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I am sentimentally fond of this shotgun. I wouldn't color it again though. It's a 16 ga Ithaca Crass. I enjoy hunting with black powder cartridges, so it gets the nod, today. Tomorrow? Prolly a different one. 
Out there doing it best I can.
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Wingshooter, what is that brown THING behind you gun and stool?...Geo That is my self-propelled four paw drive thorn/thistle/sticker magnet. Amazing what she picks up- once in a while it even has feathers.
Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes
Consistency is the currency of credibility
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1911 16g new-fangled Armour steel OOE Smith; replaced now with a 29" 1906 damascus OE. I am of the opinion that a pre-1913 "farm implement" 16g Smith with 28-30" barrels is upland utility, grace and elegance defined.  Armour- or Armor Steel, Drewbie? I thought that only the Limeys added the superfluous vowel "U" to words that really do NOT need it- Honor, Color, armor, etc. Of course, then there is "Whiskey" versus Whisky" for those of us than enjoy a bourbon and branch water après the shoot..
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Like all my favorite now dead gunning mentors (from reading their books: George Bird Evans, Nash Buckingham, Paul A. Curtis, Ray P. Holland and others as well of those long-gone generations, I am a 12 gauge man- The other gauges are fine I suppose, (except the .410 bore guns) but I'll take a 12 sidelock with RST light loads (L.C. Smiths are my vade mecum)DT, possibly ejectors-- except for waterfowling and steel shot- then a Model 12 is my choice-
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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GLS, what is the purpose or reason for the cut-out in the stock, and what does the other side look like? Thomas Turner made "lightweight" 12's by symmetrically scalloping both sides of the stock and by utilizing a stub forend. The 28" barreled gun weighs 6 lbs, 1 oz. and was made between 1875-1887.
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Why yes, I agree completely with what Steve Smith wrote about gauges in "Reflections"! My favorite gauge(s) is/are all of them...Geo
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AH Fox SP grade 20 gauge w/28" barrels. If I feel real sporty for ducks I'll carry a Husqvarna model 52 16 gauge. 
Mike C
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For me it has to be a 12 gauge and to be specific, a sidelock Greener. Its still the most versatile. I can load anything from 3/4 oz. on up to 1 1/8.
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16 or 20 gauge Fox will do anything I want to do in the upland. That said, this custom 12 gauge Fox can do a lot of things: 
foxes rule
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