Ugarteburu Shotguns? Help!

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Tom Roberts

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I have a 12ga s x s Ugarteburu (not Ugartechea) shotgun with probably at least a grade 2 wood,30inch barrels, extractors, boxlock, engraving of dogs on side and duck on bottom, double triggers, beavertail forearm, serial no. 37737. Also the barrels have 12-76 stamped on them along with all the other Spanish proof marks. Can anyone out there tell me anything about this gun such as age, value, and if the 12-76 stamping makes it 23/4 or 3 inch chambers? This is a nice condition gun with nice wood and nice case coloring.I originally got this gun thinking (and was told by the seller)it was a Ugartechea but on closer inspection the barrel stamping on top along rib says Ugarteburu-eibar. YA, i need to start reading the fine print before I purchase another gun! I just discovered that there is such a manufacturer but not much to be found on the internet. Also, I thought it was strange that it has Eibar by the name but on the rib it has "Ames Barcelona"? I was hoping someone out there might have a book(s) on spanish made guns.
 
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I am not going to be a lot of help. The 12-76 is a 3" chamber, but most 12 ga Spanish guns are to light for 3".

I don't believe Armas Ugarteburu's were imported into the United States (reason the chambers are listed in metric). You didn't list an importer, and the importers name is required on the gun. Even though the gun was made in Eibar, it is possible Barcelona Armas (Guns) was the actual importer or dealer in Spain.
 
Thanks for your help. The gun doesn't have an importers name on it and it's pretty stoutly/tightly made so I think it could handle a magnum load. I thought the 12-76 converted to 3inches but I wanted confirmation.
 
I don't know a whole lot about the gun so i"m not going to be much help either. The manufacturer was Martin Ugarteburu. The importer is only required on guns manufactured after 1968 so if it was manufactured prior to then, then it won't be required to have the manufacturer on it. The book "Spanish Best" by Terry Wieland will have information on the gun or at least the manufacturer. Perhaps you could find it in your library?

Dani
 
Thanks Dani! I'll give the library a try. I was hoping someone out there might have it readily available and give me some quick info on it.
 
You could try shotgunworld.com. They have a spanish shotgun forum and those guys know darn near everything about them.

Tim
 
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