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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Charles Askins on the 16 Gauge |
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Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:49 am
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Location: Glendale, AZ
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Fred Benjamin Gilbert was born December 18, 1865 in Dickinson County on the Minnesota line in northwest Iowa; the “Iowa Great Lakes” area with Okoboji, Milford, and Spirit lakes. By age seven Fred was hunting ducks, plover, and snipe in the wetlands and prairie chicken in the “Iowa Flatheads,” eventually hunting for the market.
The L.C. Smith he used in 1895 to win the DuPont Championship was actually a loaner, and unfortunately there is no record of the gun his used market hunting. |
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Sun Sep 25, 2022 6:19 pm
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Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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Location: Twin Cities, MN
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| Savage16 wrote: |
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Mr Gilbert must know what he was talking about if he liked 16ga Elsies. Just returned from a western bird hunting trip. One of the guns I took along was my 1928 16ga FW set up almost identical to his;just a little more DAH. Best run was 12 shots for 13 birds over 2 consecutive days.
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Carl, nice shooting! That gun fits you well. |
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Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:13 am
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Location: Minnesota
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| Thanks Jeff. Its one of my never sell guns. Happy hunting! |
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