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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ KGB is a bad influence |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:56 am
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Four years ago he posted a link to an unmarked sweet sixteen. I purchased the gun and I have been hooked ever since. The Auto 5’s keep multiplying
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:30 am
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Win7stw,
Looks like you have a good start, thanks to KGB!
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:42 am
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When are you going to branch out to the variants ? The Remington and Savage versions that were made here, such as the Savage 720, 755/755A, 775/775A and Remington Model 11 ?
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/longgun_reviews_savage_model_720_031811/99164
I have a 755A that I just refinished the wood and did a partial rebuild (new main recoil spring, new brass friction ring). It has a relatively low round as I know its full provenance, but time took its toll on the recoil spring. |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:20 am
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| I've been blamed for worse things, I think. Doesn't look like it caused very much harm in this case. I'd like to share some of the credit with Morngstar, his writings about them got me looking closer at all of those "plain" A-5 16s with gold triggers and matted plain barrels. |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:44 am
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:21 pm
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| drcook wrote: |
When are you going to branch out to the variants ? The Remington and Savage versions that were made here, such as the Savage 720, 755/755A, 775/775A and Remington Model 11 ?
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/longgun_reviews_savage_model_720_031811/99164
I have a 755A that I just refinished the wood and did a partial rebuild (new main recoil spring, new brass friction ring). It has a relatively low round as I know its full provenance, but time took its toll on the recoil spring.
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I’ll look at the variants after I get the rest of the Auto 5’s I want |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:11 pm
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Some that didn’t make the family picture
Type III
1912 & 1930 Straight stocks
Grade II’s
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:32 pm
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| Where'd you manage to get that extensive collection of identical screwdrivers? That's pretty impressive in its own right. |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:37 pm
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Where'd you manage to......
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laughing thinking the same thing and (assuming all 16's)...are there any A5 16's left for the rest of us??
Impressive collection, no doubt, partial to the English stocks, Wow!
Cross reference/compare to the craftsmanship to today's "field" shotguns, no contest, wow! |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:23 pm
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| Dave in Maine wrote: |
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Where'd you manage to get that extensive collection of identical screwdrivers? That's pretty impressive in its own right.
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Haha I’m an electrician and love tools as much as guns. Have lots of Klein screw sticks laying around |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:24 pm
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Where'd you manage to......
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laughing thinking the same thing and (assuming all 16's)...are there any A5 16's left for the rest of us??
Impressive collection, no doubt, partial to the English stocks, Wow!
Cross reference/compare to the craftsmanship to today's "field" shotguns, no contest, wow!
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Had to have one 12 and one 20. Rest are 16’s |
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:41 pm
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| Very nice collection! You need a unfired 1962 to go in your group!!! |
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Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:15 am
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| wow, impressive |
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Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:41 am
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Very nice collection! You need a unfired 1962 to go in your group!!!
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I know I do |
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Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:18 am
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[quote="drcook"]When are you going to branch out to the variants ? The Remington and Savage versions that were made here, such as the Savage 720, 755/755A, 775/775A and Remington Model 11 ?
And let”s not forget the less well known Springfield version. I’ll defer to the younger memories here but seems it was a 745. |
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