Hi guys (and gals), I just picked up a Winchester Super X2 last week from Bass Pro (26" barel, 3.5", 12ga), on clearance. I wanted something reasonable to start out with for under $1000, and this seemed to fit the bill. I plan on mostly shooting trap/skeet, and I may in the summer get my hunting license and go out for some Turkey!
I have some questions...
1. in terms of storage, bolt forward (or released...) with the trigger pulled? just wasn't sure if dry firing is bad on these. I have been told dry firing rimfires are bad...same with shotgun?
2. I went up to cookstown, on Sunday and shot at the skeet and trap range. I loved it, and can't wait to get back out. I would really like to find somewhere that I can break in the gun, get it cycling properly, and also practice skeet. I don't know anyone with large plot of land... where can I go that I can safely do the above? I have a dirt bike, and I was up in the sand pits @ Raglan, and I saw tons of shotgun shells lying around, and durring the summer I have heard shots going off, is there somewhere around there I can go?
3. Can someone recommend some decent priced ammo that I can use to break the gun in? I was using Winchester AA 2 3/4" 1 1/8" #7 on Sunday @ the range and found that maybe 2 our of 5 rounds would not cycle completly. I bought a case for $84.50 (my cousin got the same gun in the 28" version) and my boss was using the same ammo in his SxS...so we went through that case...but I wonder if there is something cheaper when just getting rounds through the shotgun.
Thanks in advance!
I have some questions...
1. in terms of storage, bolt forward (or released...) with the trigger pulled? just wasn't sure if dry firing is bad on these. I have been told dry firing rimfires are bad...same with shotgun?
2. I went up to cookstown, on Sunday and shot at the skeet and trap range. I loved it, and can't wait to get back out. I would really like to find somewhere that I can break in the gun, get it cycling properly, and also practice skeet. I don't know anyone with large plot of land... where can I go that I can safely do the above? I have a dirt bike, and I was up in the sand pits @ Raglan, and I saw tons of shotgun shells lying around, and durring the summer I have heard shots going off, is there somewhere around there I can go?
3. Can someone recommend some decent priced ammo that I can use to break the gun in? I was using Winchester AA 2 3/4" 1 1/8" #7 on Sunday @ the range and found that maybe 2 our of 5 rounds would not cycle completly. I bought a case for $84.50 (my cousin got the same gun in the 28" version) and my boss was using the same ammo in his SxS...so we went through that case...but I wonder if there is something cheaper when just getting rounds through the shotgun.
Thanks in advance!
