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There is a big difference between a bird dog and good hunting companion. If you want a great hunting companion, you can't beat a Brittany. Mine goes almost everywhere with me, sleeps in the bed with me and even eats ice cream off my spoon. But when he hits the field he is a hunting machine. He turned three last month.



Pointing some quail in Fort Payne, AL in Dec. 2011


Riding shotgun on the way to the gun club with me.


From Fort Payne hunt, Dec 2011


Taking a breather after a hard day of hunting.


This was taken last night while I was watching the ball game.


Hanging out in the hammock.


My two boys after a long day in the field.

Very nice Chris. I couldn't agree more and that's a good looking pup. Thanks for sharing.


Eightbore, the O/U is a Beretta 686 Onyx in 28ga.

Adam

French Brits (a pair of them)
Pre-war German or French 16's, generally somewhat used.
The German guns have 29ish bbls, the French guns have 27ish bbls.
Prairie grouse, mountain grouse, huns, pheasant, chukar, snipe.

Nice.

Good looking Brits. You don't see too many of the black ones in the USA.

Thanks Chris - yours too!

Hi All:

I am hunting over a pointer, Pudelpointer, that I rescued 7 years ago. He has become the best dog that I have ever seen!

For a gun, I have too many, Lol, but I get a great deal of enjoyment when using a 20 gage SxS.

This SxS is an old N.R. Davis that has a great story attached to it. I bought it from my wife's uncle for $200.00. He said that he would give it to me but I did not want to appear as a mooch. I picked the price out of thin air and thought that it was a fair price. Her uncle was a VERY wealthy person. I hope that I did not insult him by insisting to pay for it. I was always taught to pay my own way.

I sent the gun to mike Orlen to have the stock bent, barrels opened and the action tightened. It is a great gun for hunting stocked pheasants over my pointer. I often look at the gun and think about the story that is attached to the gun. The gun shoots to the poi, fits me well and is quite light at a little bit over 6 pounds. Of course, most of the bluing is faded to light "patina" but the wood is still very nice.

I wish that I knew how to post pictures so that you could see two things that bring me great happiness! Lol


Stay well my friends.

Franchi

Adam, that's not the under over I was referring to. What is the under over in the picture before the 686 picture?

Just realized I posted a picture of more than one O/U. The one you're looking at is a friend's 16-bore Woodward with 24" bbls. It's one sweet little quail gun!