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The only thing I carry for a field hunt where there's walking involved is a Beretta 687L 20. ga.

6 1/4 lb, 28" barrels. It carries well and has good dynamics so it's actually possible to hit something with it when the time comes.

The 3" capability means versatility. The triggers are decent. It's replaceable.

I take care of the eye dominance issue with good corrective shooting glasses.

I also practice with it. That helps the most.



"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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My favorite grouse (and woodcock) gun is a W.J. Jeffery BLNE 28b, 26", 4# 5.5 oz. Very plain, border engraved, but light and very fast. I have several British 20 bores, and a 2" 12b, but I keep coming back to the Jeffery 28. It just seems to work for me.

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My Parker VH - Forgot to mention that I had it stocked in my dimensions.




Forgot about my Francotte 16




William Powell 16Ga




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My go-to grouse gun is this 16 gauge French SXS with 27" barrels that weighs in at 5 lbs 1 ounce.



Of course now I have the new gun I just purchased, a 12 gauge French SXS with 27" barrels that weighs in at 5 Lbs 14 ounces (ouch! my aching shoulders LOL) anyone seeing a pattern here?



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When I was in college I thought my Stevens 311 12 bore was the perfect grouse gun...

If I moved back to a place with woods and ruffed grouse I think a 16 or 20 bore drilling with a 7 or 8mm rifle (just in case grouse season overlapped with some big game and combo guns were legal to hut with...) would be pretty perfect. I know that might sound like heresy to some...

I have the gun I just need the place and the grouse!


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The perfect ...... gun (grouse, quail, dove, duck, turkey.....)?

My next one! wink

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For those that mentioned the Ithaca SKB's, small nit to pick: the short-barreled 20's were 25", not 26". The short 12's were 26". Don't ask me why!

I recently looked at statistics from LODGH (the Loyal Order of Dedicated Grouse Hunters) from the 2011 season, which included gun preferences (gauge, choke, action type) among other things. Then I looked back at similar statistics from the early 80's. What hasn't changed: the 20 remains the #1 choice in gauge by a strong margin. What has changed: Way more hunters today choose a double (either OU or sxs) vs pump or auto. And the 28ga, which was scarcely a blip on the radar screen 30 years ago, has made a significant gain in popularity.

I'm currently having chokes opened on a 28ga Parker Repro: straight/splinter/DT/28". For those that know 28ga Repros, you also understand why I'm having the chokes opened. Don't think I've ever seen a 28" 28ga choked anything other than M/F, and the Japanese used 12ga constrictions--which means something more like IM and extra, EXTRA full in a 28ga. I'm thinking that will be my go-to grouse and woodcock gun next season.

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Verney-Carron 20ga just under 6#. Just enough weight to swing smooth but light enough to carry all day.

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This 16 bore 30" IM-M ,grade 1 1/2 "Flusie " has brought more ruffs to bag than anything I own ,The little o frame Parker 16 has done its share as well both have been restocked to fit .

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W&S 700 12ga. 26" straight grip 6lbs. 1oz. Skeet 1 & Skeet 2 1 1/8th oz. of #7 shot @1100FPS with English Springer Spaniels. Yes Builder, I had to chime in on this one!


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