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Unread 07-17-2017, 03:56 PM   #1
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I'm leaving Wednesday for the Duluth Double Gun shoot. This is basically a two day affair with ALL the competition done on Saturday. There is a sporting clays course (quite a nice one actually) a pigeon ring, All bore course (a 30 target version of sporting clays) and a 5 stand. There are enough side games to keep ones interest up.

I'm going through the guns I want/need to take and why are there so many??? It's worse than a woman's shoe closet. On the list are three tight choked 12's, a DH and a BHE live bird guns and a 32 inch Fox CE for the long bird courses. I'll shoot the main event (SC course) with the 32 inch BHE 20. On the all bore course there is a hammer gun event and I've won it twice with the 20ga Boss so that's going. The pigeon ring is a glorified 5 stand and it can be shot with a skeet gun at least in the past so the 16ga Hollywood gun is going just for that as will a DHE 30 inch vent rib 20 depending on what I'm shooting better with at the time. There's another long barreled 16 I'm considering taking as well. That's 8 guns in 3 gauges for two days of shooting. I generally shoot all I take but this but this is getting ridiculous
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Elmer Keith used to say 'Beware the man with one gun, he probably knows how to use it.' Just food for thought. Mark
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I don't think it is ridiculous. A little finesse never hurts. BTW, hands-up out there if you only have one gun. Cheers, Jack
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You'd better take some one to haul them all...and I'm volunteering
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sounds like you had to make some tough discions....charlie
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Why so many? Because you've got so many!

Personally, I'm trying to limit it to just two guns at Duluth this year -- a little 28-ga. 26" IC/M Repro to see if I can take advantage of the handicap birds given in the SC and 5-Stand events and my new-to-me 12-ga. D-Grade hammergun for the pigeon ring for which I've got some spreaders loaded up for the gun's IM left barrel.
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If you can do it with only two guns you will be my new hero I'm leaving the Lefever and the grade 3 16ga hammer gun home...tough decisions

If you decide your under gunned come on over I'll be able to fix you up
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Actually, I could easily get by with just one gun -- by taking my Sporting Clays Classic Repro -- my nominee for most versatile doublegun on the planet. However, I'm quite sure the two I am taking will be adequate, but thanks for the offer anyway.

You never know if that passel of guns you're hauling up will be enough either. So it's a good thing that Puglisi's is nearby, eh?
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Actually, I could easily get by with just one gun --
One gun!!! Blasphemy I say, oh the horror of such a thought
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