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Originally Posted by Scott Chapman
The first shotgun that I bought with my own lawn mowing money was a 12 gauge BPS in about 1980 (the Japanese version). I am sure the it was about $275 at Oshman's Sporting Goods in Houston, Texas as my mother had to fill out whatever paperwork was required at the time. I sent the barrel off and had a poly choke installed on the 26" barrel because according to my Dad that was the thing to do. I still have that gun. It has killed a bunch of birds over the years but I would like to get a replacement early BPS barrel to switch out for that ugly Poly Choke thing.
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1980!!?? You're making me (and I'll wager I'm not alone) feel pretty darned old!
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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