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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Help me narrow choices on 16 ga. |
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Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:25 am
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Fair enough I just had trouble seeing through the mud.
Good Hunting,
Mike
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I have my muddy moments.
I sometimes have a half-rant, half thought-through, half-clear, which yields less than half-good results. |
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 5:37 am
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:42 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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16er,
Man I thought I wanted to strangle the guy who put a few nicks in my 1901 #5 L.C. Smith French Walnut Stock, however the abuser of the for sale M21 needs to be tuned up badly.
What a shame to see a nice M21 in such bad shape. I hope somebody purchased the old gun and restores it professionally.
Pine Creek/Dave
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:26 am
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Painful to look at. |
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:03 pm
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Location: Northern Illinois
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Mon Aug 10, 2020 6:58 pm
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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Location: Western WA
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The rusted M21 might be the result of incapacitation or untimely demise of the owner. Less excusable was the fine M21, posted here or some other site, where the owner habitually used it to hold down barbed wire fences for crossing over. The receiver looked like an old tractor hitch by that point. It’s a free country I guess.
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Tue Aug 11, 2020 8:58 am
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Brewester11,
No doubt there are some legitimate reasons for the damage on classic guns. However there are lots of these classic guns that were abused especially by the later generations of the original owners. It is really a shame, however it's their private property, and they have the right to treat it any way they see fit, no matter how repulsive it is to us.
Pine Creek/Dave
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Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:37 pm
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Fri May 14, 2021 5:49 am
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Mon May 17, 2021 8:21 am
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Fly,
If you are going to use the new gun mostly for clays, and a little for bird hunting you might consider the Riz gun, nice guns for the money and very usable both ways. If you are going to use the gun 90% of the time for hunting birds, see my 1st post, especially if money is no object. The original pre-1910 16 gauge Purdey self opener is one great bird gun.
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
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_________________ "L.C. Smith America's Best" - John Houchins
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