Muzzleloader sure is fun

I have a strait stock on an 870 lw 20 and like it. I have been looking at the czs also. But I have 3 .sxs and several pumps and semi's and don't hunt with a shotgun but a few times a year. It's one of those I really don't need another one things. Kind of like walking by .22 bullets at the store. I have more than I will.shoot in my life bit can't not buy more .

My Christmas wish list includes this…
https://www.budsgunshop.com/product...auge28+gauge+30+o+u+2rd+3+polished+blued

A.H. Fox? I had one in twenty gauge. Sold it to a buddy because I thought the thirty inch barrels were too long. He wouldn't sell it back to me. Another blunder on my part.

I prefer over/unders myself but have owned a few side-by-side’s in the past. My dad was fond of saying that shooting a side-by-side was like pointing your whole hand at something instead of just your finger.

Maybe some of his bias rubbed off on me.

Love my old sxs but shoot my ou better

I have used both and cannot get used to the s x s. The over under is easier to use.

OU here

I prefer the sxs, for me the second shot is easier, I’m sure if I worked with o/u I could do it, used to use dads western field until the barrels started to get thin and retired the old girl.

S/S for the house, O/U for the field is my preference.

What percentage of you O/U guys are primarily pheasant hunters?

No pheasants here , dove’s when we have them

Pheasant, grouse and woodcock here.

I use one of my pumps when waterfowl hunting.

Only if I travel fir them. Same with doves. Here’s it ls more ruffed grouse, woodcock, ducks and crows. Certain conditions might have me with auto loader or pump though.

But I burn something in neighborhood of 10k shells at sporting clays each year

A bird hunting buddy had one of those. I don't remember him using it much, mostly O/U. Most of the hard-core grouse hunters I hunted with shot O/Us. Almost all of them did.

https://www.purdey.com/products/purdey-sidelock-side-by-side-27888

Here’s a nice one.

I doubt you could get a Purdey built for much less than $150,000 today. You can probably pick up a nice vintage one for $30,000.

SXS does not fit the slots in my gun safe.

I've run into that problem.