Any upland hunters here? If so, let's talk double barrel

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>>912397
I have a Rem 870 Upland Special just for that.

A 12 ga Rem 870 Wingmaster for general purpose. Both have screw in Rem chokes.

My 10 ga is my SxS skybuster! A nice, 30" bbl, very heavy, Spainish double. Sandhill cranes and evil ravens are not safe!

I put a lot of discrimination into these choices because I'm not really a shotgun guy, but the Rems are first and second on the right, pic related.

A nice O/U could be in the future? Prolly a 12ga, for the load versatility.

>>912761
>20ga Upland Special

>>912761
I would have more guns but I'm a po' boy, hence the $500 O/U. Just got it this past summer after busting my ass as a farm hand, finally gonna take it out quail hunting next week on a little hunting/fishing camp excursion (will post pics eventually, should be fun.) Since I got it though I've just been busting clays, which it does pretty well. For quail I use an improved cylinder and modified, my loads are winchester super x size 6, 1 oz low-brass. any advice on chokes and load choice would be greatly appreciated.

I have a couple break opens (.410 and 20 g) made by some Brazilian company that I always forget and a Remington 870 12 g.

Even though they are low quality, I like the break open single shots. A friend bought the Savage Model 42 (o/u .22/.410) and it is way too cheap construction for my tastes.

When I have some money I'm going to look into a nice 20 g or o/u .22/.410 or .22/20 g. I like both the .410 and .22 for grouse hunting, it would be nice to not have to choose between the two.

>>912397
not trying to be a dick, but

>>>/k/

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>>912834
These are weapons pertaining to /out/door use.
pic related.

>>912839
There is always one (at LEAST) who "isn't trying" yet is anyway.

How can you antigunners not tolerate any discussion of weapons at ALL when you know damn well it is /out/related?

Get off your self-righteous moral soapbox and check it.

>>912797
For quail you might be better of with #7 shot. They aren't that tough.

For my 10ga I use #4 lead for both Sandhill cranes and evil ravens. Fixed choke SxS, so hardly upland style hunting. More suited to waterfowl.

I just don't do much upland, yet I live on Dove Dr and can take dove off the wire with a pellet gun, if I had one!

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>>912958
>antigunners
>implying

>>912958
>antigunners
Not even the guy you are trying to reply to, but since when is community moderation a bad thing?

>OP posts about gun
>post has nothing to do with area, prey, weather, landscape, conditions, etc. (anything to do with /out/ pretty much)
>post focuses on gun preference and traits

How the fuck is this post not /k/? Don't act like a child when the man had every right to point the OP to /k/. No one is attacking OP, but instead directing him to a board where he will be guaranteed proper replies. Why did you get so defensive?

Willing ignorance is terrible, anon. It's worse than pointing someone to a more appropriate board.

>>913280
He's talking about "equipment" for bird hunting. If equipment discussion is not tolerated, this board would be pretty empty.

>>912397
Noob hunter here.

I have access to both upland and waterfowl. If i wanted a versatile gun for both, what would you recommend?

I also would be interested in something with a multiple choke system vs buying many barrels.

>>913386
Cheap and decent multi-purpose gun is the mossberg 500. My dad has one, got it many years ago. I used it up until I bought pic related. Comes with the five standard chokes, and is easy to maintain.

What size shot do you use for rabbits? I know about 6 is good but I got a ton of those 7.5 laying around. Shot squirrels with 6 and had to boot stomp a few so worried about the smaller 7.5

>>913482
I go 4 or 5 for small game usually. improved modified or full choke, take their head clean off, no pain.

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>>912397
>I'm an old-timey fag
>prefer over/under

Shut the fuck up.

>>913509
>implying double-barrel isn't actually old

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>>913509
Mfw these niggas dress better going hunting than I do to a job interview.

>>913280
>blah, blah

Wait until modfag deletes your thread for NO REASON.

>>913515
It's the hat.

Get a hat.

Not a baseball cap.

>>912397
>>>/k/

>>913511
>Implying side-by-side shotguns and over/under shotguns are the same.

