A salute to our friends at RST
 

So I met up with a friend again yesterday to hunt for grouse in the mountains. Mast nuts and berries are scarce this year at least in this part of PA, but we found the birds at a cover I call "Lilac" where I found some blooming lilac bushes a long time ago while scouting for spring turkeys. It's an old homestead way past a road gate on state game lands out near the cabin. A long but easy walk along an old mining road that's closed off. We decided it would be 16 gauge day, and friend was using a really nice Ithaca NID and I had my A grade Fox.
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Lilac has plenty of crabapple bushes, and we sure found the birds. A brace flushed well in range but behind some hemlocks, no shooting. A single was missed, time for one shot only. Then another pair flushed together and I took this big cock bird with the first barrel. Interesting story, I like paper shells and I usually hunt with vintage papers or the new RST papers. Yesterday morning was pretty cold and I was in a hunting coat I haven't worn since last year. I found some gum wrappers in the pocket along with a single RST plastic, and I had it in the right barrel for good luck since its color is lilac and that's where we were. The red colored shell is a vintage Super-X roll crimp paper. (People often pirate my pics so I added the copyright info on this one). Bird's crop was FULL with 6 small crabapples along with bits of sweet fern and green leaves.
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While taking pics my partner noticed the RST plastic was labeled "Woodcock" and it had been loaded with 3/4 ounce of # 10 shot. Then I remembered last year I'd put some 10's in my coat when we hunted along a wet area where woodcock can be found. Apparently I missed taking the shell from the coat pocket afterwards. Anyway, 3/4 ounce of 10's at 32 stepped off yards with a factory IC choke sure did the trick on this bird. I won't be loading them deliberately when out for grouse but all I can say is that RST sure puts up a heck of a shell! I'll be sharing this story with Alex, Jill and Morris too! I hope you enjoyed it.

Frank
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Those boys don't make a bad shell. I'd have killed that wood duck the other day with one of their shells if I hadn't accidentally slipped in that black powder!

DLH

Nice pictures, I like the 2 16's picture. Nice guns. That fox looks very racey.

one more praise for RST

on the way home from a hunt last Wednesday I got a call from a friend who was out woodcock hunting and found woodducks back in his area. We were to go after them on Sunday

The only non tox I had was for the 10lb hammer 10- not the best jump shooting gun

Thursday morning I called RST, and Friday nice shot 16's were waiting for me when I got home from hunting.

THAT is service

unfortunately the ducks did not cooperate near as well

Thanks for sharing Frank! Nice pictures too.

RST shells are just about the only ammo I use anymore. They make so many variations that I never have to look elsewhere and my Parkers like RST ammo too.

I just discovered about a half-dozen RST 12 gauge 3/4 oz. #10 woodcock loads amongst my shooting stuff. They should be perfect in my 'new' 1-frame Grade 3 hammergun when the flights begin to arrive in my area of Vt.

rst makes wonderful ammo...also, shot a round of skeet the other day with polywad 16 gauge vintager loads with 3/4 ounce of 7 1/2's....shot one of my best rounds ever...ordered a new case; will report results.

I have posted this before, but here is my son after he shot a shotgun for the first time - Parker GH 12 using an RST shell. Granted, I held the gun with him in front of me while he pulled the trigger. I cannot say enough good things about RST

In a couple of years he will be saying comeon dad I can do it my self.

I have them both trained to pull sporting clays for me.

looks like you mite ought to be hunting a coupla cheap 28 ga for long...your training them rite... charlie

The youngest has claimed my wife's 28 ga CZ. If they would eat a little less food, I could afford 28 ga Parkers probably

They can only eat what you feed them:rotf::rotf::rotf: