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An 870 12 ga is my hardest used gun. It was my Dads gun. It has taken it very, very rough over the years. I sawed the barrel off and now its loaded with 00 buckshot in my bedroom.
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Stan,
I tried to replace my Citori with a BSS 12ga with 26" barrels. Didn't work. The BSS is a real clunky gun. Not balanced correctly and the stock is like a 2x4. I probably shoot it as well as most of my guns but have to adjust too much. Very temped to get out a rasp and work the stock down then put weights in the butt and forearm to rebalance it. Sits in the back of the safe for a rainy day when I have nothing else to do. I had a BSS 30" tubes and it is one of the few shotguns I have ever sold. Different strokes for different folks, Tamid. I won the S x S event in AA class at the 2010 U S Open with mine, and won Veterans concurrent with it, too. It suits my style of shooting. Too light and lively is an anathema in sporting clays, IMO. And, FWIW, I wouldn't use a Citori to shoot armadillos. Individual taste is unexplainable. SRH
Last edited by Stan; 01/28/18 07:36 AM.
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Over the last 4-5 years, it has been my Browning 725 sporting clays of all things...32" 12 gauge. I shot it a lot for sporting clays of course and I just knew where it hit so it went hunting. I just got a Stephen Grant side lever damascus 12 so I'm hoping that gets a lot of work to come.
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Winchester Repro Model 42 HG by far. Almost 20 limits of Dove. More had I done my part. Released pheasant and chukar on a game farm and a few wild quail and one unwise Wood duck. I did not swear off doubles but got into the little pump gun like I was 12 again with my first pump gun.
Next year will be a Flues 20 with 30" barrels if I can get it finished in time. It has been a major overhaul. Stock was gone and metal was well worn but in decent mechanical shape. But since I started the project last year I might be forced to keep pumping which I can live with. New stock, barrels blued, complete clean up, everything but new case color. I think she has earned the right to be grey. Goal is to give her a stock I can shoot and keep the weight under six pounds.
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Keep the pressure down on the ammunition, as well. Not a lot of meat in a Flues frame, and the 20s have a reputation for cracking the frame.
Best,
Ted
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Citori 20, with the 1976 action, with vertical coil springs and streaight firing pins. Restocked, honed and choked tight half and full. It never disappoints, unlike some of its highly bred stablemates.
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Ted you are right. I load low pressure loads in hulls trimmed back to just over 2 1/2". Fellow board member here gave me a few suggestions and Hodgdon had a few more. In low volume reloading you can do just about anything it you try. 5K 12 loads, 6.5-7K 20 loads, you don't need high velocity or high shot content. Low, slow and works for me is fine in these old guns.
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Hardest used and showing signs of finish wear - Bernardelli Brescia hammer gun in 12 gauge. I have owned it more than 50 years.
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A lot of guys using their Japanese built shotguns hard, From Browning's to Parker repros, interesting.
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Weren't the Japanese in good guns before Winchester? Says something for our discriminating shooters!
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