MA shotguns, what's your set-up?

[dana_c]

Browning BPS, after market slug barrel with a Bushnell 1.5-6 power scope. Winchester BRI sabot slugs.

[Sledneck]

Rem 1187 w/ cantilever scope mount, red dot optical.

[tuna]

Boy, you guys don't take any chance on birds, do ya? :)

I use Browning A5 in 16, modified choke and smooth barrel. Remington Sluggers print best, but not by much, every slug I've tried works well in this gun.

Backups are Rem 870 12 ga (smoothbore and mod choke), H&R 16 or 20 ga's (Smooth and modified - I'm noticing a trend) and the oddball 20 Ga SXS with I/C and (of course) Mod chokes.

I haven't bothered with a rifled barrel, as I don't see where it will give me that much improvement over what I've got.

[buckmanjr]

rem 870 express 20 Gauge. Forget what scope...

[Sledneck]

Boy, you guys don't take any chance on birds, do ya? :)

I use Browning A5 in 16, modified choke and smooth barrel. Remington Sluggers print best, but not by much, every slug I've tried works well in this gun.

Backups are Rem 870 12 ga (smoothbore and mod choke), H&R 16 or 20 ga's (Smooth and modified - I'm noticing a trend) and the oddball 20 Ga SXS with I/C and (of course) Mod chokes.

I haven't bothered with a rifled barrel, as I don't see where it will give me that much improvement over what I've got.

The gun I listed is just for deer, my bird guns could be a very long list. The majority of guns I own are for upland birds and ducks, as well as some just for sporting clays and others for skeet or trap. My favorites are as follows:

Beretta 12 ga Silver Mallard for ducks & pheasant (best all around gun for me)

Browning GTI 12 ga for sporting Clays

Browning Citori 20 ga for skeet and pheasant/woodcock

[tuna]

Yeah, I figured that, but I couldn't resist.

This year, I'm gonna stick with the Browning. If all goes well, I'll have a bunch of safe queens. Can't see getting rid of any of them. Too bad hunting season is so short.

[Sledneck]

yea, it all hits you at once, not enough time to do it all unless I quit my job and foreclose my mortgage.

[grizbear13]

ThumbsupThumbsup OR RETIRE LIKE ME Smile1 Smile1 Real tough being your own boss and deciding when to get up ,when to go to bed ,when and where to go fishing or hunting , when to take a nap , when and what to eat ,ect. Retirement sucks ,NOT...

[Bigbear]

Remington 1100 12 gauge with slug barrel iron sights.

May not have been used in 10 years. (no remarks YoteGrinning1)

[Sledneck]

ThumbsupThumbsup OR RETIRE LIKE ME Smile1 Smile1 Real tough being your own boss and deciding when to get up ,when to go to bed ,when and where to go fishing or hunting , when to take a nap , when and what to eat ,ect. Retirement sucks ,NOT...

Griz I envy you....only 30 years to go til retirement for me...hopefully.

[fisher16]

Remington 870 12 Guage Rifled Barrel with rifled sights

Mossburg 500A 12 Gauge with Rifled Barrel and Bushnell Scope

Mossburg 500A Smooth Barrel use it for Turkey

[grizbear13]

Eyeball Roller I aint tellin , I've got to many to list . Only about 50 years worth plus or minus a few.Wink1

[fisher16]

Come on Griz I know you have some nice toys, lets hear about some of them.

[grizbear13]

Wink1 They may be toys to some folks ,but to me they are tools of survival and sport!! Smile1 Small list :Browning A 5 16 ga. - browning B80 20 ga -ithaca 37 12 ga - 3 mossberg 500 1 20 ga ,2 -12 ga -SW mdl 3000 12 ga - ithaca s/s 12 ga- H&R 410 - to list a few.

[YOTE BUSTER]

Remington 1100 20 ga,light slug barrel 3x9 scope works for me.back up 16 ga, ithaca 37 with a 4 power scope.

[dana_c]

Tuna, somebody (Mossberg? Ithaca?) makes aftermarket slug barrels for Remingtons at a decent price. At thirty/forty yards you may not see much difference in performance but when you bench rest out at 75 yards you sure will. Me, I don't shoot iron sights worth a damn, give me a low-power scope and I step up to solid mediocrity ;-)

[seabass]

Grinning1 bennelli sbe 12g. i like pheasants already cleaned!MachineGun

[arlow]

Tuna, somebody (Mossberg? Ithaca?) makes aftermarket slug barrels for Remingtons at a decent price.

