Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
Today's session of Mongolian Wobble, Wobble and so on was fun and I shot well. As usual of late, I shot the WOP gun and enjoyed it.
But, Dove season is nigh upon us. I've no plans as yet, but hopefully an opportunity will knock on Casa McC's door. So, I took my Dove gun along.
Known here as Number 6, it's the pretty 870 I picked up a few years back. Made in 1955, it wears a new 30" LC barrel, and the LM tube was screwed in. The stock is the original wood, but spacers and a Decellerator pad put the LOP at 15", near perfect for me. The butt is bigger due to the length, not enormously so but enough to spread out the push.
Like my other shotguns, 6 has been neglected while I have been engaged with the WOP gun. I have lent it out to students a bit, but I doubt I've shot it since last year.
No problem, it remembered what to do.
I had the range to myself at this point. So I moved the Canterburys around, dumped a couple boxes of Gun Clubs in my pouch, and tried some odd angles. It took a few shots to regroove, the WOP gun weighs a good lb more and 6 is a hair faster. Then, the birds starting exploding.
It was a waltz. The birds launched, we pirouetted, the birds broke. I took a break after the first round, then shot another. The birds continued to shatter.
As I carried 6 back to the car I could almost hear a little imaginary voise saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could"....
Go dance with your bird gun....
But, Dove season is nigh upon us. I've no plans as yet, but hopefully an opportunity will knock on Casa McC's door. So, I took my Dove gun along.
Known here as Number 6, it's the pretty 870 I picked up a few years back. Made in 1955, it wears a new 30" LC barrel, and the LM tube was screwed in. The stock is the original wood, but spacers and a Decellerator pad put the LOP at 15", near perfect for me. The butt is bigger due to the length, not enormously so but enough to spread out the push.
Like my other shotguns, 6 has been neglected while I have been engaged with the WOP gun. I have lent it out to students a bit, but I doubt I've shot it since last year.
No problem, it remembered what to do.
I had the range to myself at this point. So I moved the Canterburys around, dumped a couple boxes of Gun Clubs in my pouch, and tried some odd angles. It took a few shots to regroove, the WOP gun weighs a good lb more and 6 is a hair faster. Then, the birds starting exploding.
It was a waltz. The birds launched, we pirouetted, the birds broke. I took a break after the first round, then shot another. The birds continued to shatter.
As I carried 6 back to the car I could almost hear a little imaginary voise saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could"....
Go dance with your bird gun....