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< 16ga. Guns ~ Japanese 16ga |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:07 pm
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I'm looking for some info on a Japanese single shot 16 gauge with a 42" barrel I recently bought. It is lite in the hand and my scales have it weighing 6Lbs. I have not shot it yet. I was hoping to find out a little more info before doing so. Here are a few pictures. I have found a little info that may trace it back to Hamada and Sons in Japan.
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Last edited by Coondawg on Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:03 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:12 pm
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42" barrel!!? Is that a typo? Greener type side safety is cool; can't tell you anything about the gun though. Looks well made but coming from Japan in that era that's no surprise. |
_________________ I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:17 pm
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yes 42". I have never seen anything like it. I'm hoping it is safe to shoot. The bore is clean and it looks like it has been shot some. |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:28 pm
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Very nice
Can you show any proof marks or chamber marking?
http://www.shotguns.se/html/japan.html
Thanks
Mike |
Last edited by skeettx on Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:05 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:12 pm
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There is not a lot of marking on it. Mike if you still need these photos I can email them to you.
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Last edited by Coondawg on Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:05 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:39 pm
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Very interesting gun! One thing about is when you shoot you will be a lot closer to the bird than any one hunting with you.
Dale |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:04 pm
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Thank You
Have you had anyone identify the letter above the 16?
Mike |
Last edited by skeettx on Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:12 pm
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Ha that is a 16 not a 9T. Mike I have not had a chance yet. |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:14 pm
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I read somewhere one time that a long barrel length like that will cut down the report significantly.
I do not know if it is true or not but I wonder if that has anything to do with why it was made with that length barrel. |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:05 pm
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ROMAC wrote: |
I read somewhere one time that a long barrel length like that will cut down the report significantly.
I do not know if it is true or not but I wonder if that has anything to do with why it was made with that length barrel.
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Maybe it was a poacher's gun?
Dale |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:37 pm
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:44 pm
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With that side safety, one would expect the scattergun had some form of a Greener origin or connection.
Greener sold buckets of GPs, with a Martini-Henry action, across the world....police to farmsteads.
Could have been a deal with the Japanese requesting an action different than the standard GP. |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:08 pm
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It chambers 2 3/4" shells. Lock up is tight. |
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:04 pm
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Coondawg wrote: |
There is not a lot of marking on it. Mike if you still need these photos I can email them to you.
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Too many folks looked at your photos. All I can see is the "Photobucket sucks" image. |
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 4:53 am
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I figured that was going to happen. I think I'm done with photobucket. |
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