Non-Tactical Shotguns

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I'm tired of all the "tactical" shotgun discussions on the Net.

I have only one shotgun, a Wingmaster with really nice "engraving" applied by the factory for a short time around when I bought it, in 2004. It's pretty, and was bought to hunt birds and squirrels, not burglars or post -Doomesday zombies.

I can't post photos, but would welcome any from owners of sporting shotguns they like to use in the field or just admire.

It doesn't have to be a pair of matched Purdeys or SO-series Berettas. If you have a nice scattergun that you keep to put pheasants on the plate or to bust a quail in the tail, let's see 'um!

Won't hurt if someone posts pics of game birds ready for the table, either. Tell us what it was and where you shot it and the shot size used.

Are you smitten by the mystique of the double barrelled gun, or do you prefer repeaters? Like vent ribs, or think they're just for show?
 
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Got four Browning doubles and two Remington 870's. I don't need or want a tac-gun to shoot birds and deer. I came from the school of walnut and polished blued rifles and shotguns and that's the way I like it.
 
I've got my grandfather's old Iver Johnson .410 single, my wife's grandfather's Remington Model 10, and a newish 12-ga Izhevsk O/U. But I also have a 12-ga coach gun in the bedroom closet.
 
Here's a Wingmaster "Ducks Unlimited" from about 1974, and Browning Citori Superlite:

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Browning/Miroku Model 42 .410, and a Winchester/Miroku Model 12 20 gauge:

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All the bird pictures are on film; sadly, no hunting since I left South Dakota in 1985.

My favorites are side x sides with solid ribs. I have a couple, but no pictures.
 
This is my favorite.
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'Course, she's my favorite too, so I let her use it at that match.

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16 gauge Husqvarna Model 17 made in 1923. 2 5/8" chambers and 70 cm barrels (normal length was 75). That missing 2 inches makes that thing swing like it is part of my arm.
 
I have filtered through the tactical shotgun scene and learned alot, hopefully the guys I got to mess with learned something also.

That being said, I have a lust for Doubles.. I hit the trap an skeet range this AM with a Bernardelli Brecsia 12ga Hammer gun, an old Parker VH 12ga, and My win SX 1 auto 21" bbl EX-war gun for skeet. Both doubles broke 25 at trap and the skeet gun.. not so many.. then the wind came up and I quit while I was ahead..

Last week it was the Win Mod 21 12ga and a couple Ell-Cees in 16ga. and the Mod 97 win riot for skeet. I shoot skeet with the riots and tackta-culls just for fun, and enjoy the chitout of it. Next week , who knows, might try out the 410 handygun. Cant have to many toys...
 
A Browning Pigeon-grade Super, made in 1939. 30-inch barrels.
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I have a Stevens M311A 20 Gauge I got when I was 11 in 1976.
Then I got a 12 Gauge M12 Winchester a year or so later. Have added an older M12 Riot Gun ( sorry, that's kinda 1950s Tactical:D) and a 16 Gauge and 20 Gauge M12. The 16 is deadly on pheasants.
I also have a perfect M42 Winchester I got for Christmas when I was 14. Dad was good to me.:)
There's a few more, but these are some good ones.
Jim
 
20 gauge Parker Trojan Model purchased by my Great Uncle before WWI, left to my father, who left it to me.
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JStevens A&T Co 12 gauge from early 20th century. To keep varmints out of the watermelon patch.
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Love those Remington Model 11's
16 ga with Solid Rib
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Couple 12 ga's. One has a factory vent rib and Cutts.
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Stevens 5100 16 ga. I grew up with my Dad's 20, so this one is a natural.
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That's a few...
 
I have a 1978 Remington M870, usually wears a 20" barrel and Choate magazine extension, but can easily be converted back to sporting configuration. And my 1973 vintage Rossi Overland Coach Gun-back in 1880 that was "tactical".
 
Okay, one more. An E&G Higham boxlock ejector 12-g from 1895.
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I am a Conisiuer of most firearms.......BUT i am dont like engraving at all........but its just me
 
I only have a few shotguns, partly 'cause I can't hit anything with them. If I was even a mediocre shotgun shot, I'd probably have more. Here's a lowest grade Darme 28 gauge, and a lowest grade Charlin 12. The Darne was imported into the US in the '70s. The Charlin was made between the wars and seized as war booty. It was returned to Germany, the chambers reamed from 65mm to 70mm and reproofed according to the German proof law of 1938. I guess a GI brought it back from Europe. The Darne breech locks into that stud projecting back from the barrels; the Charlin locks on a toggle joint like a Luger. I think I've posted these before.
 

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My hunting shotguns are a Browning A5 twelve ga. and a Remington 1100 LW 20 ga. A Remington 870 12ga lives with a 18 1/2" riot barrel on it but has 2 extra full length barrels for hunting.

Charlie
 
For years I collected American made, 16ga SXS shotguns and when I quit had 27 different examples. I sold them off an all I have left is a Fulton Arms Hunter model that I use for everything you use a shotgun for. I started collecting SXS shotguns because I shoot left handed and most SXSs are inherently ambidextrous. Frankly I started collecting 16 ga because no one else wanted 16 and they were relatively inexpensive.
 
Winchester model 42 .410, Nikko OU 28g, Benelli Montefeltro 20g, Rem model 11 16g, Browning A5 12g, Mossberg 835 ulti-mag 12g. Got a few more around here somewhere, but these are what I mostly use.
 
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