With the right help, vintage doubles are more affordable and more obtainable than you might think. (Photo courtesy of Bradley Johnson)
October 03, 2026
By Bradley Johnson
I got my start in the gun industry like many, working a gun counter in college. For me, it was the Arms Merchant in Mandeville, Louisiana. We moved a lot of collections on consignment. I’ve been into old guns ever since I was a kid. Once I started working the counter, I really started to learn the difference between okay guns and great guns, picking up the little nuances that separate the mundane from the extraordinary.
It was at this shop that I met a customer, now a friend, Alfred (Buzzy) Brown. Buzzy was instrumental in planting the seeds that make me the wingshooting fanatic I am today. I would soak up every second of his tales about woodcock over pointing dogs, driven...
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