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I didn't take many pics, this turned out to be my favorite of the 2013 season -- so far.

Jay

Jay,

You must have been in SW MN? Looks like a great day for you and your dog. The RBL looks good too!

Chief

Assuming you'll forgive my indulgence, here's one from 2012:

That was a late November day, about 2 hrs. SW of the Twin Cities. Zuni (in pic) and Piper each produced a rooster that day. Yesterday, about 3 hours SW, they did the same in snow-filled covers.



I'm keeping my RBL Chief, it's been too good for my shooting to let it go.

Jay

Yep I ended up keeping mine as well. Looking forward to next year to use it!

That type of cover is very familiar to me. great stuff!

Chief

Great grouse pic, Tim! I consider any WINGSHOT grouse a trophy.

But what's all that white stuff???

And what's the cannon--looks Beretta-ish to me but what do I know?

Thanks Mike!

The Beretta is an S56E, post Garcia around 1974. It started out pretty ugly but Dave Furman in Vt worked his magic with the stock and made a wood butt for it as well. The wood was very light(which is why it's only 5lbs 10ozs with 28" barrels) but Dave did a good job of bringing the mineral lines to life.

Nice gun, Tim. Really an UPgrade.

Many of the cheaper early Berettas had what I call "pallet grade" wood; yours is a cut above that, for sure. On the other hand, I liked that early wood, in spite of its often blond or gray color, because it WAS very light in weight as well as color. And many stained it to a more acceptable hue. I succeeded in making my blondie "Silver Snipe" into a strawberry blonde, at least! Hid that grey! Those early guns were--and are--a bargain if you actually intend to kill something!

Hi all, went out today with my son Will and Wade Burns, was a good day, but cold (air temp at -4, but low winds, so the wind chill was only -11). The snow cover was deeper than what we expected, at times up to your knees and deeper in some spots. Saw lots of birds, but they were on the wild side. The dogs were able to pin some down however. I was able to limit, Wade got 2 and Will one.

I have to take my hat off to Wade, he was out there with a broken arm and was shooting his birds very well, he's a lot tougher than most of us.

Anyway, here's Will and Wade. Will was shooting his 16ga Sauer Royal and Wade a 12ga Beretta auto.



Wade and me and a better pic of the dogs. Duchess and Lakota were the real stars today. I was using my 12ga Merkel 147E:



Thanks for a great day Wade and Will!

Best!

Greg