Just to clarify, you are indeed a Francophile & believe that the Central Meridian runs thru Paris?
Unfortunately I did not hunt in Germany last season. But I can tell you that European Families of dearly departed Hunters want nothing to do with the guns; beg dealers to take them. The kids all want >>Black Guns<< with a suppressor a foot long or longer. Or they take a vintage type platform and stick a can on it.
Serbus,
Raimey
rse
To clarify, for many seasons I bird hunted with a single type of French firearm. Physical limitations have limited my ability to do so of late, as I have had to switch to a right handed stance, instead of the opposite side that I shot on for 50 plus years.
I have hopes to use a little French gun in the future, again, but, that is all they are at this point. The muscle memory from 5 decades of carrying a specific type of bird gun has, incredibly, almost made it necessary to switch to a different action of gun in order to remember to keep the gun in the right hand while hunting. There is much about the process that is difficult to overcome, at least, for me.
I’ve never been to Paris. I’ll never return to France.
My dealings in France kept me in Lyon, and St Etienne, and my hosts suggested Paris had already seen its best days, from the point of view of a sportsman, this was in 1997. I don’t believe they were wrong in that assessment.
I speak and read a little French. Less each day that goes by, it would seem.
If there is a place that has better pheasant, grouse, and woodcock hunting, along with excellent fishing, than right where I am, and in a few surrounding states, I haven’t been there, and, truthfully, don’t need to go.
If that is your idea of a Francophile, well, guilty as charged, I guess.
Thanks for your notes on what is more typically seen in Germany. I own a “black gun” at the moment, a Remington All Weather 1100 20 gauge LW. Is a licensed German hunter able to use a gun like this to hunt with? Are they permitted to use a semiautomatic action of any type?
Best,
Ted
