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ROMAC
PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:45 am  Reply with quote



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Dave, if you can get a sidelock restocked for close to $2,000 you are getting a deal!

Good wood guys at reasonable prices are as rare as hens teeth. Their names usually are whispered only to close friends and not put out for public consumption. When they get "discovered" the wait times can go from months to years for work.
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Pine Creek/Dave
PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:20 pm  Reply with quote



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ROMAC,

You are absolutely correct!

all the best,

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Dave in Maine
PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:14 pm  Reply with quote



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You can't go wrong with a Hussey gun, though a lot of his partners would argue Hussey himself was not worth the trouble of dealing with him.

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Swampy16
PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:58 pm  Reply with quote



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A sidelock restock for $2k? I would be very skeptical and want to see examples of his work.
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Chicago
PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:24 pm  Reply with quote
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Dave in Maine wrote:
You can't go wrong with a Hussey gun, though a lot of his partners would argue Hussey himself was not worth the trouble of dealing with him.


That seems to be the consensus of modern day writers, but, as you pointed out, it doesn’t detract from the quality of his higher grade guns.

Good Hunting,
Mike
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Brewster11
PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:33 pm  Reply with quote



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Favorite 16 ga grouse gun? Traditionally out here in Western WA the preferred grouse gun is the .270 Win, acknowledged even in the WDFW brochures. But for me it’s the 16 x 8mm combo gun.

Logging roads and old railroad beds are the best, and maybe only way to see grouse (and we see a LOT of them) in the rain forests and timber company lands. You’ll likely only get off one shot, either at a grouse or maybe a Blacktail or bear.

No ground swatting, but if you must, your first bird of the day is allowed to be off a tree branch. The rest have to be on the wing, just because.

Good Hunting,
B.
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Upland Carpenter
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:36 pm  Reply with quote
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Purty is as purty does. Perfect tool to hang out the truck window when limb-swatting or ground-sluicing the Forrest Gump of the uplands.




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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:24 am  Reply with quote



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Of all I have tried, assuming we are talking ruffed grouse, this Cogswell & Harrison 16 with 2.5" chambers, choked skeet/ modified, has worked best for me and is the one I enjoy carrying the most.
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Dave in Maine
PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:00 pm  Reply with quote



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Chicago wrote:
Dave in Maine wrote:
You can't go wrong with a Hussey gun, though a lot of his partners would argue Hussey himself was not worth the trouble of dealing with him.


That seems to be the consensus of modern day writers, but, as you pointed out, it doesn’t detract from the quality of his higher grade guns.

Good Hunting,
Mike

A friend hunts with a Hussey. It's a work of art. I've been privileged to hold it a couple times.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:30 pm  Reply with quote
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Dave in Maine wrote:
Chicago wrote:
Dave in Maine wrote:
You can't go wrong with a Hussey gun, though a lot of his partners would argue Hussey himself was not worth the trouble of dealing with him.


That seems to be the consensus of modern day writers, but, as you pointed out, it doesn’t detract from the quality of his higher grade guns.

Good Hunting,
Mike

A friend hunts with a Hussey. It's a work of art. I've been privileged to hold it a couple times.


You don’t hear a lot about them, but I think they are every bit as nice as the other top London makers, and usually a little easier on the pocket book. You rarely see them for sale.

Good Hunting,
Mike
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Pine Creek/Dave
PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:00 pm  Reply with quote



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Gentlemen,

Hussey nice guns for sure!

all the best,

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:15 am  Reply with quote



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Patterns like a tight choke I bet!




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