Argentina Doves W/ a Repro. ??

[GH-16]

Dean,
Here's what I experienced last year on ammo. The case lots of ammo down there are like our's used to be with twenty boxes per case. When we would show up at our shooting blind for a hunt there would be a case of ammo waiting there for us. When I first saw this my mind processed shooting 500 rounds and I thought there would be no-way to do that in one of the half day shoots. "After all I'm shooting an O/U not an auto-loader" Boy did I have a eye opener when my bird boy starting yelling out for more ammo and I had only been shooting for a couple of hours so far. I learned real quick to pace myself and only take high percentage shots or practice certain shots so I wouldn't just blow through ammo.

Even with taking it at a nice pace, I would still average about 26 boxes per shoot or 650 rounds. So with two shoots per day that comes out to about 1300 rounds per day. Last year we did a four day/eight shoot trip that resulted in my shooting a little over 5000 rounds total. Now you can add in the extra two days/fours hunts that we will be doing this year and you can see that if it holds true I should shoot some where between 7500 & 8000 rounds this year. This should give the old repro's and my wallet a good work out!

If I just buy 20ga shells the extra ammo above that supplied in the package will probably add up to another $2000.00. So you can see where saving $2.00 a box can make a difference to the trip costs.

The trip is scheduled for mid-June. Six months and waiting!

Paul