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Sidelock
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I'll be starting off with Bella and a Sandro Lucchini 20g hammer gun. Now, that is a nice gun!!! I am in the process of buying a Felix Sarasqueta hammer 20 with 32" barrels. Not in the same league as the Lucchini, but those long barrels make it irresistible for pass shooting doves. Should have it by the tail end of the season.
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Sidelock
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Replacement, 32" sounds great for doves, but maybe a little much in the grouse covert.
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Sidelock
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According to the seller, the Sarasqueta weighs 6-3/4, same as my 20ga 686 with 28" barrels, so it should swing nicely. Plus, it has factory 3" chambers and I have a couple cases of 20 ga bismuth duck loads that need to get burned up.
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Replacement, I think 6 3/4 lbs is about the perfect weight, it should make a great gun.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Something in a 16 gauge......probably this 21 with 28" IC&M barrels. No way I'll be able to leave the house Sept. 1st without Bella climbing in the jeep with me. 
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Sidelock
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Were I going, my 16 SLE and my English Setter. My opener is early prairie chicken season not dove season (don't like eating them and the dog hates to retrieve them)
Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS
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Sidelock
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Were I going, my 16 SLE and my English Setter. My opener is early prairie chicken season not dove season (don't like eating them and the dog hates to retrieve them)
Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS
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Few dogs really like to retrieve doves. But they do it anyway if trained properly and have a great desire to please you.
My grandson, Lane, didn't like the feathers sticking all in his mouth, so I relented and allow him to use his hands.
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Sidelock
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Finding doves to hunt is kind of tricky here in WA, so I'll probably head up after blue and ruffed grouse with my setter Briar and a new Lefever DS 16 I'm still working on, choked ic/im after Kody Kearcher is done opening it up. Here is Briar from a few years ago, as a two year old, and me looking pretty rough after going on about three hours sleep. Briar wasn't tired, just bashful. That is a belgian 16 hammer gun in the photo.  
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Sidelock
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Few dogs really like to retrieve doves. But they do it anyway if trained properly and have a great desire to please you.
My grandson, Lane, didn't like the feathers sticking all in his mouth, so I relented and allow him to use his hands.
SRH You are a kind grandfather. <g> It's hilarious watching a dog pick up a dove the first time, dropping it and trying to spit out feathers. They aren't ready for the loose feathers, but as you say, they do it anyway.
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