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I love this picture. I was going to say I love this shot but the intended pun was too much. Zoom in and you can see the shot stream.
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11-17-2019, 10:18 PM | #54 | ||||||
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I really like 16's but for me the magic is in the light weight guns, 5 3/4 to 6 1/2 pounds is the sweet spot for me. I'd rather not have to carry anything heavier .
I have more 16's than any other gauge but do like to get the 20's out on occasion too.
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11-18-2019, 12:21 AM | #55 | ||||||
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My first shotgun was a 16. A Remington, 16 gauge, with a second set of Mod. barrels. It worked well, as a slop tolerance auto should, but it did the job, hunting most every game bird.
I profess to little hunting experience, born in California in 1945. I used my grandfather's 1906 Winchester, 12 gauge, stainless, 8K range, for everything. It worked. After two friends turned me onto SXS, specifically, Parkers, I used 12's for the big stuff and 20's for all else. I would love to hunt quail with a Parker 28, but did not want make that investment for a DHE + shooter. I have/ do own(ed) a few high grade Parkers, but just for investment. Back to the subject, if you had to have one Parker/ SBS, it would be a 16. Patrick |
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11-18-2019, 05:54 AM | #56 | |||||||
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What a great picture, and 3 pheasants up to boot. Your daughter is the one that has a charter fishing business? I think I read that somewhere. That picture is a wallhanger |
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11-18-2019, 06:31 AM | #57 | |||||||
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Are you the same Romac thats in the fox forum? Your collection of guns is just so impressive. So are the pictures you post over there. |
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11-18-2019, 08:39 PM | #58 | ||||||
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I regularly hunt with .410, 28, 20, 16 and 12 gauges. But, a great deal of my hunting is dove shooting and I love a 16 for that in the late season....... always with 1 oz. of shot. We shoot crows too, when the pecans are ripe, and I have used heavier 1 1/8 oz. loads in my 16s for them with great success.
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11-19-2019, 06:32 PM | #59 | ||||||
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I hunt with a lot of different gauges but my main go to for birds is the 16g Parker or Lefever, all depends on what strikes my fancy on any given day.
Stan, we went crow hunting last Friday and took 27 of them. Sent quite a few away missing some feathers. Used the Browning BSS with Fiocchi Super Crushers 1 oz 7 1/2 at 1350 FPS. A bit snotty for the "vintage guns". |
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