Retirement gift for me!

[Goosemaster]

It should be illegal to upland hunt with an ugly gun!

If I see a guy with a Savage, or a gun made by Sears, or JCPenney or whatever you know I just say you know. Come on dude.

 

[Goosemaster]

Goose, do you know what grade it is? Got any pictures? I have a 1905 12b and a 1944 16b. Both are lower grade guns, but I love shooting pheasants and ducks with them. the 16 is on the left and the 12 is on the right.

The LC Smith I have was my great great grandmothers I think and was made around 1890 and it's a 16 gauge 30-in full no 28 in full modified side by side. It has Damascus barrels. I think it's kind of a mid-grain field model mid-grade field model. It was definitely used a lot for a lot of years. I got it from my grandpa when he moved out of his cabin.

 

[birddude]

Yeah, I'll load him my Caesar gerini

I got the chance to handle one last year. It was beautiful. But I didn't care for the feel, balance and bulk. But I wouldn't turn one down as a present.

 

[LC Smith]

If I see a guy with a Savage, or a gun made by Sears, or JCPenney or whatever you know I just say you know. Come on dude.

It's funny you mention those brands. I have an old Crescent 16ga SxS that I shot for years. My guess is it is a late 1890's gun. The stock head was not tight, it was not tight on face without a lit love tab here and there... As kid growing up though it was a great grouse gun in Michigan woods and even shot a few Kansas pheasants.

 

[Goosemaster]

I got the chance to handle one last year. It was beautiful. But I didn't care for the feel, balance and bulk. But I wouldn't turn one down as a present.

I have never seen one in person, only in magazines.

 

[Obi_Wan]

When I retired from the USAF, mine was a Beretta Silver Pigeon in 20 and 28. Now my son is claiming it.

 

[Js4fn]

 

[cheesy]

I know this is an old thread. But if a person watches the various online auctions and classifieds and Cabelas used gun pages, some steals can be had.

I absolutely love my Rizzini Aurum Light 20. 5# 8oz. Purchased at less than half of new.



I bought this (bottom) German 5#15 oz 16 guage, unmarked, for the cost of a few tanks of fuel in my truck. It has a few warts, but it’s awesome to carry, and I should carry it more. Top one is a Simson 12 for well under $1k.

 

[LC Smith]

I know this is an old thread. But if a person watches the various online auctions and classifieds and Cabelas used gun pages, some steals can be had.

I absolutely love my Rizzini Aurum Light 20. 5# 8oz. Purchased at less than half of new.

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I bought this (bottom) German 5#15 oz 16 guage, unmarked, for the cost of a few tanks of fuel in my truck. It has a few warts, but it’s awesome to carry, and I should carry it more. Top one is a Simson 12 for well under $1k.

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Cheesy, it sounds like you and I have had the same experiences with buy guns from them. I think they don’t always know what they really have and may not price it accordingly.