BBroadside
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I just ordered a 20" variable choke barrel for my Remington 870 12-gauge. I'd like to get some use out of it vs. clay targets, mainly from practice getting used to how it handles. (I normally use the 28", and I intend to keep using the longer barrel, but I thought I should try out the 20".)
The goal of the shorter barrel is home defense, nothing more or less.
I know shorter barrels are louder, and less optimally balanced for clay targets. Also, the rifle sights may interfere with getting a good picture of the target and shooting (or may not, I don't know).
Questions:
Shall I use the same old chokes for the games (skeet for skeet, modified for trap)?
Is it rude to shoot one of these brutish short barrels in an ordinary round, since they'll all be deafened?
Should I just wait around with the thing after a round of trap and ask to shoot one on my own? (I.e. not deafening people but making at least one gent stay later?)
I had some trouble explaining my intentions last time I was at the skeet range. Is short-barrel clay-target a very strange thing to do, or just a little unusual?
Is there a better way to practice just getting used to the feel of the shorter barrel? (... Other than 3-gun, which I intend to shoot but I don't have a rifle for ... here is wishing there were such a thing as 2-gun!) I could just use it at the 100-yard rifle range with slugs, on paper targets. That would at least get me used to the kick, which I gather should be a little meaner but still manageable.
The goal of the shorter barrel is home defense, nothing more or less.
I know shorter barrels are louder, and less optimally balanced for clay targets. Also, the rifle sights may interfere with getting a good picture of the target and shooting (or may not, I don't know).
Questions:
Shall I use the same old chokes for the games (skeet for skeet, modified for trap)?
Is it rude to shoot one of these brutish short barrels in an ordinary round, since they'll all be deafened?
Should I just wait around with the thing after a round of trap and ask to shoot one on my own? (I.e. not deafening people but making at least one gent stay later?)
I had some trouble explaining my intentions last time I was at the skeet range. Is short-barrel clay-target a very strange thing to do, or just a little unusual?
Is there a better way to practice just getting used to the feel of the shorter barrel? (... Other than 3-gun, which I intend to shoot but I don't have a rifle for ... here is wishing there were such a thing as 2-gun!) I could just use it at the 100-yard rifle range with slugs, on paper targets. That would at least get me used to the kick, which I gather should be a little meaner but still manageable.