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The emotional versus the practical is clearly a factor here too as well. I have very few inherited guns left (most were just not exceptional) so for me it's less of a choice. I was also thinking purely in the sense of the pragmatic when it come to actually hunting, but I completely get it. If I had a special connection to a family firearm (that was also a practical game gun) I'd be torn as well. As I mentioned earlier, this presumes several things continuing forward, including your physical (& legal) capacity. This also presumes access to a place to actually hunt (with hopes of success). Given that, however. I'm thinking about a doublegun (of course!) that still fits well, that is light & lively, and that I can either find ammo for (or reload for). So for me that'd either be a 16 or a 28 right now, with a 20 being a possibility. A light 12 would be wonderful as well, but it'd have to be quite exceptional.
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A 16 LC FW, 28” High Rib, given to me by my parents as a graduation present.
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The rifles are easy. My dad’s M71 .348 and his Remington 41 Targetmaster. They hold his history, our history, followed by my own. The shotguns have come and went, but a 5 3/4 lb. 16 gauge W&S 400 screw grip that seems to be the magic wand might be it.
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Funny thing you have brought this topic up. I turn 69 next month and this subject has been on my mind. I am starting to look at maybe purchasing a Parker VH 20 bore with 28" barrels. As I only shoot doves this would be an ideal gun. Next items on the list would be, 20 bore Fox, 28" barrels 410 over / under of some maker 20 bore over / under, maybe a Browning Superposed.
I have two Rizzini's I purchased last year a 20 and 28 but I do not shoot the 28 very well so it will be on the market soon enough. My Perazzi MX20 is kind of a heavy 20 bore with the 31 1/2" barrels
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I'm only a youthful 74, but its gotten to where a light 12ga kicks the fool out of me and and a heavy one is hard to carry. I bought a F.A.I.R Iside 28ga sxs for my dotage, and I like the way it shoots. There's also a H&R Topper 28ga single for when I can't be trusted with two shots...Geo
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I turned 64 earlier this month. I find this subject to be thoroughly depressing and won't be considering my "final gun" now or probably ever. It will be what it will be. What's left for my heirs will be up to them to sort out. I will be well past caring.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Hopefully my French 8 gauge hammer gun if I'm hunting in Idaho where it is legal to hunt upland birds with an 8 gauge. If I am anywhere else and I kick the bucket I would hope to be using my Dougal Lock fast 10 bore hammer gun at the time of my demise.
"As for me and my house we will shoot Damascus!"
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James & Stan: This wasn't meant to be depressing (although I suppose it could go that way). I'm simply being forced to adapt to some changing conditions here (albeit grudgingly) and was wondering what others had come up with in similar circumstances. Ted's story of his pal on the Munger trail is bit of a downer, but I'm a cockeyed optimist these days (a surprising side-effect of attending too-many funerals lately). I'm looking forward and not back anymore...
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eeb, Outstanding suggestion regarding the "need" to buy a dotage gun! I'll fly it by the "tower" to see if it works. Great idea ebb! Karl
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