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Pedersoli SxS Flintlock Shotgun.

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Picture from shot show is a 20 ga.27.5"bbl.7 lbs.
Just checked their website..
The flint dbl. is not in it.
So no stock dimensions yet.

Pedersoli has a tendency to build high combs.
without much drop..can be an issue.

Their older doubles had more drop.

This one looks like a good upland gun.

Wonder if they will offer it in 12 ga. in the future.
 
Have you handled their old english maple percussion double ? From the specs it appears lighter .
 
That basketweave checkering is a shame.
And it is too bad that the locks aren't styled like their Mortimer lock...
Go to that much bother, and incorporate warts.
 
Don't understand the basket weave checkering either.

The mortimer lock has a double throated cock which is its weak link.

It's good to finally have someone building a flintlock double barrel...

Still waiting on price.
 
22fowl said:
Don't understand the basket weave checkering either.

The mortimer lock has a double throated cock which is its weak link.

It's good to finally have someone building a flintlock double barrel...

Still waiting on price.
I am not impressed it looks cheap but will not be ,that checkering and the barrel breechings a lot to be desired . Most likely you will be able to buy a d/b shooting flintlock on this side of the pond for the same price
Feltwad :td:
A Stand of Originals
 
How can I really tell without the gun in hand.
But, it looks short stocked & is heavy with only 700 mm barrels.
The checkering is still a bad dream I am having, I pray & HOOOoo boy the $$. Like feltwad said, get an original for what it probably costs.
I cannot understand when an artist or in this case a gaggle of em has a blank canvas that they paint that.
May be it is a committee agreed upon gun & no ones personal vision. :idunno: :slap:
O.
 
It handles nicely and will be well priced.

One design flaw that really stands out is the thickness at the breech between the locks. The locks should have been angled in rather than set straight.
 
I had an early Pedersoli 12 Ga. ( 35 years ago?)
It was a very nice gun, the brown barrels were well done. The gun felt like it was made of aluminium (NOT) Traded it away????
I had a well built double flint built by Bill Spain, it was a fine gun, but a friend waived a nice iron framed Henry and a nice 4 3/4" Uberti .45 Colt that I had to have. So the trade was done.
Many of us have been waiting for someone to make a double flint commercially for a long time.
If you think a Pedersoli will be too expensive....try and make one cheaper and as good.
Does it matter if it is 12 ga. or 20 Ga...............Not Really.
It will be an upland game gun, not a serious goose gun, they have them already in percussion 10 ga.
You can find fault somehow with the Pedersoli, imagine what you would get from Traditions :shocked2:
Without seeing the Pedersoli double flint, I would gladly trade my brother-in-law for one any day!
Fred
 
My old Pedersoli has a high comb, same as the new (I need that). At least some made especially for Navy Arms had 1.5 inch drop at comb and 2.5 at the heel, which is usually considered standard in the US.
 
My old Pedersoli was a Navy Arms perc. 12 ga.
It felt like a fly rod when you snapped it to point.
It also felt like a howitzer when you touched it off with a full load. Now I remember why I traded it. :shocked2: :doh:
Fred
 
A light gun is certainly preferable if you are walking up birds and taking relatively few shots during the day .
Balance is also important and a heavy gun , if well balanced , can compensate by superb handling .(I have a Browning O/U that is a heavy old bugger but handles like a dream ).
I imagine the Pedersoli's avoirdupois is in the barrels .

Stocks can be altered and bent .One man's meat is another man's poison . It will be hard to tell what this gun is really like until one has it in one's hands .
The basket weave chequering is bizarre , but perhaps it has some historical relevance , I don't know .Not my first choice anyway .
Perhaps this is the deluxe version and a plainer , unengraved , unchequered model will be available .
I would have preferred blued barrels as I don't care for the brown cerakote (?) finish that Pedersoli plaster onto the barrels of their guns.

It will be some time before the guns reach my neck of the woods so I am looking forward to seeing a few reviews of this shotgun .
 
Britsmoothy said:
My 70's Pedersoli is just over 2" and I seem to get away with it. And it is less than 6lb!.
Brown barrels? I have a Pedersoli 12 ga. SxS ca 1976, weight is 5 lb. 14 oz., drop at comb 1 1/4", at heel 2 1/8", trigger pulls 14" and 13.25". It's a handy, nimble and quick gun but too straight for me on snap shots.

Spence
 
I have one of the pedersoli baker shotguns with the back action locks and I like it a lot.Ya it is a tad heavy but it is a good solid gun that performs real well.I ll probably be picking up the double flint when it comes out even though it has the basket weave checkering and it doesn t have inset locks so the breech fairly wide like the early doubles.I also believe it won t be obscenely priced because if it is I don t believe it will sell.I can put up with a couple minor cosmetic flaws on a reasonably priced gun but if I m going to pay a premium price then it has to be perfect
 
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