Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 08:07 AM
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I bought a NEF 20 ga. from Wally world umpteen years ago for around $75 too. Shoots like a gun of that value should. Maybe even a little better. I also got it for a "beater" gun. Worth every penny. Wish I would have bought one in .223 like my buddy did
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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#7172286
02/07/21 08:16 AM
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Interesting. I purchased a New England 20 gauge break open at Wally World in the 1980s. It is our Tractor gun. Amazing all the animals you can kill while out doing your work. It has been banged around and mistreated for forty years but still shoots great.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 10:24 AM
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Here's a classic! Iver Johnson Champion 12ga. Made in Fitchburg, MA Dad purchased in early '40's (Ethan- that's 1940's).
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 10:50 AM
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Osky
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Nice price and purchase on the shotgun! I will make this comment at the risk of being run out. I had a good friend in camp a year and a half ago who brought a very nice S&W .375 revolver with him. Knowing him well I know the gun had maybe 200 rounds thru it. We were shooting one morning, targets, when standing near him after a shot the barrel suddenly looked odd. I touched his shoulder as he thumb cocked another round to fire, he was still holding the pistol out. He looked at me and before I could say anything the barrel fell forward and onto the ground. The top forward frame had cracked in half after the previous shot? Had he hit that trigger while the barrel was tipping I think it would have been very ugly. Moral, crap happens these days expensive gear or not. I ask everyone who comes here shooting now to wear glasses in the yard and out on the stands. Take care out there guys.
* S&W was contacted and I’ve never heard of a company react so fast and offer so much to get that weapon back. They stood tall for sure.
Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 10:53 AM
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In my experience, a lot of the new single shot shotguns, particularly the 12 gauges, kick like mules. Years ago, I bought a NEF 12 gauge for my kid...it kicked so bad, I didn’t want to shoot it. I’ve got an old 20 gauge Winchester red letter that has more thump than one might expect. I only use it for vintage shoot fund raisers. One or two trap rounds is more than enough. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
[Re: Bigbrownie]
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02/07/21 12:02 PM
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In my experience, a lot of the new single shot shotguns, particularly the 12 gauges, kick like mules. Years ago, I bought a NEF 12 gauge for my kid...it kicked so bad, I didn’t want to shoot it. your not alone light weight one size fit someone somewhere stock but it is almost never me. "poor fit" little or no recoil pad to absorb any felt recoil is a function of actual recoil , weight and fit if the fit is right it is tight in your shoulder and tight on your cheek , if it weighs more it takes more to overcome the object at rest with a slip on recoil pad and a little sleeping pad and horse wrap you can make most things fit you and then it isn't nearly as felt of recoil. that doesn't mean a single shot can't be good a good tool
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 12:12 PM
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I have my dad's old Remington 16 Gauge semi-auto. You want to shoot something that kicks, "WOW"!
I t must have a stiff spring. I know the butt plate pad is hard as a rock.
Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers
"Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 12:58 PM
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he still has one from the 1900s and the stock fell off it was so old Ethan, this might blow your mind but most of us here were BORN in the 1900s... I meant early 1900s
"You reap what you sow" Im 15 and still the best trapper in glenwhite
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 12:59 PM
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Here's a classic! Iver Johnson Champion 12ga. Made in Fitchburg, MA Dad purchased in early '40's (Ethan- that's 1940's). Yeah thats kinda what my uncles gun looks like but without a stock
"You reap what you sow" Im 15 and still the best trapper in glenwhite
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 04:02 PM
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I know hundreds of guys/gals with $15,000 shot guns. That is about entry level cost of a good target shotgun. I started with a $275 browning and those are over $1000 now. I consider these entry level for a serious trap shooter. https://www.silverseitz.com/new-guns You could always but a used gun: PERAZZI MX2005 TRAP COMBO SHOTGUN WITH SC3 GRADE WOOD - PREOWNED SKU #: 140386-7-C Preowned $18,495
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Re: $99.00 shotgun
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02/07/21 04:11 PM
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danny clifton
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can a good shot really break more clays with a 16,000 dollar shotgun vs a 250 dollar shotgun? I have some real doubts. I think its more about trying to impress others
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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