Grouse Guns

[tom tutwiler]

You guys are hard core. I'm headed to Maine in three weeks for ten days of hunting and plan on bringing a 20 gauge Fox and a 16 gauge Merkel O/U with 2 triggers. If the weather is right the Fox will get everyday duty. Merkel is my rainy day gun.

[TOOL MAN]

Wow, Rich! Nine grouse guns??? So much for dialin' it in! In New England they'd call that : "A trunk load of excuses!!" Good hunting!

[6pt-Sika]

Back in the day when I was eaten up with the bird hunting thing I had a pair of guns for everything . Nope they weren't Parker's or SxS's they were a pair of Browning Citori's in 16 gauge . Here in VA grouse coverts are in the mountains and a Browning Citori Upland Special 16 gauge with 24" barrels C/IC or M screwed in worked for me . If I were dove shooting or preserve hunting a Browning Citori Lightning with 28" barrels and chokes of IC/M or F worked well for me . I am sure if I were inclined these two would cover any upland stuff I wanted to do now . And quite possibly that Lightning could cover the goose stuff I've been doing . Back then I had Parker's Fox's and Smith's as well as guns from the Continent and the U.K. And liked them but when I was seriouse I used the Brownings .

[Jean Swanson]

Simple----The gun you feel most comfortable with !! I prefer my 28 PHE with 24' barrels. Quick and lite !!

[Dean Romig]

WOW a 24" PHE in 28 ga. What a gun!




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[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Another unsuspecting neophyte sucked into the maelstrom of the "Myth" of the 'perfect grouse gun.'





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The Hell you say I'm neither a neophyte nor unsuspecting I know there is NO perfect Grouse gun BUT there are MANY Grouse guns. I have added a 10th, a nice GHE 20 with 26 inch Damascus barrels......because it just might be.....well perfect

[charlie cleveland]

in the picture of the pistol what is the hammer for in the picture..i could not make out the small wording...charlie

[John E. Williams]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

in the picture of the pistol what is the hammer for in the picture..i could not make out the small wording...charlie

I think this pistol featured an early "transfer bar" hammer safety, meaning you could strike the hammer with a "hammer" and the pistol wouldn't fire unless the trigger was pulled all the way to rear. I couldn't make out the wording either, but that's what I gathered from it.

[John Cinkoske]

Yes, "Hammer the Hammer" was tooting the Iver Johnson safety horn...

[C.O.B.]

I always carry a hand gun with me Grouse hunting but it's NOT for the Grouse and it's a lot bigger than a 22