Originally Posted By: L. Brown
Ted, good point about choice of ammo. I think, thanks to this BB and some others, people are a lot smarter about what to stuff in their vintage doubles than they were 20 years ago. My first classic double was a very plain but very solid pre-WWII Sauer 16. Immediately lengthened the chambers, then proceeded to shoot high brass 1 1/8 oz loads at a lot of pheasants. The only thing that ever broke on that gun was the piece linking the top lever to the Greener crossbolt. But then Sauers (and German guns in general) have a reputation for solid build. I learned the error of my ways, and when I buy a used European gun, I try to pick the ones that don't show signs of abuse. And I won't touch a Brit gun that's had its chambers punched, unless it's passed reproof. You live and learn.

Meanwhile . . . I'm wondering whether Kyrie is digging around in his gun safe for that 125 year old Spanish driven bird gun.
Or, maybe Kyrie's spending the time trying to find that Spanish gun that isn't an English copy. ;-)

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