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I was just wondering what every body shoots. I have a benelli nova hardwoods camo! I love that gun! It will do any kinda hunting I want! Also what shot does everyone use? I use 5 or six for pheasant and 7 1/2 or 8 for quail. Usually federal.

Right now, my shotgun in a Nova like yours only black. One day I would like a nice O/U shotgun. For a reliable all around gun you can't beat and 870 or a Nova. I am thinking about trying the recoil reducer that Benelli makes for the Nova.

6 Shot for pheasants.

7 1/2 for quail at the trials.

I have a new Biakal 20ga o/u I'm trying to break in seems to be working well.5and 6's for pheasant 71/2's for bobs.Don't forget my old trusty Mossberg 835 Ulti-mag.

I will someday have a o/u

o/u are nice but its unpleasent trying to reload while stragglers
are getting up

What I shoot most of is a Berreta 391 26in barrel Ported. I trial with a Weatherby Orian 20ga o/u. 28in
I have a family of Remigiton 1100 12, 20, 16 410 lacking the 28ga. Browning BPS more death comes with this gun. Inthica 16ga model 37

I use 6 shot on 99% on almost all ext NSTRA 8shot

Benelli Super Black Eagle, with a 24'' barrel. I shoot geese in the morning running 3 1/2" steel, then shoot roosters in the afternoon running 2 3/4" lead.

I shoot a 20 guage Benelli Legacy.

I shoot a '64 Belgian Browning A-5 Light Twelve.

Danyelle shoots my starter gun, a 20 ga. Mossberg 500. It's a heck of a gun and cheap too! I'm sure eventually I'll upgrade her to a nice quality autoloader, but the budget is too tight right now. Besides, she shoots that Mossy as well as I ever did so as long as the birds (or clays) come down that's all I need to worry about.

tfbirddog2 wrote:I have a new Biakal 20ga o/u I'm trying to break in seems to be working well.5and 6's for pheasant 71/2's for bobs.

I too shoot a Baikal 20 ga o/u. For the money, I'm not sure you can find a better o/u.

I've shot ~100 quail / chukars with it this past spring and summer and 4 grouse, 1 woodcock, and 4 pheasants with it so far this fall.

For ducks and geese, I shoot a Tri-Star CD Diana 12 ga semi camo'd in Tru-Woods Transition.

Remington 11-87 Upland Special with an English straight stock and the trusty Mossberg 500 as a backup.

12 ga. 870 synthetic super mag for ducks and geese, 12 ga. Baikal (I'm surprised that so many have this gun) sxs with a 24" barrel for upland hunting and a Ithaca model 37 sweet 16 for doves. Also have an old Winchester model 97 that I don't shoot much.
Hey, looking at my list I think I could use an automatic :shock:
Steve

I too am surprised to see how many of you are using a Baikal. I will check them out next chance I get.
Also I have thought about a Huglu.

Have a Huglu 20 gauge side by side on lay-a-way as we speak.....................errrrrrrrr type.

5 Beretta's here 3 O/U's 1 Semi-auto, and 1 SxS.........Think I'm addicted

Churchhill auto 12 ga. and a Model 500 Ithaca o/u 20ga. I like the o/u it's lighter and works well for the ditch parrots.

Bird Dog 67 wrote:Have a Huglu 20 gauge side by side on lay-a-way as we speak.....................errrrrrrrr type.

Nice! I am shooting one for a little will possible trade for some training. I LIKE it!
Funny thing have you seen the big Price jump they made. The top of the line years past could be bought for around 600 bones know allmost double if not.......

CZ-USA will be the importer of Huglu's next year. Not sure what they will do on cost. This makes me happy as CZ's are my favorite handguns.

Has anybody seen the Ruger red label stainless steel o/u? I think it looks pretty sweet!

i shoot a 20 gauage reminton 1100 upland special ,english stock 22 inch barrell

I am carrying a Browning Citori White Lightning 16 gauge this fall. I have my trusty Remington 870 12 in the pickup as a back up.

Jim

browning citori 28 gauge over and under.
i love it!

i wanted a 28 ga but shells were to hard to find, but walmart has them now but they are 7.50 a box

The 28 gauge is sweet, but you really need to load your own to make it economical. If you do, it's as cheap as any other shell.

