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I have a couple of favorites. 1st a 12ga FE grade Lefever which has been fit with a 2nd set of Italian made steel bbls in 26' with .012/.024 chokes (originals are 30" damascus). Wt of 7½lbs & it has been used for a very wide assortmant of game by laod variation, from woodcock to Duck & Turkey.
My other favorite is a J P Clabrough sidelock 12ga 28" damascus @ 6lb 14oz choked about .010/.010 (¼choke). This gun has been used only in the uplands (quail, woodcock, rabbit) with a light 1oz smokeless reload But I shoot it extremely well (For Me).
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My dove gun is a Baker Leader choked IC/M, my want to get some fancier gun for general purpose is a Baker "B" grade and my go to trap SxS is a Baker "A" grade. Do you see a pattern here?
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Ditto jOe's comment.
Favorite's this week are my Beretta 687EELL Trap,or my old standby 32" fixed choke K-80. I shoot a lot of clays but don't hunt much any more. When I do, I'd probably borrow my buddy's 20 Super.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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he simple replied "THE NEXT ONE" Donnie, I'm down with that! 
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Dave K
I have a Folsom era Batavia Leader that I think you would like. I showed it to Dewey last autumn... after several moments of pause he simply asked me if I just picked it up from the factory.
Cheers
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I had two. The first was a August Schuller 16 gauge side by my dad gave me for Christmas in 1975. He had used it for upland game and trap. I had it re-bluded and restocked in the most beautiful piece of marble cake Bastogne walnut and the beavertail was AAA black walnut from Fajen. Looked real nice and handled exceptionally well. The other was Bernardelli Series I Uberto 20 gauge I bought from John Hollinger, Aspen Outfitters Ltd. I had it stocked to my dimensions. It was the closest I ever got to a custom gun. The Bernardelli was a very well made gun and it locked up nice and tight.
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I have two; my 12 gauge Charles Lancaster Model A Live Pigeon gun, with Whitworth barrels for doves, and my 12 gauge AyA Model 56 two-barrel set for all others, including sporting clays SxS events. Jim Haynes
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Favorite - circa 1913 W. Foerster 12 ga. It was my first SxS, has beautiful wood, horn trigger gaurd and nice scroll engraving.
Favorite for the field - 1902 Syracuse Arms 12ga. with "New Twist" barrels. Took my first timberdoodle with it.
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Currently, its a Parker VH 12 on a #1 frame, made in 1923. My Grandfather and Father hunted with it,and hopefully my son will enjoy it when I'm done. It has 26" barrels (previously butchered)
but still is somewhere near cyl and imp cyl. 85% blue, very little case, still locks up tight, lever to the right. I put a galazans gamekeeper pad on for a little more length
I hunt partridge mostly in central and northern Maine.When following my springers, its my favorite early season gun.
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Currently, its a Parker VH 12 on a #1 frame, made in 1923. My Grandfather and Father hunted with it,and hopefully my son will enjoy it when I'm done. It has 26" barrels (previously butchered)
but still is somewhere near cyl and imp cyl. 85% blue, very little case, still locks up tight, lever to the right. I put a galazans gamekeeper pad on for a little more length
I hunt partridge mostly in central and northern Maine.When following my springers, its my favorite early season gun.
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