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>>913622
Fuck you.

>>913386
If cost is not an issue a semi may be nice if you're hunting more birds. I've heard 1187 are not bad.

>>914039
That depends on if he is carrying it all day imo.

For grouse n small game I use the single shot .410 since it doesn't butcher the game and it is very light. Only downside is pricy ammo.

And for ducks I use the pump, here I could see using an auto loader since you don't hump it around all day.

Although I'm sure there are some nice spendy light semis, just can't justify getting one to get muddy n wet while duck hunting.

Also single shots rule! They are easy to shoot,clean,and carry! In addition they teach you to not take shitty shots since you have no follow-up shot.

>>914089
Hard to do when you have no guns or experience hunting.

Sorry I had to take the bait.

>>914089
unfortunately since your stupid and wouldn't tag me right away or have any idea of how to harvest a human you would get picked up by a CO and charged for spoiling hunt

>>914120
>your stupid
hahahahahahahaa

Since the shitposting fucktards have turned a legitimate shotgun thread into hunting humans thread I should just start posting pics of my AK47s?

>>914123
sure why not bro

>>914121
>hahahahahahahaa

The Maximum Shitpost

The shitbposting is strong in this thread. I prefer a pump with a full choke. Does everything i need it do do. I'm not a hunter per say, but the hogs in Texas are a pain.

>>914156
Is your pump your choice for hogs?

What load, 3 1/2" #00?

>>914089
I have a reason. Wild game is god-damn delicious. Kindly fuck off.

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>>914131
>>914123
>>914121
>>914089

S T O P

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>>914131
>sure nro, why not?

Why not indeed? Mostly because I didn't want to detail a thread that is already in distress.

But when whiney baby showed up:>>914175

I figured a 12ga AK47 was shotgun was topic related enough to make it worth pissing off libfuck pussy bois.

12ga AK47 does not pattern well enough for clays (in my hands). Pic and topic related, so fuck off.

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>>914214
10rnd box mag, 12ga 2 3/4" shells.

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>>914216
12ga AK47, semiauto, piston driven shotgun, from Russia with love.

>>914214
*detail == derail

>>914214
It's a shotgun? Well fuck, why didn't you say so? Just imagine the birds you could fuck up with that thing

>>914214
Please stop calling anything that's an AK-pattern an AK47. It makes you sound silly, at best.

>>914254
12 GA AK SHOTGUN.

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>>914214

I always wanted to get a SBS Saiga 12.

Pew pew.

>>914263
My original intention. Went another way and now stuck with this. Even have two 20 rnd drums (fitting still required).

On the bright side, expecting 8 stamps in the mail; 4 sbr to me and 4 to my transfer agent for suppressors, this month or next.

"Patients is a virtue"...

It will be a very Merry Christmas or a very Happy New Year!!

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I'm sorta new but I use a pump action.

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>>915087
Here's my 870 express super mag.
Kills ducks and geese just fine.

>>915089
>>915087
Now we're getting somewhere, I love the OC!

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>>915118
Here's some moar OC for ya then.

>>915187
That's some tasty looking fowl.

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>>915187

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>>915188
It really was.

I'm making some goose jerky tonight

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>>915188
you might even say it's foul-looking, anon

>>915191
goose jerky?
never heard of it
is it good

>>915197
Appears to have proper temp monitoring.

Possible lack of proper merry nation or sears awening.

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>>915203
See pic
>>915197
It's tasty

>>915205
>smoke

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>>915197

>>915207
You bet!

>>915209
Seems goose might be fatty enough to make for excellent smoked jerky!

>>915208
>qwerty grill
Lol.

I carry a 18 1/2 savage single shot 12 ga with a green truglo front sight and a shell holder. I like it because it's compact, light, and I can quickly change out what shell I need.

>>915208
that's gwoss.
Clean your keys NOW anon

>>912397
I'm not a big bird hunter but I've always been very conflicted about my shotguns. I love my Remington 1100 and it's the nicest shotgun I own but something just feels right about clipping a bird with my dog shit $80 Rossi break barrel 20

>>913482
I use 6 or 7 for rabbit, not too big not too small

>>915187
A nice haul!

