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THE IDEAL SCATTERGUN
The Mossberg Silver Reserve II Field Combo over/under is an affordable, all-around good choice for chasing
upland birds. It comes with two sets of barrels: a 28", 12-gauge barrel, and a 26", 20-gauge barrel. Both barrel
sets come with five interchangeable choke tubes. The Silver Reserve II has chrome-lined chambers and barrels,
dual locking lugs, and a tang-mounted safety with integral barrel selector. It sports a satin-finish, black walnut
stock, and a receiver with an attractive wraparound scroll engraving. $1,197; mossberg.com

pair of young black Labs, Chloe and late-October, the dogs held up well. It stellar. I suspect that had little to do with
Batman, that kept us entertained with helped that the milo strips weren’t miles switching guns, and much to do with
their boundless energy. Our group of long, and the dogs got a short break every staying up late the previous evening con-
four hunters accounted for a total of 25 time a bird went down. We hunted both suming a few adult beverages and swap-
birds that first morning, within the gen- the milo, and at times the natural cover ping stories of dubious veracity with my
erous limits of the lodge, and I did most consisting of tall grass and trees along a fellow hunters. Happily, the dogs didn’t
of my damage toting a Mossberg SA-28. creek drainage. hold it against me.
Although the weather was a bit warmer On the second day, I decided to switch
than you might typically encounter in guns, and my shooting was less than

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1- Lin FR, Metter EJ, O’Brien RJ, Resnick SM, Zonderman AB, Ferrucci L. Hearing Loss and Incident Dementia. Arch Neurol. 2011;68(2):214–220. doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.362