Temptation #2

[Old Hawkeye]

So my local has two 10gsxs. One by Pedersoli in very good condition and another, unnamed, did navy arms have a 10g made for them by Pietta??
Anyway, the unnamed one doesn't come up well to the shoulder. The stock is to high.
The Pedersoli on the other hand comes up well and the dealer offered me a heavily reduced price!
Very tempted. Its choked in one barrel at least.
If this disease continues im going to need another safe!
Or was it ardesa that made a 10g double for navy arms??
Anyway, I think that 10g would make a good fox calling gun loaded with 2oz of air gun pellets I have thousands of!
I wonder if he will trade a little to ease the pain......
I wish I had kept away now, I was doing so well

Navy Arms SxS's were made by more than one subcontractor over the years. I had one in the 1970.s that was made in Spain, but I don't recall the manufacturer's name. IIRC, Pietta made them as well later on. I don't recall Pedersoli ever making a Navy Arms SxS. I have two Pedersoli SxS's, a 20 & a 12 from the early 2000's. Nicely made! They both tend to shoot quite a bit lower compared to my modern shotguns. Not sure if that is from the way they fit me or the lower velocity they possibly exhibit. The early Navy Arms was unchoked in both barrels & I shot it better. Build quality was on par with the Pedersoli. I still regret selling it. I'd shoot the Navy too & see how point of impact compares.

 

[Black Jack]

I wish I had kept away now, I was doing so well

Britsmoothy.....Why fight it?

 

[SOLANCO]

If the gun does not fit you it will eventually collect dust in your collection. Consistently shooting it well would be a chore, not a pleasure. Adapting it to fit could be an expensive hassle.

 

[Britsmoothy]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/the-big-ten.132209/

 

[Treestalker]

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Mr. Jenkins? Mr. Jenkins? My old high school english teacher? I thought you had gotten hung up on a hanging participle!

 

[Steel Hayes]

don't recall Pedersoli ever making a Navy Arms SxS.

 

[Old Hawkeye]

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Is there a date code on that shotgun? Curious if it was before or after the Spanish one I had.

 

[Steel Hayes]

Is there a date code on that shotgun?

1974

 

[gunnyr]

So my local has two 10gsxs. One by Pedersoli in very good condition and another, unnamed, did navy arms have a 10g made for them by Pietta??
Anyway, the unnamed one doesn't come up well to the shoulder. The stock is to high.
The Pedersoli on the other hand comes up well and the dealer offered me a heavily reduced price!
Very tempted. Its choked in one barrel at least.
If this disease continues im going to need another safe!
Or was it ardesa that made a 10g double for navy arms??
Anyway, I think that 10g would make a good fox calling gun loaded with 2oz of air gun pellets I have thousands of!
I wonder if he will trade a little to ease the pain......
I wish I had kept away now, I was doing so well

Britsmoothy , Go ahead and get it you know you want it. Hell get both , never enough , there are so many that
need saved.
gunny

 

[J. Paul]

Navy Arms SxS's were made by more than one subcontractor over the years. I had one in the 1970.s that was made in Spain, but I don't recall the manufacturer's name. IIRC, Pietta made them as well later on. I don't recall Pedersoli ever making a Navy Arms SxS. I have two Pedersoli SxS's, a 20 & a 12 from the early 2000's. Nicely made! They both tend to shoot quite a bit lower compared to my modern shotguns. Not sure if that is from the way they fit me or the lower velocity they possibly exhibit. The early Navy Arms was unchoked in both barrels & I shot it better. Build quality was on par with the Pedersoli. I still regret selling it. I'd shoot the Navy too & see how point of impact compares.

I have a sxs sold under Navy name that I bought at local auction 3 years ago. When I wrote Pedersoli Arms about it, I received a reply in less than a week letting me know it was manufactured by them in the 70's along with where it had shipped to.