Benelli in the Creek!

[juk]

We can do better than that. We've had some shells rolling around in the bilge well all season In all seriousness, we regularly hunt with a guy that had a barrel blow out on him. He shot a drowned shell and followed it with a fresh one. The drowned shell fired, but the wad didn't make it out of the barrel. The new shell fired, hit the wet wad, and blew it to pieces. The only thing that helped him out was that it was a sidexside. If that would have been a single barrel gun, he probably would have gotten hurt.

On the other side of the isle, another good buddy will watch everyone like a hawk waiting for us to drop a shell in the water so he can get it. LOL. We'll get ducks coming in and start reloading...well...sometimes the shells just don't make it to the tube. We'll turn around and there he is, all bent over with his arm in frigid water up to his elbow digging for shells. He'll load em up in his Mossberg autoloader and wreak havok on the poor duck's hearing

 

[chevyforlife21]

good to hear you guys and the gun is safe id think the gun would be drifting away from the spot if fell and be a mile away by the time you got it

 

[JWF III]

He shot a drowned shell and followed it with a fresh one.

When it happened to me, it was the first shot on three Woodies swinging through the decoys. I had the 870 loaded for a follow up shot fairly quick, but something in my head told me something was wrong. I, luckily didn't pull the trigger when they were at about 10 yards.

Thank God for the instinct to know something wasn't right, and the brains to listen to that instinct.

Wyman

 

[MCgunner]

Hell, I dunk my Mossberg several times a year and Saturday, I dunked it twice in one day tripping over salt grass. Never underwater for too long, but it's brackish, salt marsh water. I get home and strip and clean it and it's still looking okay (I ain't gonna say nice) after 20 years of this treatment and banging around int boats and such where I have torn up some nice wood/blue guns. Hell, I had to take the gun out to the water hose when I got home and wash the mud off before I could dry and oil it. I do love the camo finish for durability.

But, anyway, that's why I hunt with a Mossberg. Low end price, easy to replace, and tough as nails so it really don't NEED replacing. I am quite allergic to expensive shotguns when cheaper ones get the job done quite well, for waterfowl anyway. Upland birds is a different deal. I shoot wood/steel guns on dove, no problem.

Friend of mine dropped his blue and walnut 1100 out of a boat and they fished it out with a rod and reel by hookin' the sling. It was in salt water and before he could get it back to his cleaning kit and oil, it pitted. After that, he quit worrying about the gun and started using it as his duck gun even though I'd have preferred his BPS. He's one of those (I don't like plastic) types, but duck hunting down here, plastic and camo has its advantages.

 

[MCgunner]

Oh, BTW, I've had continuously dunked old ammo go pffffft before. I now carry ammo inside my waders in a big fanny pack as opposed to a shell belt like days of yore. You learn by experience.