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VictoryXC
PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:46 pm  Reply with quote



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My first 16g. It is a 1929 Geco / Gustav Genchow. Gustav Genschow was a wholesaler in Germany who had guns made for the German market by various makers. He also had an ammunition business which is still operating today.

It weighs a little under 6 1/2 pounds, LOP is 14 1/2", barrels are 28" and it has 2 3/4"/70mm chambers. Not much for engraving, but a well made boxlock. I just refinished the wood on it.

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skeettx
PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:01 pm  Reply with quote
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Hello VictoryXC
Welcome on your first posting Smile

Yeeee Hawww
Welcome on your posting
Nice gun
Here are my 1927 GECO's proofmarks





http://www.shotguns.se/html/belgium.html


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jschultz
PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:06 pm  Reply with quote



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My first 16 was a mistake, albeit one of my better mistakes. I was in a gun store and a friend put a SxS in my hands and what a gun. I mounted, pointed and swung the gun and decided right them that I had to have it.

After a few minutes I began to look at the wood, finish and engraving. I noticed to my horror that the gun was a 16 Ga. and I immediately asked the clerk if they had the gun in 20 Ga. They did and when I mounted the gun and repeated the exercises that I did with the 16 I was disappointed. The 20 didn't feel near as good as the 16 and I bought the 16 which is a #2 AyA.

I have shot upland bird with the AyA for the last 13 years to the exclusion of my other shotguns. I have given family members 3 BSS's, guns that I shot for over 30 years.
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67galaxie
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:40 am  Reply with quote



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It's wonderful good job!
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1stgun
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:43 am  Reply with quote
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Welcome VictoryXC on your first post.

Looks to me like you have made a great selection to break into 16ga. Thanks for sharing.

Chuck

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fn16ga
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:58 am  Reply with quote
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Great gun , I am really partial to straight stocks .
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Baden Powell
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:22 am  Reply with quote
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Like that stock architecture. Looks face friendly. Really nice job on the refinish.
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canvasback
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:11 am  Reply with quote



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Nice gun. Good era. I like the refinish job. What did you use?

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Savage16
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:17 am  Reply with quote
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Welcome to the site Victory. That's a great looking double. What is going to be your next purchase? 16's are like potato chips-cant have just one! Laughing

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double vision
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:30 am  Reply with quote
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Nice looking and solid 16 ga. double!
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VictoryXC
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:44 pm  Reply with quote



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Thank you for the warm welcome. I have added extra pictures of the proof marks and a picture of when I was well into re-cutting all the checkering with a single line cutter. Shocked I used a mix of tung oil, dryer and mineral spirits followed by a few coats of Renaissance wax.

I have canvasback to thank for getting me started on 16ga's. I had all 12's and 20's up until the Geco. I am still finding my way around SxS's, but I can say that I have just concluded the buy anything and everything stage. Very Happy
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skeettx
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Great picture update
Thank you
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WyoChukar
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Congratulations, certainly cause to rejoice.

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putz463
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:32 am  Reply with quote
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Welcome! Nice gun and finish job, careful, I agree with the potato chip reference. Really like the simple clean elegant lines about the gun, well done shoot it well.

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Gil S
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:44 am  Reply with quote
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Very nice work re-checkering. And a bonus for the gun is the 70 mm chambers. I hope you realize that James is the devil getting you hooked on 16's. Be careful. Wink Gil
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