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Just got my hands on this beauty, danish made in year 1900, from a really great gunmaker, in that time one of the best in europe.
Barrel from Birmingham and box from Belgium, really nice made with some beautyful engraving.. :dance:
Ejector and 72 cm barrel, 20 gauge and it shoot very good :clap:

Totally renovatet and in perfect shape :clap:
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Blaser R8 Proff Succes .308 win - 9,3x62

2 shots in the same hole is often luck......3 in the same hole is using Olsens shooting stick....

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That’s stunning, well done.
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Congratulations. If it could talk, I bet there would be some good stories.

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Beautiful old gun. Nice find!
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Very nice, what is the weight?

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Looks damn good for its age.
I'm soft and I don't care. :dance:

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That's in mint condition buddy. Great pick up. :handgestures-thumbup:
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mchughcb wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:48 pm Very nice, what is the weight?
Not sure, but less than half of the weight for a big ugly Browning O/U :whistle:
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2 shots in the same hole is often luck......3 in the same hole is using Olsens shooting stick....

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Olsen wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:14 am
mchughcb wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:48 pm Very nice, what is the weight?
Not sure, but less than half of the weight for a big ugly Browning O/U :whistle:
And 10 times as stylish. 😎
I'm soft and I don't care. :dance:

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Olsen wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:14 am
mchughcb wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:48 pm Very nice, what is the weight?
Not sure, but less than half of the weight for a big ugly Browning O/U :whistle:
Hey! I like my Browning 325 20ga! :evil:
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Vaughan wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:30 am
Olsen wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:14 am
mchughcb wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:48 pm Very nice, what is the weight?
Not sure, but less than half of the weight for a big ugly Browning O/U :whistle:
Hey! I like my Browning 325 20ga! :evil:
I hope you do :clap:

I just hate to see sport guns with different color outside chokes on a nice bird hunt :whistle: :doh: :doh:
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Well, yeah, I can buy into that argument... one of these days, when I get rich and famous, I would like a pretty little sxs 20g or even a 28g for willow grouse... in the mean time, I'll keep using my fat ugly old Browning...🤣
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