I just put a 20 ga stoeger coach gun on layaway, I know these things are made with the CAS crowd in mind but I am wondering if these guns would be effective for casual hunting or clay busting. Also what kind of ammo can these things handle slugs buckshot etc?
20 Ga Stoeger coach gun for hunting or skeet etc?
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axeman_g
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Kode,
Depending on where you live and what you hun it might be the cats meow or not effective. I think you should try it on clays, so you get very familiar with it. That gun can handle anything you put through it, but your shoulder might not like heavy slugs or 000 buck.
It would be a good woods gun if you hunt thick patches of forest for rabbit or grouse. I would not want to duck hunt with it.
If this is your first shotgun, then you might want to reposition your layaway to an 870 or 500 pump gun.
Depending on where you live and what you hun it might be the cats meow or not effective. I think you should try it on clays, so you get very familiar with it. That gun can handle anything you put through it, but your shoulder might not like heavy slugs or 000 buck.
It would be a good woods gun if you hunt thick patches of forest for rabbit or grouse. I would not want to duck hunt with it.
If this is your first shotgun, then you might want to reposition your layaway to an 870 or 500 pump gun.
It should work okay for skeet, with small shot of course. It's not ideal as a competition skeet gun, but it will break targets. Handling is important in a shotgun; serious clay shooters favor longer barrels because of the natural swing they have, a pendulum effect like a golf driver. So don't expect to run all the targets without extra effort with a short gun, but you can hit enough of them for it to be fun.
Skeet is not easy at first, but it's fun and it will teach you to use a shotgun properly. Once you've learned a bit, you'll probably go out and get an additional gun, and drain your bank account to buy tickets. Clay shooting is like crack, except that it doesn't help you lose weight.
For some types of hunting, e.g. quail without a dog, it can work well. For pass-shooting geese, not so much. You'll learn about shotgun handling when you try skeet.
Skeet is not easy at first, but it's fun and it will teach you to use a shotgun properly. Once you've learned a bit, you'll probably go out and get an additional gun, and drain your bank account to buy tickets. Clay shooting is like crack, except that it doesn't help you lose weight.
For some types of hunting, e.g. quail without a dog, it can work well. For pass-shooting geese, not so much. You'll learn about shotgun handling when you try skeet.
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I have used my stoeger for quail, dove, duck, rabbit, and deer. I've also used it to bust clays. It's possible, just takes practice.
Bud Tugly
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I've always preferred short light guns for hunting heavy brush. They shoulder very quickly in situations where the game is only going to give you a brief shooting window.
For more open terrain and longer shots most folks prefer the better sight plane of longer barrels. A lot of it comes down to what feels most comfortable to you and what you're most used to shooting.
For more open terrain and longer shots most folks prefer the better sight plane of longer barrels. A lot of it comes down to what feels most comfortable to you and what you're most used to shooting.
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Don't let the short barrel fool you. The standard choke from the factory is one improved and one modified. My girl shot trap with hers and did surprisingly well (better than me with my 12 ga open/open. I thought it was going to be skeet shooting).
tinygnat219
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These are nice shotguns, but fairly useless for anything other than CAS. I tried using mine for Clays and Trap, but the barrels were too short. I thought about taking it hunting for Geese and the patterns it blows out are simply too big to seriously kill a Goose.
If you want one, get one. However, realize that these things are limited.
If you want one, get one. However, realize that these things are limited.
Mostly I got this mostly as a kinda emergency something-for-everything gun. I do own a few other shotgun, mhy favorite happens to be a single shot Springfield, a Rem10 and MOssy500 all in 12ga all good guns but a bit heavy to lug around. In all honestly this gun will probably end much admired & seldom fired but nice to it can capable the usual shotgun stuff and I am secretly hoping my wife will like it also lol ( That means more range time for me...)
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KodeFore,
If your trying to get your wife to shoot you may want to look at my messages is this thread. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=295868
My girlfriend really liked the Rem 1100 youth model 20ga we borrowed but it wasn't in her budget. She's getting her cheapy to work busting clays and LOVES it.
If your trying to get your wife to shoot you may want to look at my messages is this thread. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=295868
My girlfriend really liked the Rem 1100 youth model 20ga we borrowed but it wasn't in her budget. She's getting her cheapy to work busting clays and LOVES it.
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