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Sidelock
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Benelli SBE..Heresy I know..
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Sidelock
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This one:  F.lli Piotti, BSEE Lusso, 16 gauge, 29" bbls.
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Sidelock
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Although I have used others my 7˝lb Lefever 12ga FE with a set of Italian 26" bbls choked .012/.025 has served as my #1 go to gun for the past 43 years. I highly suspect if all the guns I own except one had to go, it'd stay. There's not much game that can be taken with a shotgun that it isn't capable of taking. Those exceptions require a very special purpose gun, not suitable for much variety. This would include both the little'uns & the extra big'uns.
One thing is for certain for a one only gun, I have no desire for anything but a double, unless we perhaps wanted to include a nicely balanced drilling. Personally I don't think when we start having it with 5 sets of bbls we are really meeting the criteria of the question.
Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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 It would be my 1925 W.C Scott 2 & 3/4", 12 ga. sidelock ejector with 30" barrels and .035 thousands choke in each barrel.
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I'd have to keep my Funk drilling in 12ga over 8x57. Steve
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It would be my 1925 W.C Scott 2 & 3/4", 12 ga. sidelock ejector with 30" barrels and .035 thousands choke in each barrel. Yesiree- Wonder if the late Ernest Hemingway's W and C Scott 12 with 30" barrels was set up like this one--love to "smoke" pigeons with it- .035" both barrels-- nuthin' but "Dust In The Wind"!!
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Only one gun?
I try not to dwell on such unpleasantries.
SRH
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I agree Stan. Only one gun, what a horrible thought. But if I could only have one it would have to be Dad's 1889 Remington 10 bore. When I die I want to take it with me. If I go to heaven I'll need it for those endless cornfields full of pheasant. If I go to hell I'll stick it up the devils behind and pull both triggers.
Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.
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My old quail hunting buddy passed over about 15 years ago. He was much older than I, having been a cotton buyer for a factor in Augusta in his younger days. He actually bought cotton from my great-grandmother!
His son buried him with his 20 ga. graded Parker, dressed in his bird hunting clothes. I told him it was the most unselfish thing I had ever heard of. I sure miss Mr. Tom.
SRH
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I have to agree with jOe. It would have to be a 12 gauge, side clips if possible, a lot of choke, some case colors left on the receiver. Pigeon guns are the only guns that are truly all purpose. Just for carrying, it should be around seven pounds, kind of a rarity in pigeon guns. I have a Cogswell and a pair of Evans guns that fit the bill. They are game guns, not pigeon guns, but we can't have everything.
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