I have been hunting with shotguns for, I don't know, a little over forty years. There was a time when I went every day.

When you talk about shotguns, it's like of like talking about your taste in cars, members of the opposite sex, or whatever...it comes down often to your taste.

A nice solid over/under is the romantic choice. A classic, especially in a lighter gauge. But of course you are limited to two shells. A little like fly fishing, it's partly about the equipment.

Auto shotguns, like your Rem 1100, are very popular and you can put a lot of lead in the air in a very short time. Some tend to waste shots. The action of the auto takes a bit of the kick away. The down side, if they get dirty, or if you are hunting in icy conditions, they can freeze up on you. They take a little more care and cleaning.

My gun of choice is the pump. It always works, even when covered with ice. To me it is just the right weight. I have been shooting the same Rem 870 since my college days. My daughter shoots a youth model.

When I bought that gun, there was no such thing as adjustable chokes. I got two barrels, an improved cylinder just for quail, and a full choke for everything else. I have been shooting full choke for everything for years and years.

Yes, you have to be a better shot, sometimes let the bird fly a bit before taking the shot, but it hits hard. You can use it for everything and it give a bit more range.

There are not wrong or right answers, just opinions and preferences.

Why would you attach a handsaw to a rifle?

>>916491
>I.C. & Full

But no Modified?

What's your take on that choke, wjat is its use?

>>916508

My take is the modified is sort of a split the difference. Not perfect for either, but trying to be more versatile. When I take a new hunter dove hunting, which I seem to do almost every year, I give them a shotgun with a mod choke. Yes they can't shoot as far, or hit as hard, but they get more birds on the shots they are just off a little.

I don't shoot trap or skeet all that often, but when I do, I really like a mod choke.

A decent amount of my hunting is/was for waterfowl, and they are hard to bring down, especially geese. I like the full for them every time.

It really comes down to the length of your shot and the spread of your pattern. If you are hunting woodcock in a thick wood, you don't want a full choke, but if you are shooting high flying whitewings, you can't get there with an IC. Well, you can, but they are not suited to the job at hand.

>>916508
Also, I would have loved to have all three, and a skeet barrel as well, but money was tight. Besides there is always other costs, like decoys, gas to get to the hunting spot, and shells, etc...

Think of it as IC short, Mod medium, Full long range.

You are looking for your effective distance where you have a big pattern, but yet you are still hitting your intended target (bird, rabbit, squirrel, whatever) with several pellets for a quick clean kill. Once your pattern spreads to a point that you might only hit with a single BB or two, or perhaps even miss even though you shot a good shot, you are just hoping to get lucky.

I really recommend anyone new to shotgunning, to shoot several shells into paper or a cardboard box at a few distances, they think they might be shooting at game, just to learn what is happening down range to their pattern.

>>916511
>>916519
Thank you.

I assume Cylinder Bore chokes fall under the Modified for range?

>>916533
>*under Improved Cylinder

>>916480
Thanks anon. That day was especially fun. Shot two limits in just under two hours, went hunting with my boss and got paid to work instead.

The 14 breasts you see on my smoker 3 posts below came from my limit of duck that day, so I guess it's a kind of before/after pic set lol

>>916534
Cylinder bore wider than skeet. I would hesitate to use it if you think any shots are beyond 20 yards.

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>>912397
I fucking love grouse hunting with my dog pic related.

I have a browning BPS and it's a beauty shotgun, but it's really heavy to carry all day in the field. I want to get a light 20g sxs or ou - maybe next year.

>>919759
Nothing is more /out/ than OC.

Can't see how any shotgun would be better for actual hunting than my Benelli autoloader.

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I've only really ever used Ithaca model 37 pump guns. I can't say for certain that they're the best, but they've always suited me very well. I have a 12 and a 20 and use them for both deer and small game.
I also have a .410 Winchester, but I just use it for plinking and varmints.

>>919788
As far as loads I use 7s or 8s for quail and 4s for squirrel or rabbit. I made the mistake of shooting a squirrel with smaller shot once and cleaning it was a pain in the ass.

