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That was my Reno show score. Great condition, beautiful wood, a pair of 6# beauties. I'll do the particulars after a night's sleep following a long drive home.

Pete - I am eager to see 'em. Please post some photos when you get back.

Ken

I had one of those, probably shouldn't have parted with it. 12ga, under 6# with 26" barrels, nice condition, good dimensions. Steve Barnett has a gorgeous Diamond Regent 16ga in his current inventory. He only provides very basic information on his website, but given the particulars, I'd guess that one--at under 5 3/4# with almost no choke--might have been a special order for some wealthy Yankee grouse and woodcock hunter, or perhaps a Southern gent quail hunter.

Tough to shoot guns that come in that light...


Best,
Ted

Not necessarily, 4.8 lbs.



SRH

Got to go put $ into the bank. Great selling show. Here is a bit more info.
One gun is maybe 1910 time frame. Just an estimate. About 26", nice dimensions, beautiful condition. Slight variation in engraving pattern, but the same coverage and English style scroll. Fluid steel. Nice drop & LOP. I got it first then thought of one I'd had numerous years ago & traded to a nice older gentleman. I went looking for him and found his regular table with his son there. The dad had passed, but at 91 had had a good life. The son prefers 28 gauge. I traded him a nice 20 Ga Elsie and both were happy. It has the same feel/balance/look but is an earlier gun...about 600/800 s/n range while the newer gun is 1000/1200. I'll double check later. The earlier gun is gorgeous Damascus and is about 28".

We have discussed the s/n's before. One is on the barrels, the other is elsewhere. Maybe one relates to total guns and one to Daly guns. One can think of other scenarios, but this is as good a theory as any. The range difference runs from just over 200 on early guns to the higher 200's on later guns.

Ted, I'll think of you and how tough it is to shoot them this Fall. :)))

Congrats, Pete. You sound excited. Can't wait to see the pics.

SRH

Pete I can't wait to see that pair of feather weight Lindner Dalys.

Classic upland guns.

So true Stan. Here's my 20ga Yildiz at 5-10:



And my 16b C. Boswell at 5-12:



Guess it all depends on the shooter, but I shoot a light gun better than a heavy one.

Can't wait to see those lovely German maids also!

Best,

Greg

I haven't tried anything sub-5 1/2 just recently, but I can do OK with sub-6#. Last week, I shot 24/23 in 2 rounds of skeet, low gun, with an Ithaca Classic Doubles 20ga that weighs just a bit over 5 3/4. And skeet involves a lot more swing (which can be tougher to control with light guns) than does grouse and woodcock hunting. I only wish I could shoot anything approaching the same % on woods birds that I can on skeet targets. But then knowing where the target is coming from, where it's going, and how fast . . . that does help.

I'm not about to spend the kind of money Barnett has on that Prussian Daly 16, but I'd sure like to borrow it for a round or two of skeet. Or, better yet, for a week or two chasing grouse and woodcock. I'd even pay a rental fee!