Which shotgun to get?

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby GulfCoast » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:43 am

So many ducks, so little time....

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby bulldog ducker » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:21 am

Gulf you don't have to deal with Randy down there do you?
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby GulfCoast » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:30 am

So many ducks, so little time....

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby Anatidae » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:14 pm

I've bought components from him in between Gamaliel bulk orders. Seems like a nice-enough fella. Good prices - delivery to various shoots, i.e. no shipping, etc.

I second Country Gentleman (Todd Nelson) - he and his Dad Jerry have fitted more all-Americans than Fruit-of-the-loom. Jerry fitted my gun and changed my shooting style on trap......went from 89% avg. to 97.7% over a 2-year period. Todd can do the same.
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby Up2Early » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:04 pm

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby Blackduck » Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:09 am

How do you tell the difference on a pattern board between drop and cast versus crummy shells.
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby cupnglide » Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:30 am

I went up to see Todd at Country Gentleman last week. In the kindest way, he told me that I was never going to find an off the shelf gun that fits (it's rough being a disproportioned stick figure mutant). We did some mods to my Citori and got it spot on.

The bad news was that my '83 Browning Auto-5 can't be adjusted to ever fit. And my M2 is better relegated to a turkey gun with a holo sight. I may be selling the Browning auto soon. Bummer.
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby teul2 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:12 pm

Looking for 2 duck calls from Dominic Serio of Greenwood (ones for Novacaine)
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby Up2Early » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:37 pm

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby cupnglide » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:26 pm

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby irishevox » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:34 pm

what do you guy think about a Mossberg?
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby deltadukman » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:55 am

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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby donia » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:59 am

got one for Christmas when they entered the 3 1/2" arena...spent an hour working on it in the blind...never fired a shot out of it. took it back for a supernova and a box of shells and haven't considered mossberg since that day.
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Re: Which shotgun to get?

Postby irishevox » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:39 am

good to know. I saw some good reviews on it...
But benilli has some awesome reviews

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