Gary I have had this one for many years, shown it here before, shot and exhibited it around but thought it might be nice to show photos here again to show folks the difference between a black plastic matt finish machine made gun and these classic American doubles. The gun is nothing new for me. I shoot my old guns at the ranges and in the field and spread the word about how wonderful they are and that they are fun and competitive to shoot. I shot trap with this one the other day and did fine in comparison to the new adjustable comb, release trigger, dedicated trap guns.
Our late and sorely missed friend and hunting companion Dr. James VanBlaricum of Pratt Kansas used to tell the story of going hunting with his sons and their buddies who were carrying black plastic shoot em up guns. They posted Doc as a blocker for a long pheasant drive. The birds were flying out, the kids were yelling, the Labs were running out at 100 yards. At the end the drive, the young men were birdless but Doc was standing there with a double limit and a pile of shells by his old C grade Parker( the one with the extra factory set of rifled barrels in 45-70). Doc got a great kick relating how they asked " you shot all those birds with THAT?".
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