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Aussie
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Hi all, I purchased a Garbi 12 gauge with a broken ejector for $100 a couple of years ago and have finally got around to rechecking and refinishing the stock and had the barrels reblued. I also repaired the ejector,removed a dent from the right barrel and gave it a new recoil pad. Took it out for the first time today. It fits me well & I was quite happy shooting 42 pigeons.  
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Do you want to double your money?
All joking aside, that is very nice. The pigeon shoots have been productive this year for you. You look happy.
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Just a little whitetail and an old Mauser .270... 
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For a "little whitetail" that's a BIG rack! The Mauser isn't too shabby, either! Great pic.
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3 hours. 3 coveys. 3 birds... hunting has been a bit slow. Temps are okay but its SOOO dry. Lately we havent started finding covey until 10ish.... kinda weird. We also found a dove roosting site and flushed SEVERAL hundred birds. Might be back for them later. I was using my 28ga Beretta 687 EL, Rip was using his quick little 2" BLE Webley, and my other friend was using his restored 20ga Fox Sterlingworth. Sorry for the crappy photos. Rusty on the first covey of the morning.  Hunting singles.  Rip and his first bird of the season. 
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Got my first bird (hen pintail) with my 1902 Lefever FE 12, which I I almost sold but decided to keep. That one shot BOOM! splat., over the dekes is all the more satisfying when it's the first bird shot at and taken with a new [to me] gun. Was only able to hunt a half hour. Look forward to more duck hunting soon as the weather gets nastier. 
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Got my first bird (hen pintail) with my 1902 Lefever FE 12, which I I almost sold but decided to keep. That one shot BOOM! splat., over the dekes is all the more satisfying when it's the first bird shot at and taken with a new [to me] gun. Was only able to hunt a half hour. Look forward to more duck hunting soon as the weather gets nastier. Hey Mark I know how you feel  . It's a special feeling to take that first bird with an old gun that's new to you. Rick Allegheny Mountain Wanderings
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Hi all, great pics by everyone!! I sure enjoy seeing them. My son Will and I were out today, cold and a bit windy, but we each limited out, plus Will got a bonus grosue. Duchess worked well, glad I have her, she found a couple that were cripples. Anyway, it was a good day! Best! Greg Will was using his 16ga Sauer Royal:  I was using my 12b H&H Royal: 
Gregory J. Westberg
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I am SOOO bad about not taking pictures while we're hunting. I had a dove shoot on one of my peanut fields Saturday. There was about 16 of us on a 48 acre field. There weren't all that many birds, and nobody killed the limit, but we had lots of fun. Grandson Jackson was sitting in the blind with me, his little brother Lane was with us acting as our bird-boy. Jackson really shot well with the SKB 200E 20 ga. He killed his first double with it. It was just classic. Two incomers about 10 ft. apart and abreast of each other. I told Jackson to take 'em, he quickly stood up and dumped the left bird with his right barrel and immediately went to the right bird and dumped him with the left. It couldn't have been done any prettier by an old pro. I have never even mentioned to him how to take a double, he just did it out of pure shooter instinct. Big, tough birds, too. I took a little ribbing afterwards from some of the shooters about having some competition, now. Glad to have it, glad to have it. Jackson is 11 yrs. old. I have been shooting doves now for 53 years, and have enjoyed dove fields with all ages of shooters, from 9 to 90+ but, I don't believe I have ever seen an 11 yr. old that could shoot doves like he can. He will limiting out on the very next shoot that he gets enough shooting to do so on, for sure. His little brother, Lane, will be ready to start a little next year. What fun! This is better than reliving MY preteen years with my Grandaddy!
Greg, I well remember having my two boys in the woods and fields with me, as you do. Savor it, brother. But, I've gotta tell you, wait 'til you get to teach those grandkids all about shooting and hunting! My cup runneth over.
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Aussie, nice pics. What loads do you use on those pigeons, and what distances are they shot at? I have found that, inside 20 yds., 3 1/4 - 1 1/8 - 8 will reliably down a pigeon, but at 30+ it can be a whole 'nuther ball game. Old pigeons can be tough birds to kill cleanly.
I would probably use a 3 1/4 - 1 1/4 - 6 load if I could only use one. Live pigeon shoots here limit shot size to nothing larger than 7 1/2.
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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