From the photos on Ivory Beads the Dickinson Arms 20 ga sxs is very similar to the the S&W SXS if not the same gun. I have the S&W and like it a lot.

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I work at Turners Outdoorsman in W. Covina (literally 5 blocks away from Ivory Beads) and we just got some of those Dickinson Arms O/Us in last week. They have a really high receiver like a browning and a tremendously long length of pull, though they appear to look pretty good for a Turkish gun and they're not tremendously expensive.

I think I'd rather get a FabArm for a little more money though, or a Caesar Guerini at cost (if anybody had any idea what the margin on the CG shotguns was, I doubt anybody would pay what they do for them).

Pretty good observation. Both the Dickson and the S&W are built on a trigger plate round action. In effect all the internals are mounted on a plate with the trigger. It makes for a very small round receiver. The I doubt the actions are identical as the Dickson design is probably 100 years old, made in Scotland and would be considered a custom built "British Best" gun. The S&W was made to a new patented design for S&W and made in Turkey. Those Elite Golds are a steal if you can still find one with the proper dimensions and features for around $1200.

Hello, the arm in question is made by DICKINSON not Dickson.

Got a link to these on the ivorybeads website? I can't find'em.

The Dickinson and the S&W ARE the same guns - Dickinson had their name put on them after S&W stopped importing them

Correct.

'Dickinson' name was given by the importer Interstate Arms Corporation.

Other posters are confusing Dickinson with the Edinburgh firm of "John Dickson & Son". The John Dickson & Son company introduced the round action shotgun in the 1860s. These are still in production. Genuine Dickson round action sxs presently sell for about $50,000 USD.

(A US firm also used the Dickson name in the USA- American Imports Co. applied the name 'Dickson' to Ugartechea Model 1302 & 1303 shotguns sold under the Falcon Model name. My best guess is the American Imports Co. could use the name in the USA because John Dickson & Son did not bother to Trademark the name 'Dickson' in the USA up to that point. The Falcon Ugartecheas were imported in the late 1960s and early 1970s.)

Dickinson is an unfortunate choice of name for a SXS, at least for those of us who know Dicksons. Similar to calling a watch a SFIKO or POLEX.