William, what is your minimum bore requirement?

Should'a loaded him some black powder. Sounds like this guy would have deserved the ridicule he would have received.

Bill they have a stick in brass bore gauge can’t read more than the full mark. Not precise but both Parker’s failed the test.

William

The place I visited earlier this year had two bore gauges . Open anything goes we’re .650” and no longer then 32” . In what they call “Grandpa” shoots it’s .675” fixed only and 32” . I used a Browning A-5 12 MAG 32” in both events and won in both classes . And there were some rather unique items to be seen at the open class shoot . While I don’t wanna do it every week the place we went has eleven rounds a night $5@round or $50 for the entire thing . And generally they started at 19:00 and were thru 11 rounds by 20:15 . Then we could hit a decent eatery after which was my main objective in going . Incidentally I took a VH 30” the first time along with the A-5 , the A-5 was way tighter then the VH which I always thought very tight .

I went to the local club just three miles up the road and they shoot Wagners, both the skeet 1 1/4 oz 9s and the 2-2-10s. We all remember going to the local fair and there was that Thompson air powered BB gun and you had to shoot the star out to win. Even with a lot of BBs, the paper folded back and there would always be a little bit of the star left.

Same principle with the 2-2-10. Thus the mention of blowing holes, so they shoot at a fairly big red dot and if any of it is left you are out. It comes down to shoot offs until a winner is declared. They go through two to three cases a night so the Wagners will stay in business a long time. Shooters from NY, PA, etc. are traveling down here for the shoots according to the president of the club. They have a 37" limit on barrels, but nothing on chokes. No Led Sleds allowed, but bipods and sand bags are allowed here.

I went to the "shooting match" as they are now called. I saw some vintage shotguns that had been modified; there was a Remington 31, several 870s, a couple of model 12s, a Montgomery Wards pump, but most were built on the Savage 210 or 212 slug guns. I thought you may be interested in these custom "shotguns."

Of the four targets pictured, only one cut out the little red dot. It is more difficult than one would think with two ounces of shot. The dot is not very big, but if only a little piece is left, the target is eliminated. This week 2-2-10s, next week 1 1/4 9s. Different guns with different chokes next week.

This seems like drag racing for shotguns! Those are some "tricked-out" guns.

Here’s a long two part video on making chokes for Turkey shoot guns. Funny the machinist says he’s showing methods not revealing any constriction secrets. Very secretive shooters.

https://youtu.be/msADp9OSSg4

Not like any chokes we see. End of video 2 @ 30 minutes shows the finished gun and choke set up..

William