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My Scott with some proceeds from Utah.



Me and my sons in South Dakota. Damascus hammergun in my hands and Ithaca Flues for the older boy and a Belgian Guild for the younger boy.

Good looking family there Mike you must be proud of them!!!
All the best

Mike-

Great looking guns, birds, landscape and hunters! The old double guns really do add an extra touch of class.

With all those fine old doubles...how do you choose which one to use?

Doug

Mike...No offence, but I'm sure you are aware that at least one piece of blaze orange is required for hunting upland game birds in SD. Good to see that the boys are wearing theirs. Figure you just traded your blaze orange cap for the big hat for the photo or your piece of orange is on the back of the shirt.

Great photo.

Griz,
I've hunted in SD several times but I was not aware there was a blaze orange requirement for phez season. I looked just now and could not find it for phez but did see it for big game. I hope I haven't been violating a law.

treblig,

Proud I am! The oldest is in college and his time is limited. The younger son and I are thinking of shooting is some service rifle matches this summer.

dbadcraig,

I always manage to choose one or two. I have settled on a German BLE for most of my hunting. Not as pretty as a damascus hammergun but I shoot it well.

griz,

I have had that hat since I was 18. It works really well to keep the sun off of my glasses. It only comes off the wall for hunting. The back of the Filson vest I am wearing in that picture is one big panel of orange.

Thanks all for your kind words.

Chuck,

That was my understanding also but I always wear at least one piece of blaze.

Silvers-

It would appear you and I are the only Meriden shooters. You were correct, the barrels on your hammerless look identical to the ones on my hammer gun. You gun is in very good condition, which I suspect makes it a bit of a rare thing. I don't think Meriden was in business very long and most of their shotguns were marketed to folks very likely to give them hard use. The hand guard on my shotgun does not use the latch as does yours. The 1908 Sears catalog was extolling the virtues of the latch-less fore-end, so it makes me wonder if yours was either a very early gun or a later one (either the latch-less for end was in fact an improvement, or it was later found to be lacking).

Thanks for sharing those great photos!

Doug

Adding #5 to my list of things I like about my first hammergun.

5. User friendly to inspect, clean and service! With the removal of a single screw the locks come out.