Single Shot Scatterguns

[jdsingleshot]

My first gun and the guy I sold it to. It was a "Springfield 94-B. I made the stock and it fit me perfectly. I was sorry to see it go, but used the money well and soon bought its better named bother, a Stevens 107. The Stevens has no cheek piece but does have just the right amount of cast off to fit me well. Both guns are 16 guage. I've only fired the Stevens once at game and took a big tom turkey with that shot. I also have an H&R and a Remington single shot.

 

[Cvans]

Two of the new Stevens in 20 ga. One short barreled and one long. Have had numerous H&R singles over the years. I like anything that's a single shot. Even my modified Daisy 499B.

 

[PapaG]

I have a few. If I can count Savage 24s. 22/20, 222/20. And a BT99. Don’t hunt with the last one but might try it on turkey.

 

[Zebraranger]

I personally think that anything a 12-gauge single shot can do, a 12-gauge pump can do better.

 

[.38 Special]

BT-99. Not exactly a general-purpose gun, but very good for what it is meant for.

 

[Milkmaster]

Bought this new .410 a few years ago because it was pretty and to use for a grandson should he ever be born. Moving on to present day....He is one month old this week, so The shotgun is ready when he is old enough

 

[dodo bird]

I personally think that anything a 12-gauge single shot can do, a 12-gauge pump can do better.

Both are obviously great. Where the single shot shines is low weight, (some even fold in half) less chance of malfunctions, and often price. If I had to only pick one it would be pump. If I had to carry it all day many miles I would pick the single shot. I learned on a single shot hunting and I did very well.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

 

[.45Coltguy]

I personally think that anything a 12-gauge single shot can do, a 12-gauge pump can do better.

You did forget the fun factor, right?

 

[Varminterror]

I got to test drive a BT-99 last month, and I’m planning to add at least one in my near future.

 

[12Bravo20]

@NIGHTLORD40K Nice Enfield and you have a proper bayonet on it for when them evil squirrel hordes do a banzai charge.

I kick myself for not picking a 410 Enfield years ago when they were cheap.

 

[Roverguy]

H&R 20 ga

 

[Highland Lofts]

I have a bunch of single-shot shotguns.
My favorite is the Ithaca model 66.
A great little squirrel gun.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

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I have a bunch of single-shot shotguns.
My favorite is the Ithaca model 66.
A great little squirrel gun.

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Is that a *lever action* single shot ?

 

[backwater52]

I have a couple Iver Johnson Champions i bought cuz one is a 28 Ga. The stock was cut short but i put a used recoil pad on it, bore is mirror. Needed it to test my reloads, never loaded shotshells before and didn't feel like trying them out on my CZ double! The other is a 20 ga. and a pretty good gun for as old as it is, looks better then most used single shots.

 

[westernrover]

Henry 20 ga. It's all the bird gun I'll ever need or want. It's short and light to carry because of the minimal receiver and single barrel. I feel more recoil with it and even 20 ga. packs a punch. I wouldn't want to shoot clays all day with it, but for a few quail, there isn't anything I'd want more.

Henry doesn't get much love. I don't know exactly why. Maybe their lack of tradition in the lever gun market they occupy the most turns people off. I don't have any desire to own any other Henry, but the shotgun is great.

Unfortunately, I don't use it much. I was hopeful for better bird hunting, but in my area it's scant. Good hunting is a 45 minute drive across a state line that gets real complicated because of out-of-state licensing and strict, short seasons. Great bird hunting is a 1.5 or 2 hour drive away. It's both waterfowl and upland birds. It's in-state, but private land. A few birds just aren't worth it. Big game, yes. I'll go a lot farther than that.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

Henry 20 ga. It's all the bird gun I'll ever need or want. It's short and light to carry because of the minimal receiver and single barrel. I feel more recoil with it and even 20 ga. packs a punch. I wouldn't want to shoot clays all day with it, but for a few quail, there isn't anything I'd want more.

Henry doesn't get much love. I don't know exactly why. Maybe their lack of tradition in the lever gun market they occupy the most turns people off. I don't have any desire to own any other Henry, but the shotgun is great.

