Anyone Use a Huglu SxS for Hunting?

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I'm a bit of a new hunter and I'm looking for a 12ga. The Huglu Hammers caught my eye, anyone here have experience with them? Are they reliable? Weird quirks? Should I pick up a 20" barrel or a 30", both are threaded for chokes, and I can actually get both barrel lengths in a package for a couple hundred more. I do most of my hunting, mainly for grouse, in dense bush, otherwise the 30" would be the obvious choice. Thanks in advance!
 
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No help on the Huglu itself but unless your shooting grouse in trees or on the ground a 20 inch barrel is a handicap for getting a smooth swing ,at least in my experience but you mileage may vary. I had a 25 or 26 inch SKB 20 gauge that I never could handle well and I believe this was due the shorter barrel. If you can try a couple of sxs guns of different barrel lengths to see if a short barrel suits you.
 
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Not a hammer gun but it is a 20ga huglu. 26" barrels and its killer on grouse and rabbits.
I have no issue hunting with short barrels or hammers and do well with both. My 3 huglus all have 26" barrels though
 

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There is an abundance of euro side by sides on the market, why would anyone pay MORE money for a Huglu?

Oh yeah, people have to have their screw in chokes these days.
 
I have one. Excellent upland gun. The quality is as you would expect. It’s quite good.
They shoulder nicely. 80% of my hunting is birds on the ground but my 28” model wing shoots nicely also.
The gun patterns quite well also.
 
CarloNord said:
I'm a bit of a new hunter and I'm looking for a 12ga. The Huglu Hammers caught my eye, anyone here have experience with them? Are they reliable? Weird quirks? Should I pick up a 20" barrel or a 30", both are threaded for chokes, and I can actually get both barrel lengths in a package for a couple hundred more. I do most of my hunting, mainly for grouse, in dense bush, otherwise the 30" would be the obvious choice. Thanks in advance!
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I shot the crap out of a CZ Hammer Classic ( Huglu made) and loved that gun. Not as well intricately made or fancy as My Pedersoli, but not nearly the cost either .
Would I buy another? YOU BET!
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CarloNord said:
I'm usually ground swatting. The bush I hunt in is too dense to shoot flyers, you'll hit a tree when you swing your gun. If the bush wasn't so dense, if I wasn't pushing through twigs, then I'd easily go for the 30".
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CarloNord, then I think you have your answer .... right?

Here is a different perspective ..... you see I like to test drive a car before I buy it. But the places where you can test drive a gun are rare .... unfortunately.

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So, for me ... every new gun purchase is a test drive .... and that gives me the opportunity to go out there and shot that gun and get a feel for it .... test it. And if that gun does not fit me .... or does not feel right .... well, then I will sell it on the EE on here. I likely have to post that gun at a lesser price for what I bought it .... I mean it is now used .... and that is ok ... and I consider that to be the price for a test drive!

Go get your 20" SxS .... consider it a test drive .... and if you feel you need a longer barrel later ... you can always sell that gun ... and get a 30" one ..... :)

Or, just by another (second) gun later ...... like most "gun nuts" on here .... ;)
 
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CarloNord, then I think you have your answer .... right?

Here is a different perspective ..... you see I like to test drive a car before I buy it. But the places where you can test drive a gun are rare .... unfortunately.
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Some of the guns on Prophet River are selling as a package with both the 20" and 30" barrels, which is honestly the most attractive option to me since I can't, ya know test drive. :p With the 30" barrels second, and the 20" third. I was more trying to get this thread in place to ask about the quality of the guns, and the answer to that seems to be a solid good quality. Which is great, and now it's circled back to barrel lengths, again, cause I'm super picky. :D Though selling it on the EE if I'm not a fan is also perfectly valid.

I'm still going back and forth between a Wingmaster and a Huglu, But I am leaning Huglu for the style. :D
 
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