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Jimmy, I'll bet they sell golf gloves in Ohio. (Better hillbilly solution than a real shooting glove. I know, because I use them and live in Iowa--which some snobs in the East confuse with Ohio.) The one on your leading hand, if the gun has a splinter, will protect the bluing, keep from burning your pinkies (unless you're doing something REAL rapid-fire), and prevent slippage. Always glad to help out a resident of a state that can't decide whether it's in the Midwest or the East. Personally, I think of Ohio as America's Middle East. 
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IMO, there is no practical advantage to a splinter forend. OTOH, I like to see what I'm shooting at, hit what I'm shooting at, and do it without getting burned. For those reasons, I find there is a practical advantage to a minimalist semi-beavertail (fat splinter?) I'm happy to admire the lines of other people's straight grips and splinter forends, but I think mine have a fairly graceful bellyline from tip to toe. And when it comes to hitting consistently, I've found no equal.   
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Mr. Campbell, that is a handsome compromise. I would enjoy shooting your gun at the flurry stage of the UP SxS Classic.
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Thanks. While the stocks work fine for flurry shoots, the extractors are a bit of a disadvantage. 
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I'd still choose it, just for style points.
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Mike, while I admire your custom Sterlingworth and all you say it is and can do, I think the 'operator' of that fine weapon may claim the greater percentage of achieved success. I've seen you shoot and been on the defeated team.
Dean
(the "Cookie Lady's" lesser half)
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Aw shucks, Dean.  What is that lovely ladie's name again? Tell me, please, and give her my best.
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It's a matter of personal choice. Much like choosing between seeing and holding a beautiful girl in a bikini, or wrapped up in a fur coat. I'll take the bikini... and the splinter forend.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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I'll take the babe in the fur coat - and the straight-wrist double-rifle with the splinter forend. In 16-bore please. Babe can be a milky pale bright green eyed redhead. Sable coat. It's a matter of personal choice. Much like choosing between seeing and holding a beautiful girl in a bikini, or wrapped up in a fur coat. I'll take the bikini... and the splinter forend. Cheers Tinker
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Nice pics Mike. I rest my case. And to the rest of you women who squat when you pee, there's a cosmetics sale at Walmart this weekend. Better get there early. HA!! Women!!
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