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Stan what would you order as a custom .410?
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A Dickinson with the same dimensions as the one in that photo, but the Prestige model with French gray action and engraving, high grade walnut, a gold inlaid dove and quail somewhere on it, and a gold "shield" on the belly of the buttstock with my initials. I'd have to give the chokes a lot of thought, but I'd specify 3" long forcing cones ahead of the chambers.
One more thing ...... I'd order 30 1/2" barrels. Just because I could.
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Stan, that's exactly the configuration I spec'd a couple months ago. $7,300.00 and a year wait.
The 3600 for the engraving was the killer on the deal.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Wow! Was that from Dickinson? I'd not have thought the engraving would be that much.
Killer is right.
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The photo I saw of the Prestige locks on the Dickinson website look to be high quality, very good metal:metal fit. Surprising they can sell a sidelock for $3995, but I guess the Spanish are doing it too.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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I had an enjoyable armed walk with shots fired today in the woodcock woods. Symbolic of our success, are two chicken eggs as I couldn't find a goose egg. Or the two of us laid eggs. Owning a Harris Tweed hat didn't make me shoot like one of the tweeded set. I had the company of another forum member who would rather my dogs keep quiet about the misses. Once again, they did their job quite well. Gil
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The fact that Gil and I came home empty-handed certainly had nothing to do with the dog work. Willa and Abby provided us with several solid points, with a bird there every time.......five separate birds and seven flushes total. It's not that woodcock are hard to hit ...........it's just that they're so darn easy to miss. SRH
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I wouldn't go into those cane-breaks Gil hunts woodcock in without a GPS chained to one arm and a Epirb chained to the other one...Geo
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I wouldn't go into those cane-breaks Gil hunts woodcock in without a GPS chained to one arm and a Epirb chained to the other one...Geo All I've got to remember is to stay in sight of Gil ...........he's carrying all that stuff. If all else fails remember that all sloughs lead to the river .............but you may have to try the other direction if you end up on the hill the first time. SRH
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The photo I saw of the Prestige locks on the Dickinson website look to be high quality, very good metal:metal fit. Surprising they can sell a sidelock for $3995, but I guess the Spanish are doing it too. Buzz, the metal to metal fitting even on my low end model is outstanding. The ejectors are fitted so closely to each other they look like a one piece extractor. You have to look closely in good light too see the line between them. Yet they slide individually as slick as glass. I think a good hand-rubbed oil finish on the wood will make it look much better, but I've found no flaws in the fit and function. SRH
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