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Unread 05-07-2017, 01:08 PM   #1
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Just putting the finishing touches on this Browning A-5. This is a 16 gauge semi-automatic.
It came from the FN factory in Belgium, and is considered a Grade 1 without any scroll work which makes it a perfect canvas to cover with game scenes.
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Very nice!!

What is the bird on the rear of the "hump"?





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Dean,
I think that is a Sora Rail, however I could be wrong.

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Carolina rail; the Sora has a more clipped beak, similar to that of a cardinal.
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Jack is right it;s a Sora Rail. J.J.
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Could be a Sora/Carolina rail hybrid in need of a rhinoplasty. J.J, is this the 16 ga. FN A-5 I sold you with the solid rib Cyl barrel? If so, please have ready by Sept. 1 - saw the 'Rail Man' at a picnic on the upper Patuxent yesterday and he said the Jug Bay marsh is loading up with wild rice! My skiffs and poles will be soaked and ready around 28 AUG. Have permission to put in at either Pig Point or the Railroad Marsh. Stock up on RST #10 shot spreader loads. ("No choke is too open and no shot size is too small" - Gerry Parsons, 1991).
They are gone by the first frost - last year on the Maurice River (NJ) we hit the last of the full migration the end of the last week in September. Four boats out killed 58 rail (all Sora) on a late afternoon tide. (They jump better in the morning). Kind of like sinkbox shooting, its an iconic form of gunning - all true gunners should do it at least once before they die.

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Railbird shooting is an iconic form of gunning - all true gunners should do it at least once before they die.

It's been on my bucket list for many years - someday (it's always "someday" isn't it?) I will...






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Kevin,Yes this is the 16 ga.you sold me I'll have it ready for the next Chantilly Gun Show. J.J.
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J.J. that will be great - can't wait to see it! (I'll bring along a couple of extra Norvasc in case I swoon). Great gun!!
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Dean,

It's on my bucket list too.

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