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Pete, read you comments, Thanks
Have you ever owned a Turkish gun?
Thanks
Mike

I have your DeHaan's twin in 28 Gauge. I don't have the skeleton plate on my Dehaan. Mine has the rubber pad with the hard rubber heel. I've owned, and have been shooting, it for five seasons. It a great little shotgun. I picked it up lightly used for a CZ price.

On Monday I plan on having out dove hunting.

Aside from atrocious taste, Turkish guns share a key aspect with Spanish guns.

And both of them share it with a chromed up Cadillac Escalade:

They all lose 40% of their value as soon as you drive 'em off the lot. And it never comes back.

I have owned and used a Turkish-made 20 gauge S&W SxS for several years. It is quite similar to the "Cabela-Dickinson".
Nice gun, Zero problems!

gold40

I have owned and used a Turkish-made 20 gauge S&W SxS for several years. It is quite similar to the "Cabela-Dickinson".
Nice gun, Zero problems!

Jerry

pete: zing fogel: ver essen u finden der 16 gaugen bang zoomer furn $600 z?

ED You are a real hoot!!

Ja, und ich w�rde gerne Bilder von insgesamt $ 600 Deutsch Schrotflinte
(Yes, and I would love pictures of the $600 german shotgun)

I purchased a CZ-Bobwhite 20ga for duck hunting out here on the saltchuck and it works great. A bonus has been the Black crome finish on the barrel it is holding up much better to salt spray than blue steel. It has gotten a steady dose of 3" steel 3's and 4's. I live on the bay, within walking distance of the blind and I'm retired so it has seen quite a bit of use.

One thing nice about hunting tide water you don't have to get up early most of the time just be out there on the incoming tide when the ducks move into the flooded grass to feed.

sounds lik der aint no bad, ner no uglee...

Wow, Oskar, I stand in awe of your arrangement. If you can walk from your house to your duck blind, and skip the dawn patrol, you've got your life set up in a way the rest of us can only envy.

On the general issues of Turkish double guns and inexpensive second hand guns, I guess I'd offer the following:

Among the good reasons to buy a second hand gun, the chance of a great deal on something you couldn't otherwise afford is perhaps the most dangerous. Anyone contemplating it would be well advised to go to the thread on this board called "On the Philosophy of Workmanship . . ." and follow the link to Mike Rowe's cry from the heart about the poor maintenance of and shoddy repairs on second hand guns that come into his shop. He also mentions the nasty little problem of unscrupulous sorts who cosmetically pretty a gun up just enough to mask the need to major (and expensive) work. So, caveat emptor and pick who you do business with carefully if you're looking at second hand guns.

As for Turkish doubles, I own two, both made by AKUS. One is a 20 ga. imported by Smith & Wesson as a 'Gold Elite.' The other is a 16 ga. that I bought at Cabela's as a 'Dickinson.' I'm very happy with both of them. The 20 ga. was built to a price point 50% higher than the 16 ga. and that shows. Since the first of the year I've shot a couple of thousand rounds through the 16 ga. with no problems. At 6 1/2 pounds it's a little light for sporting clays (odd comment to make about a Turkish gun), but next week I'll take it grouse hunting and I suspect I'll like the weight just fine out there. I'm not crazy about the name 'Dickinson' (sounds a little too much like 'Dickson' to my taste), but with people resurrecting the Joseph Manton name and venerable brands trading through bankruptcy or being slapped onto product extension lines (Purdy neckware, Holland & Holland barware, anyone? or is it the other way 'round?), I suppose I'm being fussy. Anyway, that's a bone to pick with the American importer, not the Turkish gun maker.