Pawn Stars: BIG $$$ or BUST for Damascus Steel Shotgun (Season 6) | History

what do we got here i got an old steven shotgun  three triggers it's been in the family for about   60 years i travel around the country with my line  of work and i've been toting the shotgun around   for the last 15 years what do you do for a living  i'm an insurance adjuster sounds like you should   have a briefcase not a shotgun i came to the pawn  shop today to see what kind of money i can get out   of my rare three-trigger 12-gauge shotgun i hope  today i get a check for a hundred thousand dollars   one thing that i think is really cool about the  shotgun is because of the third trigger is the   one that opens up the breach okay so instead  of the little lever on the side they use that   okay and i believe it was made for somebody  special that's all hand engraved right there   oh absolutely stevens they made good rifles they  made excellent shotguns we get steven's guns in   here every now and again but this three trigger  model shotgun is something you only hear about   it's rumored wyatt earp had one it's definitely  badass how old is this shotgun i would put that   at about 150 years old it's in really good shape  what you have here is you got a barrel that's   made out of damascus steel i mean damascus steel  comes from damascus syria and there's a few things   with the steel there that just made it better you  can see kind of like the wavy lines in the barrel   pretty much what they would do is they would  take wire wrap it around a solid piece of steel   and heat it up and hammer it till it became one  solid piece of steel real expensive process at the   time the best deal in the world so do you have any  idea what you're looking to get out of it 100 000   are we just shooting in the dark there nobody's  ever seen one before i've never seen a three   trigger shotgun in all my life for all i know the  thing could be worth tens of thousands on the flip   side of that coin it could be worth absolutely  nothing would you mind if i called a buddy of   mine down to have him take a look at it that'd  be fantastic all right man appreciate it i really   want this thing but when you're dealing with a gun  that's this old lots of things can affect value   and the last thing i want to do is make an offer  and find that i'm way off jefferson how you doing   man hey big holes how's it going going good i've  been a gun appraiser for approximately 16 years   and specialize in antique firearms particularly  western firearms like colts and winchesters   well corey i have to say this is one of the rarest  shotguns that i've ever seen i've only seen maybe   four or five in about 16 years of doing this and  most of them they're unengraved it's all on the   frame and also on the trigger guard very nice  scroll engraving i mean i kind of figure that to   engrave it and make it look that good i'm assuming  you had to be kind of a wealthy guy to own it back   then well reasonably wealthy i think people back  then appreciated firearms more than they do now   in a way because they were a sense of livelihood  this shotgun was used for hunting primarily   it does capture your attention with the three  triggers other than having the front trigger   unlatch the barrels it's pretty much a standard  hammer shotgun they were very good quality for   that period this gun's seen a lot of wear a lot  of use this might be a repair you can see where   the grain doesn't quite match so it might be a  little splice right here you can see the butt   is really worn like it's been used quite  a bit it does have pitting on the barrels   this gun would classify to me in fair condition  well hold on there how would you rate that because   not being in excellent condition it's 150 years  old how many of you see yeah it doesn't matter   sir you know in the gun trade it has to be in  really really mint condition i think there's a   misconception out there that rarity is always  worth money most of the time it needs to be   old and in excellent condition i just don't know  what it's worth that's to be expected it's unusual   most people wouldn't know what it's worth this gun  and the condition that it's in now would be worth about seven to a thousand dollars how  much seven hundred to a thousand dollars   there's no way if it were in much better condition  it would be worth a lot more money how much more   if it were in really nice shape maybe two to three  thousand and i'm saying that maybe jemison thanks   for coming in thanks a lot sir i don't think he  will get a better price if he sells it to anyone   who knows firearms they're not going to give me  much more than that for it if you're going to hold   me to make you an offer i'm gonna offer you around  500 bucks there's no way i've done turned down 2   500. i honestly would like 10 000 if i were you i  would chase down the guy that offered to 2 500 and   shake him down for i think maybe the three trigger  thing it might have just not been practical   which could have been why they stopped making the  three trigger models uh so you want the 500 bucks no i can't take the 500 it's worth more than  that just to show the people my friends when   they come to visit you know man it's been in your  family this long you might as well treat it for   another 60 years i'm going to continue doing my  research in my own heart i know it's worth more money you

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Length: 5min 4sec (304 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 22 2021