Topic: Shipping guns |
Steve Smith
Replies: 21
Views: 16233 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:36 am Subject: Shipping guns |
One way I've been doing it when I go hunting out of state and I'll be flying is to ship the gun to myself in care of someone where I'll be staying. If they don't open the box, it's legal. I leave the ... |
Topic: How dare they???? |
Steve Smith
Replies: 4
Views: 5364 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:30 am Subject: How dare they???? |
Ted is right about all of this. Argentina is a very poor country, similar in social structure to Mexico -- bird hunting is just not a big deal among the populace because they have no money nor access ... |
Topic: Hunter/Firearm Friendly Airlines - Or Not! |
Steve Smith
Replies: 17
Views: 19087 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:17 am Subject: Hunter/Firearm Friendly Airlines - Or Not! |
My takedown Americase has "Smitty and the Polka Kings" painted on one side and: "Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Bar Mitzvahs" painted on the other. |
Topic: Hunter/Firearm Friendly Airlines - Or Not! |
Steve Smith
Replies: 17
Views: 19087 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:31 am Subject: Hunter/Firearm Friendly Airlines - Or Not! |
I do quite a bit of flying with guns, and I've never had a problem getting one through. (Hint: At the counter, always say, "I'd like to declare a firearm," not, "I gotta gun." I di ... |
Topic: 16 ga 3 inch |
Steve Smith
Replies: 30
Views: 30355 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:33 pm Subject: Nash's gun |
Wolfchief,
Concerning your post back on page 1 of this thread, I shot Nash's second Becker magnum, not the original Bo-Whoop, the name given to it by Hal Sheldon, I think, who wrote the Tranquillit ... |
Topic: Where are you headed? |
Steve Smith
Replies: 40
Views: 52308 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:53 am Subject: Where are you headed? |
Thanks for all your input; it helps to know who goes where when planning magazine issues, especially our Traveling Wingshooter editions.
The fall colors here are peaked in northern Michigan, and th ... |
Topic: Chambermates |
Steve Smith
Replies: 16
Views: 22954 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:18 am Subject: Chambermates |
I hunted quail in Georgia one time with an old retired Army officer, Col. Jerry Graham. He was spending his retirement guiding quail hunters, and he had something like 31 or 32 bird dogs, but his favo ... |
Topic: Chambermates |
Steve Smith
Replies: 16
Views: 22954 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:24 am Subject: Chambermates |
Thanks, Chief -- I thought my mother was the only one who hung in there that long. Hope you have a good season. My guess is it's a little warm in your part of the country on September 1. |
Topic: Chambermates |
Steve Smith
Replies: 16
Views: 22954 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:52 am Subject: Chambermates |
The split down the side is used by some companies (GaugeMate, for one) for a reduction of one gauge -- 16-20, for example. The spring effect keeps the insert in the chamber. When it drops two gauges, ... |
Topic: Where are you headed? |
Steve Smith
Replies: 40
Views: 52308 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:33 am Subject: Where are you headed? |
A survey I'm taking on the only two sites I vsist much, this one and ours at The Pointing Dog Journal: If you don't mind, please respond with the trips you plan to take this fall -- even if it's to st ... |
Topic: Big Birds and the 16 gauge? |
Steve Smith
Replies: 25
Views: 35448 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:12 am Subject: Big Birds and the 16 gauge? |
Larry's ex-CIA and a retired US Army Colonel. It's a pretty stout limb, and there's no wind. |
Topic: Big Birds and the 16 gauge? |
Steve Smith
Replies: 25
Views: 35448 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 5:48 am Subject: Big Birds and the 16 gauge? |
I was wrong, Guy -- it appears you and I, after all, were separated at birth. |
Topic: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
Steve Smith
Replies: 49
Views: 57077 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 12:34 pm Subject: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
Guy,
It's obvious your ramblings about the wilds of New England have not allowed you the opportunity nor the time to learn to enjoy the finer things, like bagpipe music and good single malt.
But i ... |
Topic: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
Steve Smith
Replies: 49
Views: 57077 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:16 am Subject: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
ahooting is when the "a" is next to the "s" on the keyboard and you're clumsy.
Sort of like liquer and pidgeon.
You know about galss houzes and not trhowing stonez, right? |
Topic: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
Steve Smith
Replies: 49
Views: 57077 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:38 pm Subject: Browning Citori Gr. I for sale/Cabela's. |
Guy,
Your lack of affection for side x sides and good liquor should cause you great delight because it means you and I were not separated at birth.
Most side by side shooters -- maybe not most, ... |