Ok, I'll confess.
Two weeks ago at my local gun haunt I saw a NEF single shot 12 ga that had the barrel cut back to 18 1/2".
"Hmmmm" thinks I "What a nice handy little package. Would make a nice all around truck and walk about gun for those jaunts with dogs in the woods"
So I pony up the $45.00 (should have realized something at that point) , do the paper work and take her to Casa del Striker. Dig out an old butt cuff, stick some sling swivels on her and voila! walk about gun par excellence (again, should have realized something at this point).
Fast forward to last week sometime, walking around in the woods, Jack Russell and Rat Terrior having a grand time, when it comes upon me to test the little beasty out. (butt cuff stocked with 1 AA factory #8 skeet load, 2 wally world generic WW "target loads", 1 Federal tactical buck load, and one ancient Remington slug.
So I loads up the skeet load, and lets fly, brisk! Then "tgt" loads.....brisker!!
(should have really realized something at this point). I then let fly with the tactical buck load....ouch!! Then finally that old Remington slug. Euraka! I realize something!! This is not fun, this hurts, this is dumb!!!
I glance over at JoJo puppy dog and Dixie Dancer, who having taken a break from terrorizing the squirrels to watch the goings on, and both give me the "Well, we coulda' told you that, had you bother to ask us" look.
Moral of the story? I don't know, but thought I would share!
PS: Have subsequently discovered that the Agulia, shorty 12 guage shells are perfect and you can fit ten in the butt cuff, so this now is the designated round for this piece.