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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Spiller only used his Dad's 10 until he could buy a gun of his own which was a 12, then later a 16, (*) finally settling on a 20 gauge VHE that was found for him by his grouse hunting crony Gorham L. "Grampa Grouse" Cross.
(*) Spiller actually ordered a very fine 20 or 28 from a very prestigious American maker, though he never said who it was. But did say he ordered it to be extremely light, hence the barrels were very thin. While crossing a stream on an icy morning he slipped and both he and his little gun went ass over teakettle and were both submerged and the barrels of his pride and joy got severely dented. .
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of course, i've lost count of the number of times I have read his two Grouse Feathers - most recently the first book just a week ago -
but - simply put - what I said was correct - he did hunt with a 10.
as for me - I do not shoot really light guns well.- my grouse guns go about 6 1/2 and tend to be 16s - the Ithaca Flues 20 I refinished goes close to that and might be the first 20 I shoot well
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