Where are the shotgun shooters? - Page 2

Dan Morris · #16 08-21-2009, 05:32 PM

Since you guys are talking bout what ya HAD.....started skeet with M12 set and a 42 with cutts. Went to a Browning Purbaugh tube set...then 1100's......mini gun (410) was a PITB.....loved the 28ga.Of all of em, the tube set was my favorite.
Only trap gun I ever owned was a M12......shot more skeet than trap...to me, trapshooters took it too serious!!!As stated, sold all this stuff off to feed the pamper habbit...LOL...skeet fields is scarce in Colorado....
Dan

fabsroman · #17 08-22-2009, 08:55 AM

Skeet,

Don't you know yet that you have to be Italian for the Italian guns to fit you. That is why they feel so good in my hands and on my shoulder. LOL

fabsroman · #18 08-22-2009, 09:02 AM

GOB,

I was talking the other day to a cycling buddy of mine about guns. We both race together, and used to race against one another 20 years ago. Anyway, he just got into shooting clays and knew I am a gun guy, so he called me to talk to me about buying a gun. He had no clue that I actually shoot a lot of clays along with hunting. He doesn't have a lot of money and was looking at an used Remington o/u for $450. He was talking to me about the expensive guns that other people have at the range. Actually, the same range where Skeet had his Beretta stolen from his truck, PG County Trap & Skeet. Anyway, we got to talking and we both agreed that it is all about the person behind the gun or on the bike. Me, I finally have money to buy expensive bikes and guns. However, I have less time to ride and shoot. On the other hand, my buddy has been tearing it up on the racing scene this year. He has a single road bike while I have 5, but he rides that road bike like crazy.

Ultimately, it is all about the person. Plus, it is all about the memories. I still have my 24 year old Mino Denti bike from when my buddy and I used to race 20+ years ago. He had the same bike back then. When he came over and saw it, it brought back a lot of memories for him. That is the reason why I will not sell that bike or any of my guns.

Use what you have, use it well, and have fun while you are doing it. Plus, be happy with what you have and live within your means. If everybody did this, we wouldn't be in a recession right now and a lot of people would be a lot happier.

fabsroman · #19 08-22-2009, 09:04 AM

Moderation. Moderation. You have to find a balance between pampers and guns, or you have to potty train kids ASAP. LOL

skeet · #20 08-22-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan Morris

Since you guys are talking bout what ya HAD.....started skeet with M12 set and a 42 with cutts. Went to a Browning Purbaugh tube set...then 1100's......mini gun (410) was a PITB.....loved the 28ga.Of all of em, the tube set was my favorite.
Only trap gun I ever owned was a M12......shot more skeet than trap...to me, trapshooters took it too serious!!!As stated, sold all this stuff off to feed the pamper habbit...LOL...skeet fields is scarce in Colorado....
Dan

Hey Dan...I do know about them Purbaugh sets. Had a few...Still have a Perazzi with ol Claude's tubes. It still shoots good but the bbls are too short for best shootin 27 5/8" barrels.. I also started shooting a M-12 set with the 42. I shot a 99 with that 42...once. 410 IS a PITA for certain. But a 100 straight in the 410 is better than....SEX. And happens less often.

Fabs Some Italian guns fit just fine... Like the Perazzi. Berettas Nah. None have ever fit right except one a friend had a stock made for. It was a left hand stock and still fit me better than anything Beretta made. Back when Beretta ran PG they even offered me a free gun to use. I actually turned it down. Now I will say that the darn things can take a lot of shootin. A friend shot 250M through one and sent it to Beretta to be gone over. They didn't make it any prettier but when he got it back it was just as tight as new. The really bad thing about Beretta is their service takes forever. The Franchi also fits well...especially for a pigeon gun. It has boat oar wood(plain no figure) on it except it has to be extremely hard wood as it has 30 line to the inch checkering. You really can't put that fine checkering on any wood less'n it is hard. Oh and it do have a fair recoil with the heavy pigeon loads!

GoodOlBoy · #21 08-22-2009, 02:25 PM

Someday I am going to get me a good Stoeger coach gun. Maybe in 20, or maybe in 12, I really really like 20s so I don't know.

GoodOlBoy

skeet · #22 08-22-2009, 02:33 PM

Those coach guns really have a limited use. Hard to hunt with except for really close shootin but if ya just have to have one..make it a 20. Less recoil

wrenchman · #23 08-22-2009, 04:45 PM

goodolboy i had the stoeger coach gun in 12 it was my bear bait grouse and rabbit gun for a while it handels real well.
When running bear baits the gun was lite and could be carryed with one hand while the bucket of bait was in the other bait bucket gets dropped when a sow steps out on the bait.
I am sorry i sold the gun now thow i do have a savage 311 the stoeger was liter and shorter.

