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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
I don't know the source of the GBE gun being described as "the little Purdey" because it was a horse compared to the woodcock gun. The missing woodcock gun would be correctly described as "the little Purdey".
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I merely used the phase because it is how GBE referred to it himself- I'll need to get out Dr. Norris' books to see what he referred to as his "woodcock gun"
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"If there is a heaven it must have thinning aspen gold, and flighting woodcock, and a bird dog" GBE
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