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Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 989 Location: Las Vegas

I've been patiently waiting to sell a couple of Browning 12 ga's. to pick up this gun. My second one sold today so, I'm ready to pull the trigger.

I know it's not a 16ga. but even with this gun my 16's (3) will outnumber my 12's (2).
It will also be my first 2 1/2" incher!

Any comments, opinions are appreciated.

www.mcdonaldsgunshop.com/Current%20stock/Joseph_Harkom_sn2310.htm

Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 46

My wife is thankful that you saw it first. Appears to be a fine specimen! I really like the uniqueness of this gun.

Member Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 398 Location: S Fl

CF,
Congrats, it's a beauty!
To my somewhat experienced eye, it looks like you may have a Webley screw-grip action there. If so, you have a real gem, highly prized by owners and prospective buyers alike.

Good luck with it.

Pete

Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1480 Location: Mpls, MN.

I looked at that gun quite a few times. It was stocked quite a bit too high for me, but, it was awful pretty all the same. I'm not interested in bending stocks anymore, since, as a lefty you are really screwing it up for someone else.

The price wouldn't be a good down payment on a new set of barrels anymore. Lovely, simply lovely.
Best,
Ted

Member Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 743

Agree that's a very nice gun. Sleeving would cost about half what you'll pay for that gun, and instead of a sleeved gun, you got brand new barrels. A friend recently bought a Bland 16 at auction with new, German-made barrels. While it's nice in a way to have the gun all original as it came from the maker, on old Brit guns, barrels have often been honed, sometimes to the point where they're no longer in proof. So from a shooting standpoint, what you've got in that Harkom is the best of both worlds.

Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 989 Location: Las Vegas

Thanks all! I thought about the collectability of barrels from a different maker, however, I'm a shooter not a collector. Seeing pics of Chuckarmans Harkom (much nicer than this one!) I think it's the right one for me. Unfortunatley it's not a 16 but I have several of those to fall back on! Laughing

Matt

CF, I bought a Jeffrey that is very much the same thing as that Harkom. It has been rebarreled by Charles Francis with close to the same stock dimensions (DAH 2 1/8"). It is a 2 1/2" 12ga bored SK1 and Full. I used it last weekend at a group gathering preserve hunt shooting 2.5" B&P High Pheasant loads and was amazed how hard it hit the chukars and phez - - some at pretty good yardages. I believe that you will be very happy with the Harkom if the dimensions work for you. I was concerned about the high dimensions on the Jeffrey but with the comb at 1 1/2" like the Harkom, it works perfectly for me.

Hc