Dan Morris · #24 08-22-2009, 08:42 PM

Fabs, I found it better to chamber something beides shotgun round LOL
Besides, skeet ranges a scarce in Co.....K guns...I shot em with Jim Bellows an John Guitar....both worked for Hal...wasn't really impressed Hey, I just graduated to big bore rifle...M12 trap I bought from the same gut I bought home from...Col Jim Ballard...on a Army Trap Team
Dan

Larryjk · #25 08-22-2009, 09:04 PM

Dan Morris, There should be some skeet ranges on the front range. I used to shoot it at Ent AFB and Winchester Denver. I would think Colorado would have a bunch on the front range. We put in two fields in Rawlins (along with 4 trap and 1 five stand field). The fellow that ran the range told us we were wasting the money to put in skeet ranges, but they get as much use as the trap ranges. There are 4, maybe 5 towns in Wyoming that have skeet ranges. I am going to look up the shooting ranges on the net to see what I can find in CO. In order for people to shoot skeet, there have to be skeet ranges.

Dan Morris · #26 08-22-2009, 09:41 PM

Larry, thanks... usta shoot at Ent and Isaac Walton....35 years ago.
AF was always more skeet than trap...man. the years do go away! Any how, I graduated to center fire rifles ...don't get to shoot as much as I used too...
too busy being greedy to chase the $$$ for retirement!!!
Still go up to Laramie and shoot a trap round with Jimmy Rinker...fine folks in WY...NEVER met one I didn't find to just be people! Better than this cutthroat paradise I live in!!!LOL
All my life, I've chased the wind....no clear goals...I think it's about to catch up with me....
Dan

skeet · #27 08-22-2009, 10:51 PM

Heck I know there is one down a little east of Denver. I shot the state shoot there last year. It was an ok place to shoot. Even ran a hundred in the 12, I guess. I shoot the 20 in the 12 ga .. Blew the shootoff though..dang it. Hate to do that. Got in a shootoff this year at the state shoot in Casper. I think the fellow was from down to Denver..He lasted almost 2 boxes of doubles with the 28 ga.. I'm gonna have to get down to Rawlins..check out the shootin there too. I know they shoot in Casper Cody and I think down to Cheyenne.

Larryjk · #28 08-23-2009, 04:00 PM

Skeet, I think Jackson may also have a skeet range. The range in Rawlins closes in the fall, and the indoor range at the Recreation Center opens (pistols and 22 rifles.) I will have to get the dates. There is also a pretty good sporting clays range at the Silver Spur Guest Ranch south of Saratoga. It is 10 stations and they get tweaked often so it changes a little. The Silver Spur is tied in with Cabela's hunts and gets a pretty good turnout for some shoots. I believe the Platte Valley Shootout in mid-July had 154 shooters. That, and a 4H benefit shoot in Mid-June are special events, with a shoot each month. The next one there is September 13th, the last of this year. I am going to shoot my old LC Smith double for the heck of it. The range at the Silver Spur is new and growing. I think they also acquired the skeet machines from Old Baldy Club.

MtnMike2 · #29 08-24-2009, 12:03 PM

I have to admit I'm not that good w/ a shotgun. Like Dan, I practice with rifle and pistol but haven't had a shotgun out in years. Well, I just inherited a Win Mod 21 and it's got me thinking about maybe doing some turkey hunting in southeast CO. I know I need to practice both shooting and calling for this, but I wouldn't be too worried about bagging a turkey; I'd like to see the country there, camp and just get away (again).

Mike

GoodOlBoy · #30 08-24-2009, 04:22 PM

I started hunting at age 4 with my grandfathers. I started carrying my own gun at age 6. It was a H&R model 88 20 gauge. I still have it, and it is still a beauty. I am better with that shotgun than any other I pickup, but then I have had a couple decades to practice with it.

I only started skeet shooting (other than just messing around with a thrower) last year at the skeet range with dad. I am using a mossberg model 500 20 gauge. I think the guy with the 12K 28 gauge OU was stunned at how well I was doing with it. After all his attitude (and yes he voiced it) was that if it didn't cost at least $5k then it wouldn't work for skeet at all, it just wasn't enough gun. He had alot of surprises coming that day.

GoodOlBoy