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Post by lobster on Dec 13, 2008 8:37:04 GMT -6
She does not shoot alot but said she would be into shooting clays w/ me. I doubt she would like the 12 ga. but I am not sure. Will have to see how she likes it. Some friends told me a 20 ga. would be good. ? Do you think the youth model 11-87 pump would be to small. She is 5 ft 5in. She probably would also be into shooting turkeys. So is the 20 ga. adequate for turkeys? Is the youth model adequate for turkeys. It it looks too small---21 inch barrel, like a toy gun. Hoping to here some feedback here.
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Post by Chaindriven on Dec 13, 2008 19:38:21 GMT -6
Season's greetings Lobster, The Remington 11-87 is a fine shotgun, however she will be at a disadvantage using a pump action. An auto-loader would be my recommendation. If I may, I suggest to have her 'try on' a standard 20ga and then a youth model. See which 'fits' better. The stock on a standard could be cut down if necessary. I would also suggest that you buy for her a Beretta AL391. I have a youth model that I bought when my son was a small boy. Today, it sees action from my wife and daughter. They both handle it without any trouble what so ever. It’s much better from other shotguns, because it feels so lively when shouldered. I have a 12ga AL391 that I have used for sporting clays competition. I enjoy having my wife tag along during practice. She fell in love with it straight away. It is durable, dependable and is easily to shoot at the fast-paced clay targets. Skeet, Dbl skeet, Trap, Dbl trap and Sporting Clays. Having a quality 20-gauge auto-loader in your collection is a must in my option. No matter, I am happy the both of you can enjoy the sport together. Merry Christmas my friend and may God Bless.
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Post by lobster on Jan 6, 2009 11:30:52 GMT -6
Thanks again for the reply, and also the recommendation for the Beretta,AL391, I will look into that. An auto loader makes sense, anything to make it easy for her. Went chukkar hunting the other day, only got a few, only saw a few. But I sure did get alot of exercise humping up and down the Nevada hills. Planning to go up North, near the Idaho Border, I hear tell of alot of birds up there. I will let you know how it turns out. Right now I am going to investigate the Beretta, I will talk to you later.
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Post by Chaindriven on Jan 7, 2009 7:31:50 GMT -6
Sincerely welcome partner, That delightful bird can fly out of range in a second. It is always a treat when the dogs flush a group. Good eating. Head shots are important, otherwise not much left for the plate.
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Post by lobster on Jan 7, 2009 9:37:37 GMT -6
Well said, excellent photo. What choak are you using for those bird's demise.?. How long does your season run up there?
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Post by Chaindriven on Jan 8, 2009 12:47:33 GMT -6
My Son & I hunt with full chokes. Typically use No.4 shot to bring down the old roosters. When a chukkar flushes, we allow them a second or two to avoid just ending up with a couple legs and feathers. If the field has a lot of them, I'll switch to 71/2 shot and just hunt chukkar and leave the pheasants for my boy. The season runs from October to January.
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Post by lobster on Jan 9, 2009 9:58:40 GMT -6
Ah !! Chaindriven, What a great picture of your son, Looks like a nice young man. I did not know you had chukkar out there. #4 shot eh !! Wow, I am using 71/2 for both. Going chukkar hunting Monday, I hear tell we are going to a place that has allot of birds, hope so, We will soon find out. Do you have a bird dog ? What kind ? I have finally found a fun way to get exercise, it is called "Bird Hunting"
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Post by Chaindriven on Jan 15, 2009 14:24:56 GMT -6
Thank you. Michael has ALWAYS raised the bar and I am very proud of him. A good day of bird hunting will consist of two boxes of #4 and a box of #71/2 shot. No Dog, the Misses is allergic to them. Most often, we're invited to tag along with those that have a pup or two. Black Labs or Golden Retrievers. Returned home late last night from South Texas. 75 deg. F. to 40 degrees below zero wind chill. I spent the week at a Ranch 1.5 hours south of San Antonio on a special invite from the owner. He raises trophy Whitetail Deer for individuals that spend $6,900 for an opportunity to shoot one. The Rancher was looking to cull the predator population within the deer heard that are killing his fawns. Coyote, Bobcat and Wild pigs. I hunted three times a day, before sunrise, at sunset and again at midnight. Hours of remaining completely quite followed by tremendous excitement. Night hunting is extremely un-nerving. On second day I took a 35 lb. Bobcat, the third day a Coyote and a 75 lb. Wild Boar. I gave the Coyote to the Rancher, we ate the Pig and I sent the Bobcat to a Taxidermist for a full 3-D mount. The whole time down there, I took three shots with my .308 bolt action rifle and two from my .357 revolver. The two from the revolver was just to be sure the Bobcat & Pig where dispatched. The Coyote, I dropped in his tracks at 170 yards. The Bobcat was at approx. 105 yards and Pig was only about 50 yards away. The Pig was hit behind the ear level with it's eye. It was close to 1:15 am, in the light of a full moon. I smelled it five minutes prior to the pig trotting out of the brush to a small pile of corn and into my cross hairs.
