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< 16ga. Guns ~ Pheasants beware! Sweet little custom guild hammer 16 |
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Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:18 pm
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Here's a tiny little Belgian guild 16 I picked up recently and I thought I would show it off. It's one of the nicest condition little Belgian guns I've ever run across. 30" m/f fluid barrels like new, tight and lever right and crisp, just a wonderful little gun. Of course, I couldn't resist fixing it up, re-cutting the checkering, enhancing the grain, and adding a custom pheasant painting. It's on such a dainty, tiny little frame too. Feels like a 28 gauge in the hands, with that small round frame back action design. Shot some skeet with it last weekend. It's already sold pending funds, but I wanted to present this as an example of when 16's are at their best, in my humble opinion. Just a little sweetheart of a gun.
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 4:37 am
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Looks awesome, Mark. Must be a wand. My first decent double was a 16 gauge Belgian Guild with carved fences and took 18 grouse with it the year I got it. |
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:05 am
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Joined: 27 Sep 2015
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Location: Alabama
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what a beautiful gun! What's she weigh? (don't tell her I asked, she might think I think she's fat) |
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:34 am
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T-Bird wrote: |
what a beautiful gun! What's she weigh? (don't tell her I asked, she might think I think she's fat)
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She only weighs 5lbs!
(she actually weighs 6lbs 5 oz. with the 30" barrels. Shhhh... ) |
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:25 am
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Location: United States
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I am curious as to the clear finish you use.? |
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:49 am
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oldog wrote: |
I am curious as to the clear finish you use.?
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I cover my artwork with a few coats of polyurethane, followed by block sanding and multiple coats of pro custom oil, which is an oil/urethane blend, followed by hand rubbing with stock rubbing compound. |
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Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:51 pm
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Joined: 27 Sep 2015
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Location: Alabama
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Of course she weighs 5lbs, and is probably 28 yrs old too! |
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Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:56 am
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Joined: 12 Sep 2010
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Location: Maine
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Nice gun, UDF. |
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Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:05 pm
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Joined: 18 Jun 2004
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Location: thick and uncivilized places in the Allegheny Mts.
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To me a 16 gauge back action hammer gun is the sweetest handling gun ever made and I can blame Mark for my addiction.
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_________________ Going into coverts becomes less a chase with the sole purpose of killing; it remains important to find game but the gratification-and I keep coming back to that word-is in the beauty of finding it. George Bird Evans A Dog, A Gun, And Time Enough. |
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Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:33 am
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Rick Grimes wrote: |
To me a 16 gauge back action hammer gun is the sweetest handling gun ever made and I can blame Mark for my addiction.
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You're welcome! You really love that little Belgian gun. So glad it's working out for you. |
_________________ Gun art: www.marklarsongunart.com
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The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:40 am
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Rick Grimes wrote: |
To me a 16 gauge back action hammer gun is the sweetest handling gun ever made and I can blame Mark for my addiction.
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That Mark IS a trouble maker! |
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Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:54 am
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Its a beauty, Mark. Thanks for the pics. Did you do your grain addition/enhancement treatment on this one, too? |
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Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:50 pm
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I just picked up a little back action 20 ga hammer gun with 2 sets of barrels. A set of 30" Damascus cyl/cyl with which the gun weighs 5 lbs 7 oz and a set of 30 " fluid steel choked cyl/full weighing in at 5lbs 13 oz. It has a straight grip 14 1/2" LOP. Both have 70 mm( 2 3/4") chambers marked nitro proofed. It was made be George Forrester and sons, Kelso, Scotland--was able to find some info on the internet on him. It has become my favorite, haven't missed a pheasant with it yet(6), cant wait for next grouse season. If you like hammer guns, you would love this one. |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:37 am
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3birddogs wrote: |
I just picked up a little back action 20 ga hammer gun with 2 sets of barrels. A set of 30" Damascus cyl/cyl with which the gun weighs 5 lbs 7 oz and a set of 30 " fluid steel choked cyl/full weighing in at 5lbs 13 oz. It has a straight grip 14 1/2" LOP. Both have 70 mm( 2 3/4") chambers marked nitro proofed. It was made be George Forrester and sons, Kelso, Scotland--was able to find some info on the internet on him. It has become my favorite, haven't missed a pheasant with it yet(6), cant wait for next grouse season. If you like hammer guns, you would love this one.
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If you don't show pics, this mythical wand doesn't exist! |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:39 am
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MaximumSmoke wrote: |
Its a beauty, Mark. Thanks for the pics. Did you do your grain addition/enhancement treatment on this one, too?
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Thank you. Yes I did, but I didn't go crazy with it. I didn't want to draw too much attention away from the artwork. |
_________________ Gun art: www.marklarsongunart.com
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The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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