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Mike

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Below are pictures of a totally handmade "Miller & Val Griess" double barreled shotgun with a 6mm bore rifle nestled between and under the two barrels. Called a "Drilling". Shot the photos on the tailgate of my truck...so they are not too good. The hand engraving is impeccable and outstanding. Haven't had time to do a chamber casting of the rifle barrel yet but it's some sort of rimmed rifle cartridge.

Best I can tell it was made between 1890 to 1900 in Munich Germany. The maker's name is engraved on the barrel.... Carl Backmund.
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Mike said:
Canadian_Cowgirl said:
Is that what your gunna kill them deer with? :lol: :lol:

Nice gun :wink: :P


Katy
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No. I'm gonna feed 'em peanuts til they 'SPLODE! :lol:
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:o :o No you cant, that would be to big of a mess to clean up!! We dont want you to have to clean up a mess!! :lol: And besides, you wouldnt waste those yummy peanuts on deer! You would rather give em to me!!

Katy
 
Northern Rancher said:
What's it worth-five figures?
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I really have no idea. Gotta have a chamber casting to see if I can make some cartridges to shoot in the rifle.

Have contacted some collectors/appraisers and they tell me that if a buyer can actually use the gun it will be worth loads more. It being a twenty gauge shotgun sure doesn't hurt it either. They tell me a 16 is hard to move.

Most of those guys like to show these guns off in the field.

I guess it's worth only what someone will give for it?

One thing for sure. It is a perfect piece of workmanship.
 
It's a sweet looking gun for sure-be fun just to look at sometime. Not sure what my next gun buy will be-I guess if Ty goes to Alaska he'll have to pack some bear medicine-don't suffer from 'magnumitus' so not sure just what we'll go with.
 
Pretty nice lookingshootin' stick. I guess you know it's Damascus steel and not to shoot modern shotgun shells in it. (At least I would assume it's damascus) I have an old side by side similar to yours but without the rifle, made in the late 1800's. Craftmanship was really something back then.
 
Silver said:
Pretty nice lookingshootin' stick. I guess you know it's Damascus steel and not to shoot modern shotgun shells in it. (At least I would assume it's damascus) I have an old side by side similar to yours but without the rifle, made in the late 1800's. Craftmanship was really something back then.
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This gun has a "Krupp" forged barrel. Not Damascus. Will shoot modern "magnum" or "high velocity" sheels.
 

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