Originally Posted By: Geo. Newbern
I've hunted over a few reconditioned wood decoys, but never have had a full rig of them. One sunk.

Taking valuable antique duck decoys hunting is about like using a Cadillac Escalade for a woods truck. Too much depreciation...Geo


I use a pigeon grade model 42 as my first choice for dove and most sporting clay shooting. It is still high condition but not mint. So I understand about depreciation by using it. Not as extravagant as your example but close to many. But I dont abuse it and bought it to shout. Not sit in some safe as a safe queen. This one is real but I know that there are many that are nit. There are a large number of upgraded 42s that are all now mint condition pigeon grade guns. So the end is not net for them.