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Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 04:53 PM
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With three shells, and it was the best day water fowling of my life!
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 05:34 PM
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 05:42 PM
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Nice band! So where did he come from?
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 06:04 PM
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Thanks guys. It was so awesome shooting my first band at home and having my puppy retrieve it. He was banded in Montana in August of this year.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 08:09 PM
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Fowlman
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Congrats on the band, nice shooting.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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#5489517
12/20/14 09:26 PM
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BMowatt
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 10:22 PM
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tdecker22
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/20/14 10:48 PM
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Duckhawker
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Very nice. Love every bit of it. The classic, functional gun. The dog. The great gray duck. Everything. Nice job.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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#5489907
12/21/14 01:12 AM
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What UTAhunter said...and a great looking pup! Nice job!!
"Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/21/14 01:14 AM
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Way to bring me back...polychokes.
"Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/21/14 03:26 AM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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12/21/14 09:48 AM
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/01/15 12:14 AM
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Congrats, I guess the do band Gaddies
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/01/15 01:13 AM
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Jordan A
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What's the choke? I have an old hand-me-down model 12. It is a full choke, I was told I could not shoot steel out of it.
“If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.” -William Maxwell
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/01/15 01:15 AM
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What's the choke? I have an old hand-me-down model 12. It is a full choke, I was told I could not shoot steel out of it. Mine has a poly choke on it but I think most if not all came from the factory with a full.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/01/15 05:40 AM
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That's pretty neat. Definitely one for the memory books.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/01/15 02:16 PM
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/04/15 05:47 PM
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What's the choke? I have an old hand-me-down model 12. It is a full choke, I was told I could not shoot steel out of it. Mine has a poly choke on it but I think most if not all came from the factory with a full. RLUM are you shooting steel or one of the other types of shot? I have 2 model 12s and an A5 that I would love to use on ducks but worried about how steel would do in them. The model 12's were my favorite on ducks back when we could shoot lead.
That old crackheaded commie (Bernie Sanders) has lost his damn mind.. in 1983
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/04/15 11:46 PM
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What's the choke? I have an old hand-me-down model 12. It is a full choke, I was told I could not shoot steel out of it. Mine has a poly choke on it but I think most if not all came from the factory with a full. RLUM are you shooting steel or one of the other types of shot? I have 2 model 12s and an A5 that I would love to use on ducks but worried about how steel would do in them. The model 12's were my favorite on ducks back when we could shoot lead. I am shooting federal blue box steel #4's and I am loving the combo.
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Re: Took the old model 12 out to the pond
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01/05/15 03:58 PM
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Before shooting steel out of an old A-5 or Model 12, be sure it can handle both the shot and the pressure of modern cartridges. In many cases they cannot. We have one of each and they were made in the 1950s. Our guns are not made to shoot steel and therefore we won't.
Yes, you "can" shoot steel through any old firearm technically, but be advised you are running a big risk of ruining the barrel by pitting it or chewing up the forcing cone of a historic firearm, so I would advise against it.
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