Shotgun poor

[Rule3]

OCD1-You need to come up to the Silver Dollar and see some of those expensive guns. No dinner jackets, cigars, if any, smoked outside, but a lot of shooting. That Club throws more targets than any other trap or skeet club in the US except for Sparta where the Grand American is held.

Trap is a blue collar sport, so why do those guys spend thousands of dollars on a gun? Because they need one that holds up to thousands of rounds a year. I put over 40 thousand through mine from March of 2010 to March of 2011.

I used to shoot handguns and rifles exclusively, but got sooooo bored with shooting stationary targets (few places near me where one can shoot anything else) and tried skeet, then trap and then 5stand and Sporting Clays.

I like the challenge of shooting a target moving at 42 mph or more and my wife does, too. But to do so successfully and consistently, you need a gun that is (1) fitted to you and (2) will hold up for lots and lots of rounds without breaking anything.

About the least gun one can shoot that fits that criteria is a Remington 1100, but one needs to have a number of small parts on hand and they must be cleaned far more often than a breakopen gun. A Browning Citori or BT 99 is the next step up and they just shoot and shoot and shoot. The gun, for trap, should be a trap model as field and sporting guns shoot too flat for any real consistent success, though casual shooters often do fairly well with them.

I have two Perazzis and my wife has one. We have Citoris for skeet and sporting clays and I have a Model 42 (original with VR) and a Cynergy 28 for skeet.

If you get the chance to swing up to TampaBay, shoot me a PM and we can spend the day shooting. You can use one of my guns and I have a lot of shells available, too.

Bob

Wow, that would be something and sure do appreciate the invite. I pretty much grew up in Clearwater so not far from you . I belong to a small private range not to far South of you.,(a hole in the woods) and I agree punching paper gets boring. Heck we can't even shoot steel plate or pins. We have no trap or skeet. I can go to the public range to toss some clays but it's a madhouse there.

Did you see the thread on this? Now that wood be a hoot!

YouTube - "Gnat" shooting -RC Planes and Shotguns!

 

[enfield]

I have only one shotgun I won't part with - the old pheasant-killer, an Ithaca 37 that I bought used nearly 30 years ago. You can tell by looking that it's no safe queen - it's been used and used hard.

 

[RobertJ.]

Not being a bird hunter, I have a shotgun for one purpose. It's a Remington 870 Wingmaster, 20" barrel, and mag extension. It's a beatiful gun, with its walnut stock and rich bluing. And, I could attatch a longer barrel if I ever felt I needed to.

I've always liked the Ithaca Mod. 37, and quality wise would place it right along side the Rem. 870.

The question that still remains, though, is what purpose do you have in mind for this new shotgun?

 

[410bore]

i probably have more shotguns than anything. 90% of them are .410s. the others i have are for deer, turkey, sporting clays, rabbits, upland game, etc. the .410's get used for some small game, and deer (had a 870 slug barrel made with remington rifled sights).

The bulk of my shotguns i bought for my ever-growing collection of 410's. i was fortunate enough to get a very nice Winchester 42 field gun, i also have a NIB Browning 42 field grade and 2 Remington 1100 .410's which are really cool

 

[wbraswell]

Basically, what I desire is a classic American field gun. I find doubles kind heavy and unwieldly. I will probably get a Model 12, or a sporting 37, possibly a Rem 1100 too. If I can just keep away from those darn N-Frames, eating up my funds. Oh, I remember that around 1974, a friend sold me a Remington 11-48, for about a week. I took it back to him. I figured anything that kicked like that should have 4 legs, hoofs, and long ears.