Blkhrt13
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When I pay off the two I got for 80 dollars a piece. I will have 5 singles total. 2 x 12 gauge, a 16 gauge a 20 and a 45-70. Most are H&R
Adult Single Shot Fans?
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westernrover
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I have the Henry single-shot 20 ga. with the steel receiver. I bought it for small game mammals and small game birds. I haven't done as much hunting with it as I'd like or as much as I think would be necessary to provide an experienced opinion. I like everything about it though. The trigger was improved under the recall. It's light enough. For small game, I have not ever found a gun I'd rather hunt with. Any fancy engraved double would just be out of place the way I go. I'm not part of the Barbour set. If I didn't have this, I would just have a Model 12, which is a better all-around shotgun but not nearly as ideal for small game.
The gun came with the longer buttstock. It's available with a long or short stock. I bought the short stock from Henry separately, so I have both. I fitted the short stock, but my kids have never been tempted to shoot it. At this point, they'd probably fit the longer one just as well. I could have grandkids though. Being the youngest in my generation, my nieces and nephews are all adults, but some of you that don't have small kids and won't be grandpas soon enough should consider your role as an uncle. When you see in person the walnut Henry uses, you won't want to chop it with your Skilsaw like I did a Marlin 22. Just order both butt stocks and you won't have to.
The gun came with the longer buttstock. It's available with a long or short stock. I bought the short stock from Henry separately, so I have both. I fitted the short stock, but my kids have never been tempted to shoot it. At this point, they'd probably fit the longer one just as well. I could have grandkids though. Being the youngest in my generation, my nieces and nephews are all adults, but some of you that don't have small kids and won't be grandpas soon enough should consider your role as an uncle. When you see in person the walnut Henry uses, you won't want to chop it with your Skilsaw like I did a Marlin 22. Just order both butt stocks and you won't have to.
Brutus54
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I recently bought a Henry single shot shotgun in .410 for squirrel hunting out back. Absolutely gorgeous wood grain and points right on target. I have a 14" T/C contender in 45LC /.410 as well and they both are great squirrel getters.
Who makes 3 1/2" slugs, and who'd be dumb enough to shoot one out of a five and a half pound gun?
Blkhrt13
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Lightfield used to make them and I’d be dumb enough to shoot one in said light weight gun. I don’t know why I act the way I do. But I’d do it for bragging rights.
Elkins45
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My favorite shotgun is my dad’s Winchester Model 37 “little lock.” 12 gauge, 32” barrel, red letter, full choke. Like many of these guns the stock is broken on both sides of the tang. When I was in HS and had plenty of time on my hands I painstakingly hand carved and fitted a replacement piece. I was so proud of my handiwork, but years later when I inherited it the tang edge was missing again.
Old Winchester Model 37, I like this one very much.
Very nice. My first shotgun was a 37. Damn shame i had to sell it off to pay rent.
Currently have a pair of NEFs, a 12 and a .410 Pardner
i have several 20ga and 410 h&r/nef singles, plus one rossi 20ga/22lr 2 barrel single set. i bought my last h&r 6-7 years when leaving a gun show when i stopped by a small vendor for a last look-see. he practically begged me to take a semi-dirty 20ga off his hands for $80 cash all-in, which he said was from an estate sale, because he didn’t want to carry it home. how could i refuse? it cleaned up quickly and nicely, even found some hay under the fore-end.
a single shotgun that auto-ejects spent rounds is very much an adult piece, especially for non-shotgunners. they offer a simple manual of arms and can be run fast without short-stroking worries. 20ga is the sweet spot for comfort and utility.
here is my under-the-bed, bump-in-the night, 20”, 20ga h&r.
a single shotgun that auto-ejects spent rounds is very much an adult piece, especially for non-shotgunners. they offer a simple manual of arms and can be run fast without short-stroking worries. 20ga is the sweet spot for comfort and utility.
here is my under-the-bed, bump-in-the night, 20”, 20ga h&r.
