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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:34 pm  Reply with quote
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It looks to me like #3 has the straightest grain flow where it counts. If you are going to shoot it quite a bit, I would be looking for straight grain headed into the action. It will take the most abuse.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:29 pm  Reply with quote
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[img]http://tntfiles.com/6v0vf6yfed[/img]

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A few photos of my new 12 gauge Venus. Haven't had a chance to take it home yet as we've got a waiting period here in California. Very pleased with how it came out. It's not often that a gun company EXCEEDS your expectations but that's what's happened twice now with two Upland Gun Company orders.

Once I can get this on a scale, I will report back on the weight. It is light, however, and the 12 gauge frame is very small -- almost looks like a 20-gauge frame but I'm told it is the standard Venus frame used for 12s and 16s.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:33 pm  Reply with quote
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[URL=http://tntfiles.com/6v0vf6yfed] [/URL]

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Sporting Days
PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:13 pm  Reply with quote
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Thanks, Skeettx ... Not sure why just the thumbnails are showing up, but you can check them out at the URL, zoom in and see the detail, etc.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:13 pm  Reply with quote



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Sporting Days wrote:
Thanks, Skeettx ... Not sure why just the thumbnails are showing up, but you can check them out at the URL, zoom in and see the detail, etc.

Great looking gun !
How long did your build take ?
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Sporting Days
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:29 pm  Reply with quote
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Thanks. Build time was just about six months.

Went with the deep relief engraving on the coin finish. Was a little worried about how that would turn out -- but came out much better than I hoped or even imagined. Going to be a fun spring and summer of clays shooting.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:13 pm  Reply with quote
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Not seeing anything for some reason. The URL path doesn't look quite right to me.

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Ya I couldn’t bring them up either.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:46 am  Reply with quote



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https://tntfiles.com/qyfqet77kp
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https://tntfiles.com/6v0vf6yfed

Should be able to see pictures in links now.
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Wow, very nice !
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:36 am  Reply with quote



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Very nice gun.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:30 pm  Reply with quote



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jusanothajoe wrote:
https://tntfiles.com/qyfqet77kp
Test
https://tntfiles.com/e8s0627kxm
https://tntfiles.com/6v0vf6yfed

Should be able to see pictures in links now.


bulletin boards and funny and outdated and don't play well a lot of times with picture posting. A link that you're trying to embed as picture must end with .jpg If it ends in anything other than .jpg it won't work. Before the link you need the [img] and after the link you need the [/img] The forward slash in that indicates the end of the picture.

I went to you link above, then 'right clicked' the picture to 'copy image address' and paste it here.








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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:03 pm  Reply with quote
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I finally came up with a solution to getting a painful bruise on the second finger of my right hand. I shot the gun well and had success on clays and live birds, but couldn't put up with the constantly bruise finger.

The first picture shows the solution; an SKB 600 stainless trigger guard from Numrich Arms reshaped and fitted to my POW stocked RFM. Notice how the trigger is much closer to the new guard than the original guard. I just returned from a trip to Georgia for a three day preserve quail hunt where 5 of us were on over a hundred birds a day. No more discomfort from getting my finger banged.





Below is the picture of the factory setup wearing the rubber bumper I used in an attempt to protect my second finger. The real issue is the guard appears to be the same guard as used on the double trigger guns and it really crowds the POW grip.



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Sporting Days
PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:43 pm  Reply with quote
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Well ... I had a chance to get the new RFM Venus 12 gauge on the UPS shipping scale. Granted, this might not be as sensitive as some other scales.

The gun came in at a whopping 5.5 pounds!!
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ksauers
PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:41 am  Reply with quote



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I find 5 and a half pounds highly unlikely. 6 and a half yes
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