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I've posted this gun before but the OP want;s favorites so.......

It's not the most valuable gun I have or the fanciest but it works the way it should every time I hunt with it. Maybe it's a confidence thing.......first time i ever pulled the trigger it nailed a nice ruffed grouse. It's my Lovena 12 gauge sidelock. 28" barrels, moderately open chokes, 6 1/2 pounds. From Prague in the 1920s. Wonderful.

It's the one in the foreground:

 
Choosing a favorite can be hard. You gotta break it down by category
My fave semi auto for a while was my a400 xplor 28ga but being honest I absolutely love the 1301 comp 21". Bought it for duck hunting from my kayak and now it gets used for everything
 

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As for my love of sxs guns I have to choose my JD Dougall side lever. As anyone who has shouldered it knows it's just something special and it's killer on upland birds
 

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I'm an absolute sucker for true case color hardening so I have to choose my Dickinson arms over hunter 12ga as my favorite. I use it for trap despite its 26" barrels. It does get carried hunting as well
 

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My fav subgauge is a huglu 103fe 20 bore with grade 3aa+ wood. It's fits like it's made for me and it patterns great. Joy to carry and I shoot it better than every other double I own
 

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Like Canvasback, a repeat photo, but my favourite grouse gun, a Charles Lancaster breech-loader, has been doing the job since 1864.
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Steve, I know you are the exactly right guy to ask. Would you speculate on when that walnut tree that provided the stocks was a sapling? When and where would it have been harvested?
 
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