Niles' Guide to Affordable Double Barrel Shotguns in America 1875-1945 by Nicholas Niles Jr. HALLDORSON

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000 color photographs supplement the more than 2

this book follows a first volume that covered the years 1790 through 1815

featuring American and foreign made Pie Birds both marked and unmarked

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Niles' Guide to Affordable Double Barrel Shotguns in America 1875-1945 by Nicholas Niles Jr. HALLDORSONTable of Contents In his guide covering 1875 1945, Niles shows how the first truly affordable double barrel shotguns were adapted about 1875 from the excellent, but expensive, hammer and hammerless guns that had evolved in England and the U. S. By about 1890, these costly doubles were being replaced by cheaper English and Belgian Export guns whose low pries were consciously planned to attract cost conscious buyers. Pricing was primarily based on