Hastings

[grizbear13]

Thumbsup Mossberg also makes the Rem relacement barrels

[arlow]

I shoot a Mossberg Model 500 Trophy Slugster in 12 guage with a BSA deerhunter 1.5 x 4.5 variable scope. I use 3 inch Lightfield commander sabotted slugs. Sighted dead on for 3" groups at 125 yards. Rifled barrels do make a difference, as to high velocity slugs. Remington has a 45 caliber 12 guage sabboted slug that travels at 1900 fps. It is said to be good out to 200 yards if your gun will spit them out accurately. I gotta try them.


http://www.armusa.com/MossbergShotGuns1.htm

[tuna]

I tried putting a scope on my Remington for a couple years. Didn't like the way it handled and took it off. I know that I limit myself to shorter range shots, but since I usually get skunked anyway, I like having my gun to be as handy as possible to make my trip more enjoyable.
If my shotgun handles like my bird gun (since it usually is the same one), I feel much better in the woods, when it feels different, it just doesn't give me the same enjoyment.

[fishinguy165]

true words. Can't beat a anice peaceful walk in the woods with a handy gun. . . !KABOOM! hey, check it out! i got one!
as for me, swinging the mossy 500, iron sights and slug barrel

[BillP]

i use a remington 870 wingmaster 20 gauge.. this is my all around gun..gont have any thing on it

just the gun.dont change barrels or anything.

and i use a slug

[edrz20]

Browning B-80 semi-auto, Hastings fully rifled cantilever scope mount barrel, Nikon 1.75-4 variable scope, Federal Barnes Expander Sabot Slugs.

[antlerguy]

Mossburg model 9200 w/ Simmons 3-9..rifled barrel and shoot 2 3/4 Lightfields. Highly effective to 125 yards. Most deer have been taken under 75 yards but 4 were taken over 100 yards, the longest was 135 (range finder).

[seabass]

Tongue1 i use big gun - goes boom. MachineGun

[bobman481]

MachineGunmossberg 500 with a rifled barrel,scope and 300 grain hornady sst slugs.. groups nicely at 200 yards.

[bh54lf]

beretta urika 2 synthetic...only use for skeet shooting, might try waterfowl this coming season though

[trophy11]

benelli M1 12g. xtra full to improved chokes. for pheasant or turkey
12 g ithica deer slayer. old school

i use my black powder kodiak mag 50cal during shotgun season for deer. Or my buddies rem 870 rifled barrel until he gets it LTC back.

[Bill OC]

Remington 1100 20ga special field "modified"....rifled slug bbl, synthetic monte carlo stock, redfield tracker 2 x7 on aimtech saddle mount. I still think the 21" smoothbore vent rib bbl shoots as good as the riffled with std remington sluggers.
Also Remington 12ga 11-87 special purpose for turkey/upland/wf...
Beretta Onyx 20 ga o/U 26"bbl matte finish 3" chamber...might be for sale soon.Sad1

[smallie_guy]

Well, I somewhat hate to admit to it... but I'm still using a smooth bore slug barrel without any special bullets. Remington Slugster, 1 oz. through my MOSSBERG 500 I got for a xMas gift eons ago with a Tasco Red Dot 1x power scope. I've had the gun for 25 years. First and only gun given to me by dad, refinished the stock myself and reblued all metal about 5 years ago. Gun is nowhere near what today's technology could give me - but it's priceless to me. And, there's 4 nice deer mounts on my wall to prove it's in-field value. I know it's limits, I do not shoot over 50-60 yards, but the red-dot type scopes are amazing - wouldn't deer hunt (with a shotgun at least) without one.

[BigRedDodge1500]

I use a Mossberg 500A Trophy with a 23" Cantilevered Rifled Slug Barrel with a 1.5X20 Bushnell Scope. Slug of Choice 2 3/4" Hornaday Custom 300 grain SST's dead nuts on at 150 yards.

[outdoorev]

smallie guy im with you, i love my 12 gauge 500 with the slugster barrell took down my first deer with it, I use that gun for close range. I just got a tru glo red dot I am gonna try on it this year. and I have a rifled 20 gauge 500 with a bushnell scope if Im gonna be shooting farther.

[ThomT]

LIke Seabass I use big gun but mine is bigger because itr goes Ka BOOM. ThomT

[Massbowhunter1968]

I Hunt only with my bow and Muzzleoader Good luck.

[steveo]

I use a Remington 11-87 rifled barrel topped with Leupold rifleman 3-7x32.
I tried at least ten different types and brands of slugs and found that the
3" Winchester BRI sabot slugs shot the best. I am able to get consistent 2" groups at 100yards. The great thing is that I have a 21" turkey barrel that I can swap out with the seasons. The scope never leaves the gun.

[dbllung]

browning bps 12ga,with hastings cantilever rifled barrell and a bushnell red dot. has been know to knock one down every once in a whileMachineGun Beerchug