Three shotguns (or maybe two)

[Steve007]

In perusing the "introductions" section, I note a clear request for gun pictures. I'll give it a try.If not many new guns have been imported to India since 1986, these may be unfamiliar to you. Most shotgun guys have multiple shotguns here (plus handgun) and I am no exception.

Gun #1; 20g. Guerini Magnus, 28", Italian, 6 # 5 ounces, upgraded wood. Guerini is becoming very respected here.Magnus was their highest model when I bought this, but they now have one with more ornate engraving.

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Gun #2: 16g. Browning Citori, Gr. 3 (grade 6 wood). 28", 6 3/4 pounds.Browning made in Japan. My regular hunting gun. Browning produces only a few (perhaps a thousand)16g, guns every few years on special order.







Browning at work with partner's young English Setter:




Gun 3; the famed Browning Superposed, Belgium, 12g., made in 1958, 30", 8#. As my wife says, it's a 1950's killing machine and one of the world's great guns. New, it's far more expensive than the other two at $8000. Fortunately, there are lots of used ones around. . A highly regarded gun.


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Hope these print!! Not great photos, but better something than nothing.

[lazybones]

Really nice guns Steve. Thanks for sharing them.

Ashok

[snIPer]

WOW. Lovely collection - thanks for sharing the snaps

[indian]

great pics steve the guerini looks cool and thanks for sharing them

[TenX]

Excellent guns there Steve.. thanks a bunch for sharing..

[Vikram]

Very nice shotguns, Steve, and thanks for sharing them.

When I visited a fellow member here, he said he would show me something that would break my heart and showed me his CG Magnus Jaspe in 20 bore. I agree with you.CGs are great guns and I only hear good things about them.

Your 16 bore Citori looks great too.

Best-
Vikram

[badshah0522]

Excellent Collction

[HSharief]

Great guns Steve. Where do you hunt ? I live in Michigan and we have some guys in Chicagoland and we try to go hunting once a year.

[Sakobav]

Nice collection Steve have been a fan of Guerini .

Best

[Steve007]

Thanks. These are my O/Us (except for a Marocchi Conquista dedicated target gun). I have some SxS shotguns too (and a semi-auto and pump). Alas, I shoot the O/Us better, which I attribute to a flaw in my character. I need to spend an entire summer shooting only my best clays SxS.

HSharief, if I lived in Michigan, I'd sure hunt more than once a year! Great state for hunting. I'm in Missouri where we have no grouse (as does Michigan)and few woodcock, but we do have quail, pheasant and dove. I hunt here, in Iowa amd Illinois, and sometimes in South Dakota.

I hope that some of you fine fellows will get on my main Bulletin board (see my post here "Shotgun Brethren" for links),and explain something about India shooting sports and gun laws.I seem to have stimulated questions with my post about this board,and I don't know the answers. Everyone is surprised that there ARE genuine gun guys in India beyond expatriates.

HSharief and ngrewal, my board gets together once a year in Nebraska for three days of sporting clays shooting and gun displays. There are no scores kept and only hunting shotguns are allowed. It's just a huge amount of fun, and the guns available to handle and frequently shoot are ones you have only seen in books. The best shooter there shoots a pumpgun, though. You ought to get there if you can. Last weekend in April. I'll loan you a gun if you don't have one here.

Hope someone gives us info about India and guns. Educate some Americans!

PS: Why is there a line over SxS and in boldface type?

[Vikram]

Why is there a line over SxS and in boldface type?

The site software has a dictionary built in and when you move your cursor over various abbreviations , it shows you the meaning.

Best-
Vikram

[Sakobav]

steven007

thanks for the invite.

I need to pass my states (NY) Hunting Lic classes first for a hunting permit.Will try to post on your forum.

best

[Steve007]

Under another thread, there was a request for pictures of shotguns of mine .As seen above,I have posted some previously, but here's another..my quail gun this past season.I also have one just like it in in 12g that is a great pheasant gun.

Shotgun #4 : Browning BSS Sporter. Side by side. 28".20g,. Single selective trigger, semi-beavertail fore end. Shipped it to Briley custom choke shop to have Briley thinwall screw-in chokes tubes installed. Gun weighs 6 3/4#. 14 5/8' LOP over Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. Note English (straight) stock. Oil finish.







For those who have not seen thinwalls, these are they. Gun has great flexibility due to the variety of chokes and does not affect balance of gun.

[shooter]

good collection. all the pics show prince of wales grips on guns and 1 straight stock. The hunting models seem to be your favourite.

Do post pics of your clay guns. Also unusual to see an american who doesnt have a semi or a pump; im sure you have them as well. Please post pics.

Also please share your shooting and hunting stories and pics with us.
What chokes do you use for hunting upland/waterfowl/clays?

thanks

[Steve007]

well, I don't know that most American shotgunners have pumps. If they do, it's because pumps are the most gun for the least money and there are a lot of used ones around. When money was short ('30's, '40s and some of the '50's), it's all most people could afford, and a lot of older shotgunners grew up shooting them as a result. Not many shoot them regularly these days (O/U's are most common other than for waterfowling, where gas semi-autos have recoil- absorption benefits), though most guys still have one left over from their youth.

I started off with a SxS and the below 16g Ithaca Model 37 (produced in 1949) is my most recent shotgun purchase. Unlike modern pumps, you can "slam fire" it (hold the trigger back and just work the slide , shooting with every pump). Holds four in the tube,1 in chamber. Light weight and ambidextrous handling, thanks to Browning's patented bottom ejection feature. See last picture. Also note "corncob" forend. Modified choke. This Ithaca 37 has been completely refinished at some point, or else possibly never shot. This one cost me $325 a few years ago. Can't buy much of a shotgun for that in other configurations, but you can get a fine pumpgun and I did. I've never actually hunted with it, as I'm not as smooth as I might be, but bang away at clays sometimes,and loan it to my brother-in-law when he comes to visit. Fun gun, though. I like the gun and should add a recoil pad and shoot it more. It's wonderful to see a serious pumpgunner work the slide. Some of the best non-competitive shots I know shoot pumps, and they are much admired.