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Here are a few 32" girls that posed for a mid-afternoon photo shoot.
The sun's rays are good this time of year for pics on the south side of the old farm commissary building.

Left to right:

AH Fox A grade straight hand grip w/ 3" chambers, 12 ga.
AH Fox BE, 12 ga.
AH Fox HE, 3" chambers
LC Smith 3E, 3" chambers, HOT, 12 ga.
Westernfield New Model 12 ga.
LC Smith 16 ga., FWE, HOT
Parker DHE 16/20, 20 ga. bbis in place
Iver Johnson Special Trap
Ithaca Super Ten grade 3

Click on photo to enlarge.

Good photo, Stan. How well I remember the day you bought the 32” 16 ga. at the Fall Southern SxS years ago.

He slept with it, y’all. And will happily admit to it. Love you bro.
JR

nice line up

Nice Stan

very cool line up and I have no doubt you shoot them well

Stan, bring those girls (guns) to Hausmanns Hidden Hollow in June, and let us boys ''Fondle'' them.

Dirty Harry

Looks good Stan.

Lovely "girls" indeed!
Karl

wonderful collection of long, long guns...

Nice photos Stan. Most of my 32" barreled doubles are 10 ga. 2 7/8", and I don't think I have any in either 16 or 20 ga.

So Stan, which one do you like to dance with the most? Also I don't see any 410's in the bunch. You being the 410 Master

Thanks guys.

Mike, I don't have any 32" guns in .410 caliber. They are all 30 inches. I'll invite the 30" girls to a get together soon as the forend for the Dickinson arrives from Oregon. It's somewhere between there and here, right now.

My favorites out of the picture above are the 16 ga. LC Smith, the 12 ga. HE Fox, the 12 ga. BE Fox, and the DHE Parker 16/20. But, don't tell the others. 😉

Harry, I don't think we're going to get Stan to come to PA in June. It would be nice to see him there, though.

I enjoy the pictures of the guns above. Also, enjoy the banter about which barrel length is best. Some years ago, 26" barrels were in favor, now the longer barrels are prized. I always thought that 30" was my favorite, but in reality my favorite hunting gun was a 26" 20 gauge.

I've been a shotgunner since way before the 26" barrels were the rage. I've owned them all. To each his own but I'm a better shot with longer barrels. I won't get into why I think that is, that's better fodder for another thread and another time.

My shortest using gun is my 20 ga. A H Fox Sterlingworth Ejector with 28" barrels. Plenty quick enough for quail and woodcock. I just don't need anything that moves faster than that gun.

I'll be posting some pics of it and the 30" doubles in a week or so. I've actually got a 30" barreled FAIR Verona 28 ga. that is equally as quick handling on flushing birds.

Long-legged indeed! I was shooting my "long legged" version (32-inch '01 Ithaca NIG) yesterday on trap and it performed flawlessly (I suspected it might).

At almost 9-lbs I'm glad I didn't have to haul it very far, but for performance on clay targets (one must "float it" a bit and shoot at the birdie's feet) it's nearly ideal for me.

Pretty good looking chorus line of long legged gals you got there Stan!! Of all of them I would have to say number one in the line with that straight stock would be my pick. Thanks for posting the photo. BTW, what Dickinson do you have that you are awaiting the fore grip for??

Perry, I have a Dickinson Estate .410 with 30" barrels. It has a beautifully shaped splinter fore-end, slender and long, that I always thought needed an ebony "triangular" inlay at the tip to complete its appearance. I sent it to Mark Larson a couple months ago and he did the deed. According to tracking, it should be back home in about a week. Re: the first in the lineup, if I don't trade it on something I will use more before spring, I'll probably offer it for sale. It's a great gun, but I just could never get to like the ergonomics of the straight grip on it.

Here's a couple more pics of it.

Stanton, could your being a better shot with 32" barrels be something like the Dumbo feather syndrome ?

To each, his own. I can understand and won't argue against anyone's choice of long barrels, but for myself, I had better luck with 60 CM open choke barrels. It depends on the game and the habitat.
Mike.

I have to admit that I had to look that one up, Daryl. I was unfamiliar with Dumbo's syndrome.

