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Unread 11-29-2023, 09:00 PM   #1
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I decided to take a 2 hr walk with my 2 girls on Thanksgiving afternoon. I picked a new to me Crass from my good friend Walt Snyder. It is a special Jay Loy engraved gun with much detail.
I had a partial box of Western shells that I thought fit the gun pretty well, but unfortunately ignition was not dependable and they foiled my attempt to take the lone pheasant pointed by my girls. I’ll have to try again with different shells.
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Extreme elegance right there. The vintage shells make for better display than function. Beautiful shotgun. Congratulations!
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Wow! Gorgeous gun Stan. Beautiful engraving and checkering. Please bring it to South Dakota.
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Wow! Gorgeous gun Stan. Beautiful engraving and checkering. Please bring it to South Dakota.
Yeah Stan. What Jeff said. Gorgeous gun.

Thanks for showing us.
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That is a beautiful gun with marvelous barrels. It will be a joy in the field.
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A fabulous Ithaca in every respect!

I know of the reputation of Joseph “Joe” Loy but I haven’t hrard of a Jay Loy. Was that a typo?





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I have used old paper shells often on Grouse hunts with usually great success. I am curious, if you care to enlighten me, what the "fit" issue was? Not igniting? Not fitting the chamber?
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What grade?
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Beautiful Ithaca!
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If I owned that gun I would be looking at it so much I’d miss every bird! The shells are the perfect Autumn color.
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