ARGH! I NEED a new goose gun!

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Although I love my Win 2200 pump, it takes me half a season of shooting in heavy clothes to get to where I can hit anything with it, regardless of range. And then when I do connect, the sight picture is so odd that it's un-memorable. It just doesn't fit me. My Rem 1100 20 gauge, perfect. The A5 skeet gun, perfect. But this I wrestle with every year, blow away a whole box in frustration before I re-establish how I'm to hit with it.

I think I'm going to pick up a Mossy 930 on the way home from work today.

I guess I used to love my 2200.
 
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Grouse Man said:
I think I'm giong to pick up a Mossy 930 on the way home from work today.
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AHH!!!

Get a 12 gauge BENELLI NOVA... IF it fits that is... Tough as nails, 3.5 inch chamber, double bead, vent rib, 3 choke tubes included... The 12 gauge 3.5 inch loads are more than enough ba!!s to down geese. And much cheaper than shooting a 10 gauge... With the Nova, you can't beat the value, IMHO!!!

Cheers
Jay
 
I can drop geese with the 2-3/4" loads presently, WHEN I hit them. I don't need the 3-1/2" for the style of hunting I do.

Plus I'd like an auto. Wendy tells me that semis kill things all on their own, so that means I just have to carry it out into the field and it'll do it's thing.
 
Grouse Man... the 3.5 just lets you carry more pellets of the same or even a bigger size... A "pure physics" advantage... No one "needs" a 3.5 inch chamber, BUT, and it's a BIG but..., using a 3.5 inch shell results in a greater pattern density... And, that means MORE HITS on target...

As you stated, they make 2.75, 3 and 3.5 inch shells ALL with blistering speed... And we both know, that no matter what "length" of shell you use, each of the pellets has the same energy, let's say, for arguements sake, BB for geese... The "secret" is that in my 3.5 inch shell, I will have CONSIDERABLY MORE BB pellets and more of them will hit the target...

Cheers
Jay
 
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How about a mossberg 935 $500 for the 3 1/2" semi and it comes with spacers to custom fit the gun to you, length and angle of stock. Plus it has an overbored to 10 gauge barrel makes the patterns killer.

From Mossberg Site.

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Considering that one gun does not fit all shooters, Mossberg® designed this new “system” of Stock Drop Spacers. It’s an easy and efficient method of bringing the comfortable fit of a custom stock within every shooter’s reach. Each set includes (4) specially contoured nylon resin spacers. These enable you to raise or lower the vertical angle of your stock in controlled personalized increments, from a ¼” overall drop, up to a ½” rise. Spacers are marked for raising the comb +3/8", +1/4", +1/8", or lowering the comb -1/4". If you wish to raise the comb 1/2" (1/2" is the maximum Mossberg recommended height) insert both the +3/8 and the +1/8" spacers.

"LOP" a little short? Insert both the +1/4" and the -1/4" spacers to increase the "Length Of Pull", it might be just enough.
 
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Great choice on the 930. I've handled it a few times in the store and by next fall I'll have one in the safe (after saving up the dough). Good value, comes with choke tubes and is semi-auto :dancingbanana:

I find autos great because I have short arms and trying to work the pump coming out of a laying down position is awkward for me.

2-3/4 in 12 or 16ga is more than enough for dropping geeses imo.
 
:confused: Wow! Mosberg designed a new system of shims! :rolleyes: Beretta has had it for a good number of years! While it does cost a few more bucks, the Beretta 391 or a less expensive Benelli Super Nova will outlast any of the other guns. And sans a lot of the maintenance issues that plague the other guns! A liberal amont of BreakFree will keep them rust free and functioning for many thousand of rounds.:dancingbanana:
Best regards,
Henry;)
 
Browning Silver Hunter

I purchased one of these last year,It's a good gun,I love it.That's if you want a semi.Not heavy at all,shoots nice.;) ;) ;)
 
Got one already! My other option is to find a steel & tubed A5 barrel somewhere. But those are pricey barrels.

jwk, tell me more about the gun.
 
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hnachaj said:
While it does cost a few more bucks, the Beretta 391 or a less expensive Benelli Super Nova will outlast any of the other guns.
Best regards,
Henry;)
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A few more bucks for a 391 over a 930? :eek: More like 'almost triple the price'. :runaway: And that's for the lowest priced model I could find.
 
Tell us more.

I'm eyeing the 930 too, if I can just find one fondle in Vancouver, or Williams lake next week.
 
Handled the 930

I checked out the 930 at SIR on the weekend, and it looks and feels pretty decent. Shouldered well. I didn't see anything that would stop me from buying it.

Uh oh.

;)
 
Part of the damned problem is that this gun is the only one with a distinctly tapered rib. And severely tapered, I might add. It tapers all the way down from the top of the receiver right to the muzzle; it is NOT parallel with the bore axis. THIS is what causes me grief, as the sight picture is not like any of my other guns. If I sight along the rib, the gun shoots high, different from my other guns. I've been trying to adjust the drop at comb with homemade spacers, but clearly it hasn't worked for me. I've watched guys borrow this gun for the first time, and simply hammer the clays with it. Even rookies. But not me.

I think I've made up my mind . . .
 
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