Best,

Quail - 28 gauge Browning Citori
Dove - either the 28 or beretta 20 auto or 12 o/u
Pheasants - 12 browning citori or benelli SBE
Grouse - 12 Benelli SBE
Skeet - 12 and 28 Cirori
Sporting clays - 12 o/u
Ducks - 12 SBE
Geese - 12 SBE

Browning BPS in 12ga with 21" barrel. Short enough for grouse and 3" shells shoot farther than I can accurately so no need for anything else. 13 other guns mostly collecting dust!

One Gun that i forgot to mention was my 12 gauge Browning B-80
I think it is the lightest 12 gauge auto loader i have ever held. I loved this gun in dove fields, it stays at home with my dad now, but come to think of it i should have brought it up here and tried it on grouse. It weighs about the same as my beretta 20 autoloader and probably comes up quicker.

i hag a browning B80 ,it was a great duck gun
i would like to get a browning b-2000 20 ga

Beretta AL391 Teknys
Bereta 686 essential o/u
SKB o/u
Benelli Nova camo

Beratta Pintail ES100. love this gun. had a Nova, but had to get an automatic gun. Would love to get the Montefello by Bennilli, now that is the lightest gun ever.

o.O
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Am I the only A-5 owner? My light twelve (and my grandfather's sweet sixteen) are great on all upland game.

Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have an O/U someday... but for the budget the A-5 has got to be the highest-quality most versatile thing I've shot.

SKB 2bbl set 28 & 20 ga side by side
win101 20 ga
Stevens 311B 16 ga side by side
Lefever 12 ga side by side
Gordon Setters yes i am a traaditonalist

Mac

Ayres wrote:o.O
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Am I the only A-5 owner? My light twelve (and my grandfather's sweet sixteen) are great on all upland game.

Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have an O/U someday... but for the budget the A-5 has got to be the highest-quality most versatile thing I've shot.

I can't stand the A-5. They are stocked bad for me. I always end up looking into the back of the hump. Since I shoot a O/U mostly, the long-recoil action feels like it's going to jump out of my hands...it drives me crazy.

I shoot 1100's some. They are great for doves, etc. because they swing so well. That's why they used to be used so much by target shooters. OTOH, they can be finicky and are prone to rusting. Some of the Benelli and Beretta autos are nice.

I can't stand SxS's either, though I appreciate the tradition and the way they feel between the hands. Having all those barrels out there to point over freaks me out when I bring them up on game.

I guess I'm strictly an O/U guy from here on out. I love my Beretta 682 skeet gun. My wife gave it to me in 1990. It's built like a bank vault. Too heavy for field work, but terrific for target shooting.

Later,

I shoot a Huglu over/under. 103 CE 12 ga. (I think the model # is different now, they change importers a lot) I'm surprised to see other Huglu owners here. I did not think they were that popular.

I shoot a LC Smith 12 ga IC & Mod for grouse, 20 ga LC Smith ic & modified for quail, All I got.

I use to shoot a Remington 870 Wingmaster light contour 12 guage withwhich I was super deadly on target with. I also used my dad's old remington 1100 20 ga. after he got his Benelli Legacy 20, which is a very nice gun. This year I went to a Beretta AL391 Urika 20 ga. and I love it. I wish remington made it's 1187 or 1100 as light as this Beretta or dad's legacy, if they did I'd hunt with it in a heartbeat over any ohter gun out there.

Well I guess I will be the first with an HK to post. As far as shotguns goes I have the following in 12 ga with 26". I really want to get a a pair of16ga o/u but thing I will get a do first. Here's what I got:

Mossberg 500 which has been trimmed down for my 13y/o son

Rem 1187 my father bought it for my son & he will start using it once he grows a little as I don't feel like getting a youth stock for this , when he already has the Mossberg

HK Silver lion O/U tribore ported barrels

Sorry for the double :shock:

I bought a 1187 Sporting clays model this year that I swore that I would never use in the field.That lasted a whole month.I use a 1100 20 guage training the pups.

stoeger 12 gauge s/s screw ins and a 24 inch barrell and a lefty rem. 870 poly choke 28 inch.