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< 16ga. Guns ~ I have a sickness updated 03/06/18 |
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Mon May 14, 2018 11:32 am
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Location: New Brunswick,Canada
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Shot it today -- it does indeed have 2 3/4 chambers -- smith measured -- opened full $ fuller to Ic/Mod -- 2 rounds of low gun skeet -- a 22 & 23 . Pheasants better run cause if they fly they' gonna die !
I have a sickness - this 16ga affliction is unshakeable! A new one arrived by mail today. She's a ract syvilett German girl --a pre war Simson with 28" bls weighing in at just 6 lbs, cocking indicators, ejectors. The make date is 2/1926. not fancy wood but the frame is smaller than my 20ga JP Sauer. Throws to the shoulder as if it were part of me -- only negative (temporarily) is that its choked Full & full -- soon to be lt Skeet & lt mod.
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Last edited by grouser47 on Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:35 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ A pointing dog and a 16GA -- It doesn't get better than this |
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Mon May 14, 2018 12:42 pm
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Joined: 15 May 2011
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Nice score grouser. Looks to be in very clean shape. Do you think it came blued from the factory or did someone refinish it to that? |
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Mon May 14, 2018 1:03 pm
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Location: New Brunswick,Canada
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dilly wrote: |
Nice score grouser. Looks to be in very clean shape. Do you think it came blued from the factory or did someone refinish it to that?
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I wondered about that -- looked at it carefully but no usual narks from buffing and the script is nice & sharp. Never saw a blued German gun of that era that wasn't cased colored. |
_________________ A pointing dog and a 16GA -- It doesn't get better than this |
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Mon May 14, 2018 1:06 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Nice, nice
and great future choke selection
Mike |
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Mon May 14, 2018 1:45 pm
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Mon May 14, 2018 4:45 pm
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
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Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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Nice gun, Circa ‘26 I’d gather it is short chambers. Not a deal breaker by any means. I’d have no reservations about opening the chokes. My vote it is a refinish, but a good job. As you noted the engraving etc all look crisp.
Also it’s a bit lighter than most simson 16’s so that’s a nice bonus in my book. Enjoy, I’m more than a bit jealous.... |
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Mon May 14, 2018 8:32 pm
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Joined: 04 Oct 2015
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Location: Clemson
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Grouser, if I keep looking at your gun I'm going to catch side by side fever.....AGAIN! Who are you getting to do your barrel work? Nice gun. Little work and it will be a great gun. Have fun with your ailment.Ken |
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Tue May 15, 2018 4:12 am
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Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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Location: New Brunswick,Canada
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Beagleman wrote: |
Grouser, if I keep looking at your gun I'm going to catch side by side fever.....AGAIN! Who are you getting to do your barrel work? Nice gun. Little work and it will be a great gun. Have fun with your ailment.Ken
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I have a local guy that does very good barrel work . as far as side by side fever, keep in mind that God put human eyes side by side --- not stacked on top of one another |
_________________ A pointing dog and a 16GA -- It doesn't get better than this |
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Tue May 15, 2018 10:03 am
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Joined: 26 Apr 2010
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Location: NCWa
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There are some sicknesses that we don't want cured. This be one of them. |
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Thu May 17, 2018 4:58 am
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Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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Location: Adirondak Mtns
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[quote="AmericanMeet"]There are some sicknesses that we don't want cured. This be one of them.[/quote]
what he said! |
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Thu May 17, 2018 8:19 pm
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Joined: 16 Mar 2017
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Location: Valdosta GA
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Great gun! If you want to leave the chokes original you can always shoot polywad spreaders |
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Fri May 18, 2018 3:47 am
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Beware, grouser47 is a sick, SICK individual! I wished he lived closer, we'd have a lot of fun! |
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Fri May 18, 2018 12:06 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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Considering the symptoms, why ever would a body wish to be "shaken" of such an affliction? The answer surely doth elude me. I would say that your currency has been wisely transformed into something quite useful. |
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