Posted: 11/19/2007 6:39:39 AM EDT
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This was from Sunday. We hunt in Shawano County in EAB area with shotgun. http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/carbineman/DSC00359.jpg |
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http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/carbineman/DSC00354.jpg Sons first deer on Saturday |
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This deer was taken in 2005. 7points/196 lbs. dressed. http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/carbineman/DSC00224.jpg |
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My son and I both use NEF's Tracker II's in 20 ga. These come from the factory with rifled sights and 24" rifled barrel. A smith in Green Bay drilled and tapped them for a NEF scope rail. My son uses a 1-3x20mm Weaver V3 and I have a 1.5-5x20mm Leupold. We use 3" Federal Barnes Expanders @ 19000fps or 3" Winchester Supreme Partition Gold @2000fps saboted slugs. The shotguns with a scope mounted weigh just under six pounds. And bench shooting them involves some stout recoil but nothing like a 12 ga. in the same gun. Accuracy is around 1 to 1 1/2" at 100 yards. Sometimes even better. I have pretty much the same type of gun in a Handi Rifle (actually mine is a older Topper model) that I use to practise with my reloads in 30-30. I use the 30-30 when I hunt in Minnesota in early November. The cost of the sabot slug is somewhat prohibitive in doing a lot of target practise. The 30-30 is cheap to shoot. |
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http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s237/carbineman/DSC00293.jpg A pic of our gaggle of guns |
Where can I get some of those? |
EDM wrote; "How do you handle the recoil?" On the bench I just one hand the gun and let it come up and back after ignition and it pushes me around some. If I hold onto the forend, the recoil goes right to my shoulder and after several shots it can be a bit much especially in 12 ga. In our 20's it is manageable but it still lets you know it is there. By letting the gun push me around and not holding it down, it appears to me to be the best way to handle it. When sighting in intially, I use a folded rug or folded towel to soften the felt recoil. When hunting, I don't notice the recoil or the report from the slug being lit off. |
