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Model 42- 1950
upgraded wood
straight stock
Curious if anyone can tell me more about this gun or a value.
December 23, 2012
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Your not gonna get any decent values without some good, close pics.
November 7, 2015
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If the wood was not a factory upgrade it will have limited collector value. Many 42’s had very nice wood from the factory. If it is a Skeet gun it may have some appeal to a nostalgic Skeet shooter. I’ll have a 42 someday but it won’t be a straight stock gun. I just can’t get the hang of a straight stock shotgun and I need all the pellets a 12 ga has to offer.
Mike
December 25, 2016
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Good deal Mike, that leaves the straight stock guns for me! I too will have a 42 one day. In fact I’m working at that some, once my C+R license gets done I shall reduce quantity and increase quality. I’ll focus on Winchester and Colt. My state made getting my C+R a necessity, almost everything I have is C+R greatly simplifying transfers. Still enjoy the powder burning guns, for range fun I am loving the PCP guns. Powder and primers are still costly, air is free. Not so hot for multiple projectiles, PCP shotguns are pretty lame so far. I get patterns with a full auto PCP mag dump….does that count?
Pesky physics makes air shotguns very challenging.
November 7, 2015
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Never heard of an air shotgun, Ricklin. I expect the sheer size of the bore makes that a bit of a challenge. Physics, indeed.
Mike
December 25, 2016
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At least one model is available. It is more big bore rifle sized about 56 caliber. but smoothbore. No one wants to go shooting with a tank on their back and an air hose to the gun. The big bore guns have air capacity for perhaps 3 shots maybe 4 before the gun itself becomes unwieldy. The bigger the bore, the more air volume required to push projectiles. Smokeless powder packs a lot of gas in a very small space. Unfortunately it ain’t free. Adult PCP airguns are a hoot.
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