They are easy to find and buy if you have enough money.
Favorite Grouse Gun
- Thread starter caboverbobby
- Start date
They are easy to find and buy if you have enough money.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Anyone have any luck with pistol calibers and reduced loads?
Considering giving it a shot this year.
Otherwise it's the Marlin Youth single shot .22LR. Great little compact set up to strap on the quad.
Considering giving it a shot this year.
Otherwise it's the Marlin Youth single shot .22LR. Great little compact set up to strap on the quad.
browninggold
CGN Regular
- Location
- Essex County, Ontario
While I have been known to shoot ruffed grouse on the ground with a .22 when hungry, I much prefer to hunt them with a pointing dog and take only wing shots. For that i like my Browning Citori white lightning .410 with 3" 6's and IC/Mod chokes.
For sharptails, I use the same gun, same chokes in 16 ga. with 1oz of 6's.
Love the choice in guns (White Lightning 16g owner myself) and love that picture. Makes me want to be out hunting!!
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
They are normally way over my budget.
I bought a White Lightning 16 for my son when he was born. He's seven now so still a bit young so I take it out once in a while to break it in nicely for him by the time he starts to use it. While I mostly shoot SxS's, I love that gun!
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Caboverbobby, they are usually out of my price range too!
I've used my faithful old Savage 24H-DL in .22/20 ga. since about 1967. Before that, I used my Dad's Tobin 12 ga. I take the breast and the legs from Prairie Chicken, Ruffed Grouse and Hungarian Partridge.
Here's a shot of my three 24's: .22/20, .22WMR/20, and .223/20
**edit: The top one looked like it was cocked. I checked - it isn't!
Beautiful collection!
How are these out of your range???
http://ca.wholesalesports.com/store...hotguns/coach-gun-side-by-side/prod50318.html
http://ca.wholesalesports.com/store...shotguns/uplander-side-by-side/prod50326.html
http://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageID=71&§ion=1187§ion2=1727§ion3=1736&ID=28186
Here is a cool new release option (model "42"... reverse of the old "24");
http://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageID=71&§ion=1187§ion2=1727§ion3=1736&ID=39125
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
How are these out of your range???
http://ca.wholesalesports.com/store...hotguns/coach-gun-side-by-side/prod50318.html
http://ca.wholesalesports.com/store...shotguns/uplander-side-by-side/prod50326.html
http://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageID=71&§ion=1187§ion2=1727§ion3=1736&ID=28186
Here is a cool new release option (model "42"... reverse of the old "24");
http://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageID=71&§ion=1187§ion2=1727§ion3=1736&ID=39125
I'm a cheap S.O.B. and very picky. All of those are nice but not what i'm looking for either.
Hoytcannon, to each their own. I look for SxS's, I look for older guns, pre WWII, English or Continental with a significant amount of attractive engraving.
Guns like that in 410 gauge are relatively rare and expensive. Like with a Purdey, if you have the money, while rare, they are still easily found.
In 12 and 16 gauge a gun of the sort I'm looking for might range between $2,000 to $6,000. In 410, I don't know, triple those numbers.
Guns like that in 410 gauge are relatively rare and expensive. Like with a Purdey, if you have the money, while rare, they are still easily found.
In 12 and 16 gauge a gun of the sort I'm looking for might range between $2,000 to $6,000. In 410, I don't know, triple those numbers.
CoryTheCowboy
CGN Regular
Well, last year I used a 16 Gauge Ithaca 37 a lot...
Though my 311 came out quite a bit too...
And the ol' '97 always come out a couple days a year (unfortunately not a 16)
Just acquired this one...should be great for close flushing birds
If I had to pick a favourite...it'd probably have to be the 37
Cory
Though my 311 came out quite a bit too...
And the ol' '97 always come out a couple days a year (unfortunately not a 16)
Just acquired this one...should be great for close flushing birds
If I had to pick a favourite...it'd probably have to be the 37
Cory
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
Very nice pictures Cory, I always want to take some but i keep forgetting the camera back at the camp. Hope you kept some of that meat for the off season to get you excited about next year's hunt.
- Location
- WMU - 41 & 48
I use my remington 870 12 gauge with full choke. Im looking into getting an over and under in the future.
12 Gauge has always been what I've used, just because it what I have in the truck when I'm out hunting, that and my .264 mag, which is maybe overkill for grouse lol. But this year its gonna be my sub2000 9mm. Ammo is cheap and its fun as hell to shoot, seems like a good choice for me
