Where does he get shells to feed it. Cannot fire steel out of a single shot even if you can find them for a 16ga and the rest like bismuth etc don't seem to exist up here
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Goose guns
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Where does he get shells to feed it. Cannot fire steel out of a single shot even if you can find them for a 16ga and the rest like bismuth etc don't seem to exist up here
Cheers
Best comment /thread, though I'll take the CIWS instead of the bofors
It is hard to judge sometimes in the heat of the moment and yes I could get some with a 410 but it doesn't mean a 410 or 20ga is an ideal goose hunting shotgun just because you killed some birds with it
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- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
I still use a vintage black powder 12 gauge in 2 3/4" gun quite often , and also a 20 gauge gun - both throw one oz of shot but the BP loads are bismuth.
My hunting buddy shoots an 2 3/4" 1100 Remington with a Polychoke on it and iis absolutely devastating over decoys with it.
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My hunting buddy shoots an 2 3/4" 1100 Remington with a Polychoke on it and iis absolutely devastating over decoys with it.
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The bismuth is as good as lead IMO but expensive and now hard to find the new improved version. In fact have not seen any in canada yet and it must be two years now since reintroduced
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- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
cant_rope_the_wind01
CGN Regular
- Location
- West central Alberta
this past fall my grandson and I were on a tight budget, we ran out of 10 gauge ammo, and we used up all our 12 ga 3 inch ammo
so I had 10 boxes of 2 3/4 inch 12 gauge #2 shot
so we went with those
we just let the geese come right into our decoy spread real close 20 to 30 yards
we actually got way more geese with those 12 ga 2 3/4 in # 2 shots then with anything else we used,
(between snow geese and honkers we got over 200 geese, and we used every ounce of meat available on them, and have none left now)
I dunno why you would think or where you got that idea from that , he is under gunned with a 12 gauge 2 3/4 inch shell
my daughter shoots a 20 gauge 3 inch # 2 shot and she kills geese consistently out to 40 yards
I realise with the 10 gauge you can knock em out of the sky easily at 80 yards,
so all you have to do is let them come in close, its hard on the system and patience , let yer buddy open up on them
then on his second or 3rd shot you can start with yer 10 gauge
whats seem to be the problem with that????? besides, patience and self restraint??
so I had 10 boxes of 2 3/4 inch 12 gauge #2 shot
so we went with those
we just let the geese come right into our decoy spread real close 20 to 30 yards
we actually got way more geese with those 12 ga 2 3/4 in # 2 shots then with anything else we used,
(between snow geese and honkers we got over 200 geese, and we used every ounce of meat available on them, and have none left now)
I dunno why you would think or where you got that idea from that , he is under gunned with a 12 gauge 2 3/4 inch shell
my daughter shoots a 20 gauge 3 inch # 2 shot and she kills geese consistently out to 40 yards
I realise with the 10 gauge you can knock em out of the sky easily at 80 yards,
so all you have to do is let them come in close, its hard on the system and patience , let yer buddy open up on them
then on his second or 3rd shot you can start with yer 10 gauge
whats seem to be the problem with that????? besides, patience and self restraint??
1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
80 yard shots??? I suspect you’d be surprised to know how many yards you are really shooting at....
1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
Seriously....I once shot a passing goose that was able to fly for a while before it dropped into the lake. It travelled about 200 yards before it dropped. I guess that means my gun/shot/choke combination is good out to at least 200 yards....doesnt matter that it was only about 20 yards away at time of trigger pull
cant_rope_the_wind01
CGN Regular
- Location
- West central Alberta
I use a rangefinder and set up little flags similar to those used for marking utility lines at 20 ,30 ,40,50,60,70,80,90,100, yards in 5 different directions from the layout blinds, its a pain in the ass and add a lot of walking and time to the set up, but it helps with the green horns and not so experienced hunters in the group, and for those that cant judge distance, by the end of the season they have their distance estimations down pretty good, just one thing I learned from an old timer years ago
Careful, when I questioned this, I got dressed down for having never shot a 10ga. I have only ever used a 3.5” 12, which is apparently vastly inferior with its 7 less pellets and all.