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Post by lobster on Jan 17, 2009 8:40:15 GMT -6
WoW !!!!, Looks like you had a lot of fun. Good for you !!!, Nice pictures, one of these days I will learn how to post pictures. I did not get to go bird hunting, my wife became sick w/ an infected pancreus, had to stay home and help her out. She is on the mend and I plan to go bird hunting this monday !!! Caint wait. Hey just a heads up, Sportsman's guide has a special on 22lr--cci, 5000 rdn's for 198$ they cost 489 $ at midway right now for the same amount, so it is a great deal, I plan on stocking up, also getting the cz-452 military training rifle for about 350.00$, It will be a cheap way to practice shooting w/o breaking the bank. Also ordered the saiga-12 and 5---10rdn mags, figured I better get it b4 osama obama gets into office
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Post by Chaindriven on Jan 18, 2009 20:08:03 GMT -6
Please extend my best wishes and payers for a speedy recovery to your wife. I have posted instructions on image posting and will attempt to locate it for you. Good luck on Monday and stay safe my friend.
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Post by lobster on Jan 20, 2009 9:09:18 GMT -6
Thank you for the kind words, she is on the mend. Well it turned out to be quite a hunt, really steep, and really rocky area out in the middle of nowhere !!! The great expanse !!!! We only got a couple of birds. Saw about 50, they were quite wild and would fly off early. Only had a few shots, hence only a couple of down birds. Man , that was tough country to hunt. We will try "Rock Creek" area next weekend, will hope for the best. Went to Twinn Falls Idaho this weekend w/ the wife "Sportsman's Warehouse". I had the wife try out the fit for a couple of shot guns. Wouldn't you know it , the one gun that fit her frame and reach , and she liked the best because it was the lightest was the Bennelli Silver Legacy 1500.00$. I told her we would have to wait on that for now. They did not have the Browning at the store. This will be the last weekend of chukkar hunting for me. The season is comming to a close soon.
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Post by Chaindriven on Jan 20, 2009 18:28:32 GMT -6
Well, you married a women with good taste in firearms. When you get an opportunity to post a couple of images, I would enjoy them. Photo posting is much easier than you think, once you've done it. Here's the basics. You need a digital camera. Take your photo. Down load it to your computer. Have browser windows open - one on photobucket and one on Riflesnguns. Go to www.photobucket.com and open an account. It's free, takes only a minute, and is no harder than signing on to Riflesnguns. There are other photo posting services, but I think this one is the easiest to use. Once you have the account you'll see how easy it is to upload your photos to photobucket. When they are there, you'll see four tag lines under each picture. Highlight the bottom one - the 'IMG CODE' tag line - and 'copy' it. (You can copy it by right clicking on your mouse and selecting 'copy') Once it's copied, go to the Riflesnguns message you are composing and paste the TAG line directly into the text of your message. At this point you will only see a text web address string, but once you post your message you'll see the photo. I recommend an image size of no more than 800 x 600. Technically, you can post as many photos as you want in each message but remember, not everyone has a high speed. So keep it to 5 or less. More than that makes it pretty slow to load for some. You don't need a fancy or expensive camera to share images. Good luck partner.
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Post by rickieadefehr on Mar 16, 2009 14:40:01 GMT -6
When i was about 12yrs, i got my .410. Was the most fun firearm to shoot. Had double barrel. Slug and double 00. My little brother lost it,when i was in the Navy. Sure he sold it. Don't think i ever saw an auto. Seem's i had seen pump .410. Older than my double barrel. Got a single shot,after getting out of Navy. Bought it for less than sixty dollars They are a good,hard hitter Also cut down .410 shells were used for,snake loads in pistols,If i remember right,was a .44.
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