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Unread 04-19-2017, 01:49 PM   #21
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Daryl's gun is even better in person--and he shoots it well. .i have a liitle J. Manton 20 ga hammer gun( Belgian) w/ 30" twist barrels and it is my. favorite gun to shoot sporting clays with--and I have taken several limits of grouse and pheasants with it also
I have a Thomas Bland 28 gauge (back action) that I use for woodcock, a Cogswell and Harrison 16 gauge (back action) -- 30 inch barrels and under 6 lbs, and two Whistlers 12 gauges. I use them for quail, but I've not perfected hammer cocking for the grouse woods. :-) (Here's the C&H. It's a great quail gun!)
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That's a nice hammer gun. I have a W.R. Pape back action 28ga hammer gun that I used on a Quail hunt this January. In addition I tried the RST 2" 12ga shell in a 3/4oz load in a Stephan Grant back actioned gun. I'm not a 12ga guy but that was fun

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That's a nice hammer gun. I have a W.R. Pape back action 28ga hammer gun that I used on a Quail hunt this January. In addition I tried the RST 2" 12ga shell in a 3/4oz load in a Stephan Grant back actioned gun. I'm not a 12ga guy but that was fun

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Rich, Your Pape is a knockout! Tell me more about it...barrel length, chambers, chokes, etc. Do you know when it was made? I assume you've dated it with at least with the proof marks. To have a gun like that in 28 gauge is something special.
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Wm. Ford is not that obscure. I've seen/handled a number of Ford guns. This one is very nice as a 20-bore. And... hopefully you'll find a cap screw for that right hammer before shooting the gun. Otherwise, that hammer WILL loosen and fall off.
Good eye John. I had removed the screw to degrease it and the internal threads so as to apply some loc-tite to keep it in place.

Some day I will add a 28 ga. hammer to the fold.
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Gary the Pape dates to the early 1900's. It has 28 inch barrels choked IC/M. I never measured the chambers but as it's fluid steel I would assume they are 2 3/4. I generally only shoot 2 1/2 inch shells in all my guns anyway.
The gun weighs a mere 5lbs.
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Gary the Pape dates to the early 1900's. It has 28 inch barrels choked IC/M. I never measured the chambers but as it's fluid steel I would assume they are 2 3/4. I generally only shoot 2 1/2 inch shells in all my guns anyway.
The gun weighs a mere 5lbs.
Rich, Thanks for the details. I'll bet your gun is a real pleasure to carry on an all day hunt.
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I'm not big on hunting with a hammer gun but I did use this and the Grant in January on a plantation Quail hunt and it was a lot of fun. I did manage a double on a covey rise with it. Next year I'll take the J. Venebles & Son 16ga back action gun and some 2 inch paper shells I've been hording.
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