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I've read they are terrible, but it's unlikely I'll ever find out...

The stock dimensions are very similar, as such I don't have any issues shooting either. They both have 14.25" LOP and are one of the few 14.25" LOP shotguns that I can shoot well. I much prefer 14"-13.75" LOP. Franchi makes an Affinity wood stock recoil pad that shortens the LOP to 14", but...

OK, not to hijack the thread so I'll keep it short. My Orion is the 28" gloss furniture model (if I had known Toni was thinking of getting me one I would have strongly hinted I would like the 26" matte furniture model, but I'm not about to look a gift O/U in the mouth). It is a box lock with...

Out here it's considered one's civic responsibility to kill every coyote and quill pig on sight. Porkys are easier as you don't have to lead them so much...

That's my Franchi Upland Select 26" 20 gauge pictured above. Sweet, sweet upland shotgun. Like it so much I also bought the synthetic LH model. But back to the question at hand. I have a 725 Feather 26" in 12 gauge, it's my go-to pheasant shotgun. it's lightweight, shoots great, and one of...

Saturday afternoon I took two of the Wrecking Crew (Queenie & the rookie Charlie) and walked my tree line. There is a particular clump of grass at the base of a Russian Olive that often holds a bird. Queenie got birdy at that clump, stuck her head in, and came out with a face full of quills...

I concur. I've walked fencelines in public hunting areas in eastern ND after pen raised birds were released and found what was left of bird after bird after the coyotes found them...

I bought one last year. Light, beautiful, and shoots great ..

A Citori 725 Feather 26" in 12 gauge has been my go-to since 2018. Have never had any problems with it and it is a joy to carry all day. I can see no reason why the 20 gauge model would be different...

My addiction is hopeless and beautiful. Have bought three new shotguns in the last 5 weeks...

We had several good-sized coveys of huns around my place all summer. No idea where they went, but they weren't in the area last weekend. My wife & I were the only hunters on my neighbor's land and it was opening weekend. Didn't see another person hunting on foot anywhere in the area, but I...

It was an educational hun & grouse opener. All the birds we found were in a standing soy bean field. Didn't flush a single bird of either species from adjoining cover. The hun coveys seem to have broken up. The biggest bunch we flushed was one covey of 4-5, all others were widely separated...

Back in the 80's & early 90's western ND was as close to a hunting paradise as I could ever imagine. A guy could set up camp in the National Grasslands, hunt for a week, and never see another person, let alone another hunter. Not so much nowadays...

I don't live in an area with much for sharp cover, but there are pockets where I can always find a few. I can say I've never seen more huns around my place than I have this summer. I can't wait for hun & sharp opener this year.

No shit. a couple years ago I started wearing hinged compression braces on my now 67 year old knees when hunting upland. They really cut down the pain at the end of the day. 12 weeks ago I underwent reverse shoulder replacement on my strong hand shoulder. I started shooting shotgun again...

I would also add that last year I bought a Franchi Affinity 3 Select (Upland Elite) 26"/3" 20 gauge from Scheels and it stole my heart away from my favorite upland shogun, my Browning Citori 725 Featherweight. At 6 lbs (maybe a shade less), that trim little Franchi is fast on the bird, easy to...

For what it's worth, last week I bought another SX4 (this one is black synthetic 26"/3", my other one is the LH 28"/3.5" Waterfowl model) at Scheels Bismarck for $749, and it has a $50 rebate on top of that. As dad used to say, it was such a good deal I couldn't afford not to buy it. If your...

I live in SW ND and it's lousy with pheasants and huns around my place this year. Best numbers of both I've seen since I moved out here in 2018. I'm really looking forward to hun & grouse opener in a couple weeks. My labs often flush a covey of huns just walking up to the mailbox. Be aware...

It's lousy with pheasants & huns around my place this year. I drive 16 miles to work on gravel/scoria roads just as it's getting light, and every morning this summer it's an upland bird slalom course. I'm really looking forward to getting into the huns on & around my place when the season...

I bought extras from Amazon as I didn't see any reason to pay the exorbitant price that upland vest companies are asking. They work just fine.