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I was reading another post where some folks use a rainy day gun verses using a best gun or higher dollar gun. This concept has never crossed my mind, rain shine or humid the sxs I bought are made to hunt with. And I hunt no matter what the weather is.

Am I the only one that hunts my sxs and don't own a rainy day gun?

I'll agree with that, the only exception I make is hunting waterfowl in salt water. I have guns put aside for that, it's tough on blueing.

A rainy day gun is just another excuse to buy another side-by-side!

You know one needs a grouse gun, a pheasant gun, a quail gun or two, a pair of guns for driven shooting, at least one water-fowler, and a light long barreled 20 gauge dove gun.

Of course, then there are the various target games that can be shot with SxSs: trap, skeet, bunker trap, sporting clays....

The thing is I�m running out of good excuses but still find side by sides I �d like to put in the safe.

Nonetheless, I do agree with the old saying, �Beware of the man with one gun� (He will out shoot you every time!)

For the most part, the guns I have used over the years as my "Go To" guns are what many here would refer to as their Rainy Day guns. It is rare indeed that I shoot anything other than a SxS, & even then it generally belongs to someone else, who wanted me to try it.

No dedicated rainy day gun for me. Whatever gun I decide to take on a rainy day is my rainy day gun. It will get a good coat or two of Johnson's paste wax before I leave, and get disassembled, dried, cleaned and lubed when I return.

One of my most valuable guns is also a favorite duck gun, a Fox HE grade with 32" barrels and 3" chambers. Hunting with duck boats is rough on equipment, including the guns. But, I didn't buy it to sit in the safe.



SRH

How about a �Hunting with friends unruly Labs� gun? I�ve seen multiple stocks broken and legs lifted on guns, good, and otherwise, by Lab dogs.
One German Shorthair was an excitable Duffus as well.
My gun for said occasions:



An Uggy Falcon 12.



Best,
Ted

I have some high condition guns that I enjoy shooting clays with and hunting with occationally. But for some hunting, grouse and woodcock specifically, i resort to an absolutely roached out Parker VH that I own. It is light for carrying and fits well for shooting. But with all the crap you can get caught in during that sort of hunting, it is best to not worry about protecting the gun from brush, weather or a fall.

Upland hunting in rain sucks anyway, just don�t go. I cannot think of even one, remotely successful day afield upland hunting while it was raining. I�ve had many great days just before and after rain...but never during. Snow days can be good and your gun will look like it got rained on, but like the other guys said, who cares! Take em apart, clean em, dry em, lube em, and get them ready for the next day. For really nasty stuff, I have 2 plastic fantastics (Winny Sx2 and Beretta 390) that are both reliable as a Toyota. I literally drove over the Sx2 (short story, still embarrassing :-) ) and it took that lickin in stride.

A rainy day gun is an absolute necessity. It is a tool, just like a raincoat or an umbrella.

It is also necessary to own at least one "Rainy Day Loan It To Your Brother-in-law Gun". Of course, this includes at least a rifle and a shotgun, at bare minimum. You'll thank me for this when he breaks a beater instead of something that you really like.

Good job Stan