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Chum and I are out here at the range
because we have a customer that said they have a really large
shotgun that they're looking to sell,
so I figured it's a nice day.
Let's get out of the shop, come down here.
We'll take a look and maybe even fire it.
You must be Lana.
Nice to meet you.
And this must be the shotgun.
This is my shotgun.
Yes.
Well, it is a big bore shotgun, I'll tell you that.
LANA: I reached out to the pawn shop to try to sell my shotgun.
I actually got the shotgun from my great-grandfather.
He left it to the family.
Unfortunately, none of us have any use for it,
so they left me in charge to sell it.
I don't know much about the gun.
All I know is it's very heavy.
It looks like it's great quality.
It looks like it could be an antique.
I'd like to get $10,000 for my shotgun.
If I make any money off of this shotgun,
I'm going to take the money back home to my family,
and we're going to split it evenly.
RICK: So do you know anything about it?
I don't. No, I don't know anything.
RICK: All right.
Well, I mean, we can tell right away,
these are percussion caps.
That means 1830s to the 1870s, they were
still making stuff like this.
It's Richards, and I believe that's a gun company
that's still in existence that makes
super high-end custom guts.
So this would have been, like, a gun to order?
RICK: Most likely.
I mean, I think they're an English company
that's been around for a couple hundred years.
I don't know a lot about them.
But it's in beautiful shape.
Well, hold on a second.
This is not a shotgun.
This is a rifle.
CHUMLEE: Really?
RICK: Because this has grooves in the barrel.
So this is a rifled muzzle-loading gun
that shoots a projectile, the biggest
bore rifle I've ever seen.
People talk about, like, a .45 caliber pistol or something
like that.
Oh, OK.
It's not a .45, it's a .100.
That's a big bullet.
Yeah, so it's basically 10 times the size of a normal gun.
Do they still make bore this big?
No.
Legally, you can't have over .50 caliber.
I've never seen one like that, and I've seen a gazillion guns,
so it has to be pretty rare.
I'll give you that.
What would you need a rifle this big for?
RICK: I'm assuming it's a big game rifle.
I could be wrong.
Beyond that, I really don't know much about it.
So how much are you looking to get out of it?
I was hoping to get $10,000 out of it.
Well, I have no idea if that's a good price
or not because I've never seen one of these things before.
It's very interesting.
I do have my gun guy coming down to take a look at it.
I mean, I thought we were looking at a very old shotgun.
All right, so I'm going to give Alex a call
and tell him to bring out big rifle stuff
instead of big shotgun stuff.
CHUMLEE: Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
I'll be right back.
I'm going to go give him a call, OK?
OK. Thank you.
I'm hoping the expert tells me that it works
and that it's worth all the money that I'm asking for.
- Hey, guys. - How are you doing?
- I'm well. - Hi.
Hello. So that's yours?
That's mine.
That is the hand cannon.
Wow.
Can I pick it up? LANA: Of course.
Yeah.
I feel like this gun would knock me on my butt
and leave me with broken bones.
I mean, this thing is massive.
Yeah, I just don't see how someone could fire it.
So this can only be one thing.
I'll take a quick measurement just
to see how big that bore is.
Yep, almost exactly 1 inch.
CHUMLEE: All right.
So that means this is a four bore.
During the 19th century, 1840 all the way up
into the 1890s, four bore rifles were
used only for one purpose--
hunting big game.
Elephant gun, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus.
And the market was very limited.
Basically, South Africa and India.
You don't find firearms with this size
bore that you can actually pick up and hold
or put on your shoulder.
Usually, if they're this big, and they were military,
they would have been a wall gun or a rampart gun
that had a yoke here and would be put on a wall, you know.
So this just as a weapon made to be put up on your shoulder,
this is about as big a bore as you'll ever see.
When you fired it, I mean, it would knock guys over.
It would break their shoulders.
So you just don't see them very often.
Now, this particular one, I can see that it's Mark W. Richards.
