Stoeger Coach Shotgun

[chad1043]

I'm thinking about getting one of these to hunt deer in some thick swampland in my area...

I like the coach cause of the size. I should have little problem getting through the brush...

Does anyone know if buckshot works well through this gun... Would not be great distances...

Peace,
Chad

 

[Zero_DgZ]

Somehow I read this topic as "Schrodinger Coach Shotgun," as in the kind you have no way of knowing if it will fire until you pull the trigger, and at that point the act of measuring it has changed its state anyway.

Sorry, I have nothing constructive to add beyond that.

 

[Oldnamvet]

I'd get a pump gun with a 20" barrel and use slugs instead. Mossberg, 870, or BPS would all be a better choice to me for deer. If it is too thick for one of those guns, it is too thick for me to get through either.

 

[MrAcheson]

I'd get a pump gun with a 20" barrel and use slugs instead.

+1

The real advantage with a double is setting it up with two chokes for long and short bird shots. I can't see using that for deer since then you're probably going to want slugs anyway. 20" slug guns are available everywhere and they're pretty cheap.

 

[bubbygator]

If you get one, change the chokes to match - otherwise they will pattern differently... at least, mine did.

 

[Houser52]

I am also interested in one of the Stoeger Coach guns but for different reasons and I have not bought one yet. Still waiting to get enough money together.
I did a lot of reading on them and found that they're one of the best double barrels out there for the money. A lot cowboy shooters use them because they're a good value and they work.
The regular coach guns come with one barrel improved cyl. choke and the other barrel has a modified choke. The Stoeger Stagecoach Supreme double barrels have screw-in choke tubes.

Would I use one for deer hunting in thick cover? Yes. I don't see why not.
Some will say you only have 2 shots but what the heck? You only have 1 shot with a muzzleloader or bow.
As with any shotgun, keep your ranges reasonable and you won't have a problem.

 

[weregunner]

Question time. Are you allowed to use buckshot for deer or slug? Some states or localities allow or specify buckshot or slug. With buckshot a pump or semi auto that can use buck or slug would be a good choice. Two different barrels means two different impact points for the buck. Slug in a side by side shotgun would be extremely hard to carry off. Impact points of slugs would vary barrel to barrel. Then there is the sighting issue as to where each would hit. Someone with a double barrel might be able to use buckshot in close cover , but one would have to know by experience where the buck will land on target at what distance. Patterning is what I guess I am trying to say. With pump guns one knows where the slug will hit if sighted in before hand. Was invited to a deer hunt a decade or so ago in Virginia and buckshot was mandatory at the time due to it being a driven deer hunt. In other words the deer were driven towards the hunters by others. Did not see anyone with doubles. All had pump guns. There may be those who use doubles for this kind of hunt. There would be minor velocity loss with the double barrels short length.

 

[confed sailor]

Somehow I read this topic as "Schrodinger Coach Shotgun," as in the kind you have no way of knowing if it will fire until you pull the trigger, and at that point the act of measuring it has changed its state anyway.

Would that make the pellets fired Heisenberg shot? One can neither know where they are or what velocity they are at at one time?

 

[Deer Hunter]

My stoeger coach gun works very nicely with slugs out of the IC barrel. Put a slug in that barrel and some buckshot in the other in case the slug doesn't do the job, and you'll be set. I plan on using it to take white tail this season (going to try to kill a deer with every rifle/shotgun I own)

 

[Zero_DgZ]

Would that make the pellets fired Heisenberg shot? One can neither know where they are or what velocity they are at at one time?

Heh. Yes. And it makes patterning a pain in the butt, too. You know, every time you measure the pattern of the gun it changes it anyway... Not to mention trying to hit skeet with the thing. Sometimes, depending on the circumstances, the pellets will exist in front of the clay for a while and then behind it, but never occupy the space in between.