Just wondering if anyone has ever used a shotgun with a 24 inch barrel for shooting ducks and geese? I have a remington 870 now with a 28 inch barrel that I use, but I would like to upgrade by getting a semi-auto and I have found a good deal on a 24 inch barrel Baikal with 4 choke tubes, but its not worth buying if the only thing its good for is turkey.
24 inch barrel for waterfowl??
- Thread starter blueflash
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- Saskatchewan
Yes it will kill waterfowl.
No it is not the best choice for that purpose.
I have a question. How do you consider it an upgrade by moving from one of the best waterfowl guns ever invented, (the 28" Rem 870) to a Baikal semi auto???
No it is not the best choice for that purpose.
I have a question. How do you consider it an upgrade by moving from one of the best waterfowl guns ever invented, (the 28" Rem 870) to a Baikal semi auto???
I once had a Browning upland special with a 22 inch barrel invector chokes as well. 12 ga
It was a great gun for jumping ponds and upland birds. Shotgun barrel lengths are a very personal thing what works for you might not be the first choice of another.
On a semi or pump for hunting I like 26" barrels. For clay targets I tend to like them a little longer. TRy em all no one perfect solution for everyone.
It was a great gun for jumping ponds and upland birds. Shotgun barrel lengths are a very personal thing what works for you might not be the first choice of another.
On a semi or pump for hunting I like 26" barrels. For clay targets I tend to like them a little longer. TRy em all no one perfect solution for everyone.
Turkeyslayer 1300
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Russell, Ontario
I find a shorter barrel an asset when shooting out of a layout blind. Pass shooting waterfowl is the only place a longer barreled shotgun shines, however with the range of steel shot pass shooting is not effective, these days a short barrel will not hinder you for waterfowl as your shots should be close, ie 30 yards or so.
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I was doing research on the same topic last year about 24" barrel for waterfowl and receive lots of feedback from actual user on shotgunworld forum and all short barrel owners love theirs because with today's mandatory steel shot it won't make any difference plus pretty much all aftermarket choke manufacturer offer extended choke so you are looking at around 25" total length so tons of people including myself hunt waterfowl with 26" barrel (swing faster than 28") so what's the difference for an inch if that matters?
The only people don't like your 24" barrel will be your hunting partner if you hunting from blind because the muzzle blast is nosier I was told!
madtrapper143
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Steep Rock Lake NWO
The baikal has a long receiver. I think the 24" tube would handle and swing like a 26" tube on anything else. I prefer 26" barrels on my Remington semis (1187 1100) I think you should be OK. Tru Lock makes extended chokes and that wil give you another 2" if you think you need it.
regards, Darryl
regards, Darryl
thatguymoses
CGN Regular
- Location
- just ouside Windsor Ontario
I do all my hunting with a 21" remchoked 870. Ducks/geese/ and claybirds dont seem to get out of the way very often. I shoot better with the 21" than my 28 or 30"
moses
moses
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
keep using the 870
24in
thatguy moses is right...I hunted waterfowl, crows everything that flies with a 21 in rem 870 turkey....that longer bbl for waterfowl is a myth.....I read an article by bob munden one time and he said that 14 inches burns all of the powder so.......
thatguy moses is right...I hunted waterfowl, crows everything that flies with a 21 in rem 870 turkey....that longer bbl for waterfowl is a myth.....I read an article by bob munden one time and he said that 14 inches burns all of the powder so.......
- Location
- Southern ON.
I use a 23" barrel 870. I have no complaints.
I have a 24" barrel Baikal. Admittedly I haven't done any waterfowling with it. I do well enough at informal bush clays with it. Keep in ming the baikal comes with extended chokes so its more like 25", and its a heavy gun. I like the way it handles. Its alot smoother swinging than my Ithaca 30" barrel is (for me anyways, YMMV).
- Location
- thornhill, ontario
In England there was a fellow who heavily promoted 25" barrels on doubles, He even had a gun company that made these 25" guns. He wrote books on this. Now what was his name?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
A shotgun's performance on game at any particular range is determined by the degree of choke not by the length of the barrel. Having said that, some people seem to shoot better when the bead that is farther from the eye which may or may not be a learned behavior. If you favorite shotgun barrel has the bead right on the barrel without a pedestal to bring it up to the height of the receiver, you might not do as well with a barrel that is shorter or longer.
Yup, your not coming with me either. Sure you can do it, but your hunting buddies won't like it. Neither should your dog be exposed to that.
