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A friend was dove hunting and had finished his limit, birds and gun sitting in the back of the truck. Warden walked up, checked the birds, and asked to check the plug. Friend said, Well, you cant. This pissed off the warden, and they went round and round for a minute or two, until the warden got really irritated. My friend finally wised up and slid a SxS out of the case.
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I ended up going with a BSS. Found a nice clean 28" gun with M/F chokes and a non-selective single trigger at a very decent price. I think I'll take Stan's approach and open up the full barrel to modified. I'm better off the less I think.
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Congrats. Did you get a Sporter?
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Congrats. Did you get a Sporter? No, it's a standard gun. I wanted a Sporter, but the 28" Sporters are scarce and overpriced.
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After you get comfortable with the gun, think about having a stock guy reshape the fat beavertail to a slimmer Sporter shape. Makes for a nicer handling gun. I did that with my second barrel for my two-barrel Sporter set, so that each barrel has its own f/e. Then strip the poly off the buttstock and apply a proper oil finish.
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Leave it M/F and shoot Bismuth...Geo
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No good reason to shoot bismuth in a BSS, unless you have money to burn. They are fine with steel and Mod chokes.
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Bismuth hits a little harder than steel. So, there is at least one good reason.
Congrats on the new gun, Dave. A friend just came into a Browning B27, must be a sign from the ducks.
Best,
Ted
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I've thought hard about that, Geo, and it would work fine, but I have lots of moderate steel loads on hand and they work well in our bottoms. That and I want to ramp up my clay shooting attack. My shooting buddies have tricked out SxS's for clays and I need to put some heat on them!
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Thanks, Ted. Steel got a deserved bad reputation when it first came out, but modern steel is quite good. I stick with #2's and #3's and they kill ducks very well.
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