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Trailboss
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Re: Over and under or side by side?
24/06/20 11:07 AM

It really does seem that the older I get the more traditional I find myself becoming. I've never spent much time thinking about why one carries an auto, or a pump, O/U or a SxS. To me it was just what was pragmatic. If ducks was the quarry, than pumps or auto's was the tool. Drop'em quick while they are still in range and drop as many as you can. Grouse or Woodcock well I want a light fast swinging O/U with short barrels, and for Pheasant well, either auto loaders or O/U or side by side will do. BUT, as the years have gone by I find myself getting away from JUST the pragmatic influence of being in the "field" with the most modern and up to date models of the year. I've gone through all the stages I guess. From the single break as a kid, up to the auto's of Charles Daley and Humpbacks, to the O/U of Beretta, Weatherby, and Browning to finally coming back full circle to the double's. I don't think I'll be getting rid of my autos, break or O/U in my battery, but I sure I'll be having to think up a good excuse as to why I should not be taking a double each and every time I head for the field.

The lineup of my "HATEFUL EIGHT" battery.

I guess it's quite plain where my heart is now as I enter my seventh decade.

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Over and under or side by side?	lancaster	21/06/20 01:50 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	xausa	22/06/20 08:27 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	22/06/20 10:02 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	23/06/20 02:02 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	23/06/20 02:20 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	Trailboss	24/06/20 11:07 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	Rule303	06/07/20 08:26 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	3DogMike	11/07/20 10:49 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	DarylS	12/07/20 02:13 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	crshelton	02/08/20 10:18 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	HeymSR20	04/11/20 09:25 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	16/07/21 07:17 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	06/07/20 11:44 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	iomskp	03/07/20 09:27 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	NitroX	06/07/20 11:43 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	93x64mm	03/07/20 09:43 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	Trailboss	04/07/20 11:33 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	DarylS	05/07/20 01:25 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	93x64mm	22/06/20 09:42 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	DarylS	21/06/20 03:00 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	aromakr	22/06/20 07:43 AM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	Ripp	22/06/20 03:25 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	eagle27	22/06/20 04:13 PM
Re: Over and under or side by side?	Marrakai	22/06/20 08:04 PM

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