Re: Lc Smith. Cylinder/Modified. Pheasant? Archived Message
Posted by H. McMurchy on September 2, 2014, 12:25 pm, in reply to "Lc Smith. Cylinder/Modified. Pheasant? "
Outing October 1900 “Woodland Holiday” http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_37/outXXXVII01/outXXXVII01v.pdf The Choice Of A Gun Let it be a twelve-gauge by some well-known maker, and, if the pocket can stand it, of the maker’s highest grade, weighing anywhere between seven and eight pounds. Such a gun will admirably serve as an all-round arm. A heavier piece might give better results at such duck as canvasback and at other larger waterfowl, but the trifling advantage so gained would not balance the disadvantage of a big gun for general field shooting. My favorite gun for all-round work is a hammerless “twelve.” It weighs scant seven and one-half pounds, right cylinder, left “modified”. This gun has done rare good service at swan, crane, geese—in fact, at about everything feathered worth shooting. It has received the best of care, and is in good condition.
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