Defining the "Perfect Grouse Gun"

[chris dawe]

My O frame 16 ,with 28 inch tubes comes pretty close,in the first photo I picked up two more birds on the way out...I have to admit though,I do have an Ithaca flues 1 1/2 grade 16 with 30 inch bbls that has bagged an awful lot of birds
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[Researcher]

I've killed far more Ruffed Grouse with a Harrington & Richardson "Sealed Eight" .22 LR revolver, in my two summers of working for the U.S. Forest Service, then any other firearm.

[Jeff Christie]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

I've killed far more Ruffed Grouse with a Harrington & Richardson "Sealed Eight" .22 LR revolver, in my two summers of working for the U.S. Forest Service, then any other firearm.

Please define summer. I don't know of many (or any) places where grouse are open legal game in the summer. There may be some- enlighten me.

[Harold Pickens]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Bill Zachow]

Well, you guys are just too set in your ways. Short barreled 16, 20, and 28s with straight grips and lite weight. No sir ree. Up here on my farms, we use real men's guns. Early season when the leaves are still on, I use my 13 1/2 pound PH, 36 inch barrels (for good follow through) choked full and fuller (.40 and .44). The first shot clears the leaves and allows for the second at approximately 60 yards. Later in the season, with the leaves now gone, I switch to my light weight hammer 8--12 pounds and 34 inch barrels choked "not so full" and full. Compared to my early season gun, this grouse killer is a wand. You may have detected a bit of "tung in cheek" here as I have yet to kill a grouse with either. However, I bet sometime in their youths, the both knocked off a bird or two.

[Brush Buster]

As for perfect Grouse guns ,I may have just got mine ,believe it or not I ended up with the little GH 20 that just sold for the third time in a week on our Forum ,you Guys remember the one I missed twice in a 24 Hour Period ! Ends up the second buyer sent it back home and it now resides at my place , and I couldn't be more pleased ! This little Grouse Getter is a GH 20 Ga. ,5 Lb 14 Oz. ,26" Damascus Barrels with 27 Thou. Min.Wall Thickness ,Choked CYL. and Full ! Now all we need is October !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[C.O.B.]

I firmly believe the perfect Grouse gun doesn't exist. It's just a myth so we keep looking for that elusive Grouse gun and thats ok with me. I have bought three so far and Grouse season is still 5 weeks away.

Congrats Russ I think you will like her. One of my "perfect Grouse" guns is a GHE damascuss 20 with 26 inch bbl IC/M.

[Dean Romig]

That is a wonderful little gun Russ and I firmly believe you now have "The Perfect Grouse Gun"....

(until the next one tempts and teases you.)

[C.O.B.]

There is ALWAYS a next one

[Dean Romig]

True Rich.... I just acquired one myself... a first-year-production (1935) Ithaca () "New Ithaca Field Grade" sixteen gauge Skeet gun with ejectors, 26" tubes, BTFE, straight grip, twin ivories in excellent condition.

Sometimes these guns just find us... and we just can't refuse them.




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