But bought at least a dozen guns including several Darne's and a bunch of English guns. They were doing so well up until, what, the 2008 recession? I think that just killed them.Įver go to New England Firearms when they were in business? They brought in a lot of fantastic Spanish guns. From the gun-guy at Orvis, which was importing a lot of guns from Spain up until about 10 years ago.
I have heard that almost everything in Eibar is now gone. I tell a lot of people to look for Sarasqueta's. And at the top of the Spanish field in the 1960's when they were made. But absolutely fantastic guns in their own right.
#VICTOR SARASQUETA SHOTGUN SERIES#
My visit to Eibar/Elogibar gun makers is also in the photo albulm as is a very nice series of photos of a classic old gun (1941 Mendicute sidelock) that I had restocked by my friend, Diego Godoy, before he died.Īwesome! I have four Victor Sarasqueta's. Barrel wall thicknéss 30 thou.Weight 6Lbs 1oz. The forum I mentioned (where I am part owner/moderator) has over 50 catalogs from all makers imaginable and according to the Eibar Museum is much more extensive than theirs and they use ours as a reference source. Untouched condition, no damage, but has.These Winchesters wére made for á period of 33 years,1972-2005. The hardcover I had, I got signed by all of the extant makers in Spain and donated it to the Eibar Shotgun Museum, where it resides today. As for Spanish is very dated and while a good primer, is no long representative of the Eibar/Elogibar gunmaking area. I have given the rest of my boxlocks away. I have 18 Spanish SxS sidelocks and the Ugartechea is the only boxlock left. I have all my guns posted there addititonally, I made a visit to one of my good friends who lives in Eibar (he was a master gunsmith and has since died of lung cancer) and he arranged me visits to all of the makers (and they were all still operational) and I posted the pictures of the visit in my photo album under Chorizo. I do urge you to go up the spanish forum I posted earlier. The makers have all shut down.bankrupt and closed except for AyA and they don't take visitors anymore.
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