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Stan, did you get a chance to use your 32" BE on ducks in Arkansas this season?
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No, Jim, I didn't. I had some bismuth loaded up for it but the ducks were so wary, it being so late in the season, that I realized the shots would be a bit longish and I used a 3" chambered S x S to do the work. I could have killed a few with the BE, but decided discretion was the better part of valor.
It will be ready for the early season this fall. Would like to pattern the bismuth in it before actually making meat, anyway. I did kill a pile of doves with it though. Thanks for asking.
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Last edited by Stan; 01/27/15 04:00 PM.
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Season ends tomorrow. We had a good day today. 
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Dang, GLS, I'm afraid to ask what happened to the buttstock on that gun. Mercy...
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GLS, is that a "Turner" stock double? I have seen that style of stock done to remove as much wood as possible to get total gun weight down to featherlight levels. The last one I saw was marked Turner and have to be just over five pounds which was about what my 2" weighted at the time.
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John, it's a Thomas Turner Lightweight 12 made between 1875-1887 on a Westley Richards action. He specialized in making lightweight 12 gauges by scalloping the stock and shortening the forend in an effort to shave weight. 6 lbs., 1 oz., 28" Damascus barrels. 
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Wow. New to me. Thanks.
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Crane season ends tomorrow in Texas, so one of the lease members and I made sure to get out and do battle with the B 52's of the bird world. Smart, mean, and fast learners:  
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That is what I thought. Turner made lovely wands. The one I held was a lightweight wand which had good balance and would have been a delight to carry. Not so much fun to shoot a hundred clay targets or live birds. Its weight may have been more towards six pounds than five as I did not have scales with me to check it with, but it was a very trim gun in all ways.
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Wingshooter, we shoot a few Sand Hills in Saskatchewan every year. Our favorite name for them is Flying Sirloin. Good eating! Glad to see you guys are taking a few as well...Geo
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