you guys sure have some nice guns hope you all get to see lots of grouse..no grouse in mississippi i envey you fellows....will hunt doves this saturday using a v grade 20 ga with 27 inch barrels and full and modified chokes for backup i m taking another 20 ga d grade with straight stock and damascus barrels with factory chokes of clyinder and full 28 inch barrels this gun belonged to roert wood johnson of johnson and johnson fame....charlie

Here we go:
my VHE 20, Uggie Grade 2 20, and Manton hammer 20

Manton 20

Charlie, both of those dove guns of yours would be fine in the grouse woods. Would love to see pics of your D grade 20 Damascus--those chokes are perfect for the grouse woods.

If i make it up to the North rim again this year I will take my Skeet 20 again.

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One of these years perhaps when I get to old and tired to climb thirty feet up a tree I'm gonna go to the bay for a week or so in December and or January with PLENTY warm clothes and fish however the captains say until I catch one striper 45 or so inches long .

Sadly, I couldn't hit a buffalo in the arrss at 20 paces with a sub-six pound double.....BUT if push came to shove and I found myself lathered in perspiration, swattin' skeeters in the Sept. grouse woods, either one of these would rate a most worthy companion. :bowdown:

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Let's hope this is a good grouse season. Picture of a high point 2 years ago , 4 birds over 2 days with a Parker 12ga DH , 26" Damascus using RST paper shells.

Remington 1894 6 1/4 lb B grade 12...Remington 11C 12 26 inch...Remington 11 20 gauge 26 inch...would like to find a 10 gauge double in the 7 - 8 lb range....missed a nice straight grip Lefever a couple of auctions ago at Julia's.....

Steve I'd be happy to give those Fox's a run in the coverts for you.....you know what with you being so busy fishing and everything.:rotf:

I have never been a big fan of 12 gauge guns for upland bird hunting BUT this gun spoke to me in many ways. It's a best gun from James Purdey, a self opener with 27 inch barrels choked .004 & .008. It's what they call a Light Game Gun and weighs just 6 lbs. With 3/4 and 7/8 oz loads it will make a nice upland gun.

The wood isn't much to look at but the English aren't noted for their wood anyway. Manufacture date is 1922. The barrels are off having new ivory beads installed as it came with red Bradley type beads the horror of it:eek:

It will see the Grouse coverts then the Quail fields of south Georgia.

nice gun you should never tire of toteing this 6 lb gun....bet its murder on quail....charlie

Nice! I haven't yet had the chance to handle a British "best" gun.

Well, damn it Kirk come shooting with us and you can...........or hunting or both !

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From the third photo it looks like a lot of nice figure in the stock.

It sure does. I've had a few Parkers with a dark and aged finish like that where the grain and figure could hardly be seen. I had the wood only refinished and the figure pops now.

But, the British, being British, don't really care to overstate anything and they prefer dark, understated wood - even on their finest guns.





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