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Many people here have a whole safe full of SxS or other nice doubles. However, when it is really time to put some birds down, what do you reach for. What is the go to gun. I do most of my hunting with a Fox SW 16.
Whats yours?
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26" after-market barreled m12 w/ Colonial Arms screwins and a very high Monte Carlo stock. Rabbits, birds, doesn't make any difference. This is one I can hit with short and long. It is not always a pleasure to carry.
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Parker VHE 20ga, 28" barrels choked skeet/light modified. If it is upland birds this gun gets it done.
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20g. 1922 Trojan quail gun: .000 and .007 (C/IC) 6#
16g. 1911 OOE Elsie all-around clays and birds gun: .006 and .014 (Imp/Mod) 6 ½#
12g. 1913 Sterly late season pheasant and fun trap: .015 and .035 (Lt Mod/Full) 7 ½#
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William Cashmore 12 bore double hammer.
Killed a couple ducks and whole bunch of pheasants this weekend.
I have a bunch of doubles to fall back on, but that's the one that does it all.
Brent
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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My go-to or as I call it meat-in-the-pot gun is my 1914-vintage Fox 12-gauge A-grade with a straight grip and 28-inch Krupp 3-weight barrels. It left North 18th Street & Windrim Avenue with both barrels choked improved modified, but I had the right barrel opened to improved cylinder 40 years ago. 
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Model 1912 20 guage circa 1913 25 inch barrel honed out to a tight imp cyl. Butt stock replaced with one circa 1953. I only use it for ruffed grouse, put and take phesants and cottontails. This gun is an extension of my arm and eye. It is the best fitting gun I have ever owned.(Including 0 frame Parker 16 guage, 16 guage 409 Beretta and assorted O/U Berettas.
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Go to gun is a 14ga. muzzleloading SxS. Probably made in the 1850-60's. Next gun is a 12ga.Baker Leader that is now choked IC and mod.
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Go to gun for quail, pheasants, sharptails, huns, and grouse has been a Ruger Red Label .20 for the last 14 years.
But I'm moving the .16's in my safe to the front this year.
Nitro Special that my Dad started quail hunting with in the late 40's.
An L.C. Smith that my Uncle owned that I had restocked.
And finally a Browning Sweet 16 that Dad bought in the 50's. I bought a new vent rib barrel for it in the 70's.
Me? I never miss. This new breed of quail can fly with their hearts shot out!
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