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Re: New to hunting
« Reply #60 on: May 29, 2013, 08:44:05 PM »

Don't limit yourself to steel for non-tox. Hevi-Shot is good stuff. It's a little more spendy but you'll get better results. There are some other alternatives out there that work ok as well.

In a perfect world I would shoot a 16 gauge for everything. Carries like a 20, hits like a 12. But ammo is harder to find.

 Don't you know talking about high filluting, fancy pants ,$3 a shot ammo will get you tarred and feathered around here? come on man!

Hevi shot is great stuff, but I would want to be a proficient shot on clays and live birds before I made that kind of investment in ammo.
Hevis Shot really impressed the heck out of me last season when I used it in my 28 gauge and  folded a good sized green head at 40 yards, there were nine complete pass throughs that hit the bird.

I agree about the 16, I am a born again 16 gauger and really don't need much else for the uplands, although its a bit light for some waterfowl applications.

I like my birds to hit the ground dead. I hate ringing necks so I make the investment for better or worse. Bismuth works nicely too.   :tup:


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Re: New to hunting
« Reply #61 on: May 30, 2013, 11:19:09 AM »

Don't limit yourself to steel for non-tox. Hevi-Shot is good stuff. It's a little more spendy but you'll get better results. There are some other alternatives out there that work ok as well.

In a perfect world I would shoot a 16 gauge for everything. Carries like a 20, hits like a 12. But ammo is harder to find.

 Don't you know talking about high filluting, fancy pants ,$3 a shot ammo will get you tarred and feathered around here? come on man!

Hevi shot is great stuff, but I would want to be a proficient shot on clays and live birds before I made that kind of investment in ammo.
Hevis Shot really impressed the heck out of me last season when I used it in my 28 gauge and  folded a good sized green head at 40 yards, there were nine complete pass throughs that hit the bird.

I agree about the 16, I am a born again 16 gauger and really don't need much else for the uplands, although its a bit light for some waterfowl applications.

I like my birds to hit the ground dead, because my run off EP won't retrieve, so I make the investment for better or worse.   :tup:

well since you put it that way  :chuckle:
"Love the dogs before loving the hunt; love the hunt for the dogs." - Ben O. Williams

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Re: New to hunting
« Reply #62 on: May 30, 2013, 05:08:59 PM »

Don't limit yourself to steel for non-tox. Hevi-Shot is good stuff. It's a little more spendy but you'll get better results. There are some other alternatives out there that work ok as well.

In a perfect world I would shoot a 16 gauge for everything. Carries like a 20, hits like a 12. But ammo is harder to find.

 Don't you know talking about high filluting, fancy pants ,$3 a shot ammo will get you tarred and feathered around here? come on man!

Hevi shot is great stuff, but I would want to be a proficient shot on clays and live birds before I made that kind of investment in ammo.
Hevis Shot really impressed the heck out of me last season when I used it in my 28 gauge and  folded a good sized green head at 40 yards, there were nine complete pass throughs that hit the bird.

I agree about the 16, I am a born again 16 gauger and really don't need much else for the uplands, although its a bit light for some waterfowl applications.

I like my birds to hit the ground dead, because my run off EP won't retrieve, so I make the investment for better or worse.   :tup:

well since you put it that way  :chuckle:

Hey, retrieving would be important to me to if finding birds was as rare an event as it is for you setter guys!   ;)

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Re: New to hunting
« Reply #63 on: June 28, 2013, 04:35:57 PM »
I ended up getting a Weatherby PA-08 Synthetic from Outdoor Emporium in Seattle. I just couldn't resist the price. It's an entry-level gun I wanted for hunting. It feels good and the slide is AWESOME.

Time to go to the range  :)

 


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