Another from the back of the safe...
This one is a pretty rare L. C. Smith 4E 16 gauge, one of about 30 16s made in this grade, 18 with 28" barrels like mine. It's made on the regular frame and has really nice Damascus barrels with tight chokes. It works well on quail in the open country, and will take a pheasant when and if we stumble on one.
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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 )
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