I may have a "sporting clays" gun in the mail in the next couple of weeks. It is a gunbroker purchase. I will post my reaction to this gun when I receive it.

Bill, Go to hammer guns and the tenth thread down are photos of my 3 frame Hammer gun, Gary

i think the 3 frame 12 is a mighty neat gun..and the 3 frame hammer gun must be a blast will certainly keep a eye out on this one...did they ever make anything larger in a 12 ga than a 3 frame.i ve never heard of a 4 frame 12 ga....charlie

Oh yeah!! There is the 6-frame 12-gauge --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rame12-ga6.jpg

I wonder who owns the ex-Jack Puglisi #6 frame 12 gauge now?

I'm pretty sure I have shot and slewn ducks with Destrys 3-frame DHE and it is a beast and a wonderful to shoot. No trouble swinging through with that baby. Am I remembering wrong Destry? Didn't I shoot that goose-sized drake canvasback in Ontario with that gun??

wow a six frame 12 ga..glad i got to see this beast...what grade of gun was this 6 frame 12 ga anybody have any info on this gun..this is a mighty interesting piece to me...thanks for the picture of this gun..now one more question are there any 4 frame 12 ga and are there any 5 frame 12 ga s....charlie

So is a 3 frame 12 or 10 as massive as other 10 game doubles? I saw a couple of Spanish 10 gauges this week. Thought they were Ayas but I think they started with Azz anyway, they were massive guns, I was surprised at the size difference on them.

I have a 2 frame 16ga. At first I found myself thinking the gun was too heavy for anything more than sitting on a dove stool, but then I actually shot a few pen raised birds with her and now Im not sure I have a better gun for sitting on a dove stool. It has definitely raised my interest in larger frame guns. Id now also like to find a 3 frame or larger gun.

The #3 frame guns aren't that massive really, they're just pleasantly heavy and feel good in the hand. The Spanish 10 gauge guns are huge, more like a #6 frame 8 gauge.

Richard, that's the gun I loaned you to shoot for sure. It's a canvasback killer!

I believe the Puglisi gun was a VH grade, he wanted some lunatic price for it like $40k. I never heard of anybody buying it, maybe they've still got it floating around.


Destry