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THE ENGLISHMAN AND THE DUCKS

Maybe it is just my imagination, but it seems to me that many firearms (like cars) are individuals, each with their own unique personality. Inoticed it again on a recent duck hunt I attended.

As each gun appeared from its bag, I could almost sense their individual characteristics and auras. Jaco’s gun is a very well-maintained Brno side-by-side manufactured in the 1960s. Although well looked after, in some places the blue had been rubbed off and the wood carries a few scars. The Brno was well used when Jaco bought it second hand in the 1990s and since then it has fired hundreds of rounds and accounted for scores of birds. To me,

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