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I am ready to kill some deer
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Put a new scope on at the end of season last year on the Valmet 412. It has the drop lines.. zero at 100, next line down 200 and so on. However it didn't shoot the deer slugs anywhere near zero at 100. Played with the adjustment below the forearm and got it close enough. Rifle is dead on , so is a slug at 100yd. Now if a hog tries and steal my corn...[xx(]
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S.F. now you only need to get the European double triggers that you can install yourself for adjustable trigger for the rifle
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That is a really pretty gun. What calibers is it??? My pop just sold something just like it that was 20 gauge and 222 . It was a savage model 24 I believe. Oakie
12 gauge top 3" Improved Modified 23.5" barrels/ .308 lower Burris 4x14.
Hunting/ Killing all the same. How do you harvest without killing them?
That gun with the scope weighs over 10lbs. Your scope is mounted too far back based on the trigger. The rifle is a tack driver but the shotgun becomes somewhat obsolete with a scope, especially if your trying to lead a flying/moving target. Open sights are best for the overall "usefulness" of a combination gun.
Corn piles = non moving target.
In fact it's gotten so bad that my wife has been putting out some fake flowers just to have some color around the house since they've eaten every thing she's planted. Now they've started picking the peddles and leaves out of the fake ones to and leaving them lying on the ground. Beats all.
That gun with the scope weighs over 10lbs. Your scope is mounted too far back based on the trigger. The rifle is a tack driver but the shotgun becomes somewhat obsolete with a scope, especially if your trying to lead a flying/moving target. Open sights are best for the overall "usefulness" of a combination gun.
The gun has a quick detachable scope.If I would want to shoot doves in a dual hunting season. I have shot squirrels with the scope attached , killed a moving doe while scoped. Buckshot shoots well out of the improved modified barrel. Pattern excellent. The scope is attached correctly. Must be the angle you are looking at. The shotgun barrel is not obsolete while hunting. It carries a 1. 1/4 deer slug, in which it has the same Point of Impact ( POI ) as the .308 at 100 yd. Now as far as weight , it weighs exactly 10# with the scope. Nothing I would consider heavy at all , which keeps recoil down. In fact 9.3x74R barrels are available. That gun would probably kick like a lightweight 7# 30/06. Now below is my other deer getter. Sig 3000 with a Vortex Viper 6.5x20. It weighs 14.8#. After carrying it the Valmet seems like a feather. If we get into some kind of conflict some day.. never mind carrying the guns.. I will carry both..just carry my ammo.
I like putting out corn and watching them though.
Season starts here August 15th, problem with that is it's too dang hot to sit in a stand and the deer roasts before you can process it.
I like putting out corn and watching them though.
yeah.. you are just getting them use to coming around. Then the slaughter. I still have enough deer meat in the freezer to last till next season. Will hope to get a couple and then give away any others that get unlucky.