Thread: secondhand shotguns

Originally Posted by rockland

I think a lot of older shotguns just wear out after a heap of use and not worth fixing.
So cheap to buy a reasonably good new gun these days with modern gas systems/actions/barrel/choke design...
as a left-hander, I can say there has never been a better range for me to choose from!

Most quality under and overs or SxS last a long long long time, "dirty guns" are another matter all together!!

I brought mine with the intentions of them being handed down to my nephew when I'm done with them

well i've acquired a few more shotties than necessary. there are some excellent used guns for sale out there, twice the quality and half the price of some inferior new guns.i like the sxs and yes i'm also fond of u/o's but then i have a few semi's too.i guess if you are a waterfowler you are going to be in love with a semi, yes you can have the 3 and a half inch chamber. i am happy with 3 but i mostly shoot 2 and 3/4,s. i love guns with the romance of history. i shoot with a gun made in 1877 and another in 1888 also one in 1892.these only get used once or twice a season.and i only use 28gm loads.geese i use an auto but i have a 35 inch barrel,3 inch chambered sxs i will take out,especially if there is a group going,it always causes a ribbing but when i'm up to it,it can change a few outlooks.quail duck and pheasant, the doubles win out. i think the main reason more shooters do not buy on the second hand market is that they are not familiar enough or feel competent to judge a guns merit for themselves.also they do not know where to find a competent gunsmith who will do repair work, should it be required. that's a shame as there is a lot of fun to be had in the world of older shotguns.

hi when i was in auckland recently i was in a h and f store and asked where the 2nd guns were and the chap there told me that no one seems to bring in any trades and that they are all on tme i have found when out and about the country the smaller rural towns that have gunshops have better pickings esp older sxs .