Wow Brett, that should have been a Parker Pages article!

Wish I was there.





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Bill, Best of luck to you.

:bigbye: :rolleyes:

I've tried in the past to explain to you easterners that this is a grouse gun --

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but you just don't seem to be grasping the concept.

Tom, That may well have been my gun. I bought it at the Old Safari Outfitters, and never once took it out. I gave it to Gary to sell for me and I think he sold it at the Orvis (Sandanona) Game Fair. (coincidentally, this weekend is their big to do)

It could well be the same gun. How many CE 20 bore guns with 25" factory full choke barrels do you see. I bought the gun from Gary, but not at Sandanona or the Connecticut store. Gary had one of the Invincibles on display in Connecticut. People doubted that it was a true Invincible and was probably an upgrade. But Gary always insisted that it was the real deal and time has proved he was right.

Dave - in the East we prefer to shoot our grouse on the wing....:whistle:

Maybe the "Partridge type sights" has you confused??




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That’s a Canadian grouse gun. My Saskatchewan French Canadian friends shot a lot of grouse by riding the wooded area roads in the evening and ground swatting them. They were in it for the meat and usually shot .410 shotguns, but a real purist would use a rifle or handgun. I rode with a pretty young lady one night for the heck of it. She whacked three that evening and I was cringing, especially when she steeped on the wings and pulled up on the legs to strip off the breasts. It was barbaric. Only the breasts were loaded into the car. Her mother told me she was brought up on eating grouse and never wanted to eat another. She was incredulous when I said I hunted them with my setter. She responded, “why would you do that? You can get all you want riding the roads in the evening”. I didn’t try to explain. It would have been lost on her. The folks up there are meat hunters, pure and simple. Most don’t have a lot of money and grouse on the table means lower food bills.

Most of the ducks and geese I shot each day went to the aboriginal people. I also left most of the moose and bear I killed with them, only taking about 75 lbs. home. The aboriginal’s loved to eat ducks and geese but they don’t shoot them because of the cost of shells. Each shell has to account for a lot of meat. They save their cartridges (mostly 30-30) for moose and deer. They loved me for the ducks and geese I gave them and became close friends. They would watch my setter for me when I was off hunting larger game. They gave me permission to hunt all tribal lands. I appreciated the gesture, but I could hunt anywhere up there. However, it was an honor and I was grateful. They are wonderful people.

Trojan number 228335 is a 28" BBLd gun. It's a sweet handling little gun, that's been neglected for far too many years, in deference to it's higher graded kin that it has shared safe space with for all these years. This gun deserves to go North this year to do what it was built for.

I also have a 20ga Trojan 28" and everyone who see's it can't believe how good it looks and feels.