Charmed Quark
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My father recently handed down all his firearms to me. There's one I cannot really find any information about online. Is there someone that might know about this?
The gun is a double-barrel, breech-loading, 12-guage shotgun with exposed hammers. It is stamped "URKO - FIREARMS - Elbar - SPAIN" on the top of the right barrel, and "INTER-AMERICAN, SAC'TO, CA" on the top of the left. On the side of the left barrel, it says "12 GAUGE-3" MAGNUM". Under the left barrel (and visible when open for loading) there is stamped "12-3" inside an oval, and (what I assume is a serial number) "AB 54098".
From what I was able to learn, Urko is obviously some Spanish manufacturer and Inter-American was the importer, with Sac'to an abbreviation for Sacremento. But I couldn't find any information on them either. My father purchased this gun from someone 25+ years ago, and knows nothing more. It's a nice looking gun. I'd really like to figure out it's age and any other information about it.
Thanks for any help!
I've posted photos here:
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3681.JPG
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3677.JPG
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3678.JPG
The gun is a double-barrel, breech-loading, 12-guage shotgun with exposed hammers. It is stamped "URKO - FIREARMS - Elbar - SPAIN" on the top of the right barrel, and "INTER-AMERICAN, SAC'TO, CA" on the top of the left. On the side of the left barrel, it says "12 GAUGE-3" MAGNUM". Under the left barrel (and visible when open for loading) there is stamped "12-3" inside an oval, and (what I assume is a serial number) "AB 54098".
From what I was able to learn, Urko is obviously some Spanish manufacturer and Inter-American was the importer, with Sac'to an abbreviation for Sacremento. But I couldn't find any information on them either. My father purchased this gun from someone 25+ years ago, and knows nothing more. It's a nice looking gun. I'd really like to figure out it's age and any other information about it.
Thanks for any help!
I've posted photos here:
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3681.JPG
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3677.JPG
http://r.dreher.home.comcast.net/guns/CIMG3678.JPG