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...guy backed out on a deal for an H&R waterfowler in the fall...so i cut down the barrel on a regular H&R model 176 magnum that i had picked up CHEAP on the ee and sent it off for briley chokes to match my BPS...cost me $350 for gun and choke installation themselves

...upgraded the recoil pad and put on a sling

...have started reloading 1 1/4 oz lead to get used to the gun

...the barrel is the same length as the BPS but overall length is 6" shorter which makes it feel very handleable

...nice addition to my waterfowl lineup
 
My buddy has a full length one. We call it "The Pipe". They kick but after all it is a 10 bore. The choke system is a real plus. I like the length you chose. It still looks like a hunting gun instead of a "zombie" slayer. Just have to get a Terror 10 bore full choke and reach out there and bring it to them.

Darryl
 
...the pipe...you bet! ;)

...2 full sets of briley chokes came with the bps i got last year

...i actually advertised for a 10 gauge reloading press for this gun and got the press and the bps and reloading components in a huge quantity and a lot more from a member who was looking to get out of 10 gauge...at least 1500$ worth for a fraction of that so i feel pretty lucky

...the briley chokes are a set for lead and a set for steel...6 total

...each set has tight enough chokes for turkey although there are none in my area since we are too far north...but this will make a great goose thumper

...cut ff the barrel and squared it myself and the new pad is a nice little spanish one off of a husqvarna 9.3x57 i got a year ago and put a nicer pad on it

...i like to carry 2 guns in a boat...when you go through all the work to get to where you're going and then to go out on the water and a gun malfunctions (or like when i was around 20 and one of my friends lost his over the side!!!) you don't want to call it a day for something so predictable really...mechanical things break

...although

...3macs1...i fully agree with your comments on another thread on 870 wingmasters...bought mine with 2 vent rib bbls in 1976 for ~$250...put chokes in one and sold the other years ago for 200$ (paid for the gun!)...gunned for hunt tests for years when i lived on the east coast plus hunting...that gun has killed literally thousands of birds...and at first people objected to a pump in the live bird blind but i VERY rarely had to cycle the action over the years...what a great gun...point and shoot...never a problem...never

...seems to be the same with this one now...simple

...can't wait til spring if i can get some snows set out in sufficient quantity i'll give it a go
 
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