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Post by regnar on Jan 27, 2006 20:00:13 GMT
DD,
thats a crying shame. Before the kids came I was saving my pennies for one of those. I wanted to hunt over the dog with a SxS. I have shot one and your right, there is something about the way they point that makes it real easy to hit anything you can see.
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Post by b4rifle on Jan 27, 2006 21:27:51 GMT
They really are classics, and have just the right feel. My father owns 2 of them in 20.
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Post by roman on Mar 29, 2006 2:00:33 GMT
I have been toying with the notion I need a twenty guage, well I guess I should. I will probably make my next turkey gun a twenty. When I have the $$ that is.
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Post by wjsmall97 on Aug 10, 2006 19:05:40 GMT
Interesting,I just bought a 20ga mossberg with a rifled barrel for deer hunting,even though I already have a 12 ga. rem 870 with a rifled barrel.
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Post by FirePirate on Feb 23, 2007 16:30:16 GMT
Regnar, you carry more than 2 boxes of shells on an all day hunt? what are you hunting? I'm just curious
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Post by robinvt on Feb 23, 2007 17:06:53 GMT
I voted for the 20ga. Although I hunt with a 12ga (Rem 870 Wingmaster) for deer and turkey, the 20ga can do it just as easily. I have turkey hunted for a number of years and have been very successful. With that said, the furthest I have ever shot at a turkey is 12 yards. So the argument that a 12 has more range, which may be true, isn't a factor for me. I have shot a number of deer using a saboted slug in both New York and Ohio. Again, the furthest I have ever shot was 65 yards. With a slug, I wouldn't take a shot beyond 125 yards anyway so the range thing still doesn't apply for me. I bought my daughter an 870 20ga last year. It is a SWEET gun that is super light and I even took it out a few times turkey hunting, leaving my big "club" 12ga at home. In the end it's all personal preference. Ford vs Chevy, Bowtech vs Matthews, what ever works for you . . . Rob
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Post by regnar on Feb 26, 2007 1:54:50 GMT
Well were We hunt in Northern ontario You can shoot 5 ruffed grouse, f sharp tails and 8 woodcock. Were we hunt it is very think and so you are often attempting several shots to bring down a bird. We walk long distances to get of the beaten path so with a possiblity of 18 (actually more becuase you can get into ptarmign once in a while) you dont want to walk back to the truck if you run out!!!!
even when we hunt at camp in Northern NH, the folligage is so thick that it is hard to get one clean shot of and that with dogs working!!
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Post by FirePirate on Mar 1, 2007 13:24:04 GMT
Sounds like your Ont. hunt is lots of fun. I would have to agree that in that situation a 20 makes more sense. But for me the 12 is the best "all around gauge". I hunt ducks mostly and then whatever else I can fit in around duck hunting. I'm not the best shot either so I need all the extra pellets out there I can get. LOL A big factor for me is availability and I can find 12 anywhere. That being said I grew up with a Savage .22/20 over/under so the 20 is very special to me.
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