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JPeterson
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Griffen & Howe
#45145 - 29/12/05 01:48 PM

Their website lists new boxlocks made in Belgium under the Griffen & Howe name for around $20,000. Any experience good, bad, ugly?

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: JPeterson]
#45168 - 29/12/05 03:50 PM

They are built by Marcel Thys, a reputable firm in BELGIUM, I have handled them and they seem very attractive. THYS builds very expensive sidelocks too as I recall. I'd rather have TWO of SEARCY'S P.H. models, built so that the barrels of each fit the other. If you make 400 or 500K per year I guess you can buy two Thys.

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: BigFiveJack]
#45170 - 29/12/05 04:03 PM

Jack

Who told you that Searcy barrels are interchangable between rifles? I think that is a mistake.

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: BigFiveJack]
#45172 - 29/12/05 04:11 PM

I thought Marcel Thys retired from the gun business.

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: 500grains]
#45174 - 29/12/05 04:21 PM

Regrouped after the theft that cost them the business. They remade every stolen rifle at their cost.

Marcel is 62 and has health problems for years so I would bet Eric is the main guy now.

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: mickey]
#45177 - 29/12/05 04:36 PM

To: Lovu Zdar

I must admit, that is NOT something that I have confirmed with B. SEARCY. I would hope that it is so, but even if not, I'd rather have the two by SEARCY. Thanks for pointing this out.

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Re: Griffen & Howe [Re: BigFiveJack]
#45181 - 29/12/05 05:12 PM

Remember, although B. Searcy & Co. makes some 40 rifles per year, they are still a handmade item, not a mass produced piece like a Rem 870. I would not expect any more interchangeability than would be found on a Brown Bess musket which also has hand fitted parts.

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