Yes, the Editors’ Gun is currently in my possession but will soon be sent on to Mike and Susan Koneski. It is indeed a good shooter but is far from “cobbled together”.
Before it was Austin’s it belonged to Robin Lewis. When Robin acquired the gun it already had the Vulcan Steel barrels. The barrels are a very good fit and the job was done properly by changing the entire lug.
The gun had become Austin’s everyday shooter and he literally shot it every time he shot trap, SC, Skeet and other shotgun games and it has begun to ‘loosen’ a bit. It’s not off face but there is a bit of play with the forend off.
Several other alterations and improvements have been done to it as well.
I will write a short article on it so that everything will be documented for posterity and so that everybody can read about it.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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