Your "Go-To" gun and why?

Well, there is a new method to clean your shotgun. Was that a Timex branded shotgun? The thing is a worker for sure! Good video!
 
Okay. Just so it is said. I am not a one gun guy. I do have and have had many upland guns, but for now it is my Citori Esprit as previously posted. When I am shooting dove with my grandson it is my Beretta A400 but it’s been a bit modified. LH Xplor with a Cole Gunsmithing trigger job and gas valve springs. Heavier Xcel stock and forearm. Run a .022 Rhino choke and just crush dove with it. It has never been used on upland birds.
My love of long range rifle competition unfortunately has begun to suck up my extra dollars. Striving for High Master comes with a cost.
 
That video reminds me of a farmer we hunted with in SD. He had a benelli of some kind with a camo finish that was more gone than still showing. He claimed that his cleaning method was hosing the gun down with diesel fuel. I kind of believed him.
 
Uplandhunter67 said:
Okay. Just so it is said. I am not a one gun guy. I do have and have had many upland guns, but for now it is my Citori Esprit as previously posted. When I am shooting dove with my grandson it is my Beretta A400 but it’s been a bit modified. LH Xplor with a Cole Gunsmithing trigger job and gas valve springs. Heavier Xcel stock and forearm. Run a .022 Rhino choke and just crush dove with it. It has never been used on upland birds.
My love of long range rifle competition unfortunately has begun to suck up my extra dollars. Striving for High Master comes with a cost.
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I used to shoot NRA Service Rifle. I feel ya on costs. I also used to shoot 1000yd matches.
 
matto said:
That video reminds me of a farmer we hunted with in SD. He had a benelli of some kind with a camo finish that was more gone that still showing. He claimed that his cleaning method was hosing the gun down with diesel fuel. I kind of believed him.
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If you lost your gloves in the field you'd be able to find them by scent lol
 
LC Smith said:
I used to shoot NRA Service Rifle. I feel ya on costs. I also used to shoot 1000yd matches.
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F-Class FTR. Returned to mid range to try and get my HM. I love the competition but it is a bit taxing on the wallet.
 
In my opinion, when first starting out in hunting, a person should buy a pump gun, either an 870 or a model 37 Ithaca. After becoming proficient with the pump gun, you should go to a side-by-side double barrel. After becoming proficient with that gun, then buy an autoloader, like Remington, 1100 or 1187. Italian gun, to be a good Hunter.
 
I've owned two guns. The first was/is a Stoeger Condor II, a cheap gun that nevertheless knocks 'em down just fine, but is now loose in the hinge and used for turkey with a .680 choke. I bought it at Walmart in my mid-40s. The new Stoegers are nicer. My second gun is a Browning 625 12 ga. which I got at Cabelas in KC. Trying it out, I shouldered it twice and both times it was spot on. Sold.
 
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Goosemaster said:
In my opinion, when first starting out in hunting, a person should buy a pump gun, either an 870 or a model 37 Ithaca. After becoming proficient with the pump gun, you should go to a side-by-side double barrel. After becoming proficient with that gun, then buy an autoloader, like Remington, 1100 or 1187. Italian gun, to be a good Hunter.
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No single shot?
 
Drew said:
I know you all might find this crazy, but several years ago, I had an over under that I didn’t use and a guy offered me a trade. He had this Russian made “Remington” semi auto 12 gauge 3 1/2” magnum black synthetic shotgun, ugly as hell, made by the same company who makes the AK 47. I looked at the reviews and made the trade.

This gun has proven to be the most reliable shotgun that I have ever possessed. It shoots trap loads all the way up to turkey and goose loads and never fails. I will run 300 rounds through it between cleanings. Most importantly, I just
point it in the general direction of a bird pull trigger and more often than not the bird dies. The model is Remington Baikal SPR 453.
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To really give you credit for being crazy, what model was the O/U that you traded away?
 
Early in the season, my go-to gun is my 40+ year old Citori, 26" barrel, fixed chokes IC/Mod, 20 gauge
Late in the season, when I am likely to shoot greenheads and maybe a goose,
I switch to my 40+ year old Citori, 26" barrel, Skeet2/Mod, 12 gauge.

I bought both the Citoris used in the 1980s for $500 each and they have served me well.

Back then 26" was a popular barrel length for skeet. Fast forward 40+ years and many of
my friends who I shoot skeet with have 30 inch barrels on the over/unders for skeet.
 
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