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Kroil, That's something. I can tell the case hardening colors don't photograph well but you can see in the pics they are gorgeous. The plates are incredible. Thanks | |||
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Gerry, A juvenile defined as a bird of the year. Look at the broken primary sticking out. It looks like it is either P1 or P2. It is obviously well worn. Adult grouse molt all of their primaries. P1, P2 and P3 are not molted in juveniles. The band is not diagnostic, but the length of the tail feathers can be helpful. What is diagnostic is the rump feathers. Look at the white "spots" on them Hen birds have one cock birds have two. That's the way I learned from Gordon. | |||
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Miles58: As the old expression has it:" You learn something new every day!" Thanks for an informative post. I simply never knew what you have told me and, I, indeed hunted ruffs for some 60 years or more - I guess I didn't learn much along the way. But then I've had people ranging from a wife to strangers telling me along the way that I didn't know much. This is just one more example!  | |||
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Gerry, In the coming season practice aging and sexing ther birds and you will see it's a lot easier than you ever thought. | |||
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Hey Miles58: hows this for a little more detail on the case colors? Woodcock in flight...  | |||
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You are quite possibly the meanest person I ever met. | |||
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The detail present in the engraving tells me this was done by someone special. Do you know who? | |||
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"Mean"??? Well, then this should qualify as genuine abuse.   The engraver was some gifted Italian named Albardi who had the eyes of an Angel and the hands of God. The style is Bulino. Photos just don't do the gun any justice. It is striking. | |||
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Kroil, Please tell me you didn't drag that gun out in the woods to shoot the grouse. Below is what I've been dragging out in grouse woods for the last twenty some odd years. That's only a couple thousand or so worth of gun. I think I'd have to have a logging road fully carpeted with padding, before I'd consider dragging yours out no matter how bad I want to shoot a grouse with one like that.  | |||
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All right how the hell do you do that? | |||
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I think fit probably matters more than anything else. I have a Superposed w. 30" barrels and Briley chokes that I'm incredibly fond of. I have another that's stocked differently that I can't hit the broad side of a barn with. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. | |||
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I have both and prefer the sxs..... but you have to understand how each is designed and made. You have to pattern, and practice your mount with each gun to figure them out... my order of pref from my recent inventory...my consec #'d matched pair definitely lead the pack William Powell and sons sxs #1 gun for sporting William Powell and sons sxs #2 gun for Helice Perazzi MX8 (stolen last OCT  )Holland and Holland Badminton 12g sxs (stolen last OCT )Winchester 21 32" Duck with Briley tubes Beretta 682 gold with 20,28,410 tubeset Shoot what you like, then learn to shoot it well NRA Life Memeber SCI Life Member Dallas Safari Life Member DRSS We Band of Bubbas | |||
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