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Shotgun question

rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I am looking to buy a remington 870. It will come with a mod. choke. My question is if I take the choke out can I shoot slugs, and if so what type or brand of slugs?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Recently came into possession of a Mossberg 500C (20 gauge). I know just about next to nothing about shotguns, but I do know this model allows you to remove the barrel and replace it with another. My question is: can it be replaced with another gauge, or is this feature so you can replace it with a longer/shorter barrel, or perhaps a rifled barrel for slug shooting?

    Now, before you answer, I'll give my guess....I know that the "C" in 500C means it's a 20 gauge, and that is stamped on the gun itself, NOT the barrel. That leads me to believe that although you can change out barrels, it can only be safely and correctly done with another 20 gauge.

    Am I right?[?]
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does anybody know if there is a way to get a new grip, (not orignial stock) for a Stevens 94H shotgun, it was given to me with an 18 inch barrel, and a broken stock, I was going to try and put a pistol grip of some sort on it. Anybody know if they make them or if they can be made?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pardon the ignorance. I have grown up shooting shotguns, smoothbore and rifled. I have never fired a slug out of a choked smoothbore, however. I know it it possible with the right choke, CYL???
    I ask because where we're out chasing ptarmigan and grouse there is some recent bear activity. Is it safe to shoot a slug out of an imp cyl choke without screwing up 1.the choke, 2. the barrel, or most importantly 3.messing up my highly refined good looks[;)][:D][;)] with a bursting barrel?

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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm thinking of getting a shotgun for home defense, but now that I've started looking I realize I don't know that much about them. What I want is what is legally the shortest pistol grip version I can own in 12 gauge.

    since this is for defense only and nothing more, I was looking for either a double bbl SXS or riot style pump. Nothing fancy or expensive as long as it does the job and doesn't have a record of killing from both ends.

    Not ready to buy just yet, still gathering info. Any help would be appreciated, TIA. [:)]
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=215542665

    Would this gun make a good turkey or goose gun?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am looking for a O/U with 28-30" barrels.

    Browning Citori

    Winchester 101

    Ithaca

    I am trying for under $1000

    I don't care about chokes I can get the barrels turned to removable choke tubes.
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you ever really need the 3" or 3 1/2" shells for anything other than hunting? In terms of home defense, won't 2 3/4" shells work just fine?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    12ga or 20ga....as an all round shotgun round...key words all round..I like a 20ga...for general shooting...how about you?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I recently bought my first shotgun. It's a Benelli Nova. I took it trap shooting last week. I did very well, about 90% hits. My question is the bruse on my upper bicep. I shot about 200 rounds. Is this normal, or am I holding the gun wrong?. I tried shouldering the gun at home to see where it hits. I am not putting it on my arm. Thanks for any help.



    Edited by - rameleni1 on 07/21/2002 05:42:21
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have done all of my big and small game hunting with with rifles, muzzleloaders, or a bow and bird hunting with a shotgun. Whenever I am in the woods and not hunting(maybe scouting or putting up a stand, etc.) I carry a pistol with me just in case of that possible bear attack. Well, I have been looking into getting a small and handy little shotgun for home defense use and am looking into something with a pistol grip kit. Would this also be legal to carry around in the woods with me for protection purposes? Or would I have to buy a regular stock with a buttplate? I know that each state may be different on this, but the 2 states that I am curious about are WI and Alaska(gonna be doing a lot of sightseeing by foot and by boat within the next couple years hopefully). This may be a stupid question, but I am not familiar with all of these shotgun hunting laws. Thanks in advance,

    Jon
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i bought a sxs shotgun with the exposed hammers. i want to cut it down to a coach gun. the dealer i bought it from said not to because the barrels are chrome lined and it will flake. is that true and how should it be done then.
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I already have several boxes of ammo for a 16 guage. What
    would you purchase to go with it? Right now I have a single shot
    antique. Thanks. Mouse
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sounds like a bad hold to me.Ive never had my bicep bruised from shotgunning.Try to get in the habit of holding it ready and shouldering it where it should go right in front of your shoulder between your shoulder and your pec(tit muscle).Your just a little off not much you might be holding the gun too tight with your bracing shoulder flinched up just hold t with no extra pressure and your bi-cep probably wont hit the stock.