I believe it has everything to do with swing dynamics. Longer barrels move part of the mass of the gun outwards which, in effect, increases the effort to start the gun moving, but more importantly help keep the barrel moving at the shot. Stopping the gun is just easier with shorter barreled guns, for me. I fell in love with long barrels when I was but a very young adult. My Dad gave me a new 1100, 12 ga., for my 16th b'day. It had a 26" IC barrel. I learned to shoot it well. But, I wanted a choice of chokes for the variety of bird hunting I did/do. Remember, this was before screw-in chokes were available. So, I saved my money and bought a 28" Modified barrel, and a 30" Full barrel. Over the years I found myself gravitating to the 30", with the tight choke, more and more. I learned the importance of a smooth swing, and follow through at the shot. I think that the longer barrel made that easier for me, and it just "stuck".

When I began shooting sporting clays seriously, and joined the NSCA in order to compete in the big events and be eligible for class "punches", I used the 1100 and the 30" barrel until I literally shot it to pieces. The magazine tube came out of the receiver, was resoldered, and came out again. I retired it and bought a Valmet 412 O/U with 32" tubes. I really began to get better. Then, the old Perazzi was offered to me, with 31 1/2" tubes and I used it until I made it to Master class. Then, in about a year I began to lose interest in tournaments and the huge expense they had become. I'll keep that old MX8 until I am too feeble to shoot it anymore.

I grew up shooting doves and ducks, primarily. Follow through is obviously more important on them than on flushing birds. Had I grown up only shooting quail and woodcock I might have likely stuck with shorter barrels all my life, which would have been a handicap for me in sporting clays competition. Anyway, at my age I am not about to try to "mend my ways" in order to use shorter barreled shotguns. I love the way long barreled guns feel, perform for me, and look. I've got 'em, and I like 'em.

Thanks for asking. Keep warm!

Maybe it all has to do with “I believe”. My unexpected love for the 26” 20 ga pushed so many longer barreled guns away. I was surprised.

Yeah, maybe. Me and thousands of top clay sport and pigeon shooters around the world. 😉

Of course, Stanton, I do not shoot clay sports or pigeons, just pheasants, sharptails, dessert quail, and Huns. Clay sports are not something I enjoy, except on a casual basis, nothing competitive. All are shot from a low gun position, if that is the proper term. Lots of competition
guns out there with a myriad of alterations. My thought was that a certain gun can change my beliefs about what a gun “should” be.

I agree totally, Daryl.

I thought I wanted to marry a blonde, until I met my dream girl, 54 years ago.

No regrets.

Stan, I guess I should not ask for pictures. Lucky you.

Just for Daryl . . . .

Sophomore year of college, 1970



A couple years ago with our youngest son and our granddaughter

Thank you. Great pics Lucky fellow.

Thanks for the reply and the photos Stanton. That is a good looking piece and when you said it might be for sale I immediately went back to the original photo description to check the gauge and saw it was indeed a 12. That cooled me off!! I have shot 12 gauge a good portion of my life but as I approach 77 years of age next month I have gravitated steadily toward smaller bores. I started my changeover with 20, then my wonderful 16's (Dickinson SxS, new style Browning A5, and a pristine model 12), then on to the 28, and now also will include the .410. My latest .410 acquisition was a Turkish made SxS and a Remington 1100. Of course, I shoot upland birds primarily with a few doves thrown in. I will probably never buy another 12 gauge, unless of course I find one I just can not live without!! Thanks again for posting.

I understand the "sequence", Perry. I'm gravitating more towards sub-gauges but I'm a dyed-in-the-wool duck hunter, so 12 gauges will be in my stable until I give it up someday.

That particular gun was bought from Jay Schacter back before he coined "Vintage Arms" as a business name. It was his personal duck gun.

Best wishes in this New Year, brother.

Stan is a lucky man in more ways than not

I understand all y'all's sentiments about being lucky, but I prefer to say that I am blessed. If you know, you know.

Thanks for all the responses. SRH

I agree 100% with the blessed terminology Stanton. I am blessed far beyond my wildest imagination.