Otony
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Since our son was born last December, I have been on a single shot shotgun crusade. I finally found one of the hammerless Berettas on GunBroker, and after buying it, found another even nicer at GunsAmerica. Bought it also.
Talk about nice, both of these are smooth as silk, and sport a lot of nice touches. Checkered walnut stocks, matted barrel tops, a folding feature that makes for simple transport, just classy. Both are also 12 gauge, so I ordered up a few boxes of all brass shells from Midway.
When the time comes for Vinny to start in entry into shotgunning, dad will have some nice light loads assembled with black powder! Smoother push than smokeless, and I want him to see a bit more (or less ) of what is going on. We will kill a pumpkin or watermelon to start out, so he is grounded right away.
Even with homemade light 12 gauge loads, I figured a 20 gauge would be a good investment as well, so when an old, but clean H&R M48 happened along, I snatched it up also. Far better finished than todays crop of H&R's, plus it has a walnut stock and all steel parts, no plastic.
Yup, I got it bad, and I have always wanted a field gun version BT-99 as well! I would be willing to pay a bit more than $400 to get it too. 28" barrel with vent rib and Invecta chokes, plus a safety, yum!
Talk about nice, both of these are smooth as silk, and sport a lot of nice touches. Checkered walnut stocks, matted barrel tops, a folding feature that makes for simple transport, just classy. Both are also 12 gauge, so I ordered up a few boxes of all brass shells from Midway.
When the time comes for Vinny to start in entry into shotgunning, dad will have some nice light loads assembled with black powder! Smoother push than smokeless, and I want him to see a bit more (or less ) of what is going on. We will kill a pumpkin or watermelon to start out, so he is grounded right away.
Even with homemade light 12 gauge loads, I figured a 20 gauge would be a good investment as well, so when an old, but clean H&R M48 happened along, I snatched it up also. Far better finished than todays crop of H&R's, plus it has a walnut stock and all steel parts, no plastic.
Yup, I got it bad, and I have always wanted a field gun version BT-99 as well! I would be willing to pay a bit more than $400 to get it too. 28" barrel with vent rib and Invecta chokes, plus a safety, yum!
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