'08 Hunting/harvest report

[Mercedesrover]

Looks like a Browning A5? What year?

I went and looked at a first-year Belgium A5 today but passed on it. Had a open choke and a Cutts compensator on it. It was in pretty nice shape. They guy said new, unfired but it's hard to tell. Wanted $650 for it.

Nice pile of bunnies and birds!

 

[Haggis]

Looks like a Browning A5? What year?

I went and looked at a first-year Belgium A5 today but passed on it. Had a open choke and a Cutts compensator on it. It was in pretty nice shape. They guy said new, unfired but it's hard to tell. Wanted $650 for it.

Nice pile of bunnies and birds!

Thanks!

And yes it is a A5. It belonged to a friend of my Dad's. It's a 16 guage, and is one of the early models. As you can see this was a truck gun, beat and worn cosmetically but operates like a champ. My Dad likes to take it for a walk every winter, call it the A.C. Ginnery Memorial Bunny Bustin' Bash. It still shoots awesome. I have a newer model A5, I use it for turkey hunting, but still prefer my doubles. The double on the gun case is my Beretta Silver Hawk, my favorite gun that I own.

 

[lowenbrau]

Thanks!

And yes it is a A5. It belong to a friend of my Dad's. It's a 16 guage, and is one of the early models. As you can see this was a truck gun, beat and worn cosmetically but operates like a champ.

Sweet Sixteens are getting hard to find in nice condition. I looked at an absolutely mint one at the Calgary gun show last year and the owner wanted $900 for it. I figured it was way too much and came home and thought about it for a while. Finally decided that they were too hard to find in that condition to pass up but when I went back for it, it was gone The nice patina of your Dad's proves how valuable they are.

 

[paleohntr]

My 2008 hunting report goes as this....1 week of rifle and muzzle loader in the far NW part of my state for deer, and 5 days in Denmark hunting Red Stag. I saw some big-uns but just couldn't seal the deal. That's three helpings of tag soup for me.:chef: