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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:24 am |
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| stump walnut on a decent GHE 20g Attached Image (viewed 372 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:24 am |
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| other side Attached Image (viewed 372 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:25 am |
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| G checkering Attached Image (viewed 371 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:26 am |
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| original GHE 20 stock cheeks Attached Image (viewed 369 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:26 am |
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| joining Attached Image (viewed 365 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:27 am |
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| nice enough condition Attached Image (viewed 367 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:32 am |
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| sometimes American walnut stump wood was used in C grades Attached Image (viewed 361 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:34 am |
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| And looked nice enough to me. Attached Image (viewed 361 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:35 am |
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| With good quality checkering. Attached Image (viewed 356 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 12:36 am |
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and nice joining.
We get some decent enough guns out here on the plains, but we hear that the really good ones are on the east coast where they are closely held by old families. I suppose we will have to content ourselves with what we find in the barns and closets out here.
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Ed Blake
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 01:43 am |
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| That's nice enough old door prop you got there Bruce. Missouri is sho nuff the Show Me state. I have a 1900 GH that has nicer wood on it than it needs, but it was restocked I believe by Remington. Some of the Remington era Vs and Gs I've seen have some nice wood it seems, although yours is from an earlier era. Thanks.
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David Hamilton
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 01:53 am |
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| Bruce, My grandfather's Parker was a Trojan. The South did not belong to the "East" of those days. To see a fancy Parker one had to go shooting on former plantations that now belonged to rich Easterners who used them for hunting preserves. Looks to me as though the Plains did a good deal better!! David
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 02:31 am |
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| Here's a pretty nice piece of lumber on a P grade. Its really dark so it only looks like this if you shine a light on it or take it out in the sun at just the right angle. Attached Image (viewed 315 times):
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Posted: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 02:42 am |
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I think you have hit the nail on the head, Bruce. Although American walnut has large pores, a good finisher can take Iowa Missouri walnut and match nearly any walnut source.
best, Austin
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 03:04 pm |
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| G grade 20ga standing breach Attached Image (viewed 180 times):
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 03:05 pm |
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G 20 forend
Neither this G or C are owned by me although they came to/through me to friend(s) who appreciate them. Both are substantially new guns, the G a 1922 gun, the C a 1927. No room left in my safe and I already have enough 20's . There are left in the collection a couple very nice graded 12's of slightly lesser but still high condition that I will likely make room for one or both. Both the G and C are such decent condition that it would be an issue to shoot them. I can use the others .
Still slowly working on well cared for D 28 and D 410 that have been owned by the family since new, who knows when the owner will decide. I already tried a 28ga on wild high plains pheasants in November and all that happened was that a few feathers flew off, so I favor the bigger bores for the kind of hunting I do. However, for the small bore fans, I have some shot loads for the old Colt single action 45 and if we get snow and a bird holds well I just might demonstrate some prowess or lack thereof with a small smallbore.
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