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Unread 01-29-2019, 01:51 PM   #21
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From everything that I hear and read the best buys right now in doubles are in English boxlocks. But, there were many makers, Evans being one of the better know and They are still in Business.
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Sorry to hear you will be sending this great gun "down the road". Even though my Parkers ring my bell more than some others, I like to keep my guns for the long haul, regardless of their pedigree. I shot my Evans sidelock Sunday at our sporting clays rendezvous and experienced some outstanding stations. Then I returned to my local club and broke in my new 20 gauge Trojan. Neither are going "down the road" soon.
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I recently said goodbye to a Charles Boswell best boxlock 20. A nice gun that deserved more use than it was getting from me.

The English were on to something with the light 12's. I
am not a 12 gauge guy but a Purdey light game gun at just over 6lbs with 27 inch barrels choked .004 & .008 is a dream with RST 2 inch shells
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I would also like a light Purdey, but it would just duplicate the characteristics of my pair of sidelock Evans guns at 6 pounds, 6 ounces. However, I would be a sucker for a 30" 1 1/4 ounce proof hammerless Purdey pigeon gun. These guns are usually in the 7 1/4 to 7 1/2 pound range.
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Its a great gun. I just don't shoot it and it just takes up space in the safe. I am much more prone to keep my parkers in the rotation then grab it. I would just get more enjoyment out of the nice parker that could be sitting there rather than the evans currently.

Anyway we shall see.

Light 12s are nice. The first DH I bought from Dave Fjeline was I believe 6 3/4 lbs with 28" barrels on a 1 frame and that thing was a joy to shoot.
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Bill if I got rid of the guns I don't shoot often the safe would be a pretty bare place
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I only have a few 12 ga English guns the Greener Pigeon gun and my Boss round action that has 27" barrels and weights 6 and half pounds, its a joy to shoot and carry. Feels like you are carrying a twenty gauge.
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"A Boss gun? A Boss gun? Bloody beautiful but too bloody expensive!" - King George VI
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What would the king think of a Boss 20ga hammer gun
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