I had an old hunting buddy (banker), that could barely make it out to the duck blind at the end, who hunted with a gorgeous $25,000+(at the time) W.W. Greener side lock. Everywhere he went he took flack for taking such a remarkable piece into the wet and mud. One night one of the younger guys asked why he would buy such an expensive gun and take it hunting. He said, "How much does your truck cost? You know that every time you drive it the value goes down. By the time I'm dead this gun will be worth considerably more than I paid for it, and I'm enjoying it more than your truck that costs three times as much." You can't argue. Makes sense.
When he died it was in the will to my other hunting buddy, and it specifically said he had to return it if he did not take it hunting. Every time we go duck hunting it's in his hand. He doesn't break ice with the stock like I do with my Citori, and he's careful with it in boats, but he still hunts it.
Something like this:
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Not my thing shotgunning with a shooting glove. I prefer American stocks with a full limb. English stocks with that arrested limb feels weird to me.