Unfortunately, I don't use it much. I was hopeful for better bird hunting, but in my area it's scant. Good hunting is a 45 minute drive across a state line that gets real complicated because of out-of-state licensing and strict, short seasons. Great bird hunting is a 1.5 or 2 hour drive away. It's both waterfowl and upland birds. It's in-state, but private land. A few birds just aren't worth it. Big game, yes. I'll go a lot farther than that.

I looked at the Henry’s, but can’t justify a $500 price when there’s thousands- if not millions- of H&R’s, Stevens, and others in good used shape that have decades of life left in them

 

[Highland Lofts]

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Is that a *lever action* single shot ?

It is a Ithaca model 66 Super-Single.
Lever actipn break open shotgun.
They come in 410, gauge 20 gauge and 12 gauge.

I have three 20 gauge and two 410s.
I had a 12 gauge with open sights (rifle sights) for deer hunting and sold it to my brother several years ago.
One of the 20 gauges has a vent-rib on tje barrel.

I LOVE THEM.

I have a bunch of single shot shotguns.
There should be about a dozen of them
i have four Iver Johnson Gun and Bicyle single shot shotguns.
A 410 gauge, a 28 gauge, a 20 gauge and a 12 gauge.
The 12 gauge has a solid rib on the barrel.
When i bought the 12 gauge it was a hell of a buy.
I bought two 12 gauge single shot shotguns for $35.
I kept the Iver Johnson and sold the other one for $30.
I used it exclusivly that year for small game hunting and deer hunting.
I shot a bunch og grouse, rabbits and a butt load of gray squorrel and three whitetail deer with it.

Ithaca makes a model 49, most are single-shot. A few are repeaters. They come in 22lr and 22 magnum.
I have a cpuple of the 22lr single shots

The repeaters are a JAM O MATIC.

 

[Outpost75]

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John Taylor can make a rifle barrel to fit your Beretta. Needs the gun and job is not cheap, but I find it extremely useful. Cartridge chosen should be rimmed and must not exceed about 38,000 psi. The .30-30, .30-40, .45-70, .44 Magnum , .357 Magnum are all viable choices.

I found a very useful velocity boost firing .44 Magnum factory 240-grain softpoints from the 26- inch rifle barrel. Typical 240s Spa arec"sturdy" bullets which do not expand at all in revolvers. They give 1700 fps from the rifle, shoot flat to 150 yards and give complete pass-throughs on boar with thumb-sized exits.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

John Taylor can make a rifle barrel to fit your Beretta. Needs the gun and job is not cheap, but I find it extremely useful. Cartridge chosen should be rimmed and must not exceed about 38,000 psi. The .30-30, .30-40, .45-70, .44 Magnum , .357 Magnum are all viable choices.

Ive got cartridge adapters for 20Ga, .410, .357, 9mm, and .22. Accuracy is largely theoretical but it does go bang, lol.
It patterns great with #1 buck, so thats what I usually what I pack with it, along with a few birdshot rounds.

 

[Meeks36]

Grew up shooting a single shot 410 H&R. Went to buy one for my kids a few years ago. And whoooo the prices are insane.

 

[Ranger99]

Been using a single break action
shotgun for years and years.
Been using single break action
rifles for a while now.
Killed most every type of game I've
hunted with a single 12ga

Only wt deer photo that i think I have.
$50.00 H&R and a 50 cent 00 shell.
It was foggy big time

 

[7mmRLC]

I started out with a savage single shot 20 ga when I was a kid. Took a lot of rabbits and squirrels with it. It was sold when I outgrew the youth stock.
Since then I picked up a Savage 24 in 22/410 and it's kept the pest away around the house.
My favorite for when I get to chase the gobblers is my T/C Encore 12ga. Light to carry all day in the woods.

 

[nofendertom]

Wow-That is some paint job. I would lean that T/C Encore against a tree and never find it.

 

[Ranger99]

Wow-That is some paint job. I would lean that T/C Encore against a tree and never find it.

I knew of one fellow that did that,
but with an unpainted wood/ blued
rifle.