown cut a few inches off the muzzle and put a big ol' vari-choke on it.

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Mon, 12/16/2013 - 14:13
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I've got a "Western  Field" 

I've got a "Western  Field"  (Mossberg 500) 20 ga with a "dial-a-duck" choke on it that is pretty handy around the place when I don't want to risk a ricochet shooting a varmint. Say a opossum gets between the house and the horse pasture. Open up the choke when the quail are around. "Farmer Brown" might have something there.
That particular '97  is headed for a conversion to "trench gun" anyway.

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Mon, 12/16/2013 - 16:24
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My Baby

Here is my good, old Stevens 225 12 ga. It's the one I referenced above as a stage coach guard gun. It is very light and handy. If I had a hair on my but, I would use it at the annual invitational sporting clays event in Tupelo. It's one of those guns that mount and point naturally without any effort or thought. Think I paid the outrageous sum of $25 for it in 1968.
Stevens 225
Fetch my Greeners, Sam.

Stevens 225A
At first, it would fire both barrels at once. Painful for subject as well as object. I disassembled it and found adjustments for each trigger. Much sweeter now.

Mike

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Tue, 12/17/2013 - 13:03
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Wow!

Wow! OMG, that is sweet. What a piece of history. And the perfect "model"for what the new manuf. types are making to remember that era. It's the real deal.
Speaking of Greeners (and that was a great movie!), I spotted one on GunBroker the other day. SXS 10 ga. Greener that was Wells Fargo marked (Seller indicated uncertainty as to the authenticity of the WF markings). Had a cracked wrist, bound with brass wire. Nicely engraved too, they were looking for around 2K. Nice plain 12ga Remington 1889 SXS hammer coach gun (circa 1889-1890) just sold for  $500. I should probably start into some vintage firearms at some point (like I need yet another very expensive hobby!).

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T Bone

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" Sigmund Freud

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