I like my 3 1/2" 870. I only need one shotgun and it does the trick.

>>919796
Do yall practice with trap and skeet? Been dove hunting like several times and I can't hit shit with a shotgun. Never really learned, and years of rifle shooting habits are hard to break

>>913586
>get a fedora.

grow a neckbeard while youre at it faggot

>>922371
>sees "not a baseball cap"
>read "get a fedora"
because apparently those are the only two hats that exist

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>>915187
Good work bro

>>913280
It says right there in the sticky, idiot. Gear relating to any of the above topics. Report the thread if you're so confident in your assertion, I can guarantee it's not getting deleted.

>>922389
look at the pic in question ya twat
2/5 fedoras

>>922727
Thanks. Looks like you done good yourself. Whereabouts are you hunting? I'm in the PNW.

>>912834
>he doesn't know the history and why /out/ was created

>>923246
Ausfalia helping out a rice farmer.
Duck numbers are out of control this year.
If I had a semiauto there would be a lot more!

>>913280
>Nu male faggot

Muh weapons are bad, plz mod ban them

>>923274
what kind of hunting regs do you have to deal with there?

I wish I was allowed to pull the mag plug from my gun and load up as many as I could, I also wish I was allowed to shoot more than just 7 ducks/day

Also, do you eat your birds?

>>923728
Varies a lot state by state but its generally fairly restrictive and bit of a touchy subject in "polite society"
Where it is permitted there are strict seasons and licensing requirements.
In this instance I was interstate in NSW where it is permitted but only on private cropland as pest control, no limit on how many you can shoot but there are a few protected species.

Yeh I eat them, just take the breast and make schnitzels, sausages and salamim. Got about 20lbs of breast from two weekends shooting.

>>925161
Oh yeh and you gotta pass an identification test before you get your license

>>914256
Siaga and AKs are different though. That's like calling an SKS, SVD or PKM an AK.

>>913622
/out/ was originally created so that hunters had a place to post that wasn't /k/

>>914156
I use an AR-15 for hogs

Aim for a lateral shot entering through the ear

Hogs are highly susceptible to hydrostatic shock which makes shotguns a poor choice when hog hunting

>>926358
*not a poor choice rather that a conventional round is superior for hog hunting than a shotgun slug or buckshot

I use a single shot 12 gauge that can fold in half

Easily stored in a backpack and weighs fuck all. Very manageable to throw in and carry all day. I bring it camping and backpacking 100% of the time as a result of this, which usually means free grouse or rabbit during season while I'm on the trail

>>926378
Pic pls?

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>>913515
R A R E
A
R
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Doublegun

>>918403
There is truth to this. My SxS 12 is cylinder (0.000) and Mod (0.014?). I'm deadly on grouse and woodcock in the early season, but on pheasant, I grab my 391 with an IM tube.

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>>912397
glad this thread is still going

pa bought this 20ga beretta in 1976. Its been reblued twice and rebuilt once thanks to the salton sea.

pic is last september in zona

>>912397
If you want a dedicated upland gun, O/U 28g is unbeatable.

>>927022
How is 28ga superior to 20ga?

20ga is more common, cheaper and has more loads.

>>912834
There is far more actual hunting discourse on /out/ than /k/.
k is more for weapons grade autism, general slavposting, and army man cosplaying

I use a .22lr for upland grouse hunting.
Sue me

>>927140
Guns are lighter, way easier to point, better patterning, generally superiour in every way.

I also reload my ammo because I'm an adult and can spend 400 on a reloading press, so all of your other points are moot.

Beretta silver pigeon a best.

>>927140
>>927156

These points are valid. I am glad you like the 28 gauge, I think it is great that you use it and reload your own shells.

I live in a major city and you can not find any thing 28, or 16 either. You can only get 12,20, and 410 easily. Everything else would have to be ordered.

If someone was only going to be a casual shooter/hunter getting a 20 gauge would make much more sense. Getting into reloading makes you dedicated and serious, not necessarily an adult.