World's Finest Shotguns
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- TheBlueOne0
- fap fap fap fap...Jnr_Madison
- heh, that made me giggle for some reason, jnr.detritus
- me too, I'm laughing at my own jokes now... a new low.Jnr_Madison
- Low is the new high.
*passes out*detritus - fap fap fap...Jnr_Madison
- hedge0
London gunmakers like J. Purdey and Sons are to shotguns what Savile Row tailors are to suits. In business since 1814, Purdey's specializes in "bespoke" guns made to a customer's measure. Order one new and you can expect to pay the price of a small house and wait two years for your gun to be finished.
Matched pairs like these two guns are for high-speed shooting when the birds fly thick. A loader stands close behind the shooter, ready to take his Lordship's empty gun and hand him a loaded one.
Price: $120,000 (pair)
Gauge: 12
- Jnr_Madison0
I heard Llyod said he had some nice guns.
- hedge0
Good luck bird hunting with a Mossberg 500.
- I think he uses it to trim hedges, not kill birds.designbot
- lol@designbot. Hedge you did not specify finest for bird hunting I'd go with a Rizzini sidelockflashbender
- Spookytim0
J. Purdey and sons... know them well, my college was just round the corner from their woodworking place.
- mrdobolina0
Hi D!, how was your fabulous trip to Dubai?
- I'm still here.hedge
- Good so far.hedge
- anymore pics to share?Jnr_Madison
- harlequino0
Doin any 'partying' at those underage brothels? I hear that's why most of your type head out that way in the first place.
- nicnichols0
How in any way is this relevant to a design forum? Doesn't the duPont Registry or Robb Report have a forum for you?
- capsize0
Resting from his labors after rearranging the geography of Europe in the aftermath of the Peace of Tilsit (July 7-9, 1807), Napoleon proposed that the Imperial Court engage in a rabbit hunt, entrusting the arrangements to his brilliant chief-of-staff, Alexandre Berthier.
Using all the energy and attention to detail with which he normally managed the Emperor’s campaigns, Berthier soon had everything in order. The Imperial hunting party – numerous enough to be mistaken for a regiment – would be sustained by a logistical train to provide a lucullan repast under an elaborate tent, while large details of gun bearers, game keepers, and beaters would be available to lend a hand. Leaving nothing to chance, Berthier even arranged to insure the supply of rabbits, procuring some hundreds, lest nature fail to cooperate in providing sufficient targets for the Imperial pleasure.
And so, on the designated day, the Emperor proceeded in his coach to the appointed place, escorted by Guardsmen, Equerries, and various others of his household, and followed by a host of kings, marshals, barons, generals, counts, and lesser folk. But something went wrong. As the Imperial conveyance approached the designated killing fields, the game keepers began releasing the rabbits. When the Emperor dismounted, much to everyone’s surprise, the lepine horde, rather than fleeing in all directions, made straight for him, in all their hundreds.
Confronted by this flood of rabbits, the Emperor’s escort formed a skirmish line to protect him. But, in the words of historian David Chandler, “with a finer understanding of Napoleonic strategy than most of his generals, the rabbit horde divided into two wings and poured around the flanks of the party.” As the Emperor fled to the relative safety of his coach, the rabbits pursued, some allegedly even leaping into it, so that he had to lend a hand in ejecting them even as his coachmen whipped up their horses.
In the aftermath, it transpired that Berthier, despite all his attention to detail, had procured not wild rabbits, but domesticated ones. Thus, when they espied the Emperor and his coach coming towards them, they though he was their keeper bringing good things to eat and acted accordingly.
- Spookytim0
Who's been to Dubai?
- meeklo.schmutzi
- hedge was on a business trip to Dubai, even his PA posted last night after he got a bit upset.Jnr_Madison
- hedge0
nicnichols, this thread celebrates good design in the form of shotguns. Design exists everywhere.
- Spookytim0
Shotguns are very beautiful. Amazing the different skills that go into it... high end forging, reinforced casting, milling, ballistics, Wood work of the highest pedigree using only the very best of stock, and fine artisanship in the form of filligree, inlay of many materials, etching, sketching, wretching, fecthing, bletching and finally... erm... no, its gone.
- hedge0
Finally someone who can appreciate them.
- Spookytim0
I am no connoiseur, but I do appreciate fine craftsmanship.
- TheBlueOne0
- I think he's doing a little tommypop in a airtight suit, thats all.Spookytim