Shotguns

give them away

Impossible to answer without the maker's name.

I just bought a single barrel stamped Buckeye Gun Co. Lynchburg VA. Improved Buckeye with a 40 inch barrel for $125. The gun is in good working order but a little scratched up.

Why the **** would you want that!?!?!

50-100

Dozens of makers have made 410 shotguns over the last 100 or so years. Winchester, Remington, Ithaca, Purdey, H&H are a few.

Need a detailed description of finish, condition, box, papers, all features and markings.

Not "better". Not worse, though, either. Both are functionally the same gun. Both are identical except for the location of the safety. The 500 is on top where your thumb can trip it....the Mav 88 is on the trigger guard where your finger works it. Neither is "better" unless you just happen to like one location more than the other.

50-100

50-100

Any old shotgun stamped "44 Cal." or using the number 44 is chambered for the cartridge which eventually was modified into today's .410 gauge bore. They reportedly fire the .410 ok, but are not as good generally as the true .410 shotgun.

I have a Star Leader double barrel .410 shot gun. It is actually made by Cresent Arms out of Norwitch CT. as a hardware store model sold under the name selected by the particular hardware store that ordered it. Since it is a Cresent Arms it would be valued as such and could bring slightly more or less depending on the collector for its uniqueness. The last gun show where I had mine appraised it appraised at $1800.00 but I was offered 2000 for it as I walked around. Mine has a serial number of 47488 and was purchased in 1929 by my grandfather in or around Good Hope ILL.

Many of the Mossberg bolt action shotguns used a removable choke, not an adjustable. Sold under the name C-Lect-Choke, this was an external choke that could be unscrewed with a special wrench, and a different choke screwed into its place.

MUST be examined by a good gunsmith

First of all, congratulations on picking such a good piece of kit.

Choke markings do vary a bit but the basics are as follows:-

SK/IIIII = SKEET for close range targets, out to around 25/30 yards if the clay is face on or side on if closer.

IC/IIII = IMPROVED CYLINDER OR 1/4 CHOKE for targets out to about 40ish yds. face on or side on (flat) to 30ish yds.

M/III = MODIFIED OR HALF CHOKE, for targets out to about 50/60 yds face on or 40/50ish yds side on,(flat).

IM/II = IMPROVED MODIFIED OR 3/4 CHOKE, for targets out to around 60/70ish yds face on or 50/60ish side on(flat).

F/I = FULL CHOKE. For targets out to 70/80ish yds face on or 60/65ish yds side on, (flat). but will kill out a lot further in the hands of a good shot.

I`v seen rising teal clays shot at 110 yds and nice clean breaks.

These distances are not that accurate as guns vary slightly as do cartridges. Plastic wads tend to keep the shot pattern together a while longer, so you don`t need quite so much choke. In general if you use a 1/2 choke to kill a bird cleanly with felt wads, then with plastic wads you can roughly, kill the same bird with a 1/4 choke.

Put the most open choke into the bottom barrel, that's one dot on your barrel selector. Then put the tightest choke in the top barrel, that's two dots on the selector.

If you have a close bird/clay to shoot first put the selector on bottom barrel/one dot.

If you have a side on or distance target first, then use the top barrel/two dots. This will help you out of a lot of difficult situations.

I just purchased one that looks like it's only had a box or 2 of shell's put through it for $460 and it came with 3 choke tubes: no box, instructions etc. I've seen them in similar condition for sale from between 500-700 dollars.

If it is the Ducks Unlimited model. It's value is between 350-700 depending on condition. Excellent Never fired condition with Box, Case , Paperwork etc... Its worth around 650-700 and excellent condition, but fired is around 500-550. anything less than excellent condition its worth around 350-400.

In good shape the most is $120.

YOu need a professional appraisal

To know where the majority of the shot will hit.

50-100

$350.00

The Revelation 115 is also known as a Savage Mdl 24.

A pistol grip shotgun ( they made a .410 Handy Gun with a ball sight ) is useful with small shot or if you are using slugs. Careful, the length of the gun must still be legal. Often dramatized in movies ( MAD MAX, sawed-off 12 ga. with a pistol grip is one of many ) they show the shooter using one hand stuck straight out......No way !!, The blowback will break your wrist or literally fly out of your hand.