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Greg, Great post, excellent photos, what is the hammergun in the first photo. Randy

Great thread.

I've went though the "shooting for score" phase that was accompanied by collecting guns. I was up to 15 guns and a lot of money. Have sold 4 and have 3 more on the market. Only two of the remaining guns are "nice" and one of those will go when I get one of the Fox Guns I have on order.

Have 2 Fox guns on order and have an unfired RBL that I'm not sure what to do with. One of the Fox guns is a 20Ga and that makes the RBL redundant.

My main joy is watching my young Boykin develop hunting skills. Shooting birds is fun, but it's mostly to give her something to retrieve.

Shooting clay targets is fun, but it is an excuse to be with friends and play with my guns.

Perhaps I am more dense and less sophisticated that others, or just easier to please, without all the specific differentiations.

I ENJOY IT ALL!

Using the above definitions, i think I'm simultaneously a hunter, shooter, dogman, and semi-collector. I say "semi-collector" as i shoot all of my guns, none remain closet queens.

When I can hunt wild birds I do so, and enjoy out-of-state travel. Before and after the legal bird seasons, I shoot preserve birds, and train my dogs on preserve birds. In the off-season I shoot at lots of clay birds, and even hit some.

Not sure there is any purposeful attraction to adhering to only one of the above catagorizations - seems more enjoyable to participate in all four -- as time, circumstance, and funding permit.

JERRY

Thanks, RMC. My 20 bore field gun is a Bertuzzi hammergun with bolino engraving of my beloved older dog, Maggie by Manrico Torcoli. Here are both of them.

The meat.........I think of both the shooting and the hunting on that day my dog retrieved the delicious, slow roasted canvasback currently on my plate.