Poll....who is hunting with small gauge for up-land birds?

[Dean Romig]

I like my 12 gauge DH with 30" barrels and enjoy shooting at trap and occasionally at SC but it weighs 8 lbs and is NOT something I want to take (Eastern) upland shooting.






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[mobirdhunter]

Hey, this is a question about preferences. We all have them. Share and learn.

[Mills]

Been reading some books about hunting in the South before the 20th century and 14 gauges seem to have been popular. That is another gauge I want. Thought that was interesting.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Spiller only used his Dad's 10 until he could buy a gun of his own which was a 12, then later a 16, (*) finally settling on a 20 gauge VHE that was found for him by his grouse hunting crony Gorham L. "Grampa Grouse" Cross.

(*) Spiller actually ordered a very fine 20 or 28 from a very prestigious American maker, though he never said who it was. But did say he ordered it to be extremely light, hence the barrels were very thin. While crossing a stream on an icy morning he slipped and both he and his little gun went ass over teakettle and were both submerged and the barrels of his pride and joy got severely dented. .

of course, i've lost count of the number of times I have read his two Grouse Feathers - most recently the first book just a week ago -

but - simply put - what I said was correct - he did hunt with a 10.

as for me - I do not shoot really light guns well.- my grouse guns go about 6 1/2 and tend to be 16s - the Ithaca Flues 20 I refinished goes close to that and might be the first 20 I shoot well

[King Brown]

Almost exclusively 20ga SKB o/u Model 500, always with my Lab.

[Mills]

My friend's was the same way. Really nice gun

[Mills]

Shoot whatever and we can still be friends, just as long as you don't shoot 12 gauge steel shot no. 4 at quail. A guide friend said someone actually did that

[24 grams]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Shoot whatever and we can still be friends, just as long as you don't shoot 12 gauge steel shot no. 4 at quail. A guide friend said someone actually did that

I was in Cabelas the other day, looking at ammo, and a guy and his son were wandering around looking confused. I asked him what he was looking for and he said, "3 inch shells."

I asked, "for what?" and he replied, "For dove shooting. My gun says 3" on the barrel."

There's not enough mentoring going on out there.

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Steven Groh

I was in Cabelas the other day, looking at ammo, and a guy and his son were wandering around looking confused. I asked him what he was looking for and he said, "3 inch shells."

I asked, "for what?" and he replied, "For dove shooting. My gun says 3" on the barrel."

There's not enough mentoring going on out there.

I'm shooting 3` shells in my gun on opening day doves. The load is 11/16ths of an ounce of 7 1/2s

.410 Magnum ; --)

[Mills]

Yikes!