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PressurePoint
06-27-2009, 03:59 PM
I have a Browning Citori 625 Field in 12 gauge and I am looking at getting a Cynergy Euro in 20 gauge.

My question is to you pheasant hunters out there, is 20 enough for pheasants? I already have a 12 so there isnt a need for a second one.

Also im looking at a gauge good for pheasant and quail.

dutchie
06-27-2009, 06:46 PM
Both are great pheasant and Quail guns. The difference being that you don't have as much forgiveness with a 20ga.

Alot of guys in South Dakota shoot 12ga. Because the shells are way easyier to find!

I have a 12ga. O/U that is perfect for me as I don't have the resources to be shooting pheasant in my back yard.

Dutchie

PGK
06-27-2009, 07:13 PM
I love the look of the cynergy, but I really dislike the recoil pad / buttstock or whatever that contraption on the butt end is. You already have one of the classiest. A sister gun to her would not be a bad idea. Citori Lightning in 20ga? If you have the money for a cynergy to start with, your options are endless.

PressurePoint
06-27-2009, 07:55 PM
Once again i have the 625 field and browning makes a 625 feather. This would be the sister OU.
Now the toss up 20 or 12.

Matching twelves or a 12 and a 20?

PGK
06-27-2009, 08:00 PM
12 and 20 for sure. The 20 has more upland appeal, and variety is the spice of life :biggrin:

PressurePoint
06-27-2009, 08:15 PM
variety is the spice of life :biggrin:
Very true... Try telling my girlfriend that...

I dont trust the cynergy's confangled contraption of recoil pad. Plus the citori is a tried and tested firearm. Going through the browning catalogue im not to fancy on the 625 feathers engraving's. When you go from a 12 to a 20 it changes.

So it is, Browning Citori 625 Feild in 20 gauge with 26' barrels.
Same gun, different gauge and engravings.

Im sure owning matching citori's one in 12 one in 20 will be worth something in 20 or 30 years.

PGK, thanks for the advice.

PGK
06-27-2009, 08:35 PM
Very true... Try telling my girlfriend that...

I dont trust the cynergy's confangled contraption of recoil pad. Plus the citori is a tried and tested firearm. Going through the browning catalogue im not to fancy on the 625 feathers engraving's. When you go from a 12 to a 20 it changes.

So it is, Browning Citori 625 Feild in 20 gauge with 26' barrels.
Same gun, different gauge and engravings.

Im sure owning matching citori's one in 12 one in 20 will be worth something in 20 or 30 years.

PGK, thanks for the advice.

Not a bad idea. I've got matching wingmasters in 12 and 410. Someday I'd love matching over/unders!

PressurePoint
06-27-2009, 11:19 PM
Who doesn't. Being some what young, I have worked my ass off trying to save up for my first Citori.

Sadly my grandmother passed and left me enough money for a sister to my 625Field. No point blowing/wasting my money on garbage and have nothing to show for it.

HuntNHookSports
06-28-2009, 07:04 AM
The recoil pad on the Cynergy actually works quite well. Putting 10 boxes of shells though it a day at the range is no big deal.
It is a real tough gun too. Mine is 4 years old and has had well over 10 000 target rounds, well over 2000 hot steel rounds and it is as tight and dependable as the day I bought it. I regularly use it in the salt water as a paddle.

As for a good gauge for pheasant and quail, I think 28 (if you have a dog). Pheasants are easy birds to hit but are real fast once on the ground. And quail are so small that it is easy to destroy all the meat with shot.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/123008.jpg

1/2 slam
07-04-2009, 03:03 PM
My main pheasant gun is a F.A.I.R. Model 400 in 16ga and my secondary is a Winchester Model 101 in 20ga. Both O/U's. Never a problem with the 20.

SHACK
07-06-2009, 08:11 PM
You wont have a problem with any ga you should choose, providing you know its limits. I hunt soley with a 28 for upland now, and I used to shoot 410 alot for quail and the odd shot at pheasants with it as well. In short your choice of a 20 is more than ample.
Dont sell yourself short though....28's carry alot nicer than a 20! Not just a lighter gun, but lighter pockets with your shells!

1/2 slam, hows that little girl of yours doing anyways? We should get out with Ken one day for a shoot in the OK.

1/2 slam
07-07-2009, 06:55 PM
Shack,

Dixies doing awesome. So good in fact I got a second pup from the same breeder. I think Snoopy is going to be even better than Dixie.

Yes we should do a OK hunt with Ken.

f350ps
07-07-2009, 10:43 PM
One ounce of shot is the same in either gauge but a 20Ga. is sure nice and soft to shoot. There's been a lot of roosters killed with a 20. K

bogtrotter
07-08-2009, 09:50 PM
I agree that there is little difference between 12 and 20.

However, I would only use a 28 on pen raised birds.

I once went out in the Okanagan with my 28, a handful of shells and the preconviction that there were no pheasants in the area, only quail. I saw no quail but my springer flushed nine pheasants ( though some were hens). I did not kill any. When the last bunch of 3 or 4 flushed, it didn't matter - I was out of shells ! From that point on, it has always been 12 gauge for wild birds for me. And bring lots of shells as well !

BEARSLAYER
07-22-2009, 06:58 PM
I use a 12 and a 20 but given the choice , my 20 fair 692 english stock every time .Lighter on the long walks, quicker on the point,interchangeable chokes,damn fine wood. Life cant get better!! Life is to short to hunt with an ugly gun.