Would you care to tell us the name of the gunsmith that performed this lovely restoration?
Looks like possibly Buck Hamlin to my eyes. Sweet 20 Trap grade, with HOT and ejectors- How long are the barrels and how are they choked- Does this Elsie have 2.5" chambers? If so, what safe loads for SD pheasant can you use in it?? I admire the smaller gauges (except the crippling .410 bore) but to me, pheasants are a 12 gauge game bird-RWTF
It has 26" barrels and they are choked IC/MOD. It does have 2 1/2" chambers and I've used RST's 7/8oz #5's with great success on pheasant. I'm a firm believer that a 20ga will kill any bird in the world easily. Well, with the exception of spur wing geese in Africa. And even then, you shoot for the head and not the body. Bill Schwarz did the work.
OK, thanks- I gave it a "shot", right? I use RST shells 100% in all my 5 LC Smiths-four are graded pre-1913 guns, one with Damascus barrels, all have DT, 3 have Ejectors (May 1901 patent series) and all are 12 gauge. My guess is, you hunt pheasant with a close working pointing dog maybe??
