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I've heard it said that "God does not subtract the time from a man's life spent bird hunting". That said, I plan on being out there every fall season that I can stand upright! Karl
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Like many here, I have a few to choose from... but for the sake of tradition, my last hunt, coming up sooner than I'd like, will be with a London 'best,' a Charles Lancaster 12-bore central-fire breech-loader from 1864. Steve, An outstanding pinfire. Or is it a converted pinfire? Not sure from the angle provided but it would appear the hammers have been changed or modified. I'm thinking my last gun should be a 36cal. smooth bore single barrel fowler with a flint lock. Not a pin-fire at all, but an original central-fire, built for the early French Schneider cartridge design. The action is a slide-and-drop (another French design, by Gastinne). Lancaster made his early central-fire guns in two types, either for his proprietary base-fire cartridge, or Schneider’s. A fascinating gun, with this one having been nitro-proofed.
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At 50, I'm already sure this pretty lady will be my hunter colleage forever.
28 ga, hammerguns and all shotguns and rifles made by hands. Waidmannsheil 🌿📯
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Mr. Campero, that single-shot is a beauty. I have an Army& Navy British 20ga single with the hammer, but mine has a top lever. I can't hit very well with it, but I enjoy carrying it. I've always felt the old hammer singles were the coolest shotguns around...Geo
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Stunningly beautiful gun, Mr Campero! And I agree with Mr Newbern, hammer singles are truly special.
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Mr. Newbern, I'm agree with you. Old hammer single barrel are special. Show us your Army&Navy, please. Mine has 28 ga chamber but 24 overvored barrel. Great and fast patterns!
Mr. Nash, what an outstanding underlever single barrel! Saw in other thread! Lovely 16 ga Thomas Seymour!
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Mr. Newbern, I'm agree with you. Old hammer single barrel are special. Show us your Army&Navy, please. I'd be proud to if I could figure out how to post a picture on this forum...Geo
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When does my "dotage" start? I must be getting close at 76.
My father hunted through the fall he was 80, 1987/8 season. Carried his 12-gauge AE-Grade Remington and his 2-frame 12-gauge Parker Bros. every bit as often as the 20-gauge Winchester 101 that I brought him when our ship stopped in Japan in 1972. I think he quit going because all of his buddies were dead and I lived on the other side of the country.
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Mr. Newbern, I'm agree with you. Old hammer single barrel are special. Show us your Army&Navy, please. I'd be proud to if I could figure out how to post a picture on this forum...Geo Dear sir, it is easy to post pictures in this forum 1 Go for example to Imgbb.com2 Upload the pictures you want to post. 3 Copy this code and paste it into your message (complet BBCode is better) Hope this can help you. Regards!
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At 50, I'm already sure this pretty lady will be my hunter colleage forever. OMG I like single shots. That's a beaut! My Tolley isn't a hammer gun but it's still pretty damn fine.
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