Been away a long time. I recently examined a a friends damascus barreled BLNE and just prior to that day, shot some sporting clays with another friends Grulla SLE 12ga.
Golly gee whiz, I miss that. LOL. Nothing handles like a properly set up SxS.
Need to decide if a high condition American double or... one of the newly available Dickinson or SKB's are the way to go. I'll use the search functions to research previous discussions here. I do not want to drop a lot of money into a SxS, but I do need something that will hold up to modern, off the shelf ammo plus "sanely-priced" non-toxics.
If anyone would care to suggest something, your comments will be welcome.
Regards to all, John Jankowski
Welcome back. The problem with properly set up SxS it that it is only suitable for upland gunning. It is niche type gun for uplands and as large caliber stopping rifle for stopping dangerous game. I would suggest properly set up 0/U like Winchester 6500 2&3/4" only field gun or light weight Beretta like Blackwing, Whitewing or Ultralight. Why O/U? Well firing bottom barrel first makes for more pleasant recoil impulse, single sighting plane making shots on rising birds or targets easier. The ones I mentioned come with choke tubes meaning they are steel shot compatible. The cheapest "soft" non-tox is newly released Kent Bismuth at about $18 per 10 pack of 2&3/4" 12s. The 20ga & 16ga are about $2 per box less. This is twice as much as 25 pack of "upland or target-type" steel loads.
