It’s a double-hitter as Shotgun Life reveals two rare and beautiful upland bird guns. The first is the new Purdey Hammer Gun. The legendary English gunmaker started work on it in 2004 and to date less than 20 of these $95,000 gems have been manufactured – most of them in matched pairs (we tell you what it’s like to shoot one). The other shotgun is the little-known Krieghoff Tiflis side by side pigeon gun. Production started and ended in 1986 – yielding only 80 specimens. We located one Tiflis owner who revealed his story about restoring it to new condition.

If you’re a fan of fine shotguns, visit http://www.shotgunlife.com/ to read about these two hard-to-find firearms.