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08 February 2004, 17:52
Karl
Re: Do you have a shotgun you just love?
10 gauge, great handle mate.

What do you use your gun for? I am trying to get stories of anyone who uses buck or slugs with the 10 on game.



My favourite is a Zabala 10ga SXS. Primarily because of the power.

10ga is not loaded by anyone in Australia so it quite a novelty if you can get one up and running here.



Karl.
08 February 2004, 21:06
DB Bill
My current "go-to" shotgun is a Krieghoff K-80 with the LightWeight receiver. He has 3 different sets of wood depending on what I'm going to shoot plus it has a variety of barrels that have been fitted to it.

1) 28" carrier barrels for shooting skeet using the sub-gauge tubes....have 6 chokes for each gauge.

2) 30" barrels that have been backbored from 0.730" to 0.750" for weight reduction and balance. Briley screw-in chokes added after backboring was done. These are the barrels on it most of the times I'm not shooting skeet. I use them for ATA trap doubles, for hunting, and for the little bit of sporting clays shooting I do.

3) 32" unsingle barrel for ATA trap 16-yard and handicap.

4) 20ga barrels that are 28" with screw-in chokes for "whatever".

My other shotguns rarely get out of the safe much anymore.
09 February 2004, 01:50
Toobroke
An Akah Greif 16 ga O/U. Akah is a Sporting Goods store in Germany, and Greif is a word used to describe a bird of prey. Looked for an affordable 16 ga O/U for a long time before I ran across this one. Also have an old Stevens model 311 16 ga SXS I inherited from my dad, don't think I could ever part with it.
09 February 2004, 08:17
10gauge
Quote:

10 gauge, great handle mate.
What do you use your gun for? I am trying to get stories of anyone who uses buck or slugs with the 10 on game.

My favourite is a Zabala 10ga SXS. Primarily because of the power.
10ga is not loaded by anyone in Australia so it quite a novelty if you can get one up and running here.

Karl.



Karl...
I haven't had a chance to use it for hunting yet
It came with an extra full choke when I bought it and I couldn't find any lead shot for it(they only have it here around turkey season). I had to buy another choke for steel shot cause that was all I could find($15.00 a box )
Between searching for ammo and waiting for the choke to come in the mail, I had it for three months before I even shot it
Hope to chase some turkeys with some Hevi-Shot this year
24 February 2004, 11:47
Phil T.
11-96 Remington. Too bad they didn't market that model very well.
24 February 2004, 12:18
sako
Benelli super 90 m1 LH!
I dont go out of town without it!!!
24 February 2004, 13:34
Kenneth Dagenhart
30 year old remington 1100. It is like that bunny that just keeps going and going. Better gun than the jamming Gold
Hunter I replaced it with for late season pheasants because
I felt I needed a 3 inch magnum. Yes the 3 inch does help for those wild ones. It just has to be cleaned every outing.
The remington just keeps going and going.
26 February 2004, 12:30
Crazyquik
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11-96 Remington. Too bad they didn't market that model very well.



Tell me more. I barely remember this gun, but definently remember that it didn't sell well or last long. Do you use it for pheasants?
04 March 2004, 21:37
MartinPotts
my closest friend ( shotgun ) is my Mod 600 Ithaca
12 ga. O/U 2 3/4 28 inch.. my other old girl is my
single barreled trap 12ga. Fox

Pottsy
10 March 2004, 14:32
300H&H
I love my L.C. Smith field grade...that is the half that works. The single trigger doesn't switch over to the left barrel and there's not a competent 'smith around my area to fix it to work reliably.
It's my only shotgun and I use it for pheasants. One barrel has it's advantage, I don't miss much because I take my time on the one and only.