You didn't like the Poly-Choke? I love mine.
You didn't like the Poly-Choke? I love mine.
If you're referring to my post showing the A5 with variable choke removed, it wasn't a matter of like or dislike. It was faulty. I should have examined it more closely before shooting it. I noticed that the mechanism didn't seem to work all that well when I turned it. The gaps in the vented section were another clue. A previous owner must have banged the barrel against something & bent it. Not enough to notice at a quick glance. First time I shot it I felt blowback against my face. That's when I had a closer look & realized something was awry. Unable to figure out how to remove it I took it to a gunsmith. It was soldered on so the only fix was to cut the barrel. Here's what it looked like. I was fortunate to escape serious injury when I took that 1st shot. Lesson learned, buyer beware when purchasing vintage firearms at a sports show. Shoots like a champ now, good slug gun.
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They do look bad ass haha. One of John Browning's most enduring designs. there's quite a story about how it ended up being manufactured by FN in Belgium instead of Winchester. Sometimes referred to as the 'humpback'. It was a favourite of Clyde (Bonnie & Clyde). He cut down the stock & barrel, hung it from his shoulder, tucked under the armpit, concealed under his coat. If not mistaken it was also used as a trench gun by the military in WWI. The Rhodesian army used an A5 with extended magazine to hold a crap load of rounds. Basically the 1st successful self-loading shotgun design. Built under licence by Remington in the US as the Model 11. Winchester later tried to get around the patent & copy the design, unsuccessfully.
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B&C. Clyde really liked his Brownings....
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I'm not much of a waterfowler as there are limited opportunities around here for that (hint if anyone wants to take my little sister and I out waterfowl hunting some time please let us know- she is a killer trap shooter although I'm not so good anymore)
But I have used plenty of shotguns and my views on pump/vs semi are this- You can get a good quality but inexpensive pump like a Rem 870 or Mossberg 500 and they work great. But reliable semi auto shotguns up the price a bit. You can get an inexpensive semi but the ones that work best for a long time cost a little more.
My shotgunning on birds is mostly opportunist grouse while hunting other things so I use a short barrel O/U 20G and sluice them in the head or wingshoot them at closer range .I've only hunted waterfowl a couple of times but it was sure fun
Knowledgeable shooters agree- The 375 Ruger is the NEW KING of all 375 caliber cartridges. ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!
I'll second this. I picked up a new 12 Gauge Winchester SX4 last winter chambered in 3 and 3.5 inch and this was my first season with it. I had one jam I believe the first day I fired it and I believe that was due to not being broken in yet. I've killed close to 60 ducks and killed a bunch of geese with another group of hunters so far this season and I never had a functioning issue.
Semi's you can focus on your aim for the follow up shots, and if you have a gas operated gun it lessens the recoil for us older shooters.
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