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Welcome aboard, Eric. Beautiful gun and bird. Looking forward to your photos. Gil
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Welcome aboard scollopax. Very interested to hear more about your hunting experiences in Sweden.
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Most interesting that they can shoot doves in Sweden, Ted. I'd sure be interested in hearing more about what dove species it is and how they go about it, whether there are large concentrations or if it is just "pot" luck kind of hunting for them. I wonder if it is the Eurasion Collared Dove which has become an invasive species here, and which we can shoot at will.
SRH Ask, and you shall receive. I have a care package being mailed from Minnesota to Sweden on Monday for Eric. I wish it were easier to get factory support to help keep the old Darne guns running, but, I'm guessing that horse has left the barn. I have no evidence they are building guns at this time. One can use and shoot a Darne with a broken trigger return spring, but, we all like our guns to work as designed. Perhaps this photo should be in a separate catagory, titled "Photos that bummed you out, 2017", but, here is the root of the problem with Eric's gun: I have great confidence it will be fixed shortly. Best, Ted
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Winding down pics from our excursion, here is my shooting mentor and friend Steve evaluating the sales pitch from James, himself a sales specialist: And one of Canvasback and Fourtrax, your guess as good as mine:
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Ted, just curious. If Darne is not building guns and they aren't repairing guns, what are they doing? Busy being insolvent?
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Actually, Steve Voss was momentarily stunned by the brilliance of what I had just said and was wracking his brain for a suitable response. And Fourtrax had just admitted that yes, SxS are much better than the pumps he had been using.
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During mid-day while on a Red Deer hunt, a German Forester set me up to shoot Collared Dove( Ring Tauben) from a blind at a mud hole on a forest road. He knew they "watered" there. Also from time to time, while hunting small game on drive hunts, a flock of doves might fly over and we would shoot( these were more like pigeon size). If they were multi colored we wouldn't shoot, for fear of hitting someone's Homing Pigeon( flying these was fairly popular in the area). Mike
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Ted, just curious. If Darne is not building guns and they aren't repairing guns, what are they doing? Busy being insolvent? James, I will admit, that I don't know, exactly. Hervé Bruchet was bought out by a firm known as Fort Royal, a French company that was interested in keeping French artisans of all types producing heirloom quality items for a home market. A quick read of the Fort Royal website shows nothing about the Darne guns, however, they used to be there. The Bruchet website seems to be on autopilot. My understanding of the Fort Royal organization is that money is not a problem, and never will be. Geoffroy threw in the towel as US importer just after the purchase, and told me he doesn't believe the new owner had full grasp of just what he had bought. People outside of France who contact (more like attempt to contact) the company report no response. I did notice that the Bruchet website has no mention of the Petrik designed O/U that was in production from about when Geoffroy got out. There is a truly ugly single trigger Blitz action O/U in it's place, and I've got to believe when you ramp up to produce something like the Petrik, and it isn't listed a few short years later, something has gone terribly wrong. Full disclosure, I, too, threw in the towel as US importer, and while I wish them the best of luck, I have my doubts a company producing a gun that unique can make it from where we are today. Best, Ted
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Ted, as a former importer and distributor of products, often sporting related, I have seen up close numerous examples of companies being bought and the new owners being either aimless or clueless....or with a plan in mind that may be good for them but ruins said company. My favorite example involves three footwear companies...Etonic of the US, Tretorn from Sweden and Puma, the German giant. What a tangled web. But that's a different subject. You've answered my question....thanks.
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Actually, Steve Voss was momentarily stunned by the brilliance of what I had just said and was wracking his brain for a suitable response. And Fourtrax had just admitted that yes, SxS are much better than the pumps he had been using. Or he's pleading to keep that little Frenchy since the French can no longer be bothered building guns for people who are not French.
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