Welcome to the best place on the web for buying and repairing English Shotguns and for getting reports on guns for sale; either privately, in gun shops or at auction.
We have designed our business to provide exactly what the English shotgun enthusiast wants: information, training, shotguns, equipment and friendship with like-minded shooting people.
Gun Search: finding the vintage gun you want.
We have very well-established contacts with the shooting industry and provide a unique approach to gun purchase. We will find you exactly what you want, provide options, history and condition reports and advice. We have no interest in selling you a shotgun that is not perfect for you because we do not keep a big stock that we need to shift.If you decide to buy a gun, we will negotiate the very best price for you and charge a commission of only 10%. This makes us a cheaper and safer method of buying than auctions. We can arrange shipping worldwide and will sort out export and import licences, where necessary.
Gun Auctions: Gun Condition Reports
If you want to buy at a London auction, our experts will inspect the gun for you and provide a full report by E-mail before the sale takes place, for a small fixed fee. We have no interest in whether you buy the gun or not and will give candid, detailed and honest appraisals. We work to ensure your interests are paramount, not the seller’s.
For Sale
We keep a collection of vintage guns, (British Shotguns, Continental Shotguns and Rifles) all of which are for sale. They tend towards the unusual, the interesting and the usable. We shoot our old guns and generally sell guns to enthusiasts who will do likewise. We are always pleased to buy interesting guns and willingly undertake insurance valuations. We also stock a select, best-quality-only, range of shooting Accessories (both new and vintage) and we are stockists for Eley .22 rimfire rifle ammunition. We also sell Books on shooting and vintage guns; current editions signed by the authors and an ever-changing range of vintage books on the subject by the great authors of the past.
Shooting Tuition
If you need shooting lessons for yourself, your children or business clients, we can arrange them with Mike Yardley, the premier wing-shooting instructor working today. By booking with us directly, you will save around 20% on the prices normally charged.
Repairs and Servicing
If you need your British shotgun serviced or repaired, our Purdey-trained craftsmen will give it the very best attention, without the expense of going direct to a famous London gun shop. We undertake anything from simple re-jointing to total re-barrelling and re-stocking.
Shooting Breaks with English Language Tuition
Our overseas clients like to visit England to improve their English – as well as to shoot. We provide top-quality English Language (EFL) programmes for General or Business English and you can mix these with game or pigeon shooting, or shooting lessons, to make a great short holiday/study break. Clients not requiring language lessons can simply come for the shooting - or perhaps a guided tour of a London auction.
Gun Storage. We have excellent facilities to store shotguns and rifles in London for a few days or for several years.
Deceased Estates. We offer a service to the bereaved and to executors of wills: We can collect, store and dispose of any fiirearms left by a deceased party. This provides a hassle-free means of disposing of firearms and complying with the law at a difficult time.
Exporting Guns. We export guns to the USA twice per year and accept guns for shipping there on behalf of our clients.
We are enthusiasts, collectors and lovers of finest British shotguns, who wish to promote their use in the field, make friends and serve the shooting community. This is our passion, not just our business.
Services and Prices
Gun Condition Reports - £50 per gun (verbal or written)
Accompanying a client to an auction viewing as a consultant - £50 per hour
Gun Storage - £3 per gun per week
Selling guns on commission - 10% vendor's commission
Insurance Valuations - £35 per gun
Acting on behalf of a client for auction purchase - 10% of hammer price
Shooting Tuition and Gun-Fitting- £75 per hour
Corporate clay shoots with vintage guns - £500 per day
Pheasant / Partridge shooting - from £325 per day
Pigeon Shooting - from £280 per day
English Language courses - from £200 per week
Finding a gun for a client (Gun Search) - 10% buyer's commission
Exporting guns to the USA - From £180 per gun (pre 1898)
Diggory Hadoke
Managing Director
vintageguns.co.uk
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