I need a slug recomendation!

[fabsroman]

A little of everything can usually get the job done. Good luck.

[skeet]

what regulated meant in the Constitution. They shot muskets that were about the size of our 12 ga.. They had to regulate(well regulated i.e. well aimed) the sights to hit where the ball went. Actually Dutchman that gun shoots pretty well considering. SxS rifles were always regulated with shims etc to get them to shoot to the approx same point of aim at least with one load. The rest of the loads they might have used were Kaintucky windage types. You found out where they shot and lived with it. That is why most SxS rifles were dangerous game guns. Regulated to shoot the big thumpers and at not all that long of ranges. Being this was a shotgun the shot shoots to approx the same points at 40 yds. If'n I was hunting that thick cover you're talking about and want to use the Drilling(too purdy) I load her up and go. A long shot will probably be 25-30 yds. Well within the angle of deer or hog..er whatever you be goin after.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by skeet

what regulated meant in the Constitution. They shot muskets that were about the size of our 12 ga.. They had to regulate(well regulated i.e. well aimed) the sights to hit where the ball went. Actually Dutchman that gun shoots pretty well considering. SxS rifles were always regulated with shims etc to get them to shoot to the approx same point of aim at least with one load. The rest of the loads they might have used were Kaintucky windage types. You found out where they shot and lived with it. That is why most SxS rifles were dangerous game guns. Regulated to shoot the big thumpers and at not all that long of ranges. Being this was a shotgun the shot shoots to approx the same points at 40 yds. If'n I was hunting that thick cover you're talking about and want to use the Drilling(too purdy) I load her up and go. A long shot will probably be 25-30 yds. Well within the angle of deer or hog..er whatever you be goin after.

Well....life's just too damn short to hunt with ugly firearms.

[skeet]

Originally Posted by Dutchman01

Well....life's just too damn short to hunt with ugly firearms.

Naw...lifes too short to make a pretty gun ugly. I'd still get me an ol 870 with either a slug bbl or a skeet bbl and use it. easier to shoot..and ya don't have to worry bout makin it a beat up gun..

[fabsroman]

Yeah, I would lose sleep putting a scratch in one of my pretty guns. Worrying about taking care of the gun while hunting makes hunting less enjoyable for me. I like my hunting guns to take a licking without showing it too much.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by fabsroman

Yeah, I would lose sleep putting a scratch in one of my pretty guns. Worrying about taking care of the gun while hunting makes hunting less enjoyable for me. I like my hunting guns to take a licking without showing it too much.

To each his own, but I've never understood owning a firearm without using it. My drilling is 23 years old...and was obviously never used. It has all the signs of a safe queen. Unless I'm mistaken someone owned it, never used it, then died. I'm not that guy. Not only am I using this firearm, I'm enjoying using this firearm.

[fabsroman]

I use ALL of my guns, but the pretty ones are used exclusively at the range to break clay. Those are the ones with nicely grained wood stocks and engraving on them. All of my hunting guns are plain vanilla with black stocks on them, and the rifles are usually stainless steel. I'm not much for safe queens either; however, I don't want to drop a $20,000 Beretta o/i (not that I own one) over the side of a boat and cry for 5 years afterward. The $1,300 Benelli will hurt a little less. Same goes for using it as a boat paddle or whatever else.

Like you said, to each their own. I'm not rich enough to scratch up a $5,000+ gun and not care about it because I can easily replace it. When I am filthy rich, I might take an expensive, finely crafted gun out into the field, but maybe not even then. Kind of like my bicycles. I own carbon fiber frames made in Italy that cost $3,000+, but I race on aluminum frames made in Taiwan that cost $650. The first reason being one of cost and the second being one of passion. I could throw a POS made in Taiwan frame in the dumpster without a second thought, but throwing a hand painted made in Italy frame in the dumpster would bring me to tears, and not because of the money involved.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by skeet

Naw...lifes too short to make a pretty gun ugly. I'd still get me an ol 870 with either a slug bbl or a skeet bbl and use it. easier to shoot..and ya don't have to worry bout makin it a beat up gun..

I guess it depends on whether you use or abuse it. My drilling will certainly be used but I won't abuse it. Most drillings you see have been heavily used. That's why they were made in the first place.