SHOTGUN

**ARWICK** · 29-09-2013, 10:04

GOOD DAY EVERYBODY,CAN ANY ONE TELL ME IF THE DUBBLE BARREL ROBERT HUGHES&SUNS 12BR WHITCH I INHERRATED FROM MY GRANDFATHER IS OF SIGNIFICANT RAND VALUE ?

**Proudprado** · 29-09-2013, 10:57

No. STOP SHOUTING. INVEST IN A SPELLCHECKER.

**Gleock** · 29-09-2013, 11:08

Take your ear muffs off before you ask questions.

**ARWICK** · 29-09-2013, 11:48

WILL DO THANKS PROUDPRADO,TO COME BACK TO MY QUESTION DOES MY ROBERT HUGHES & SONS SHOTGUN OF VALUE RAND WISE OR NOT A COLLECTORS ITEM ?

**kingy** · 29-09-2013, 12:06

Dude don't type in caps.

**Proudprado** · 29-09-2013, 12:25

OK, I give up on the Caps Lock. Good try on the spelling. Your question is very similar to "How long is a piece of string".

Have a look at these:

Guntree
Guntree 2

So, as seen in my original answer (if it is similar to these) the answer is "no". However, you are not giving us enough information for a more informed answer.

**ARWICK** · 29-09-2013, 12:52

This shotgun's manufacturing date must is between 1800-1900 i cannot determine the correct date ,it is a dubble barrel and the manufacturer is ROBERT HUGHES & SONS ,it is a black powder gun and the steel is nitro proof,that is the best info i can give

**Skaaphaas** · 29-09-2013, 12:56

Shotguns have been made by a lot of companies. The barrels didn't need grooves and could be pretty thin metal, and precision wasn't such a major issue. Thus there are lots of old shotguns around, and much like a .303 Lee Enfield, just because it is old doesn't mean it has collector's value.

Take it to Andrew Souttar at Classic Arms for a valuation, be amazed if it really is worth lots of money, but don't be surprised if it isn't.

**ARWICK** · 29-09-2013, 13:06

Thanks will do that

**Daan** · 29-09-2013, 13:22

Robert Huges & Sons was one of hundreds of gun-makers in Birmingham at the turn of the previous century. At the time, their guns would have been one step up from the no-name-brand 'trade guns' that poured out of Birmingham to the colonies by their hundreds of thousands, but not by much.
Here's a bit of info on the name:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...p?f=5&t=181580
Does the gun have 'any' play in the action if closed? If yes, it's not worth anything in R's.
But even if it has no play, to answer your initial question; I tend to agree with Proudprado.