3E on the L 'Anguille

Stan Hillis · 01-22-2022, 09:55 AM

Earlier this week my youngest son and I combined a "fact finding mission" to look at a JD 6700 sprayer for sale in northern AL with a two day duck hunt in the flooded bottoms of the L 'Anguille River in eastern Arkansas. I ALWAYS take my big 32" barreled, 3" chambered SuperFox, but this time I also took my 32" barreled LC Smith 3E, with original 3" chambers. I decided to use the Smith the first morning. I used BOSS 1 1/4 oz., no. 5, copper plated bismuth. The Smith is choked very tight, like the SuperFox, and patterning with the lower pressure/fiber wadded bismuth loads had yielded patterns in the 70% range. Results that morning were entirely satisfactory.

Five guns in the blind ....... 20 mallards, 6 teal and 2 gadwalls. Beautiful blue sky morning with a light breeze out of the South.

Dean Romig · 01-22-2022, 09:58 AM

A great day in the morning!

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charlie cleveland · 01-22-2022, 10:41 AM

you sure had a good hunt...I like those lc smith long range guns....never owned one of those super fox but would like too some day...charlie

mobirdhunter · 01-22-2022, 10:49 AM

Excellent! I’m still on the lookout for the right long range gun. Looks like you found a keeper.

Stan Hillis · 01-22-2022, 10:53 AM

It'll stay here awhile, I'm sure. But, in all honesty, I don't shoot it nearly as well as I do the 32" SuperFox. I don't know why. I have killed a six duck limit with six shots using the big Fox.

Double Lab · 01-22-2022, 10:58 AM

Nice shooting Stan and thanks for the pictures. I can answer your question about why you shoot the Fox better than the LC. It's a Fox. A Fox gets the game.

Dean Romig · 01-22-2022, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

It'll stay here awhile, I'm sure. But, in all honesty, I don't shoot it nearly as well as I do the 32" SuperFox. I don't know why. I have killed a six duck limit with six shots using the big Fox.

Likely due to confidence/lack of confidence in the gun.

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mobirdhunter · 01-22-2022, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Nice shooting Stan and thanks for the pictures. I can answer your question about why you shoot the Fox better than the LC. It's a Fox. A Fox gets the game.

But wait…let the Smith speak for itself. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

chris dawe · 01-23-2022, 08:21 AM

Wicked day Stan!

Stan Hillis · 01-23-2022, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Likely due to confidence/lack of confidence in the gun.

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May be possible, but I don't think so. After patterning it I've got complete confidence in the gun's ability.

I've used it head to head against the Fox in consecutive hunts before, even for late season doves with lighter loads, obviously, and the Fox always hits with a significantly higher percentage for me. There's something subtle that is the difference, but I haven't identified it yet. May not ever. It's lighter than the big HE Fox, but I have other duck guns that are lighter that I shoot very well, such as the much used 30" BSS, at 7/11. Some guns are just harder to shoot well than others, and a reason often can't be identified.

Best, SRH