Thanksgiving Goose Hunt

[charlie cleveland]

boy that was a great storey....my dad mail orderes a spanish ten ga magnum in 1963 he to shot the loads of bb and 2 s of lead...that gun would kill cleanly at distances some one would call me a liar if told the distance...my dad also was a great shot with this gun he handled it like it was a common 12 ga..it was a sure enough turkey gun...but lord did that thing kick i shot it some but i never was a good shot with it with birds on the wing..even bought my slf one of these guns when i was about 30 year old but sold it and got me one of them ithaca auto matic 10 ga magnum..well this cut the recoil away down and ive still got my dads old ithaca mag 10 he bought and gave me...but lordy istill would like to have one of those big ithaca 10 ga doubles one of these days... charlie

[Labowner]

I bought a Beretta Silver Pigeon 3 1/2" 32" Ten this summer that came with about a case of 3 1/2" Bismuth 1 5/8 oz. of 2s and 4s. Well I had a first with that gun. While walking the dogs across the yard to kennel them I heard geese headed my way, I built my house 20 years ago so have had them fly over house at 50-60 yards many times, I ran in walk in basement where gun and shells where at the ready and made it to see them out front of me threw the trees headed right over me, when they flew over driveway I lead the front bird by 20 to 25 feet as they where really moving, the first shot hit him hard but he was trying to regroup so I hit him with the second barrel. That bird made it over several trees my office and landed a good 80 yards away with a sound thud. It made my work day morning a lot more interesting. Heading out with dog and gun now.

This was not my first experience with the ten as I have owned a high condition 1889 NH 2 7/8 32" ten for a number of years, just hate to have to use it in every water fowling situation.