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Originally Posted by Paul Fletcher
New guy here….first post. Garry, I find this so inspirational. I’ve got a “how I got into this side by side thing” story but this isn’t the time for it. I love to take these important pieces of Americana out into the field where they were meant to be. I’m pretty sure I’ll never assemble such an impressive collection so thank you for sharing yours. I can’t explain why it is so much more satisfying to bag game using a vintage gun but I just know it is. Cheers!
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Paul, “inspirational” is a great word, and using these wonderful pieces of history is a privilege.
Don’t worry about sending this thread in another direction. It was intended to incite others to offer their own “memoriam” for their past season(s) and the guns they used. So consider this thread an invitation to tell us your story. As my friend Dan so eloquently stated a case for the merits of using fine doubles in his previous post (thank you, Dan), you see you are a part of a passionate community.
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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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