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Unread 03-07-2019, 02:22 AM   #21
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This little sterly feels great, and I think I will like it on flushing birds, quail, snipe etc. i have quite a collection of small bore 24” and 26” guns, as I prefer those for flushing and snap shooting.
I'm with you in the short barrel bird choked guns or atleast what was referred to as bird chokes when we were all young IC/M .

Now what I'd really really really like are Parker EH 10's with factory original 24" and 26" barrels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG I need to excuse myself I was thinking about EH 10's with those short barrels and REALLY got excited LOL's !
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I may have found my 410 hammer gun. There is an Army & Navy with 30 inch barrels available
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I may have found my 410 hammer gun. There is an Army & Navy with 30 inch barrels available
go get it!
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I await the return call as the seller is out of town.
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Won't say I'm immune as a matter of fact up until the last 10 or so years I liked the idea of ejector guns . ESPECIALLY on grouse and or dove guns (thinking I needed to be able to reload a lot quicker don't you know LOL's) . Now speed in reloading is not quite as important to me as being able to hang on to the empties . 10 and 16 gauge hulls are hard enough to get so I darn sure don't wanna throw them on the ground and possibly loose them or forget to pick them up .

When I first played the skeet and trap games I was saving every hull I shot regardless of how many times I'd shot it . Later in my competitive career I took great joy in cracking my K-32 open and watching the hulls fly regardless of whether they'd been reloaded ten times or were factory new
I came by my disdain of ejector guns honestly. My Dad reloaded religiously. He would dole out shells to my brother and I at the start of any hunt....dove ducks or quail, generally a box of 25 at a time. At the end of the hunt, we were expected to return as many empties as we shot. If the count was off, off we would be sent to look for the missing hull, although it was acceptable in those cases to return any spent shell. Cows had a thing for trying to eat those paper hulls for some reason, and on top of that, my Dad would try and get as many loadings of those old Alcan paper hulls as possible!
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The 20ga Sterlingworth is the best buy in vintage American small bore SXS's in my opinion. If you keep your nose to the ground high condition examples with ejectors are available for under 2K and most weight under 6 lbs. A similar condition VHE would set you back $4K or more.

Be very, very quiet my friend about the smallbore Foxes. They are the best handling smallbores I have ever shot and their prices have'nt caught up with Parkers........yet!
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I may have found my 410 hammer gun. There is an Army & Navy with 30 inch barrels available
You are cracking me up Brother. Earlier in this thread you were staying away from the websites and if you could just make it through the Southern you were golden. You are a real Rock. Thank goodness I'm not weak like that.
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You are cracking me up Brother. Earlier in this thread you were staying away from the websites and if you could just make it through the Southern you were golden. You are a real Rock. Thank goodness I'm not weak like that.
I think I need an intervention.
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I'll admit that I'm WEAK and I NEED an intervention. I have failed the 12 step program so many times I'm not even allowed to participate anymore. BUT a 30 inch barreled 410 hammer gun is akin to a 32 inch 20 besides it's not that expensive compared to a $50K Purdey

The only other gun that might be of interest is a DH/DHE Damascus 20 simply because I have a couple of GH/GHE's and a CHE.
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My current big interest is remodeling the gun room. Better display, convenient cleaning station and good place to sit are part of the developing plan.
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