    Eric S. Williams

    Edited by - E.Williams on 07/20/2002 21:01:58
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    A biceps is easier to bruise than a shoulder. Could it be that you fired a few that were on your biceps and didn't realize it because you was havin' big fun?


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    Will270win@nraonline.com
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ....What kind of loads are you shooting? If they are field loads that could be the problem, try a AA trap/skeet load. The Benelli's also have an adjustable rear stock that will allow you to get a better fit.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Practice your point over and over always shoulder the weapon prior to fireing.With practice this will come natural,and your scores will come up.Which doesnt sound as if they need to.



    Best!!

    Rugster
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  • oldfriendsoldfriends Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agreee with Will270. While shooting one sould have a perpensity to miss the correct positioning of the stock over an extened period of shooting. Concentration, Concentration, Concentration on each and every shot is the key. It does not take too many rounds and subsequant recoil to creat bruises in areas (bicep) that are unexpected. Condentrate on your placement of the butt the next time you shoot trap. I think you will notice a difference. Good luck.

    Life is Tough!It's Tougher if You're Stupid
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  • Miss. CreantMiss. Creant Member Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Nova stock is not adjustable.
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  • ked-marked-mar Member Posts: 89 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sounds like the length of pull is to long, which means, that you are not getting the butt of the gun into the meat of your shoulder. Try standing in front of a large mirror, and have your shoulders, parallel with the mirror. Mount the gun, and see if you can aim directly at your image without turning your body. My wife and I shoot many thousands of rounds, at skeet trap, and sporting clays, each year. The only time my wife gets a bruise, is when, she doesn't tuck the stock in far enough. If you have short arms, or heavy chest, you probably need a stock change.
    Hope this helps.

    LOOK TWICE,SHOOT ONCE.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You may normally bruise easily, I don't know, but a bruise isn't always a contact wound. People can get them at the health club from overdoing something. I would say it's also possible that you are tensing the bicep more than necessary to aim the gun during fire, which causes the recoil to jam the muscle with each shot.

    200 rounds is quite a few shotguns shells in a day for many people. I wouldn't be too worried about it, but I would practice NOT tensing your bicep just before pulling the trigger. You may be tensing your bicep (tightening your grip more than necessary) in anticipation of recoil. I imagine this could cause a bruise even if your gun butt never touched it. Let your shoulder on the butt pad, and your hands on the stock absorb and dissipate the recoil.

    Of course if you bruise easily, you might find that you were holding the gun in the crook of your arm "at rest" part of the day, and that would probably be enough weight to bruise some people as well. If the problem never goes away, I would say that your shoulder is getting bruised just from helping absorb the kick of 200 rounds in a session. But it probably will go away, if you get used to that level of activity. If you only do this occasionally, it's more likely to come up again unless you modify your hold on the gun. And don't forget to check for a too-tight grip on the gun when pulling the trigger. You only need enough tension to hold the aim steady.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My error in stateing the stock was adjustable, MisCreant is correct...in checking the Benelli web site I find where they offer instructions on recoil reducers....check this site out.

    http://www.benelliusa.com/nova_pump/
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just bought a shotgun with "Edwards" recoil reducers. They work well and I am going to put them on my other 4 trap guns. The cost is about $60.00 each plus shipping.

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  • grifgrif Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    200rnds hurts me even with target loads. I would shoot a
    20ga. shotgun if I was going to shoot that many rounds to
    save my shoulder.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow, 90%... I shot the local DU chapters Hotter than Hell shoot this weekend, and got an amazing 50%.

    If your shooting 90% buddy, you need to start shooting for money.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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