But I prefer a straight grip and I wanted a second set of barrels. So with the help of some friends here I bought a Repro straight grip stock but I needed a SG trigger guard and I found one of those too.
And I bought a second set of 26" barrels choked IC/MOD.
Geoffroy Gourned engraved the serial number of Kathy's gun on the SG trugger guard and he stylistically engraved the oval on the PG stock with Kathy's initials and the oval on the SG stock with my initials. The gun will wear the straight stock as long as I have it and my daughters and grandchildren will decide when and if it will wear the PG stock after I'm gone.
More pics to come in days and weeks following.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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