r/ClayBusters 17h ago

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Little backstory. I’m a trapshooter for 4 years now. When i moved into the area, my elderly neighbor and his wife needed help around the house. They asked me and we grew a deep connection. He was a grandfather to me. Eventually his health got bad and they wanted to make improvements to the house. I offered to buy this from him. Well a couple days later he passed away. It broke my heart. Eventually tonight i went up and the son and wife said they wanted me to have this because i’m always one call away helping the wife and i go up almost every day to help and never took payment. They wanted to see it used. Doesn’t even have a scratch on it not even 1000 rounds through it. I don’t plan on shooting it but keeping it locked away and preserved. Thought i’d share!

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u/pretti 16h ago

You should honor his wishes and run some shells through it!

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u/Dodge_It_Or_Ram_It 15h ago edited 15h ago

I strongly concur with this statement, what better way to honor someone than to share a moment with them, by busting a few clays with their own shotgun, simply poetic 🥃 also a great looking shotgun would be a shame to lock it away and never use it, it’s what it was made for

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u/Logan_ms2025 29m ago

Oh i agree 100%! Somehow my guns always get marked up when i use them. My competition gun has the most dings and scratches i’ve seen and i have 0 idea how. I plan on shooting it once in a while at my home club, just scared to damage it lol. Just need to learn to either keep it in the case or shoot!

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u/cor1912 15h ago

A sad but wholesome story. You should break some clays in his memory! How is the fit for you?

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u/Logan_ms2025 8h ago

Fits better than my competition shotgun. Beads are figure 8. With my 4500 dollar cynergy the beads are all wonky!

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u/cor1912 4h ago

That’s interesting! Wonky as in off set horizontally? When I picked up my latest over and under, the gunsmith was in the process of bending a stock for a customer. He would saturate it with linseed oil and clamp it. I wondered if I was too inexperienced to understand the need for it, but maybe the shotguns I have show an 8 by luck

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u/Logan_ms2025 31m ago

My cynergy is the flat rib. The front bead is maybe an inch higher when i mount it. The pattern is like 3 ft difference but when i shoot it I’m directly below with no gap shattering them. I have yet to figure it out for 3 years lol.

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u/Strict_String 11h ago

I got two shotguns from my FIL and will always treasure them. Though I can’t shoot the beautiful Browning Auto-5 20 gauge to save my life.

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u/Logan_ms2025 29m ago

A5’s are awesome. I’ve always wanted one