Jackrabbit1957
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I guess I am opinionated, I always preferred a s x s over a stack barrel. I shot my brothers Ithaca SKB and just could not feel the love.
Any flintlock muskets short and light enough?
dave if I may ask, as I too want a bp shotgun and I personally want a 12 gauge so I wonder why everyone wants the 20g over the 12g??I have one of these, and they hunt well. Pedersoli Indian Trade Gun kit https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index...3/product_name/FK3370+INDIAN+TRADE+MUSKET+KIT These are cylinder bore so good for quail, but you will need to learn the ins and outs of trade gun shooting. It's not hard; mostly learning how to tailor loads due to the lack of any choke. For upland birds I like a Pedersoli 20 gauge, caplock SxS... https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/sc...-by-side-shotgun-classic-standard-cal-20.html which is one barrel with a modified choke, and one cylinder bore, so that will let you go after deer (round ball in cylinder bore barrel) or turkey (modified choke barrel) as well as upland birds.
BUT..., you should also consider an original. Seriously, you can find them for less than a new repro, and in good shooting condition. They are better made in many cases than a repro, and sometimes you find them for about half the price of a new repro. Check gunbroker a few times a week.
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yep in fact I personally rather have at lest a 12g but to 10g is super versatile and I like the bigger gauges!Years ago during the live pigeon shoots, any gauge gun could be used but only a 1 1/4oz load. Many used a 8ga and the second barrel was loaded at less velocity and shot for tighter patterns. This was before chokes were invented. With less shot there was a shorter shot column which meant less shot was pushing against the bottom layers of shot. That and reduced powder charge meant less set back from a reduced " shock " when the charge first went off meant more of the shot stayed round and filled the pattern better. I shoot just old Damascus barreled SxS's and use just 3/4oz in the 12ga and 1oz in the 10. There's hardly any recoil and I get great patterns out to 35 or 40 yards with IC chokes. You could also buy a 10ga and no one says it has to be stoked up. In my Navy Arms 10 I've shot everything from 7/8oz to 1 7/8oz. The bigger the gauge, the more options you have.
dave if I may ask, as I too want a bp shotgun and I personally want a 12 gauge so I wonder why everyone wants the 20g over the 12g??