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Location: Somewhere around here | If you could only have four bits for the REST OF YOUR LIFE, which ones would you choose? |
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Posts: 617
Location: London Ontario | Twisted wire snaffle with a dog bone, Jr horse, little S hackamore, and a correction bit with a port |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
| Offset smooth 3piece snaffle, Chain draw gag, Josey Go Around bit, and Short Shank twisted wire combination bit. |
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Posts: 274
| mmmm....
my wagon wheel - pull through (not sure if this is the true name for it) o ring
double small twisted wire short shank lifter (no gag)
jr. cow horse
josey short shank combo |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
Posts: 11181
Location: Kansas | Jim Warner hack
Chain mouth Rosie gag
Mike Beers large chain mouth
some kind of Argentine snaffle - 3 piece mouth with rollers in the middle |
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 You get what you give
Posts: 13030
Location: Texas | o ring
loomis
simplicity
elliott spur up 03 |
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  Friendly horse swapper
Posts: 4122
Location: Buffalo, TX | 1. Jeremiah Watt ring snaffle
2. Short shank Petska chain
3. Old style Goostree Delight w/mule mouth
4. Warner hackamore
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 Off the Wall Wacky
Posts: 2981
Location: Louisiana | MC1993 - 2015-11-19 7:04 AM
Twisted wire snaffle with a dog bone, Jr horse, little S hackamore, and a correction bit with a port
Y'know, I can't think of a horse I've ridden that wouldn't have worked in at least one of these. Maybe not their ideal bit, but they would work.  |
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I just read the headlines
Posts: 4483
| Dutton smooth 3 piece snaffle
Dutton smooth 3 piece jr. cowhorse type bit
Neil Merrill used to make a ported bit that twisted in the middle
Warner hack |
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Posts: 4625
Location: Desert Land | -Jim Warner Short Shank Hackamore
-O-ring with thin twisted wire mouth
-Dave Elliot Spur Up 01 w/07 mouth
-Ed Wright Correction Bit
Edited by TheOldGrayMare 2015-11-19 9:11 AM
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Expert
Posts: 4625
Location: Desert Land | Opps...I tried to have a Top 5, LOL |
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| I couldn't just have 4 bits, not all horses can fit into 4 bits.
My top 4 picks
Dave Elliott spur up
Myler Lynn Mackenzie gag
3 piece snaffle, either Dave Elliott, or dutton
S shank hack |
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 I Chore in Chucks
Posts: 2882
Location: MD | Jr Cowhorse dogbone
Little S Hack
Josey Go-Round
Goosetree Simplicity -I couldn't really decide on my absolute 4th favorite, but this one has served me well and I ALWAYS forget about it! |
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Posts: 1857
| Jim Warner Hack
Rosie gag-Chain mouthpiece
Short shank mullen mouth with a setback curb - Connie combs stabilizer, or shallow creek makes one
Ring Snaffle with a twisted wire mouthpiece - Denise Mooreland |
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 Good Grief!
Posts: 6343
Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Smooth O-ring...S-cheek hack...Ed wright short shank 3 piece...Short shank cervi square mouth piece...M |
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 Experienced Mouse Trapper
Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | Carl's hack
Goostree Simplicity
Goostree CG bit
BE correction square port. |
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Posts: 3782
Location: Gainesville, TX | mruggles - 2015-11-19 10:01 AM
Smooth O-ring...S-cheek hack...Ed wright short shank 3 piece...Short shank cervi square mouth piece...M
This would probably be me too. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 784
Location: USA | Ed Wright 3 piece smooth, short shank, gag
Ed Wright 3 piece smooth, medium shank, locking
Ed Wright 3 piece twisted, long shank, locking
Ed Wright Pretzel
if you let me have just one more I would have the Ed Wright 2 piece twisted, xlong shank, locking.
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I AM being nice
Posts: 4396
Location: MD | chain mouth divided O ring, sweet iron offset D, short shank 3 piece L&W lifter, short shank Stop N Turn |
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 Chasin my Dream
Posts: 13651
Location: Alberta | I just realized reading the posts I need to try an Ed Wright bit LOL
Mine today would be...
smooth o-ring, Connie Combs stabilizer, Caramillo tender touch and my unknown maker bit with a Mona Lisa mouth piece and fixed shanks (it's a cowboy bit not a barrel racer bit lol) |
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