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Red Label Evening.

ZeeZee Senior MemberPosts: 27,552 Senior Member
in Hunting #1
Sitting in front of the barn sipping rum with my best friend this evening, I got to use his Ruger Red Label in 20ga. 

That.......is an exquisite firearm!

I went two for two. 

He has mentioned that that it will be mine one day. That will be a bitter sweet day. 


"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • earlyagainearlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member
    #2
    Ive heard those are nice. Looks good in the pic.
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  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 27,552 Senior Member
    #3
    It is the only shotgun I have ever lusted after. 
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 18,137 Senior Member
    edited October 2018 #4
    Red Labels are just splendid O/Us.
    Gold Labels are the same for SXSs..if you can find one..
    Ruger turned out some of the finest American made doubles.


    Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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  • Six-GunSix-Gun Senior Member Posts: 8,155 Senior Member
    #5
    That particular sample has some really spectacular wood.  Nice shooting!
    Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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  • zorbazorba Senior Member Posts: 25,033 Senior Member
    #6
    OMG, is that a purdy shotty! Love that wood!!!
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
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  • Diver43Diver43 Senior Member Posts: 12,185 Senior Member
    #7
    That really is a good looking shotgun
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
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  • NNNN Senior Member Posts: 25,146 Senior Member
    #8
    great pic
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  • orchidmanorchidman Senior Member Posts: 8,365 Senior Member
    #9
    Zee said:
    Sitting in front of the barn sipping rum with my best friend this evening, I got to use his Ruger Red Label in 20ga. 

    That.......is an exquisite firearm!

    I went two for two. 

    He has mentioned that that it will be mine one day. That will be a bitter sweet day. 


    I dont like you very much right now..............
    Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
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  • BigslugBigslug Senior Member Posts: 9,382 Senior Member
    #10
    Old feller I used to work in the gun shop with (RIP) who never missed a dove opener since he got back from the Korean War had one of those in 28 gauge.  The slick thing about that one was Ruger made a dedicated receiver for the 28, where most manufacturers just dropped a set of barrels on a 20 gauge receiver.  I never did get to shoot it, but damn, was it a lively-feeling shotgun!  Felt like it was made of cobwebs and helium!
    WWJMBD?

    "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
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  • Six-GunSix-Gun Senior Member Posts: 8,155 Senior Member
    #11
    I meant to ask, are you guys mostly hitting ag fields or water holes for your doves right now?

    (Or are you just shooting them off of fence wires?)
     :p 
    Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,280 Senior Member
    #12
    Six-Gun said:
    I meant to ask, are you guys mostly hitting ag fields or water holes for your doves right now?

    (Or are you just shooting them off of fence wires?)
     :p 
    Rum scented shrub, fools them doves every time...
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 27,552 Senior Member
    #13
    He doesn’t have agg on his place. Just brush and pasture. So, we aren’t real serious about dove hunting. 

    We either sit sit under a mesquite tree in their regular flight path or down by the barn. Waiting for the errant passer by. 
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • Six-GunSix-Gun Senior Member Posts: 8,155 Senior Member
    edited October 2018 #14
    That sounds like as good a plan as any.  Very similar to how we hunted them in Nevada.  Very little ag there, and even less water.  Siting regular transit paths was the way to go.
    Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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  • bellcatbellcat Senior Member Posts: 2,040 Senior Member
    #15
    That will be a sad day
    Red Labels are beautiful, unfortunately they don’t fit me. I had one, couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a scoop shovel with it. Traded it in for my M70 supergrade, 264 win mag.  
    "Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain
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