OK Lowell- and you spelled the "flying *&^% wagon" bird properly, Pigeon- now Pidgeon, that was the late actor Walter Pidgeon. Actually saw a "counterfeited Model 12" Pigeon Grade with a rather crappy looking chicken etched on the magazine tube extension and it was spelled Pidgeon Grade- tried to explain to the "dude" at the table at the gun show that was not correct, but as they say, you can't outshoot your gun, outwalk your boots or win an argument with a fool (or one who has been fooled)-
The shotgun writer for Field & Stream picked his 50 best shotguns- Yup the overpriced Limey Purdey was No. 1 (at just 6 figures, in case you won the Power Ball) and the Kraut Merkel was in the last sector. He mentioned receipt of a Merkel 12 O/U "for evaluation" and when he couldn't get the forearm on when assemblying the shotgun, called and spoke with a Merkel gunsmith that said "You have to hit it very very hard"- Humm-sounds like the old shop saying I heard years ago "Never use force, just get a bigger hammer from the tool crib". I'm NOT an over-under man, they all feel like a 2x4 turned sideways in my hands, but then, I've never handled a Woodward or a Boss-C'est La Vie!!
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 03/04/09 12:02 AM.
