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Unread 04-09-2022, 09:02 AM   #1
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The most nostalgic gun I own is my big HE grade, 32" barreled, 3" chambered Fox duck gun. It has been a regular worrier of ducks ever since I acquired it, maybe 15 yrs. ago (?). I take it to Arkansas every year for ducks and, with bismuth, it has never let me down. Three years ago I went 6 for 6 with it. It is Thor's hammer, on ducks.

It is likely the last S X S I'd ever part with.
Stan, I hope you never have to part with your Fox or have to decide on your last gun (especially remembering your exploits dove shooting with a .410).
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Stan, I hope you never have to part with your Fox or have to decide on your last gun (especially remembering your exploits dove shooting with a .410).
Thanks, my friend. I hope so, too. I do seem quite a paradox, I guess, with my love for big duck guns and little .410s, at the same time. However, there is a common thread here ........... loooong barrels.

Rather than deciding on a "last gun" I seem to be going the opposite direction. I made an offer on a 29" barreled English .410 ejector gun yesterday, with 3" chambers and heavy nitro proof. We'll see.
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Thanks, my friend. I hope so, too. I do seem quite a paradox, I guess, with my love for big duck guns and little .410s, at the same time. However, there is a common thread here ........... loooong barrels.

Rather than deciding on a "last gun" I seem to be going the opposite direction. I made an offer on a 29" barreled English .410 ejector gun yesterday, with 3" chambers and heavy nitro proof. We'll see.
Pictures are expected...and I can wait until after the dove opener so that you can pose your new gun next to the bird of peace.
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