Will this do to hunt geese

[kastles]

i'm looking fo a shottie to get me out duck and goose hunting. i have never gone nor do i know much about it. would this gun be enough to hunt geese with?

Shotgun Remington 870 Express, Pump Action, 12GA,28” Barrel w/ screw in choke; use 2 ¾ or 3’’ shells in magnum receivers

kastles

 

[maple_sea]

870 is enough for geese and ducks, but a semi will do better job

 

[savagelh]

It will do just fine if you let the geese get close enough. Just don't use the full choke with steel shot. I shoot 3" bb's out of mine. It works all right if the birds get within about 35 yards. Any further and steel really seems to lose its energy.

 

[stubblejumper]

It will work just fine.

 

[Covey Ridge]

Your gun will work great for geese. Pull the tube and read the inscription. Mod or more open will work with steel. Remington also offers a special treated full choke that is designed for steel.

 

[MD]

http://www.cabelas.ca/

$329.99 for an 870 Express there.

I kill geese with my 870 Express and so do many thousands of other people.

 

[vetteman]

870 is enough for geese and ducks, but a semi will do better job

Spend enough time in a wet snowy blind or in a muddy bottomed boat and you'll swear BY your 870 and you'll swear AT your auto.
Dave

 

[Amphibious]

Shotgun Remington 870 Express, Pump Action, 12GA,28” Barrel w/ screw in choke; use 2 ¾ or 3’’ shells in magnum receivers

kastles

I have the same 870 and an 1100, the 1100 is nicer on the shoulder, the 870 kills geese just as dead. good choice.

 

[gravyboat]

I've knocked down dozens of ducks and geese with my 870 express. I've got a semi-auto now, but I've switched back to the 870. It's reliable. Use your modified tube, or improved cylinder if your shooting ducks over decoys.

 

[Grouse Man]

That gun will do the job very well; it's what hundreds of thousands of Canadian waterfowlers use.

But there's something even more important to know. The gun doesn't kill the bird, the shooter does. And it appears that you will need to learn how to wingshoot otherwise you will be extremely frustrated come next fall. Buy your gun now, and spend the time until hunting season on the skeet field. Trap won't help you much as training for shooting ducks or geese, but skeet will. Crossing, incoming, and outgoing shots are all presented on the skeet field, which is what you will find if you're shooting over decoys. THAT is how you are going to kill birds, and then the make, model, and action of gun becomes much less important.

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

You can't kill geese with anything less than a 3 1/2inch Hevi shot shell fired from a Benelli. I thought everyone knew that. Seriously, pattern and practice is what makes or breaks it when they're cupped over the 'coyes. With the newer Expresses work the action a few hundred times to smooth it out.