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Sometimes it IS the gun....
#6451615
09/14/16 02:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 434
TiggerV
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Sorry for the late post, but I HAVE to get this out. We went out Dove hunting opening weekend. Birds were slow but steady for us.
I got a new shotgun, Stevens 555 in 20.
Result? My first limit......and my first double.
I know that's not impressive for most in here, but for me, who picks up his bird gun once a year.....I am DAMN proud of it.
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6451619
09/14/16 02:23 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 554
Streater
Tracker
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Tracker
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I can't miss with my 20. It's amazing how much better you shoot with a proper fitting shotgun
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6452081
09/14/16 07:43 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 105
GoBears870
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Woodsman
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It's all about fit, and it's different for everyone. I picked up an old Remington 1100 LT-20 a couple years ago and have never shot better with anything before or since. I'm just an amateur shooter - a good skeet round was 17 or 18 - but I can knock out 22-23 every time and keep up that percentage in the dove field as well. I didn't realize how a gun could point naturally for you until I started running this one.
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6454249
09/16/16 02:23 AM
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Joined: Mar 2014
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Fishuhalik
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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That's why it's so hard to answer the ol' "which gun is better for me" question. I shot an 870 for years and my buds would always rag on me for being the worst shot out of all of us. Shelled out the money for a beretta and my hit percentage went through the roof. Now it's nothing to knock doubles with the occasional triple.
Cigarettes are like hamsters. Perfectly harmless til you put it in your mouth & light it on fire
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6454268
09/16/16 02:35 AM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 29,123
TXHOGSLAYER
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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I am still searching for "that" gun.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6454394
09/16/16 05:09 AM
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Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 171
Tex68w
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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A properly fit gun can do wonders for ones hunting experience and overall performance and outcome!
I had a great hunt last weekend myself, first three birds in one shot kill in my life. The shot was at such close range that the lead bird literally blew to pieces, I found the two wings and a bunch of feathers. The second bird was DOA and the third was knocked down but still moving. I've never seen three birds fall with one pull of the trigger in my life but I am glad that I witnessed it and that the experience was by my own doing. Later on in the morning I had just shot my 14th bird and as I was walking back towards our group with prize in hand when one of my hunting buddies yelled out to get ready for a group coming over the trees. I froze in my tracks, two shells still in the gun, bird in my left hand and my shotgun shouldered in my right when I proceeded to drop my 15th and final bird with a one handed shot. I was more thrilled about limiting out long before my buddies but they all got a kick out of the one handed shot. It truly was a great hunt.
Back on topic, my go to Dove gun is a Benelli Legacy 12ga, I like the third shot, the reliability, and its great looks, but I'm average at best with it when shooting clays. For Upland game I prefer my Caesar Guerinni 20ga for its light weight, great balance and handling, and all around form and function while hunting over dogs. That said, I am plain miserable with it while shooting Skeet. When it comes time to breaking clays I have a Browning Citori 725 Sport that I feel I can't miss with but it's heavy and far too long for use in the field with its 32" barrels. You have to find what works for you for the given task at hand and stick with it. I usually prefer longer barrels but my Dove gun has a 26" tube and yet I don't feel like it swings too quickly and it's definitely not unbalanced. Im glad to hear that you found your "It" gun for Dove hunting. Stay safe and best of luck to you and yours for the remainder of the season.
Last edited by Grandpa Lee; 09/16/16 05:12 AM.
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: TiggerV]
#6460126
09/20/16 03:50 PM
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Joined: May 2012
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nsmike
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Grandpa Lee I suspect that when you move from the field to the skeet range you change your shooting style. In the field I bet your an instinctive shooter and on the skeet field your more deliberate. I'm willing to bet if you were to shoot low gun at skeet, with the Guerinni, you would go back to shooting instinctively and have better scores with it. Short light guns demand a very different shooting style then longer heavier guns. There's a lesson in it for others not only does a gun need to fit it needs to fit your shooting style. Some one that grew up shooting grouse and woodcock with a quick mount and compact swing might do miserably with a longer heavier gun.
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Re: Sometimes it IS the gun....
[Re: nsmike]
#6460162
09/20/16 04:07 PM
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Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 171
Tex68w
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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Grandpa Lee I suspect that when you move from the field to the skeet range you change your shooting style. In the field I bet your an instinctive shooter and on the skeet field your more deliberate. I'm willing to bet if you were to shoot low gun at skeet, with the Guerinni, you would go back to shooting instinctively and have better scores with it. Short light guns demand a very different shooting style then longer heavier guns. There's a lesson in it for others not only does a gun need to fit it needs to fit your shooting style. Some one that grew up shooting grouse and woodcock with a quick mount and compact swing might do miserably with a longer heavier gun. I couldn't agree more with your observation/assumption.
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