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Mike,
It sounds as if things have come around full circle for you. It's great that you have found it, and I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of it.
I may have found mine, however it's so much fun to keep looking!
Karl
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One shotgun? Unacceptable!...Geo
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Of guns I don’t own it would be a Steven Grant sidelock hammerless or hammer gun in 12 bore. If restricted to guns I do own it would be my Winchester model 12, 28 Ga. Skeet gun if I could return to 1966 with my case of 7 1/2 shells and my case of 6 or 5’s I got each Christmas. Lead shot legal, 1200 acres of woods, creek bottom and fresh water swamp which turns into salt water marsh. And in 1966 we had tons of quail, Dove, timber doodles, wood ducks, teal, late season ducks and a fair number of geese. Hell, keep the guns, just let me walk through the woods and marsh to see birds in that number again.
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At this time it is with The Stock Doctor getting a fresh up.
I will not have it back till the Southern Side by Side event.
My good friend came across this find a few months ago. It is a 1921 Purdey 20 bore with single trigger, third bite and clip face.
It has a set of 29" and 28" barrels by Purdey and a set of 25" barrels made to fit by Westly Richards.
He was looking to sell as he was moving in to a new home.
He took my 12 bore Purdey on trade and some cash.
KY John, i would just settle to go back to 1966
Mike Proctor
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Wow--maybe I have "missed a bet" here. I have a 1939 era M12 28 gauge, 28" mod. solid rib barrel-- Never thought about using it for waterfowl. Do they make a non-toxic loads for the "sub-bore" gauges? You were lucky in 1966 to live in a game rich area with such a variety. I know where I was in 1966- and it wasn't Stateside either. The only "shotguns" were the 12 gauge Riot models (20" cyl. bore) and the M79 "Thumper" single shot- neither a good choice for ducks or quail-- RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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RWTF, you can always roll your own nontox.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Interesting thread and I'm glad it got resurrected. I somehow missed it first go around.
To begin with, I'm with George and a few others....unacceptable premise. LOL
However, if I had to pick just one (that I know about) I would probably go for a Lindner Charles Daly Model 275 Diamond Quality in 12 gauge that was a slightly sub (but just barely) 7 pound gun. I'd look for 29 or 30" barrels. And I'd have a leather covered pad on it. Way too much to figure out choke set up right now. LOL.
If I was picking one from my safe and dumping the rest, it would be my MF Ideal 6R EE. 12 gauge. 29" barrels. 6 pounds 9 oz. High quality barrels. Beautiful to look at, easy to carry. The round action a model of simplicity. As close to an all round hunting gun as I can imagine.
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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I agree. Stumbled on it and thought it was worth a 2nd go around and might also turn up some dreams that were realized. Thanks, Mike, for starting it and glad yours was one. I’ll be watching for those Purdey pictures.
And Elmer meant and said, “yards”. I take the blame for “years”.
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Don’t believe I could go down to one.
Always thought four was an ideal battery. One superlight (sub 5 1/4), one 6lb 16, one back up 6lb 16, and one heavyweight 7 to 8 lb gun (16 or 12)
I am unable to live by those limits with about 15 or so doubles again having once gotten down to four a few years ago.
To answer the original question if I could only have one?
A 16ga Purdey, with two sets of barrels (27 & 29), deep relief Celtic engraved, fitted to me. (Just a dream as I could not afford it)
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No "biggie" I have Elmer's book on shotguns incoming, got lucky with Jim C.'s list and jumped right in. Forgot he was a big fan of 16 gauges with long barrels and tight chokes- but 55 yard pheasants-- maybe overhead driven birds, where the vitals are in view of the gunner- but wild flushing birds (rough shooting) I doubt the clean kills at that extreme yardage.. RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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