different guns for different games

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Just wondering what people like to use for different clay games...
Semi auto? Over/Under? SXS?

What do you use....one gun fits all, or a favorite gun for different games... trap (single/double), skeet, sporting clays etc.

The biggest advantage of 2 tubes of course being that you have 2 chokes in play, and even more flexibility if you don't have fixed chokes.


Never mind the tired old adage; "beware the man with one gun" thing. Truth is, if we all had the money, we wouldn't just have one gun. That is not to say that we don't prefer just one gun though.


Personally I hunt mostly with the semi auto 20g, so that is what I practice with a lot, although I also like to use the 12g semi or O/U for trap as well.
 
I shoot my SXS 12 for pretty much everything. I wish it had interchangeable chokes though.

I will admit though on close presentation sporting clay shots my win 9410 is just too much fun.
 
I love my M-12 trap for shooting handicap. I need my K32 for doubles. I adore my 870 trap for skeet. I drool over my 1100 for singles.

BUT, you can change any of these guns around into any order, and I'll still be the happiest SOB at the club. My scores won't change much either.
 
I pretty much use for the day that which strikes my fancy in the morning!:D
May be a M12, maybe the Tikka O/U with the 12 barrels or the 28 tubes, a franchi or two, 870, 1100, Superposed, whatever!
it's all fun.....
Cat
 
different guns for different games?....no!, no!, no!...

...after 40 years of smoothbore competition shooting I have learned that the most important "constant" that a serious shooter must have in his gun is the triggerpull! Many years ago I settled on one basic receiver (a Perazzi Mirage) with two sets of barrels and four gunstocks of different comb heights. With this system I can change the gun to shoot all my favorite games....Olympic Trap, Live Pigeon, Compak, Helice and FITASC Sporting.......the triggerpull stays the same!......the next most important factor is the velocity of the ammunition that you use, all of your ammo must be a consistent speed as well!..........
 
Syracuse Steve said:
...the next most important factor is the velocity of the ammunition that you use, all of your ammo must be a consistent speed as well!..........
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AAHHH! velocity of ammo. i have never heard this advice at all. can i assume that would refer to the "dram equivalence" of the load? is this reference relatively consistent between ammo brands?

thanks for the tip.
 
jsdboy said:
AAHHH! velocity of ammo. i have never heard this advice at all. can i assume that would refer to the "dram equivalence" of the load? is this reference relatively consistent between ammo brands?
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Dram eq. is related to velocity, but is not the same. For example a 2 3/4 dr. eq. 1 1/8 oz.load will be slower than the same dr, eq. with a 1 oz. load. With target loads I think that dr. eq. and velocity are very close among the major American brands.
 
I usually try and keep my loads right around the 1220FPS mark on all my guns, but some of the loads I have for the 28 are a bit quicker.
FWIW, Barney hartman used to quite often use three different guns for a four gun shoot - an 1100, a Superposed in 20 with 28 tubes , and a 42 Winchester for the .410.
he also used 58's and 870's.
Cat
 
I currently shoot a Winchester 101 DU 50 for skeet and sporting clays. It is 12 ga. w/3" chambers and factory winchokes with 27 1/2"barrels. I sold all my trap guns so am not currently trap shooting. When I was I shot several different guns including a pair of Citori Plus's ,one 30"o/u and 1 combo 30"/ 34", Superposed Lightning Broadway 30", Superposed Broadway 50th. Ann "John Moses Browning" special. Citori XT Trap 30" and a Perazzi TM1 34" single. I sold them all until I decide what I truly want, probably either a Kolar Trap or a Citori XT Gold.
 
One gun for all the games however I shoot primarily sporting. It's either an o/u or increasingly my semi-auto. Both are set up the same for POI and fit.

If I shot trap seriously I'd probaby get a dedicated trap gun but I'm just as happy to shoot my current guns those few times I shoot trap.
 
Primary target guns are an O/U and an auto-loader. No real preference as to what I shoot which one for, except the occassional FITASC shoot, then it's definitely the O/U. Also use a SxS for upland and a pump for waterfowl.

My "after 40 years of shotgunning " secret is FIT & BALANCE. I can live with a trigger pull that's a little heavy or a bit creepy, but if the gun don't shoot where you look and handles like a pig on a pitchfork ( or a race car with the throttle stuck open ) then you just ain't in the game. Having said that, a part of the regular new gun "change regimen" (in obtaining fit and balance adding/taking away weight, LOP, pitch, drop, cast etc. ) is having the triggers worked over to get them down to 1500 grams ... just less than 3-1/2 lbs. For most clay and 12 ga. Upland shooting, a 1 oz load at 1200 - 1250 fps is very effective. In the smaller gauges, 1200 fps seems to work well enough. Waterfowl loads are by neccessity a little faster, especially with steel. Even my favourite non-toxic load, Kent Impact is fast ... the 1-1/4 oz load of Tungsten Matrix is advertised as being 1400 fps. Some steel loads are up over 1500 fps. A little adjustment in forward allowance is often required when swithching from clays to waterfowl !
 
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