Sage advice from Don Amos AKA “Rocketman”
"Shoot what fits you, what you shoot well, and what you enjoy shooting. If you find a gun that fits all three of these…never, but never, sell it!"
And if none of the above applies, sell it and save yourself the frustration and money. Trying to make it right rarely works.
Or buy yourself a trap gun with adjustable everything and spend hours trying to make it 'just right' instead of shooting. Did that...and sold it with joy in my heart
Yep.
I made the mistake of selling a gun I shot well once - a Thomas Wild hammer gun made in the 1930s, and set up as a live bird gun. I broke 30 clays in row on the old Yooper Shoot "pigeon ring" two years running (no, not all 30 ribbons fell in the ring) with it. I traded it in 2008 to Cabelas for an Arrieta that was pretty, but that i never shot well...and I've been looking for another for years.
The same gun turned up at an auction a few weeks ago...I thought it was a similar gun, but looking at photos of the one I'd owned, noticed it had the same serial number...
So I went after it hard and bought it back yesterday. This time, it'll get a proper pad (I shot it with a Galco slip on before) and a permanent spot in the safe.
