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< 16ga. Guns ~ Now what did I find? |
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Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:07 pm
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Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Posts: 161
Location: Orangevale (aka, Sacramento)
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Dave Erickson wrote: |
Now there's a dilemma! That thing is set up something like the ideal pheasant gun and it's too nice to use. That would be like marrying a playmate of the year and sleeping in separate beds.
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That photo and PMOY analogy are sad but true.
Oh how I want a 21. |
_________________ a bad day hunting is better than... Anything else! |
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Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:17 pm
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Joined: 15 Jul 2012
Posts: 127
Location: Golden, Colorado
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Not shooting a gun is a sacrilege! That would be like taking a perfectly good shooter, say a Fox 16ga ejector with # 3 weight 28" barrels, and tarting it up. Rebuilding it into a wonderfully-stocked, Celtic-engraved work of art. Then hanging it on the wall, or worse yet, hiding it from view in a gun safe.
I am having this same gun treated this way, and I will shoot it and carry it in the field in search of something to harvest (kill).
Just my humble opinion. And don't we all have one?
Brewer |
_________________ "A man's got to know his limitations"...Clint Eastwood. "A 16 isn't one of them"...Brewer |
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Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:12 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
Posts: 2126
Location: Hudson,Wy
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Agreed. In the mid 90's I built a custom coyote rifle with a Sauer 90 action and spent a great deal of time crafting the stock out of Madagascar rosewood. Anyone who has worked with rosewood knows the difficulty level compared to walnut. I invested 64 pieces of exotic wood inlay in that stock, 34 pieces made up the face of a Red Fox alone. It was magnificent and most folks I showed it to seemed to have the same reaction "I would be afraid to take it out"... My response was generally along the lines of "You see that scratch"... or "I didn't work for weeks on end to put it in the closet". |
_________________ Only catch snowflakes on your tongue AFTER the birds fly south for the winter... |
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Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:42 pm
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Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota
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morngstar wrote: |
If anybody has any additional information, opinion or speculation about this gun, please post or PM me. The engraver is unknown.
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I now know the engraver, Angelo Bee. He inspected the gun and owned the engraving. I also got the back story on the Frank Pachmayr, Angelo Bee relationship. Frank Pachmayr sponsored Angelo Bee to come to the USA after he left Browning in the 70s. He reported that Frank Pachmayr directed engravers to not sign some of the guns they engraved for him. He conveyed a warm respectful relationship with Frank.
This gun is now up for sale. |
_________________ 1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga |
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Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:14 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 9463
Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Thanks for the update
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