Author Topic: Purchased my 1st gun yesterday (Read 757 times)

Udie · « **on:** October 02, 2003, 11:41:34 AM »

a $30 12 guage single shot shotgun

ra · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2003, 11:48:12 AM »

Sounds like a good deal, assuming it's not ragged out. I wouldn't mind owning something like that for trap shooting, but for bird hunting I often need another shot.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2003, 12:10:38 PM »

my first (that I paid for) was a $54 sears single shot 12 guage.

single shots are great for hunting, you learn to be much more careful.

Udie · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2003, 12:13:23 PM »

Don't get me wrong I'd rather have a 12 guage pump

I noticed the other day though that the birds I did hit, I hit on the 1st shot. I figure I'll learn to be a better shot like this. Then I can move up to a $400 or $500 gun.

YUCCA · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2003, 12:14:33 PM »

They say Benelli is the best new shotgun being made. I myself however like brownings :c)

Chairboy · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2003, 12:36:27 PM »

I like my Mossberg pump 12 gauge. My only beef is the barrel, it can't shoot slugs w/o replacement. I shoulda done more research ahead of time.... but I still really like it.

bigsky · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2003, 01:54:34 PM »

i would recomend the remington 870 pump. they come in fancy blued nice wood models to the plain jane parkerized like i bought in a pawnshop for $185. get the 3" mag version you will need it if you go duck, goose or turkey hunting. the 870 has been around since the 50s, not very many moving parts, and simple to take apart.

Dune · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:02:45 PM »

Congrats! Get comforatable with it, then go buy something fancier/faster/etc.

Also depends on what you want to do with it. For a lot of things, it's hard not to beat some of the smoking deals down at WalMart.

Udie · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:08:40 PM »

Academy has a Mossberg 12g pump for $129 brand new. That's probably what I'll shoot next year, or possibly this year if I get to do much/any quail hunting.

Golfer · « **Reply #9 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:22:51 PM »

Bravo on Brownings Yucca! They're super duper.

I use a Remington 11-87...lots of accessories and very accurate with a rifled slug barrel. Use it for Deer, Turkey, Dove, Waterfowl, Upland, Trap, Skeet...name it.

My 'fun gun' is a Mossberg 500 .20 gauge pump that has such a smooth action I can shoot double double's (yep double doubles) on a skeet range. It's got a skeet barrel (Uber-Improved Cylinder) on it and is much fun. Kicks like a mule though, I remember being a youngin' at 8 years old shooting at geese, I decided I'd be macho and not stand up. Raised my gun to about 80 degrees, fired, boom...promptly placed on my butt when my 5 gallon bucket tipped over with me on it. I've fired Benelli pumps and they're great guns, good pumps. They have dual slides so everything is smooth...and nothing 'clanks' around as you would expect with a high end piece of equipment with a high end price. No complaints about the Mossberg, very reliable and easy to disassemble and clean. Same with the Remington 11-87, slightly more complex being a semi-auto but still simple enough. Stay safe, have a good hunt!

Toad · « **Reply #10 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:30:55 PM »

Do yourself a REAL BIG FAVOR.

Play around with your single shot and get familar with shooting.

Then find someone in your area that has a "Try Gun" with a fully adjustable stock. A good Gun Club, Shooting School or an expensive Gun Shop will probably help you out for less than $100 or so.

Let this person do a preliminary measurement in the shop. Then go with this person to a range and shoot at a pattern board while he adjusts the stock. After that, shoot a round or two of clay with him watching an adjusting.

WRITE DOWN the measurements he gives you.

Pour through the catalogs and find a gun as close a possible to your measurements.

Key Measurements: Length of Pull, Drop at Comb, Drop at Heel, Cast On/Cast Off.

Read THIS and then get measured. Believe me, it will save you a lot of money and make shotgunning much more fun if you get the fit right "from the get go".

THE FIT OF A GUN

Curval · « **Reply #11 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:31:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Dune
For a lot of things, it's hard not to beat some of the smoking deals down at WalMart.

Seriously? WallMart doesn't really sell guns does it?

Toad · « **Reply #12 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:37:55 PM »

'Course they do, Cuz. This is 'Merica.

Sam Walton was a big-time quail hunter.

The "Old Roy" on Wal-Mart's dog food was his birddog.

Wal-Mart sells guns and ammo at good prices, but as usual it's the "mainstream" stuff that sells at high volume.

Like the Remington 870 Express. Perfectly good gun, high volume, mass market item. Problem is, it doesn't fit worth a hoot for quite a few people, mostly because of drop at comb.

But if it fits you, there's just about no better place to get one.

BTW, about to send ya a mail on the grill.

LePaul · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:45:05 PM »

Well with a single shot, you always know what you have in for a load....a few years ago we were deer hunting and on my friends suggestion, with my mossberg pump, had double odd buck and 2 inch slugs in alternating loads...made for a damn heavy gun too.

After an unsuccessful deer hunt, we passed thru a field and a few game birds would pop up as we waifed thru. Thinking I still had double odd buck chambered, a patridge jumped a few feet ahead of me and I raised and fired. Feathers everywhere. It was like a SAM strike on a chicken. I whacked that poor think with the 2 inch slug (more like "mortar")...not that the double odd would've left much more.

My favorite single-shot guns are the .22 match rifles. Im real good with those, was in the championships in high school...back when "rifle teams" were allowed.

Curval · « **Reply #14 on:** October 02, 2003, 02:48:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
BTW, about to send ya a mail on the grill.

Sweeeeeeeet.

I've promised Geoffrey Bird a sampling of Kansas City BBQ ribs as he says he makes the best ribs on the island. I'm hoping to knock him down to #2.