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Field Gun?
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01/31/15 05:01 AM
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elcasador
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What is your go to gun in the field? Just wondering cause I currently have single shot, pump and semiautos but no O/U and I'm looking to fix that soon.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 05:18 AM
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Easy, yildez. You can get them for about 400$ and they shoot and handle like a gun twice that amount.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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01/31/15 12:46 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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28 gauge Ruger Red Label O/U.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 12:53 PM
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20 gauge Beretta o/u with 26 inch barrels bored skeet and skeet.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 01:14 PM
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RayB
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If your only going to have one, find a 16 gauge. Perfect gun for everything. IMHO
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There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 01:55 PM
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68rustbucket
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28 gauge Ruger Red Label O/U. X2, or my RRL 20 gauge. Depends on if I'm walking or truck hunting
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 04:54 PM
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txtrophy85
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Either a browning silver hunter semi auto 20 gauge or a weatherby Athena O/U in 20 gauge
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 05:54 PM
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Pittstate
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 06:50 PM
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Like Bill, I go to a Beretta 20 ga. Except mine has 28 inch barrels.
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01/31/15 07:01 PM
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beatarmy
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20 ga ugartechea grade I side by side, double trigger, strainght stock, 28" bbl choked IC/mod.
I have a beretta O/U too but I prefer sxs for birds that flush from the ground.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 08:23 PM
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No way I could take something like a berreta in thorns and get scratched up
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Field Gun?
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01/31/15 09:20 PM
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RayB
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No way I could take something like a berreta in thorns and get scratched up Just gives them character (Thank God for spell check)
There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 05:52 AM
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elcasador
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Thanks everyone for your input. So far I have handled the beretta silver pigeon, Browning citori & cenergy, ruger red label (early 90s model), and a very sweet Sabatti Jaguar. Out of all those the jaguar shouldered the best but I don't know much about that manufacturer and I haven't talked to my smith about parts availability. Next I would have to say beretta and ruger and out of the brownings the cenergy them citori. This is only me handling the gun haven't got a chance to shoot any but i am going to shoot the ruger tomorrow. Does anyone know anything about Sabatti? That gun really felt as if it was custom made for me.
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02/01/15 01:04 PM
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RayB
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If it fits, stop looking. It's an Italian made shotgun so I would think parts would be readily available, but do let us know. Looked it up on line, good looking shotguns http://www.sabatti.com/storia.php?lang=EN
There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 02:02 PM
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I really like my Winchester 101, 12 GA, 28" barrels, great O/U for right at 1k. Has synthetic wood so handled the duck blind and field work just fine. Shoots steel and all the newer loads without issue while looking good on bird hunts. Cleans up in just a few minutes as well.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 06:01 PM
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I'm a big fan of cynergy, I don't have one but one love to get one
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 06:24 PM
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txdogman
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If it fits, stop looking. It's an Italian made shotgun so I would think parts would be readily available, but do let us know. Looked it up on line, good looking shotguns http://www.sabatti.com/storia.php?lang=EN If the shoe fits , wear it. Shotguns and birddogs are the same way. A dog will never amount to anything staying in the kennel, a shotgun staying in the cabinet might a well be a pipe wrench.Take 'em hunting, they're where they should be. Shotguns manufacturers don't make the shotgun, the shooters familiarity with it does. IMO The best shotgun ever, was a Springfield SxS 20 gauge that cost $46.00 in the fifties and I shoot zillions of birds with it because I used it.
I can make 'em go! and I can make 'em whoa! God makes 'em DO! I carry the gun and blow the whistle.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 09:34 PM
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I have a Lanber Model 2098, it's a Spanish O/U. Great shooting gun and it fits me perfectly. I also have a Franchi Alcione 20ga that is a blast (pun intended) to shoot. When you find the right O/U you'll know because it will feel right.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/01/15 10:31 PM
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My favorite all time back when I bird hunted a lot was Remington 1100 Special field 20 Ga. Thief got it. Looked like this:
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/02/15 01:15 AM
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arandy
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That 1100 20 straight stock was one of the best handling shotguns ever produced by anybody. A real sweetheart of a bird gun but the one I had would jam now and then so I did not keep it too long. Regretted getting rid of it for years until I bought an A400 Beretta 20. Real close to the 1100SF for handling and if the barrel was as short as the 1100 was, probably equal in that respect. The A400 is probably a pound lighter than the 1100 was plus it shoots dirty and recoil is not felt. I have a Beretta 686 White Onyx 20ga that has not been shot since I got the A400. I'd sell the 686 if it was not for some places require using breech guns.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/02/15 03:55 AM
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Old L.C. Smith 16 GA SXS Field Grade, 26" barrels, choked IC/M, points like a dream, very light, easy to carry all day, great for quail, pheasant, dove, you name it...only thing I would consider doing is opening up the barrels to Skeet/IC for first shots on a covey rises...
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/02/15 03:58 AM
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I suggest you look at a 50's or 60's Ithaca 37 in 20 or 16 gauge, light, and point oh so naturally.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/02/15 06:00 AM
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Took the Ithaca 37 16 gauge out today, nice and light and a great shooter.
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Re: Field Gun?
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02/02/15 12:03 PM
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I have a few but I have my favorites also. Berretta Silver Pigeon II 12 ga. Ithaca Model 37 12 ga. Remington 1100 Special Field 20 ga. Winchester 101 Pigeon grade XTR Featherweight 20 ga. SKB Ithaca 200-E Featherweight 20 ga.
The Ithaca with the 25 inch barrels chambered for skeet/skeet is my favorite for quail. The 101 is a great all around shotgun. The little 1100 is a great shotgun but I'm just not into semi autos, to me a field gun has to have 2 barrels. I haven't shot or even assembled the Berretta yet.
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