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What would yours be? Gauge, chokes?
Mine would be a Purdey 20 bore with 29" barrels choked 1/4 and 3/4
Mike Proctor
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This is a subject that comes up periodically and my answer remains unchanged. My 1st decent shotgun was and still is a Fox Sterlingworth 12 ga with 28" barrels and chocked modified and full which I've now owned for over 40 years. I successfully hunted everything from Pheasants,Quail,ducks and even deer with it for several years as I couldn't afford to buy additional guns. I also shot trap and skeet with it as well!
If I had to go back to owning just this one gun I would not feel deprived in any way.
Jim
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My RBL Lightweight 12 w/30" vent rib bbls. w/choke tubes, pistol grip, beavertail, single trigger, 3" chambers(ouch), 7 1/2 lbs.
It is a real killer gun. Not ideal for some things, but what would it not be suitable for?
JR
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God bless America, long live the Republic.
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Your's is a good choice. It is one I would not like to make as I have too many wants. If I did it would be my 16ga SxS SLE 27in Barrels, 6 lbs 4oz.
I have tried hard to narrow my personal battery of shotguns to three guns. A light 16 BLE (greener FH50) a medium 16, and a heavy 12 SxS SLE. Unfortunately other guns keep slipping into my safe.
I am convinced the search for the ultimate gun is like the the search for the holy grail. It is really about the search, not the finding.
Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS
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Parker VH12, 30", steel barrels, cylinder and full, double triggers, splinter forend, 7 1/2 pounds (on the lighter end of the Parker VH12 weight spectrum), with swivels and strap, "shooter" condition. But that is because while I bird hunt a lot I also like to shoot clays.
If I wasn't going to shoot clays I would go with a Parker VH16, 28" barrels, cylinder and full, 5-3/4 pounds (on the lightest side of the VH16 spectrum), double triggers, splinter forend, "shooter" condition.
Best,
Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 10/03/12 11:52 AM.
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My choice would be a "decent" side lock 16 bore with 2 sets of barrels. one at 26" bored ic/mod and the second one at 28 or 29" bored mod/full. Splinter fore end and straight grip with double triggers checkered butt and case hardened receiver.
Vern
Every true upland hunter should, in his lifetime, have one good shotgun and one good bird dog.
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If I could only have one shotgun (there are a lot of liberals who are convinced that one is a good start toward zero) it wouldn't be a double.
Ithaca 12 gauge 37 pump, with a 30" barrel, a 26" barrel, 22" rifled barrel, and an 18" barrel with ghost ring sights. It would work for more things than John's RBL.
Granted, it would suffice, but, I'd feel strange letting a two-legged varmint have it in the chest with a load out of a 20 gauge Purdey.
Pragmatic is my middle name.
Best,
Ted
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My Dickson boxlock in XXV configuration.
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My 870 Wingmaster Magnum 12 with real checkering, 28" RemChoke barrel. Works for everything from doves to hogs.
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A variation of Ted's M37 made by the Upper Sandusky folks. I'd want one plain barrel, 28", with interchangeable chokes and a Deerslayer barrel--both barrels chambered for 3". Gil
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