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Yes, I'm aware it's damn near Anti-American to restore an old American double, but I don't care. I don't plan on ever selling my LC Smith Trap Grade. Since the stock isn't original, it made the decision even easier. The great thing is I actually shoot the damn thing pretty well, and I shoot it a lot! While I'm not a "shooter", I am a die hard bird hunter. IMO there is nothing better than shooting an American double in the US on public land. There is just something nostalgic about it. Here's a few pictures hunting Blues in CO over my Brittany with my LC Smith. Double guns are a sickness. You can't own just one! [img]http:// [IMG]http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc499/gttangen/IMG_3275_1.jpg[/img][/img] [img]http:// [IMG]http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc499/gttangen/IMG_3278.jpg[/img][/img] [img:left]  [/img] [img:left]  [/img]
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gt, you have a nice looking Elsie and its clear from your pics you know how to use it. Nothing UnAmerican about restoring a classic shotgun...Geo
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For what ever it's worth:
I had a very early Grade III lightly restored a while ago and I'm glad I did it. The gun now looks infinitely better then it did prior to restoration and is now in useable condition again.
You're appears to be a real beauty!
Jim
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That is a beautifully redone Elsie!!!!!!!!!!!! I would never sell that one either.
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Where is that? If we had walk in limited small game only hunting lands in Georgia, I might attempt something other than a biannual canned plantation hunt.
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Dan. I lived in GA the last 9 years. I'm glad to be back out West where there's massive amounts of public land that holds birds........ If I were you, I'd start putting in for points on the DiLane plantation quota hunt. We moved 7 coveys of bobs there last year with terrible conditions. Not ideal, but at least it's wild bird hunting on public land.
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Dan. I lived in GA the last 9 years. I'm glad to be back out West where there's massive amounts of public land that holds birds........ If I were you, I'd start putting in for points on the DiLane plantation quota hunt. We moved 7 coveys of bobs there last year with terrible conditions. Not ideal, but at least it's wild bird hunting on public land. I live 22 miles from DiLane Plantation. I remember when it was privately owned, before the state owned it. Did you live near here before you moved back to the West? SRH
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Not really. I lived south of ATL. I did trial and hunt Dilane though. The Dilane quota hunts are the best shot at public land wild quail hunting in GA IMO.
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I don't think what you did is anti American at all. You did it not to trick others but to make a valued gun look better. Like changing chokes or altering a stock it is your gun so do with it what you want. And doubles were built to be used not sit in a safe and gain value.
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Beautiful job on that gun! You make me nostalgic for another time. I had a car wreck, actually 5 cars and a truck, and was dead for about 17 minutes before the medics shocked my heart back to beating. That was 11 months ago and though I am told it was a miracle I survived and a greater one that my brain rebooted. I may be hard to kill, but I can't walk without crutches and I am told I'll probably will always need them. I really liked bird hunting but it looks like I will be doing it through you guys. That's why I like the seeing the pictures so much.
Thanks
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