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I have a couple but they don't see and "serious" use- a savage 20 gauge and a H&R 410. The savage lives in the shed and it or the 410 ride on the 4 wheeler in the warmer months to deal with rattlesnakes and such.
I’ve shot a six gauge with three ounces, eighteen 458s out of a Ruger #1 in one afternoon, and have learned that what I could, or would, do in the 1970s makes no sense to me at 78. You are welcome to the glory. I kind of miss those carefree, indestructible times.
Blkhrt13
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At 42 I’m not as good as I once was. I don’t do what I used to either. At twenty five I was wild.
WestKentucky
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Worse exists. A friend of mine bought an H&R 10ga for Turkey. AND he bought the hottest shells he could find. I will admit to having been dumb (and drunk) enough to touch off 1 of those loads. I dropped the gun. No thanks, never again. I paid him back with a hotter than hot 44 mag through my contender super 16 pistol. He couldn’t write a check to pay for his dinner that afternoon.
Nipty
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Love Savage/ Stevens 301 410. Breaking clays with handloaded shells... well beyond what it should have ... I won't say the yardage. I grabbed another Hatfield meh...it has been some trouble for only having 2 shots fired. I want more ! Single shots are fun. I seen online they have mount options for shells. Can hang them off the gun. Quick reloading.
eastbank
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i shoot a browning BT-100 for singles trap with over 40,000 shells thru it with no repairs-parts or any other problems, i wish browning would make a singleshot 20ga-12 ga lighter weight hunting single barrel with a safety. if or when they do i,ll be the first in line to buy one.
MedWheeler
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I have an old Brazilian-made FIE in 20 gauge. Bought it in maybe 1986 from Woolworth's, for maybe $60 or so. Always thought it was pretty handy. It did truck-gun duty for a while after that, as well as a clay-bird gun many a weekend.
Maybe 20 years ago, I sawed a few inches off the barrel so it would make a "better" truck gun, but never really returned it to that role. I still keep it handy in the house, with five buckshot rounds in a stock sleeve. Sometimes, for nostalgia purposes mostly, it comes outside with me late at night for some front-porch sitting, leaned up against the wall beside me. I actually find it a pretty handsome gun, and far lighter in hand than my Chinese 12g SxS "coach" gun.
Maybe 20 years ago, I sawed a few inches off the barrel so it would make a "better" truck gun, but never really returned it to that role. I still keep it handy in the house, with five buckshot rounds in a stock sleeve. Sometimes, for nostalgia purposes mostly, it comes outside with me late at night for some front-porch sitting, leaned up against the wall beside me. I actually find it a pretty handsome gun, and far lighter in hand than my Chinese 12g SxS "coach" gun.
I grew up in the 70s with a Stevens 16 ga. I have O/U, SxS and autos but I wanted a single shot so I recently picked up a couple of older Rossi's one 12ga and one 20 ga. I am in the process of cleaning them up and and then putting a recoil sleeve on both before shooting them. They will be my truck and trailer guns.
I just heard Bobby Bare sing "The Winner" yesterday. For some reason these posts make me think of that song.
Pete D.
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Ithaca? I know that Savage made a model 24 (24H iirc) in that configuration. Never heard about an Ithaca.
Pete D.
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Who makes a gun chambered for 3.5” 12 gauge?
Milkmaster
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Remington, Beretta, Browning, etc. Most all manufacturers make a 3.5" Magnum receiver model in their lineup.
Mossberg, Browning, Benelli, Beretta, Winchester, and a bunch more.
Seedy Character
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I have my Grandma's 1915 Iver Johnson .410
Best squirrel gun ever, until I got my Baikal SxS .410. I carry 1 and grandson carries the other. We swap guns, regularly.
Best squirrel gun ever, until I got my Baikal SxS .410. I carry 1 and grandson carries the other. We swap guns, regularly.
