Ive been a bit down with the news of Ugartechea as the next Spanish shotgun maker to close its doors. Its a sad thing.
This morning, in a kind of memorial, I took an Ugartechea model 41, chambered for the 2.75 inch .410 shell, made circa 1956, out of the safe and used it to shoot two rounds of wobble trap. Here are some photos, shot in Spain by a dear friend, in the shop of Diego Godoy, who was restocking the gun to my measure with my wood:
I was shooting on a public range, just before a clays tournament, so it was quite crowded. The guns there ranged for ugly and utilitarian quite handsome and utilitarian. And not one had the style or the grace of that old, Ugartechea, .410.
