Trying to get a SXS for upland hunting

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Trying to get a sxs for upland. I think 20ga is a good choice? I want to shoots steel shots(just want the food to be a little bit cleaner). But most of the SXS have fix choke with a IM or Full on there. Any gun suggestions? Trying to spend under $1000
 
At your price point you're looking used and low end guns as 20 gauge guns are at premium price point for all makes. I would hesitate to shoot steel in such a gun even if it were more open choked ( IC or skeet) as many of these older guns have thinner walls due to weight or wear and if I did I would use the smallest shot I think would work. People have used steel in older guns and survived, in fact there was a you tube series on TGS channel where an older gun was fired extensively with steel and it showed little to no dimensional changes but I am still hesitant to try in my older sxs shotguns.
 
evanjiang said:
Trying to get a sxs for upland. I think 20ga is a good choice? I want to shoots steel shots(just want the food to be a little bit cleaner). But most of the SXS have fix choke with a IM or Full on there. Any gun suggestions? Trying to spend under $1000
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If your not against using inserts , there are 12ga to 410 and 12ga to 20ga

That being said, there are some very nice 12ga doubles in your price range at https://intersurplus.com

I'm not sure if steel shot would be an issue as I've never used steel shot in a double. I only use lead shot in mine.
 
stoeger uplander supreme 20ga

it wont get much love on cgn, but I have 3 of various configurations (20ga, 410, 12ga supreme coach) For an occasional shooter, they work fine, they can be found in fixed ic/m but your best best is the supreme with removable chokes

or increase your budget by a little bit and get a churchill 520
 
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stoeger uplander supreme 20ga

it wont get much love on cgn, but I have 3 of various configurations (20ga, 410, 12ga supreme coach) For an occasional shooter, they work fine, they can be found in fixed ic/m but your best best is the supreme with removable chokes

or increase your budget by a little bit and get a churchill 520
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Thank you for the information I will take into those guns
 
For many a year my trusty SxS uplands gun was a Browning BSS in 12G, a good quality gun that cost me something like $850 new. I got what I think was called the Sporter model, chokes were IC and modified and while I never bashed it up I never felt I had to wrap it in cotton wool either. It was in fact head and shoulders above every other affordable double barrel gun I could find at the time.

Edit: With those open chokes, steel shot should be no problem.
 
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Insisting on using steel will unnecessarily complicate your search esp in a vintage SxS. Lead shot is ok as long as you don't eat it.

OTOH .... A steel ready pump or semi with tubes might make more sense.
 
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