New (to me) Toy

[Harold Pickens]

Very nice Steve. A friend of mine sold all his Parkers and Foxes, and replaced them with vintage Charles Daly and Francotte 12gauges. They are all sub 6 lb guns, amazing how light they are. Of course, I would not want to shoot a couple hundred rounds of sporting clays with them. 7/8 oz loads will shoot quite comfortably in that gun, and be great on grouse and woodcock. Looking forward to seeing it.

[Bill Murphy]

My little Francotte 28 gauge weighs 4 pounds, 12 ounces, cannot be comfortably shot with USA made skeet loads. I loaded 9/16 ounce loads for it, but then Morris Baker came up with light 2 1/2" loads that did not recoil much at all. The gun was minty, nearly unfired, so I couldn't carry it in the field. I made a hasty decision to sell it at the last shoot at Ernie's.

[Harold Pickens]

I had the same problem bill with a little Breda 28 gauge. It weighed less than 5 lb and kick so bad that after firing the first trigger I did not want to shoot the back trigger. Beautiful little gun case colored sidelock. I sold it at Ernie's several years ago.