| Topic: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Lloyd3
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Views: 2188
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 Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:21 pm Subject: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Ran across this pix the other day...
http://i.imgur.com/YGNLTV6h.jpg
I'd forgotten about the Model 620 in 20-gauge I had for a while.
Montgomery Wards Model 30
Savage Model 620
Remingto ... |
| Topic: Tribute to Doug Oliver. |
Lloyd3
Replies: 15
Views: 396
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 9:37 am Subject: Tribute to Doug Oliver. |
| It was interesting to see Casper Thunderhawk in this video. A few years after this event (2012?), a good fiend of mine (& a co-worker) hired Casper to guide his little group of mostly-retired frie ... |
| Topic: Tribute to Doug Oliver. |
Lloyd3
Replies: 15
Views: 396
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 7:34 am Subject: Tribute to Doug Oliver. |
| What year was this? |
| Topic: Saw these at Jaquas |
Lloyd3
Replies: 16
Views: 2201
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Forum: 16ga. Guns Wanted or For Sale
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:03 am Subject: Saw these at Jaquas |
| drcook: Boy...do I get the "motivation" thing. Something has to be really interesting to me to get me to bother with it anymore. Like you, 40-years of doing things for corporate (& gov ... |
| Topic: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Lloyd3
Replies: 15
Views: 2188
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:40 am Subject: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Fourtown: Thank you for that report.
I'd heard it had been pretty mild this past winter. My bad pin seems to finally be healing so... I'm hopeful. Headed up there next week to open the place up a ... |
| Topic: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Lloyd3
Replies: 15
Views: 2188
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 1:28 pm Subject: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Old pumps are pretty respectable bird guns in the right hands. Since I'm left-handed, they didn't work quite as well for me.
http://i.imgur.com/3wdut1ah.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/AZuCQtDh.jpg
You si ... |
| Topic: RST |
Lloyd3
Replies: 9
Views: 2485
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 5:59 am Subject: RST |
| My secret weapon in my old 16 Brummy boxlock is a 1-ounce load of their #5s. It will nicely reach out, even in a modified choke. |
| Topic: L. C. Smith question |
Lloyd3
Replies: 167
Views: 398688
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:36 am Subject: L. C. Smith question |
| Skeettx is a treasure. A hale & hearty fellow who is well-met. |
| Topic: L. C. Smith question |
Lloyd3
Replies: 167
Views: 398688
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:19 am Subject: L. C. Smith question |
| Whittington was a blast! A thankyou to Skeettex for the handguards and the good conversations. The Texas (& New Mexico) contingents were wonderful, as always. |
| Topic: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Lloyd3
Replies: 15
Views: 2188
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:56 am Subject: Hunting with hardware store pumps? |
Fourtown:
I hunted with a Ward's Westernfield (Browning) Model 30 in 20 gauge for several years.
http://i.imgur.com/457OTueh.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/MfTRAPc.jpg
Well....to be fair, that Model 1 ... |
| Topic: Comparing Modern & Classic SXS 16 gauge Grouse Guns. |
Lloyd3
Replies: 16
Views: 1270
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:57 pm Subject: Comparing Modern & Classic SXS 16 gauge Grouse Guns. |
| I run across guns that I simply don't need but that are so.....nice. To build them now (for the prices they are presently commanding) would be nearly impossible (the Damascus ones would be impossible) ... |
| Topic: Comparing Modern & Classic SXS 16 gauge Grouse Guns. |
Lloyd3
Replies: 16
Views: 1270
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:44 am Subject: Comparing Modern & Classic SXS 16 gauge Grouse Guns. |
Old colonel2 has it about right. Comparing those two guns is a struggle. I wrote this last week, over on the doublegun site:
My "newest" British double is from 1905, my oldest perfectly-f ... |
| Topic: LC Smith serial number date question |
Lloyd3
Replies: 4
Views: 651
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:04 am Subject: LC Smith serial number date question |
You need to be a bit more clear here.
FWS preceding the numbers means from 1946 to 1950.
FW in a Smith's description by itself usually means "featherweight" w/two screws in the sidepla ... |
| Topic: Shotgun Boogie-16ga |
Lloyd3
Replies: 6
Views: 922
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:31 pm Subject: Shotgun Boogie-16ga |
| Nice. He's gonna come back when her daddy runs outta shells. |
| Topic: L. C. Smith question |
Lloyd3
Replies: 167
Views: 398688
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:59 am Subject: L. C. Smith question |
| In the FWIW column, I ran into a pre-1898 16-gauge F-Grade Elsie hammergun down in Colorado Springs last Wednesday (I go to Sheels and Bass Pro in C. Springs to buy my shotgun ammo anymore (no "g ... |
