Forgive me, I'm thinking about sinning - Early Superposed 20

the spank said:
I've read some questionable statements on this site over the years and this one ranks in the top 10!! I'd suggest you spend some time on a skeet range and hone your shooting skills before making such a bold uneducated statement. I shoot nothing but a 20 for waterfowl including spring snow geese and shoot ducks and geese both running alot of 2 3/4" STEEL SHOT ammo and in my experience(and I have LOTS) I'll take the 20 over a 12 for waterfowl any day!!
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Wow I made The Spank's top ten. I suggest you give your skeet range advice to some one else. 2 3/4" 20 bore steel loads do not come close to an once of shot. With suitable pellets for wild fowl (#4 and larger) the 20 just becomes ineffective. Yes it will kill ducks over dekes at short range hardly a water fowl gauge with 2 3/4" steel. Bismuth, TSS and other HD no tox loads in the 20 are the exception. This forum gathers opinions and I gave mine and identified it as such. There is no need for dramatic comebacks from others.

Darryl
 
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madtrapper143 said:
Wow I made The Spank's top ten. I suggest you give your skeet range advice to some one else. 2 3/4" 20 bore steel loads do not come close to an once of shot. With suitable pellets for wild fowl (#4 and larger) the 20 just becomes ineffective. Yes it will kill ducks over dekes at short range hardly a water fowl gauge with 2 3/4" steel. Bismuth, TSS and other HD no tox loads in the 20 are the exception. This forum gathers opinions and I gave mine and identified it as such. There is no need for dramatic comebacks from others.

Darryl
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Not to get in a peeing match with you but you obviously have no experience with a 20 ga for waterfowl. If by "most waterfowl hunting" you mean shooting out of range then the gauge makes little difference. I have zero issue killing ducks and geese routinely at 40-45 yds using steel 3/4oz 2's and 4's. As I said we hunt spring snows with them too and thats routinely 40-45 yard shooting. Shooting further than that is called skybusting. 3/4 oz of steel is equivalent to about 1 1/16oz lead shot in pellet numbers, plenty to kill a bird with. And btw over the decoys is how it should be done and what myself and folks I hunt with do. We aren't pass shooters blasting at birds out of range hoping you have enough of a payload to put one in a spot that might knock one down.
 
the spank said:
Not to get in a peeing match with you but you obviously have no experience with a 20 ga for waterfowl. If by "most waterfowl hunting" you mean shooting out of range then the gauge makes little difference. I have zero issue killing ducks and geese routinely at 40-45 yds using steel 3/4oz 2's and 4's. As I said we hunt spring snows with them too and thats routinely 40-45 yard shooting. Shooting further than that is called skybusting. 3/4 oz of steel is equivalent to about 1 1/16oz lead shot in pellet numbers, plenty to kill a bird with. And btw over the decoys is how it should be done and what myself and folks I hunt with do. We aren't pass shooters blasting at birds out of range hoping you have enough of a payload to put one in a spot that might knock one down.
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You started the peeing match when you labeled my opinion bold and uneducated. Who in their right mind would consider most waterfowling shooting out of range? Don't try to put words in my mouth. Nice try to paint me as a sky buster also. I did notice that you say you have "LOTS" of experience but don't assume that others who don't state their hunting/shooting abilities have none. I gave my opinion and I gave it in good faith.

Darryl
 
sell the gun and buy one with the chokes you want or one that has already been messed with. or keep it and buy another to open wide.

I wouldn't mess with the chokes......its more than a little blasphemous......but I also think its your gun to do as you please........ but 70 years with those chokes......come on man!!!

cool gun, nice dog, great pic and a sweet gun.
 
I have a Superposed that is choked IC/Mod And it's about perfect for prairie birds. I agree with the plan. My only advice is to pick a gunsmith who knows what they are doing. They must open the chokes using a piloted reamer from the breech end, and properly polish after. I've experienced a couple of bad choke opening jobs that kinda ruined a couple of nice guns and learned the hard way.
 
My 20 gauge SxS and O/U guns have always been choked open when using steel, and and over the decoys, neither ducks nor geese are safe with 2 3/4" ammo or 3" ammo!
If you plan on keeping the gun, I would get it the chokes opened up as you plan on shooting it, not collecting it and looking at it for original condition gun.:cool:
Cat
 
That shotgun was designed to be hunted with and you likely won't find a nicer one. Get the work done and enjoy the gun for another 70 years! I'd probably go with the interchangeable chokes just to have the versatility, costs be damned.

If you're going to open up the chokes, I'd go IC and MOD for all around use.

If you sell the gun you'll probably regret it. Get the work done and get it out in the field!
 
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