12 or 20 gauge for pheasants?

[guywhofishes]

I don't mind em. You better sell that gun to me.

 

[SDMF]

I don't mind em. You better sell that gun to me.

You'd hate it, rib isn't raised.

 

[BGH]

I do prefer a 20 gauge. Not sure why, but have always shot better with it.

 

[FishReaper]

I'd love to have the gun i started with back. It was my neighbors when I was in high school. It was a Fox 16 gauge side by side with double triggers. It seemed that gun shot heat seeking shot. doubles on grouse where common as where pheasants. even a few doubles on doves. Ive kept my eye open and only seen 1 for sale (well out of what i could afford at the time.) Oh well the hunt for my fox continues.

I shoot a Lefeover Nitro Express side by side now. double trigger again, but a 12 gauge.
I miss my 16. carries like a 20 hits like a 12

 

[svnmag]

SD,

How did you lose a trigger on the SXS?

Fishreaper,

I have much the same lament from my youth. Mine was a buddy's grandfather's Baker Bros. 16.

 

[SDMF]

SD,

How did you lose a trigger on the SXS?

It only had 1 to begin with, on purpose. I have a Fox B 28" 20ga w/double triggers that approximates the usefulness of a shot-put bat.

 

[svnmag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vAdytmkBc

 

[FishReaper]

It only had 1 to begin with, on purpose. I have a Fox B 28" 20ga w/double triggers that approximates the usefulness of a shot-put bat.

if that was a sixteen id be all over it. damn you for getting my hopes up.
Why dont you like the fox?

 

[shorthairsrus]

12 ga --- 3" fichokiissss ;:;boozer; no I generally use a 1 1/4 shot lead 5 or 4s depending on what part of the season were in.

 

[svnmag]

http://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/fox-shotguns/listings.cfm?cat_id=620

Sorry, scroll down a bit and you'll see a surplus kit you can build:
http://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/fox-shotguns/listings.cfm?cat_id=615

 

[SDMF]

Why dont you like the fox?

It doesn't balance or point well for me nor do I shoot it well. I don't like double triggers. It's choked F/M and in general I don't like anything more than IC. It's heavy compared to my Beretta and a 26" SKB 100 20ga I've got as well. FIL likes it so it sits @ his house. Someday when FIL has no interest in it anymore I'll remove the crappy finish that's on it, have the recoil pad ground to fit better and oil finish the walnut at which point someone else can own it.

 

[Account Deleted]

I will have a Model 12 for sale soon if anyone is interested.

 

[USMCDI]

Still shooting the same 1947 Browning A5 Magnum that I was given almost 30 years ago, retired the Belgium barrel and went with a 26" bbl with the invector plus and it still goes bang, bang, bang, everytime no matter the temp or weather!

 

[SDMF]

All I get is a steel eye-patch 6" removed from my dominant eye when I try to gun the humpty hump.

 

[ISELLGUNS]

I've only seen yellow fed 20ga, hence my attempt at humor.

Yep, they are a nice golden yellow as compared to the bright yellow Winchesters IMO. There was something about that color when I was a young terd.

 

[svnmag]

Good deal. I was trying to engage with another 16ga fan. Trying to start a club; trying to be cool. I know how to smoke cigarettes.

 

[FishReaper]

Svn I'm with you on the 16. It's really to bad the manufactures didn't keep them going. My only issue was it was tough to find ammo

 

[WormWiggler]

I have a side by side 20 gauge that I picked up from a buddy needing some cash rather than the gun.
I hunt it a few times a season, but struggle with the 2 trigger system, and miss more often.

I picked up the Beretta A400 and will likely use nothing but that this season, I have to get used to it, and the recoil is less than an exhale..haha

I like SxSs, what is it and what do you want for it?

 

[Deerhntr71]

I have always used a 12 guage, but have seriously been thinking of going to a 20 guage. Lighter carrying.

 

[svnmag]

I have always used a 12 guage, but have seriously been thinking of going to a 20 gauge. Lighter carrying.

Hence my comments on recoil. Be careful not to get a 20 on 12 frame or not. This is more of an issue with repeaters which may be a plus with smaller shooters. A 20/16, on the proper frame will kick no less than a 12 and perhaps more with the 3in 20 abomination. Gun companies "now a days" and "days past" manufacture the same gun by preserving/shaving steel. Go to any companies website: The more powerful the rifle caliber; the lighter the weight. The 870/1100 16ga is a fine example of my rambling as they're nothing more than a 12ga preserving more steel; a benefit to smaller shooters but providing a heavier gun for them to tote. A M12/97 or a Savage single bbl is proportionate to gauge. This may be also true for the Ithaca 37 and I know it to be true for an A5 16 with it's sexy appointed Prince of Whales wrist and grip. It amuses me how the A5 is known for it's recoil as an H&R 20 is good for a first shotgun. Shotguns kick.