Recent content by Bob M

A properly built 16 should always be a good upland choice IMHO. BobM

95% of my upland is done with two guns; an older 685 Beretta 20ga choked IC/M that weighs 5lb13oz and a German built 16sxs that weighs about 6.5lbs. Snipe, quail, dove, pheasant, crow, rabbit, squirrel, teal or wood ducks I'll be carrying one of these two. Bob M

Based on what I have heard from friends I'm going to have to make the trip back after a 3 year layoff. Late November sounds better and better! Bob

The shell of proper velocity and pellet size for the intended quarry that patterns best in YOUR gun is far more important than the brand IMHO. That said, I have always liked Fiocchi Golden Pheasant #6s in my 16 bore guns. Bob

Brittman has a nice Browning BSS 20 for sale in the classifieds here. Bob

Great pics of a happy hunter! Congrats. For various reasons I have not made the trip to Kansas for the last 3 years. I have surely missed it and hope to change that fact next November!! Bob

I have an as new Patternmaster ported long range choke, 12ga, with Benelli-Beretta Mobile Choke threads. Fits Beretta 300, 390, Franchi Affinity, Stoeger 2000, and some early Benellis. Only had 8-10 rounds through it; lead or steel/tungsten safe. $60.00 shipped in CONUS. THANKS, BOB

No matter how much it is discussed a 12 bore is always gonna be bigger than a 20 and can be made to do more, however, the point is how much gun do you need for your desired application. I think you will find that a 1oz load in a properly choked 20 will be quite sufficient on most pheasant...

From my Lyman handbook: Steel 4s pellet count for 1oz is 192, lead 6s is 222/oz. A difference of 30 pellets. That kind of sets up the biggest downside of steel; what do we wish to run out of first, energy to penetrate or sufficient pattern density for adequate hits on target? Bob

I'm closer to 70 than 60, some of my most favored guns are my age; they don't like steel and neither do I, but I shoot primarily waterfowl so no tox is part of my world. As stated by others, the HeviShot, Federal Heavyweight, and Kent TM loads work as well,or better, than lead in my opinion but...

Made in '76, no barrel issues yet. Most of the steel shot from it is 1 1\16 or 1 1\8oz of 3s running about 1400-1450fps. Bob

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I have a much used and loved little 16 bore GECO built in the Merkel plant, chokes opened to LM, double triggers and PG stock. It's taken lots of doves, quail, and ducks here at home and a fair number of Kansas pheasant. I have a scaled up twin JP Sauer 12 bore choked LM/IM that does my heavy...

I have bought a few over the years with no bad deals so far. Just use due diligence when shopping. Many, if not most, sellers on gunbroker give a 2-3 day non firing inspection period on their sales. Other sites similar. If not as described you return it and you are only out return shipping...

For years the Orion and Athena O/U guns sold by Weatherby we we made by SKB in Japan; two or three years ago Weatherby started having them built elsewhere. Though I have no experience with the newer built guns I can attest to an excellent relationship with an SKB built Orion 20 bore. Never...