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Chestle, I use an Hornady APEX progressive for high-volume clays loads, but use a MEC Sizemaster for hunting loads. You should try the nickle-plated 5's from Precision Reloading in Mitchell. Those plated 5's don't bridge but go thru the MEC just fine. I use those plated 5's in a light 1 1/4 oz...

The thread is several pages so far, and there will likely never be a consensus on whether the 28 vs. others is right or wrong. Captain Obvious says to use whatever gun/gauge/shell you want, as long as you feel confident that it will do the job. It's really no one else's business what you use...

Bob, that new LH Franchi looks good, but only offered in 26" barrel. They also are inertia (Benelli style) not gas-operated. I'm LH too, and tried the LH Benelli M2. But, it just seemed too light for me to swing properly, AND really thumps the shoulder with the 3" shells. So, I traded it for a...

If you ever met Spomer, you would know he is long on embellishment and talk.

Like that article said, Scattergun Lodge is pen-raised birds. Of course a 28 could do ok on those. Like all writers, Spomer will use whatever gun/ammo/boots/vest/pants/shirt/gloves/after shave that the magazine or host tells them to use. Pen birds in October are light-years away from wild birds...

I've been watching/waiting to get out again after a miserable post Thanksgiving weekend. The cold/snow hit a day early, which only allowed a couple hours to hunt when the snow let up slightly. Fortunately, I lucked into a small honey-hole with enough roosters to get 3 in the vest, and then the...

Several years ago I was mentoring a new bird hunter who said his auto wasn't cycling the shells at all. He handed it to me and sure enough, it was not ejecting the fired shell. When I checked, the shells, they were low-base skeet loads from when we practiced on skeet. I asked him why he was...

If you ever miss an easy shot with witnesses, tell them you are practicing "shoot and release". You miss them just enough to not wound them...

Being older, I too like the looks of nice wood and deep blue metal. When shooting clays or skeet, the wood rarely gets dinged up. However, when the weather is bad and/or there are lots of fences to cross in the field, the composite stocked guns make sense. One of my Citori's is at the wood fixer...

Most of the crippling I've witnessed involves shooting at birds either out-of-range or at a distance the hunter is not capable of figuring the proper lead. If you can't hit a clays crosser at 50 yards, how do you think you can hit a pheasant at that distance? I don't hunt as much WIA or GMA's as...

Goose, I know of a guy in ND that gets $250 day per hunter just to access his land, and that is lower than some. He loves those groups of 10-15 for the pile of CASH that fall into his hand.

Posted: 7/8/2024 3:49:18 PM EST [#5] You’re not going to find many high volume clay shooters who are fans of porting on shotguns. Most believe they just make your gun loud. And cheek slap is a product of poor gun fit. Usually can be fixed by changing shims or adjusting the comb of your...

I can't speak for 16 ga DS chokes, but the 12 ga tubes are junk. I have a 725, and after checking patterns with the flush DS tubes (all bad), I ordered a few Trulock tubes, which are as good or better than any aftermarket chokes available. If you can afford two, get a skeet 1 and I/C for...

We used to call those guy's the "patrolman". They do it during deer season as well.

I know of a private group/club that buys around 300 birds per season to put on their private land. Since they are not a preserve, I don't think they have to mark their birds. Just like the guides that claim; "we only shoot wild birds", can not have groups of 10-15 hunters taking limits...