[Tom Flanigan]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Grouse guns? I don't think I have posted here in eight pages. OK, here goes. My shortened, chokeless 24" DHE 16 that I bought on this site, #1 frame, not the lightest, but maybe the best. My 24" original Damascus GHE 16, part of an original three barrel set, lighter than my DHE 24" 16, but not a bit better in the grouse woods except a few ounces lighter. My Francotte 28 gauge Knockabout ejector, 4 pounds, 13 ounces, uncomfortable to shoot with USA standard loads on the skeet field, but just right in the woods. Last, and maybe the best, my probably unique J.P. Sauer 10 gauge 26" six pound four ounce Krupp steel wonder gun with a bit of choke. None of these guns are probably worth anything in any atmosphere but the grouse woods, the first three maybe in the quail fields, but in those places, they truly excel.

Bill, I think you showed me that 16 GH three barrel set when we had dinner at Jeff's. As I recall, that was a high condition gun and the barrels were original Parker black and white in new type condition. That was a beautiful gun and I remember thinking "where the hell does he come up with this stuff".