grouse gun

Original question asked about Mossberg B/A in .410 or 20 ga. My first gun was the former thanks to my grandfather. Watched him pop many a red squirrel and yellow bellied sapsucker out of the birch trees by the lake. He had quite a hate on for those critters - they killed nestling birds or something like that. I dunno.

In any case the .410 is a sweet gun and with full choke and #6s I've taken hundreds of chickens over the years. Light weight, and balanced, just a nice gun. The only down side is the cost of .410 shells vs. say 12 ga.

The 20 ga. I bought from CGNer ... thought I'd like it for rabbits and slugs for deer. It's taken birds too. It's OK but the .410 really is my go to gun for partridge (what we call ruffies up here). If you know your pattern you can almost always just clip the head and leave the body untouched.
 
Ruger M77 22 with a 4 power bushnell. I had a 2x7 Leupold compact on it, but needed the scope for another rifle.(A 94 Winchester in 356) I picked up the bushnell at wally mart as a temporary replacement but it works great and haven't felt a need to change back.
 
I picked up my 20 guage H&R Tamer this week-haven't shot it yet-but it looks to be everything I was looking for potting grouse -and all weather[nickle plated] short barreled[20''] utility gun-carries 3 shells in the buttstock.Very nice and compact-pistol grip,the only thing I plan on doing is installing studs for a sling and also doing something about the buttplate-it should be fine for shot but shooting slugs would give you a bit of a thump-so I'll see if I can cut and fit a recoil pad from a thong shoe and glue it on .
 
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