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But came out with something completely different...
I stopped off at KTP tonight, to pick up some shells for trapshooting this weekend, I was also planning on setting aside a decent used 870 Wingmaster on 7-day hold, and going in tomorrow to trade the Mossberg 500 in towards it, the 870 just fits me better than the Mossberg
As I was perusing the used rack, nothing called to me (well, nothing but the Überexpensive 870 Trap Special, that is, could do without the useless, extraneous gold "Gun Rice" though), there was an Wingmaster with an Express barrel with FO sights, a 24" Express with Polichoke, and a near-mint Wingmaster just a *hair* outside of my self-imposed price range
As I walked away from the 870's, I spied an interesting gun out of the corner of my eye...
12-gauge
Single shot break-action, hammer-fired
matte nickel reciever
28" vent-rib barrel with choke tube
Black Walnut furniture with good marbling
a very nice looking, classy gun, I recognized the lines of an H&R single-shot break-barrel, it looked essentially unfired, I broke the barrel open, bore bright and clean, took it to the gun counter, removed the front grip and barrel, reciever in good shape, barrel in good shape, nice, tight gun, no wobble when open
I dropped in a snap-cap, thumbed back the hammer, and pulled the trigger, expecting the typical creepy, heavy H&R trigger pull
...the pull was light and crisp, no creep, it felt to be around two to three pounds or so, the best shotgun trigger pull I have yet experienced, it pointed naturally, and just felt *right*, the wood had nice marbling, and the vent-rib barrel gives the gun a really classy look, I'm not a fan of the nickeled reciever, I'd rather have case-hardening, but that was the only real downside
So, I decided to bring it home with me, I'm more of a single-shot guy anyway, it's gonna' be my trap gun, I'll hold on to the Mossberg 500 for HD (or until the right 870 comes along), but since 95% of my shotgun use is playing on the trap range anyway, and I never load more than one shell at a time, the single shot isn't a handicap anyway
The new gun, "Bruiser II" is an H&R Topper Deluxe Classic 12-gauge
Now, the question is what to do with "Bruiser", I don't particularly *need* two single-shot 12-gauges, and Bruiser is too old to qualify for the H&R Barrel Accesory Program (Bruiser II does qualify), I *could* trade Bruiser back to KTP for cash/store credit, or I could keep Bruiser as a "Trunk Gun" in the back of my car, there's nothing Bruiser does that Bruiser II doesn't, in fact, Bruiser II has a few more capabilities than Bruiser, the ability to use choke tubes (B is a fixed Mod choke, but does throw a great pattern), and the ability to have additional barrels fitted, so I could get a 20 gauge and 28 gauge barrel fitted
...then again, I'd get maybe $50, if that, for Bruiser, and it's always good to have multiple redundant backups....
I'll add some pics of B-II later, but for now, suffice it to say B-II looks like this;
I stopped off at KTP tonight, to pick up some shells for trapshooting this weekend, I was also planning on setting aside a decent used 870 Wingmaster on 7-day hold, and going in tomorrow to trade the Mossberg 500 in towards it, the 870 just fits me better than the Mossberg
As I was perusing the used rack, nothing called to me (well, nothing but the Überexpensive 870 Trap Special, that is, could do without the useless, extraneous gold "Gun Rice" though), there was an Wingmaster with an Express barrel with FO sights, a 24" Express with Polichoke, and a near-mint Wingmaster just a *hair* outside of my self-imposed price range
As I walked away from the 870's, I spied an interesting gun out of the corner of my eye...
12-gauge
Single shot break-action, hammer-fired
matte nickel reciever
28" vent-rib barrel with choke tube
Black Walnut furniture with good marbling
a very nice looking, classy gun, I recognized the lines of an H&R single-shot break-barrel, it looked essentially unfired, I broke the barrel open, bore bright and clean, took it to the gun counter, removed the front grip and barrel, reciever in good shape, barrel in good shape, nice, tight gun, no wobble when open
I dropped in a snap-cap, thumbed back the hammer, and pulled the trigger, expecting the typical creepy, heavy H&R trigger pull
...the pull was light and crisp, no creep, it felt to be around two to three pounds or so, the best shotgun trigger pull I have yet experienced, it pointed naturally, and just felt *right*, the wood had nice marbling, and the vent-rib barrel gives the gun a really classy look, I'm not a fan of the nickeled reciever, I'd rather have case-hardening, but that was the only real downside
So, I decided to bring it home with me, I'm more of a single-shot guy anyway, it's gonna' be my trap gun, I'll hold on to the Mossberg 500 for HD (or until the right 870 comes along), but since 95% of my shotgun use is playing on the trap range anyway, and I never load more than one shell at a time, the single shot isn't a handicap anyway
The new gun, "Bruiser II" is an H&R Topper Deluxe Classic 12-gauge
Now, the question is what to do with "Bruiser", I don't particularly *need* two single-shot 12-gauges, and Bruiser is too old to qualify for the H&R Barrel Accesory Program (Bruiser II does qualify), I *could* trade Bruiser back to KTP for cash/store credit, or I could keep Bruiser as a "Trunk Gun" in the back of my car, there's nothing Bruiser does that Bruiser II doesn't, in fact, Bruiser II has a few more capabilities than Bruiser, the ability to use choke tubes (B is a fixed Mod choke, but does throw a great pattern), and the ability to have additional barrels fitted, so I could get a 20 gauge and 28 gauge barrel fitted
...then again, I'd get maybe $50, if that, for Bruiser, and it's always good to have multiple redundant backups....
I'll add some pics of B-II later, but for now, suffice it to say B-II looks like this;
