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Dave McC · February 24, 2000, 08:15 AM

Sorry, Harry. The H&R is a reliable,solid design, and the one I mentioned fed a family during the Depression in coal country Pa. It's put as much or more game on the table as any gun I've owned.

But, a 1 1/4oz high brass goose load touched off in a less than 6 lb gun with a crooked stock, fired by a 12 year old boy is not recommended. With field loads, better form, and age, it wasn't bad.And, easing through the woods in squirrel season with a pocket full of #6 loads was nice with that little 16 cradled in my hands.

Wish I still had it, but another family member who inherited it after I moved on took it to the beach one summer and neglected to oil/clean it before and after. Still mad at him about that,and it's been 20 years.

February 24, 2000, 08:15 AM	#11
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Sorry, Harry. The H&R is a reliable,solid design, and the one I mentioned fed a family during the Depression in coal country Pa. It's put as much or more game on the table as any gun I've owned. But, a 1 1/4oz high brass goose load touched off in a less than 6 lb gun with a crooked stock, fired by a 12 year old boy is not recommended. With field loads, better form, and age, it wasn't bad.And, easing through the woods in squirrel season with a pocket full of #6 loads was nice with that little 16 cradled in my hands. Wish I still had it, but another family member who inherited it after I moved on took it to the beach one summer and neglected to oil/clean it before and after. Still mad at him about that,and it's been 20 years.