There's always been debate about this marking.
The easy answer is a company called Wesley Richards.
But the guns at this point were already marked Wesley Richards
and Company, whereas this one's a W. Richards,
so the running theory is there was
a distant cousin named William Richards who
built custom guns in London.
The other thing is, all of this checkering, this is not right.
Now, there may have been checkering
on the original stock, but this has been restocked.
So how collectable is it, now that it's been restocked?
Well, it's less valuable because it's been restocked.
There's no question.
But if you're looking for value, I
don't want to tell you yet, because if it's not
suitable for firing, that will definitely
have a negative impact on it.
OK.
So are you going to actually try to fire this thing?
If it's safe, yeah.
I mean, are you OK? - Yeah.
Sure.
Go ahead.
I have all my tools here.
I've got to inspect it.
I got to really take a look at that barrel,
take a look at the bore.
So I've got an hour or two to work with it.
RICK: OK.
Any time you load a firearm with 200 grains or more
of black powder, you know you're going to have a very
significant recoil or kick.
So any time you have a firearm like that that's
antique and old, you can't just pick
it up, load it, and shoot it.
You do have to check it.
All right.
So let's meet back in maybe two hours?
- Sounds good to me. - OK.
I'll text you some ideas on the targets.
Perfect.
- Thank you, guys. - All right.
See you soon.
LANA: So far, everything looks promising with the gun.
I'm hoping it fires because then I'll get a smoking deal.
CHUMLEE: We got some yoga balls.
RICK: So that was your idea, yoga balls?
CHUMLEE: He said something big, and we can't go too big.
So I figured the yoga balls up on the table would be good.
Well, let's just see if Alex can actually hit them.
CHUMLEE: He's a pretty good shot.
All right. So you're all ready to load it?
I'm ready to go.
This is about a one-inch diameter musket ball.
It's pure lead.
I have a few of them, so we get a couple of chances at this
if we need it.
Look at that thing.
I mean, that is a big projectile.
All right.
Load her up.
All right.
So I'm going to remove the ramrod to start.
So this is a black powder measure,
and this is 1F black powder, used
for canon artillery and large bore hunting rifles like this.
Wow.
That's way bigger than any load we've ever shot.
I'm going to wrap the ball in this fabric
and stuff it down the barrel, which will make
it more accurate and safer.
Now it's loaded, so let's do eyes and ear protection.
RICK: All right.
I'm going to walk down range.
RICK: It's going to be scary.
CHUMLEE: He knows what he's doing, Rick.
[gunshot]
RICK: Oh!
I heard it.
Yay.
RICK: Did he hit 'em?
Yeah.
Yeah, I hit 'em.
RICK: Yeah, I see it.
Oh, they're deflating.
I totally hit 'em!
That thing's awesome.
Woo!
My arm's a little numb.
So what kind of value does it have?
I think that would sell for $7,500.
If it wasn't restocked, it would be over $10,000 easily.
The thing is, you're just not going to see another one.
RICK: All right, man.
Well, thanks.
All right.
I'll let you guys negotiate, and then I'll
come back and grab my stuff.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
RICK: So you're not going to get $10,000 because he
said it's worth $7,500.
So I mean, what would be your best price on it?
From 75, how about 55?
Take 35 for it?
35?
How about $5,000?
I'll tell you what, I'll go $4,000 on it.
It's going to take me a while to sell it.
I mean, $4,000.
That's better than nothing. I'll take it.
OK. Sweet. $4,000.
Yay.
CHUMLEE: All right, Alex is coming to grab his stuff,
so he can help you get the gun loaded up.
And meet me at the pawn shop.
I'll write up a ticket and get you paid.
- Sounds good. - Thanks.
LANA: Thank you, guys.
CHUMLEE: When's the last time you wrote up a ticket?
RICK: Um, I don't know.
It's like, seven or eight years ago,
but then they changed the program,
and I still got to learn it.