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| < 16ga. Guns ~ 16ga. Darne in St. Louis |
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:28 pm
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Was browsing at Cabela's in St. Louis today, and saw a nice DARNE 16 ga. for $1,500. I think it has 2.5" chambers. Strong case colors.
I dont know much about DARNE's.
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:34 pm
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:37 pm
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Odd looking-went on the site--to each his own--will stick with my 525  |
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:17 pm
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Search this forum for Darne, and look on the Gournet forum for info.
They are extremely well made, strong guns.
I have a little 28ga that is a delight. If it is in really good conditiion that is probably a good price. You need to look at current prices on new guns, they are out of sight generally starting in lower 5 figure range. |
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:33 pm
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| I had a halifax model in 16ga. traded for it at a gun show, and I was pleased. I shot 2 shells thru it and my best day is the one when I sold it. It was a evil gun, recoil was beyound belief. Wierd gun and it had a mind of its own and it was out to hurt anyone who pulled its triggers. 35 years of trap shooting and 10 years of sporting clays and a lot of bird hunting and this gun hurt me. just my 2 cents worth. |
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:55 pm
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Buying a used Darne is a good way to get taken. Perhaps more so than any other design, they simply must fit the shooter. Save LOP, a Darne stock is impossible to alter economically. The used guns out there, typically don't fit anybody living today.
I imported them for over a decade, and figured out very quickly I wouldn't do business in used guns, save a few that were restocked in France to fit buyers, Including the gun I own to this day, a 1946 vintage R10 in 12 gauge.
A Darne is not evil. Properly fitted, they are light, durable, wonderful bird guns. I came back from France with a modest collection of repair parts for R and V shotguns, perhaps 25 pieces total, and have sold just two main springs for R models, both instances of repair being caused by idiots using tools to dismount the barrels.
Do I spend entire afternoons shooting my Darne at clays? Nope. It is a 6 lb 12 gauge. Have I shot more than my fair share of pheasants, grouse and woodcock with it?
Yup. I mentioned it was restocked to fit me, no?
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:36 pm
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| I may have been lucky when I purchased mine. I did try it for fit and handling, put it down, went back a couple of times, then went to lunch thought it over then made the buy. I had previously passed on one that had the stock shortened and a recoil pad installed. It seemed too short plus was stamped Dakin, not Darne on the toggle, plus the engraving was too deep and edges too sharp leading me to think it would have been very uncomfortable to shoot. It was a 12 ga and led me to look and find the little 28 I have now. |
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:41 pm
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| The DARNE in St. Louis was sold. |
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