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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ OK I give in. |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:08 pm
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 56
Location: La Grange, Texas
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I confess.....I am new to the 16 gauge world.
Caught the bug this fall - started out harmlessly shooting doves with my new old Stevens 311A (d) Mod/Full. Next thing I know I have four 16s. The aforementioned 311, next an Ithica nitro special IC/IC, then along came a deal on a 1100......now a BPS 24".
Where does it end? (Right now says the spouse). "Either you stop buying 16s or I go"................I am sure going to miss her!!
OK....I jest.
I don't know much, but hopefully you can help me change that.
Hlavoun |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:51 pm
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Joined: 29 Jul 2004
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Location: Wisconsin
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Welcome to our demented world!!! |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:12 pm
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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Location: La Grange, Texas
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Wow......are there more than two of us that are demented? |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:20 pm
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 451
Location: La-Tx
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:20 pm
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Joined: 08 Jan 2008
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Location: Twin Falls, ID
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I have been reading this BB for a month and have been very interested in the 16 ga. and it's history and performance. I'm new to pointing dogs in the last two years and books I've read by George Bird Evans and similar authors talk of the tradition of 16 ga. and SxS shotguns and pointing dogs. So I'm expecting delivery on my Uggie grade 1 16 next Wednesday. |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:28 pm
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Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 56
Location: La Grange, Texas
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I am also cheap. I haven't found the right deal on a Sweet 16......yet.
I also have to watch my step on the next one.
I think the spouse was taking notes on the growning stash of shotguns lying around. I didn't mention that there are three or more other gauges and guns from a former life in various hiding places in and around the house. |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:24 pm
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 451
Location: La-Tx
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Trust me. When you get your collection above 50 they quit counting. |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:10 pm
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Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Posts: 182
Location: Minnesota
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You'll love your sweetie when you find her. You will like it here too. Great bunch of guys with the best shotguns ever made. You will learn fast. The little woman will get used to it |
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:42 am
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Joined: 09 Dec 2007
Posts: 37
Location: Middletown, Ohio
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got bird dogs check, got 16's check, who needs a wife?
oh wait theres that whole dinner and cleaning thing.
gotta go shes coming. |
_________________ Ted Nugent for President '08 |
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:07 pm
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Joined: 01 Jan 2006
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Location: Parker,CO,US
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Welcome aboard, Hlavoun. I see that you hail from the place of the former "best little whorehouse in Texas." I spent 7 yrs in Austin while attending UT. |
_________________ Let's not forget our fighting men and women in foreign lands. |
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:56 am
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Joined: 19 Dec 2007
Posts: 109
Location: S.W.PENNSYLVANIA
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I own 7 shotguns, not sure you can ever have to many. I currrently own more than I can shoot at one time, but not as many as I need. As I have said many times, I think I have bought my last shotgun. But I know I am lying to myself. |
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:16 am
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End
Not 'til they scatter my ashes, I hope. |
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:17 am
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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At the moment, I only have four, but I hope to add one or two more this year. I want another 16 to go with my Uggie sxs. Having said that, when I get a bad case of the covets, I ask myself, shouldn't I be saving this money for hunting trips this Fall rather than buying another gun?
Yeah, right. |
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:18 am
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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got bird dogs check, got 16's check, who needs a wife?
oh wait theres that whole dinner and cleaning thing.
gotta go shes coming.
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Awesome. |
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:46 pm
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 451
Location: La-Tx
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I have in the neighborhood of 40 or so shotguns plus what rifles and pistols I have and am in no way near the "last" one. But I am in a constant state of awareness looking for the "next" one. |
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