Cool shotgun story

[SoCalPI]

Very cool. But don't you mean John Daly? Lol

[BOBGBA]

So I suppose it shouldn't be called a "Scattergun, Splattergun or Shot Slinger " either then. It's just a name, it gets the point across, it's still a "shotgun" no matter what as long as the name is understood.

Scattergun is ok.

[Bull Elk]

Very cool. But don't you mean John Daly? Lol

John, Bill, Carl or Charles..........it's one of those Daly's!

[audiction]

cool story...thanks for posting! can't wait for the pics

[leadstorm]

Any reason you couldn't post his name?

[Ducky's Dad]

Scattergun is ok.

No, it's not.

[sealocan]

Thank you OP, that actually was a cool shotgun story.

[Tom-ADC]

I have a pair of BC Miroku Superior grade skeet guns a 20 & 12 ga bought in the Navy Exchange at NAS Atsugi 1969 I've put 10's of thousands rounds thru both, had to replace one of the hammer springs in the 12 but all in all trouble free.

[200Apples]

Bull, thank you for the pleasant anecdote regarding your shotgun's prior, original owner.

Miroku craft well-made firearms. I have two Winchester clones; a Winchester-boxed Model 63 (.22LR) and a Browning 1892 in .44 Magnum.

[Skip_Dog]

Pictures? Nice finding a good background on a nice piece of gear.

[Shottie_Clip_Guy]

It is actually spelled "SHOTTIE" but I agree with you in principle. I lean more toward "BoomStick" or "Street Howitzer" but to each his own.

Yeah!

[Tom-ADC]

Bull, thank you for the pleasant anecdote regarding your shotgun's prior, original owner.

Miroku craft well-made firearms. I have two Winchester clones; a Winchester-boxed Model 63 (.22LR) and a Browning 1892 in .44 Magnum.

I forgot about my Browning MDL 12 grade 5 in 28 gage. I missed a chance years back to pick up a 1886 in 45-70.

[Bull Elk]

Any reason you couldn't post his name?

William George Frisbie, A.K.A. (W.G. Frisbie)
San Francisco Bay Area

I have a good friend named Bill Frisbie who lives in San Bruno, CA. I contacted him when I saw the name "W.G. Frisbie" on the hard case airline tag. It wasn't a relative of his, but he told me that W.G. Frisbie was actually William George Frisbie, a well known AF and commercial airline pilot who also lived in the Bay Area until his recent passing. Since yesterday, I've spoken with a relative of William Frisbie and have found out more information about him, confirming that he spent time in Korea and Japan flying jets and commercial planes, and that he had a love of quality shotguns and hunted in many countries. I hope to get more information later on. I hope that helps.

[Bull Elk]

I forgot about my Browning MDL 12 grade 5 in 28 gage. I missed a chance years back to pick up a 1886 in 45-70.

Tom, have you shot steel out of your Daly's? My local gun smith, who seems to know quite a bit about shotguns, as well as being a good smith, will look at mine next week to evaluate the possibility of shooting steel shot out of it. Another gun smith that I met through a friend seemed to also believe that shooting steel should not be a problem because of the quality steel that Miroku used for making its barrels in the late 60's and early 70's. However, it's about 50-50 (yes-no for using steel shot) based on the online comments that I've received. No doubt many want to be careful and not have someone ruin a barrel, but then some feel otherwise. If no on steel, the best option is Bismuth non-toxic shells, but we are talking about $1.75 a shell.

On a related note, a friend of mine has been shooting his 1958 Browning A5 modified choke shotgun this past bird season to see what if any issues arise from shooting steel. Up to this point, he's got almost 75 shells fired with zero issues. Just thought I'd share this.

[leadstorm]

Cool - thanks. Sounds like quite a guy.

His public obituary (from a Google search):

https://www.theunion.com/news/obituaries/obituary-of-william-george-frisbie/