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Hi Mike, the caliber is 7mm-08. The gun was made in 1990 according to Ruger. It's not a common caliber in this model (the RSI) not many made in 7mm-08. I like her, has shot a few deer for me in the past as well.
apachecadillac, thanks for the kind words also. Yep my boys are the best partners a guy can have, very proud of them both.
Best!
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Last edited by Tim Frazier; 11/12/14 07:49 PM.
"Not all who wander are Lost"
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Mr. Frazier: That doesn't' look like a M17. Is that a lightweight?
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Yes, it's a 1947 16ga 31L opened up to .004 @ a mere 5 1/2 lbs. It's the angle of death in the hands of a good friend of mine!
Last edited by Tim Frazier; 11/12/14 08:15 PM.
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Tim, hope you had either AAA or heavy duty jumper cables for the truck.  Gil
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My season has only been open for a few days so I have only been a couple of times. This was the first bird of the season. Hopefully there will be a few more.  I was shooting a cheap 70'e era 20 gauge from Spain. I call it my "boat gun". My boat is rough on guns so this is the one I sacrificed for days when I have to hunt from the boat. 
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The second day I hunted I carried a lightweight 1930's 20 gauge Belgian guild gun. I got it last year and have only used it a couple of days so we are still getting used to one another. 
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Snipe - what do you do with those little jobbies? Breast them, grill them whole, or something else?
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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Doverham, I've spent almost forty years trying different ways to eat them. These days most of them get breasted out, sprinkled with Tony Chachere's creole seasoning, and wrapped in a piece of bacon. A few for an appetiser or a bunch for a meal. For the last couple of years I have given away a hundred or so to a country church in the area for their wild game dinner. They deep fry them there and the people eating them probably couldn't tell you the difference between them and dove.
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I'd really like to try Snipe hunting sometime. Great pic's!
Thanks!
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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