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I hope a lot of previous posters who had their photos deleted will put them back up so we can drool over them. No kidding, these guns are beautiful, and so glad they are still being used for what they were made for!! TM
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There is a "fix" for Chrome and Firefox browsers that will revive photobucket photos held ransom on this forum and others. Gil
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Photobucket hotlink fix. I just installed it for Firefox.
The pictures are back. Thanks!
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Stan that 2 bore punt gun, on the Hammergun web site would look nice in your hands. You could hear the roar. Almost no chance one shot would get you into any real trouble. Heck I'd give you a hand if you wanted.
Too much sugar for a dime, Jon. I might get to liking it, and find myself visiting the house of many doors.
I do wish someone would buy that Page Wood gun on page four. After I pay all my bills and taxes this year I'd be tempted to take a shot at it. Bet it swings well and 3/4 chokes work well for a lot of my hunting. If it were 2" longer it'd peak your interest as well I suspect. 32" hammer guns I suspect are going to be as rare as red John Deere tractors. They are out there but few more on the ground.
There are certainly many more 30" hammer guns out there than 32s. Most of the 30s aren't pigeon guns tho', even though the advertisement may call them that. A 6 1/2 - 7 lb. gun does not a pigeon gun make. Most were 8 lbs. and up. I'll find one eventually. I'm determined to stay the course. All my best, SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Wrongly posted, sorry.
Last edited by Tamid; 11/14/17 11:58 PM.
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From a first-ever snow goose hunt last year: 
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though over the last ten years killing started to be not what I wanted to do like a number of my shooting friends, some how this way of thinking does seem come with age. So I use it as often as I can though now only for clay shooting with felt wad 1oz
I see the attraction of hunting, especially with good dogs, friends, family, an unspoiled landscape and an old gun. However, for me, the killing part makes it a no go. To each his own I sometimes feel that way. I was duck hunting last weekend and let a few go, for no particular reason. One was quacking at me on the water in my decoys so I just sat there and enjoyed watching her. I just enjoy being out there, and am very thankful to live in a country that provides so much opportunity to do that.
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I generally believe that a couple of birds in the game bag is a perfect day hunting, but once in a while I think it would be fun to have catch and release hunting, like catch and release trout fishing. The closest thing to it that I know of is ruffed grouse hunting. I call it flush and release hunting. Most of the time I don't even see the grouse, who hides his thundering departure behind the cover between us. On the one out of eight flushes or so that I see the grouse, I often shoot and miss. Now that's flush and release hunting! It makes the occasional grouse in the bag extra special, even without the further challenge of using a hammer gun. So it went with the grouse which my son and I chased last month in New Hampshire.
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The latest in my aquistion of Hammer doubles. I do hope farmer grade guns count. Here is a Hopkins & Allen with a sidelock in a boxlock frame.  John
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The latest in my aquistion of Hammer doubles. I do hope farmer grade guns count. Here is a Hopkins & Allen with a sidelock in a boxlock frame. John The only issue I have with your "farmer grade" gun is that you failed to tell us about the tractor upon which it rests. I learned to drive at age 6 on my grandfather's Minneapolis Moline Model Z with a hand clutch. The first shotgun I ever shot was his "Allen Hardware Co" single shot 12 gauge. Farmer grade suits me.
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