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We went to my buddies ranch for Opening day. Doves were plentiful, and we had a great time. I hunted with my Remington Versa Max, but took some time to to put a couple of shells through my 100+ year old Stevens 105 until I took down a dove with it. I didn't want to shoot it too much, but it's just fun to take these old guns out in the field and use them for what they were built for. This one hangs above the door in my shop now.
::nod:: ... Very nice Unk!!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Last year was a really good dove season. ... ::hmm:: However..... ... :x .....This year, not a great dove season so far, too damn dry this year and last year winter. I got a mesquite thorn right through my shoe into the ball of my foot. If I didn't have my Leatherman with me, it would still be there ::dang::

My dog is having a good time, "no-stop-'till-he'll-drop" running around.....
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Beautiful old Browning GSPTOPDOG!
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steve99f wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 1:44 am Beautiful old Browning GSPTOPDOG!
::handshake:: ... Thanks! ... ::hmm:: I got it more than 30 years ago. I sent some money to The Bank of Boulder to be held in a "CD" for a number of years and they sent me that Browning as soon as the got my money, in lieu of interest ::woot::
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Love them old Brownings👍
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Nice Citori TOPDOG,
How old is that one. I have two that are not twins. The first one I bought around 85. That one has been used and I have not taken care of as good as I should have. It has been in the swamp, boat. I have shot doves, ducks and pheasants with it. So if it is raining that one gets pulled out.
Six years ago I got my second Citori 725 feather it still gets used but a little more sparingly. I will have to get it out for a picture.
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As someone who owned an 1851 Colt Navy replica with shoulder stock attachment, the pictured shown above is NOT how to do it.
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OLDE CUTLER wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 5:46 pm As someone who owned an 1851 Colt Navy replica with shoulder stock attachment, the pictured shown above is NOT how to do it.
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A little story about a Citori I wish I had.
I own a small pawnshop and had a customer that frequently pawned a 20ga Citori for a small $$ amount. And he was always late to redeem it but always did. Then one time he wanted to borrow a lot more money. I picked up the gun and shouldered it, fit me perfectly. I loaned him what he wanted with a warning, “If you are even 1 day late you will never see the gun again, it will be in my safe”
He was early to pick it up. Dang it!
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Here I am out with the Benelli Legacy 28.

28 gauge is fun but tricky, you have to practice for sure. And the Legacy 28 may have the lightest swing weight of any gun I've shot, its just a lot of fun and absolutely beautiful
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SwedgeHead wrote: Mon Sep 15, 2025 4:48 pm Here I am out with the Benelli Legacy 28... And the Legacy 28 may have the lightest swing weight of any gun I've shot, its just a lot of fun and absolutely beautiful
Wow! that is a beauty! Sure, beats what I was lugging around yesterday and most of last week ..... ::skeptic::
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LKSKNIVES wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:31 pm Nice Citori TOPDOG,
How old is that one. I have two that are not twins. The first one I bought around 85. That one has been used and I have not taken care of as good as I should have. It has been in the swamp, boat. I have shot doves, ducks and pheasants with it. So if it is raining that one gets pulled out.
Six years ago I got my second Citori 725 feather it still gets used but a little more sparingly. I will have to get it out for a picture.
Steve
::handshake:: ... Thanks! ... ::hmm:: I got it more than 30 years ago... about 1992 ... ::hmm:: as I recall.... ::nod:: Well, it still feels great in the hands and very well made, I used it for trap & skeet for many years, so I suppose soft duty such as that would have left her looking pretty good after all these years later.... ::hmm:: ... But as I am getting up there in years, ::paranoid:: I reckon' some hard duty hunting birds out in the desert is what she needs these days.... :wink:
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Recent pick-up from a local Gun & Knife show.

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That's a beauty Kevin ::tu::
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garddogg56 wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:36 pm That's a beauty Kevin ::tu::
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knifeaddict1965 wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:38 pm Recent pick-up from a local Gun & Knife show.


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Wow!! Who wouldn't love that pistol. :shock: ::tu::

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Thanks fellas! ::handshake:: I've wanted a Python for several years and finally pulled the trigger (pun intended).
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knifeaddict1965 wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:23 am Thanks fellas! ::handshake:: I've wanted a Python for several years and finally pulled the trigger (pun intended).
Is it an old one, or the newly made CZ models?
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GSPTOPDOG wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 1:13 am
Unk wrote: Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:17 pm
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::nod:: ... Very nice Unk!!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Last year was a really good dove season. ... ::hmm:: However..... ... :x .....This year, not a great dove season so far, too damn dry this year and last year winter. I got a mesquite thorn right through my shoe into the ball of my foot. If I didn't have my Leatherman with me, it would still be there ::dang::

My dog is having a good time, "no-stop-'till-he'll-drop" running around.....
Nice old Citori, TD! I have a similar one - a Satin Hunter - I bought back around 2013 or so. It was a Shot Show special.
Me and my buddies went back out to the ranch this past weekend. Plenty of dove here - we all got our limit all 3 days. Also shot a lot of clays off the throwers, and had a few competitions with our .22s. Good food, good friends, and a few beers. Always a great time.
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OLDE CUTLER wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:09 am
knifeaddict1965 wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:23 am Thanks fellas! ::handshake:: I've wanted a Python for several years and finally pulled the trigger (pun intended).
Is it an old one, or the newly made CZ models?
This is one of the newer models (after 2020). I have heard that they as good or better quality, but of course the value and collectability aren't the same vs an older model.
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knifeaddict1965 wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:00 pm
OLDE CUTLER wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:09 am
knifeaddict1965 wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:23 am Thanks fellas! ::handshake:: I've wanted a Python for several years and finally pulled the trigger (pun intended).
Is it an old one, or the newly made CZ models?
This is one of the newer models (after 2020). I have heard that they as good or better quality, but of course the value and collectability aren't the same vs an older model.
You are going to like it a lot. I have been drooling over a King Cobra 10 shot rimfire.
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Unk wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 3:12 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 1:13 am
Unk wrote: Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:17 pm
Me and my buddies went back out to the ranch this past weekend. Plenty of dove here - we all got our limit all 3 days. Also shot a lot of clays off the throwers, and had a few competitions with our .22s. Good food, good friends, and a few beers. Always a great time.
Sounds like an awesome weekend ::tu:: .... The early dove season petered out pretty quick out West... Opening day there were lots of birds, but soon thereafter, it seems that there were hardly any birds around. I was going in the early morning and only seeing a handful of birds. Last year was much better. ...This year has been very dry... ::disgust:: probably not a good sign for quail season :x
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I picked up this 40mm flare cartridge for my cartridge collection. Compare to the 30-06 for size. Bore would be about 1.56 inches.
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SwedgeHead wrote: Mon Sep 15, 2025 4:48 pm Here I am out with the Benelli Legacy 28.

28 gauge is fun but tricky, you have to practice for sure. And the Legacy 28 may have the lightest swing weight of any gun I've shot, its just a lot of fun and absolutely beautiful
Very nice 28! I think a 28 gauge will be my next purchase. I missed out on one a few months ago - I should have pulled the trigger (pun intended) but I didn't, then it was gone.

I did run across another Beretta 391 a friend was selling a few weeks ago. This one has a 30" barrel with a mid-rib and a Monte Carlo stock with an off-set (adjustable) butt pad. I have shot it in league the last couple of weeks with so-so results. Still getting used to it. Not sure if I will stay with it or go back to the A400.
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