My first Zen in Shotgunning

[Rock_Steady]

Dumb title, I know. I have my first "Out of body" today while shooting my round of Sporting clays. Easy presentation for me, a true pair of springing Teals - gave some of the guys fits, but this station I'm pretty comfortable.

Pull - swing - up, then down, pull the trigger twice......

I didn't remember pumping. The 870- must have done it by itself.

It was very odd, not thinking but just doing - kinda made my round. A breakthrough, even though my overall score wasn't that great.

And I'm looking forward to it happening again.

 

[Dave McCracken]

I love Shotgun Satori. The first of many, Rock.....

 

[IDriveB5]

Funny you should mention, quite frequently I'll shoot doubles with my 870s and never remember pumping the gun between shots. Im pretty sure my 870 does it for me.

I always get a good chuckle when I hear those who mention how much time it takes to work the action on pump guns.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Funny, a recent trap doubles round showed that the pumpgun fans got off the second shot faster than some of the O/U folks.

If I take the first bird fast I can take the second bird before it starts to drop.

Doug H of the Geezers is a Model 12 fan. He's faster than I, and his shuck is a blur.

 

[Rock_Steady]

Well, I forgot to mention that I did actually hit both targets. Maybe that went without saying.

I'm liking this new hobby. Didn't do all that well, but met some new folks, broke a few birds (seriously smoked a few, missed others horribly) and got to shoot alot - it wouldn't be fun if you coudl hit them all all the time - I'm sure it would get boring.

By the way, I changed to a skeet tube this time and did worse than I did with IC before. Not sure what the heck is going on with that, and I'm not good enough yet to be analyzing all of my targets as to yardage, speed, etc. I just try.

 

[Nathan Williams]

God I love the 870. The best shotgun ever made, all those people with Benalis, Berretas,and any other overpriced shotgun hate it when I put them to shame shooting trap with my 16yo ducks unlimited 870.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Go back to IC, Rock. Sounds like your patterns are too open and have holes in them.

Too little choke is worse than too much. With more choke than needed one can tell where one's hitting more easily. With too little there's plenty of doubt.

Nathan, it's the Injun. not the arrow. Good shotgunners tend to be good with all shotguns that fit them and the mission.

 

[PJR]

Practice long enough with a pump gun and it becomes second nature. While I most often shoot o/u for targets I take the pump out once a month or so to stay in touch. I'd might have to "think" about working the action for the first one or two pairs and then it becomes natural and I'm unaware of doing it.

Pump guns are great but can we please not turn this into another one of those threads with various versions of "the guys who own Fabbris really hate it when I beat them with my broken 870 Express..."

 

[Robert Hairless]

Pump guns are great but can we please not turn this into another one of those threads with various versions of "the guys who own Fabbris really hate it when I beat them with my broken 870 Express..."

Funny you should say that. Yesterday a friend and I met to do some shooting. I had a Benelli semi-automatic. He had an ancient 870 that looked as if it had been in a garbage dump all its life.

I was worried when he jammed a 12 gauge shell into that thing--it took a lot of force--because I could see bits of what looked like crockery stuck to the barrel by some indescribably ugly goo, and dangling from the inside of the barrel was definitely orange peel with some old peas mashed in it.

It was scarey. Just as I was about to run for the car and get away from a sure disaster just about to happen, my buddy pointed his 870 at the sky and shouted "Mallards!" Before I could stop him, he pulled the trigger on that scruffy old 870.

You Remington 870 guys can guess the rest of it. There was a loud explosion and down came Duck l'Orange with peas and mashed potatoes neatly arranged on a platter. Came straight down and lay at his feet, piping hot.

"See," said my friend, "that's why you can't beat a Remington 870." I'm now a believer.

 

[Nathan Williams]

Funny you should say that. Yesterday a friend and I met to do some shooting. I had a Benelli semi-automatic. He had an ancient 870 that looked as if it had been in a garbage dump all its life.

I was worried when he jammed a 12 gauge shell into that thing--it took a lot of force--because I could see bits of what looked like crockery stuck to the barrel by some indescribably ugly goo, and dangling from the inside of the barrel was definitely orange peel with some old peas mashed in it.

It was scarey. Just as I was about to run for the car and get away from a sure disaster just about to happen, my buddy pointed his 870 at the sky and shouted "Mallards!" Before I could stop him, he pulled the trigger on that scruffy old 870.

You Remington 870 guys can guess the rest of it. There was a loud explosion and down came Duck l'Orange with peas and mashed potatoes neatly arranged on a platter. Came straight down and lay at his feet, piping hot.

"See," said my friend, "that's why you can't beat a Remington 870." I'm now a believer.

LMAO