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Picked up a new Ruger catalog last week. Under the Gold Label listing it said stock exhausted, redesigned model anticipated in 2009.
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Thanks Jim for the information. Once again Ruger could have made its Red Label something special instead of wasting time and money developing a flawed side by side.
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I can hardly wait. 
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Most of the guys I shoot with don't care that much for the Gold Label. Their biggest complaint? The tiny forend. Everyone's comment is the same around here: Splinter forearms are nice for little English guns but we shoot trap and skeet and don't like hot barrels. The bigger the forearm, the better for us.
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And why would a sane person want to use a light 12-gauge gamegun regularly for trap or skeet?
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...well maybe just a big forend, a little thicker and longer barrels, a monte carlo, an aluminum adustable buttplate, adjustable comb, a mercury recoil tamer in the butt, ballast in the forend to compensate...and wa-la! 8 1/4 lbs of target gun!
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What else would someone use to shoot skeet or sporting clays with? A light gun, 7/8 or 1 oz. loads is normal to shoot. SXS skeet and trap shoots going on all over the US. They call them Vintagers shoots. But those barrels get a little hot when you don't have a forearm on them.
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I shoot various SxS venues,including the UP Classic, and only flurries produce enough heat to be a bother. A thin glove takes care of most games and an insulated one takes care of the infrequent flurry.
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Or a matched pair and a loader!
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I just posted it as a newsy item. I've been underwhelmed by the Ruger shotguns from the beginning. Turning a mediocre Red Label on its side to call it a SxS didn't excite me, either. Now that they're in the $3000 area, there are thousands of old and new doubles available in that range, for my taste. And many appealing ones for less. I wonder if they'll be smart enough to offer two triggers this time.
Does anyone know why the Gold was stopped?
Thank you,
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