Good ole boy. you proved it's the shooter not the gun. As far as SS shotguns go, both my turkey guns are breal actions. Have one 12 with a red dot type scope and a 10 with a peep sight, love em both.

I really REALLY want a coach gun length side by side with functional hammers. But as long as I am dreaming I want to win the lottery too.

GoodOlBoy

You can sign up on Gun Broker for the specific type of gun you looking for and they will email as they are posted.

yeah but so many of them the hammers are just decoration. . . .

GoodOlBoy

I do quite abit of hunting with a shotgun. For uplands, which include pheasant, sharptail and huns, I use only a 20ga. Used an old Savage/Stevens model 311A SXS for decades. One day I decided I should have an new lighter weight O/U so I bought a Beretta 20 ga. Yes they are nice guns, but it didn't take to long to find that I really did miss the double trigger. My son has the old 311A now. If it wouldn't be for my wife possible killing me, I would trade him even up for the old 311A. For ducks and geese I mostly use my Stoeger O/U 12 ga. It's a workhorse and doesn't mind laying around in dirty muddy stubblefields where we mainly hunt. Season is close at hand again. My young lab is always ready to go as am I.:)

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Personally I could never shoot a SXS very well. Oh I had a few that were ok.. Neat on a quail shoot..but I really was so quick on a covey rise 2 shots just didn't cut it too well. Course i was young and young'uns always want to shoot more. Had a Win M-21 or 3 that I shot ok 12 16 and a 20..had a 410 but never shot it. I also used a Stevens 311 in 16 ga for one season when they went to steel shot. I could still shoot an ounce and a quarter with the 16 but it was again..a 2 shooter. I was guiding and actually needed 3 shots. The double triggers were a pain too. I had a really nice double gun with 2 sets of bbls. Bought it at the Grand one year. Had a set of 32 Inch trap bbls and a set of 26 inch skeet bbls. Miller Single trigger and I shot it great(at skeet) but someone paid me too much money to think about keeping it. It was a Fox SxS made in the mid 30's.. Had a bit of recoil too. Only SXS I have now is an old Parker 12 ga D grade A Win 21 20 ga bird gun and an Ithaca 28 ga..Also made in the 30's

Dan, check out www.claytargetsonline.com for a guide to skeet/trap/5-stand/sporting clays locations nationwide. I don't know Colorado's geography very well (I've only ever been in the Denver airport), but it looks like there are a few to choose from.

I got started hunting with a shotgun, then moved on to rifles when I lived in Pennsylvania. Now that I am an Ohioan, my hunting, including deer, is mostly with shotguns, though I still have my rifles. I have several shotguns, though none which are really high-end. But I agree that it's the person behind the stock, not the gun itself, though I wouldn't mind having a five-figure firearm someday! (Emphasis on someday...)

For the past few years I've been shooting skeet weekly in a league, and shoot a Baikal O/U there most times. I can't begin to calculate how many rounds have gone through it, and it works great every time. (I don't always, but the gun does!)

I have other shotguns in single, semi-auto and pump, and love them all.

Good ole boy, Told you wrong, it's Gun Broker that will send catagories that you want.