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the parker made its first trip back on the bay yesterday. their was skim ice on most of the canals creeks and small ponds. the temp was 18 with a 10 to 15 mph breeze out of the west. the day before I saw the ducks moving, trading back and forth looking to feed. this is something they having been...

rick, I have trained and trialed labs since the 70s. I read Richard w. book game dog. my second lab did the complete akc hunt test program jr senior and second youngest to qualify for master national first yr. held all with out collar. he also became nahra master hunter and all American...

steve, we took first but not best of show lost to two man grass boat. many people like the design and how well it would work ( hide) in the marsh. the other side of the coin is the grass cover snaps off white painters canvas goes on and your in that ice hole . chris and I played with roll...

steve thanks for the kind words about the mud bug. pictures are great. the bug at the show is for 6 ft. under. I being 6 ft and friend who builds them with me is under 6. we built two the same size but made another to fit taller size that will have grassing rails and a removable fiberglass...

rick the stamp on flat is 4. I weighed finish at 3lbs 5oz to 6 oz. total gun wt is 7 lbs 4 oz.

the parker is Trojan grade with a number 2 frame not sure of barrel wt. just 30 in long full choked. the wrist or grip of the gun is a bit slender. the stock had a 13 and a quarter length of pull. I needed 14 and a half. mitch made it up with a recoil pad that was used back in the day. a red...

I had a 95 yr old gun restored. it was a bay gun , but in pretty good shape. mitch from gunsmithing ltd said it was well taken care of. I asked him to make gun look as close to new as possible something a young man with his trapping money would want to buy at the local hardware store back in the...

chris with wood removed try soaking gun in a product called pb blaster. it comes in a spray can. this product loosens pins and bolts pretty good.

chris, basic firearms number 5 model 11 on utube shows everything u need to take down and put back together. good luck, rick

steve, I have built a boat like that few years back. being 6 ft. and size 11 boot it was tight. my thoughts were to open cockpit to length needed and extend spray curtain to edge of new opening but then would have to big of an opening for birds to see that boat hide real good on the bay way it...

in 1942 Remington DuPont ran an ad full page, never vote for someone who cant shoot. this saying came from press article from 1803 in Kentucky. a person was running for office and he was being heckled by someone in the crowd. the heckler said something about if you can hit the target he would...

sorry I don't know how to post pictures.

I know bismuth had problems being brittle in the pass. I have read that putting buffer in load helped it, also with rio on board the shot was changed to help with this problem. im not going to change the chokes on the guns all being full and mod. I have shot lefever at tower shoot with low brass...

I looked into rio shells but being from the land of no because of safe act cant order on line. my thoughts went to reloading because I can get the stuff needed shipped here plus my dad use to reload gunning shells back in the day of lead. I think reloading and using a gun you do all the work to...

I am going to get the book by tom rooster. I have a few old paper shells left that didn't get wet from storm sandy. low psi is what im looking for thanks for info rick

parker and lefevers are blue collar guns Trojan and nitro. parker is 1920 and lefevers are 1926 and 1927 I believe. the nitros are all redone springs firing pins and one restocked with fore to match. parker is original in fair condition. Remington is restocked to original and all interior works...

I am looking into reloading shells with bismuth for gunning ducks. I have reload in the past for trap and skeet but looking to get older guns back on the bay. im interested in gunning a 1909 auto repeater Remington pre 11., parker sxs 12 ga 30 in full choke and 2 lefevers 28 in and 30 in full...

I run my 10 pod with an electric motor on home made bracket that is removable with two wing nuts. it runs ok with dog decoys and me. I use it for hunting in backwater ponds also do some fishing out of it.

steve, was that boat built by the owner of east islip lumber. I think his name was wilrick ,

the value of the boat used would depend on ribs being in tack not broke or loose even dry without water in them. the problem begins from start floor boards screwed to rib letting water in then freezing and popping loose. then next problem is the interior stakes flex and break causing floor of...