MCgunner
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Okay, I bought this NEF for goose hunting. Everyone seemed to think if I fired it, I'd be in intensive care for the next 3 weeks. Well, we had a decent goose hunt yesterday and I fired up about 20 rounds out of the 10. It was not much worse than 3" out of my Mossberg, frankly. There is a little soreness in my shoulder this morning, but not anything I haven't had before. The gun shot well. No, for those that brag about 80 yard shots, much over 50-55 or so and even T shot seems to run out of gas. I connected solid on one goose at 60 yards + and made it skip a wing beat, but it didn't fall. However, we had most of our geese insde BB steel, 12 gauge range, 35 and closer. They were decoying great yesterday and good weather for it, overcast and foggy.
At 30 yards, T shot shoots completely through a snow goose. That was rather impressive. The entry hole in the breast looks like a .22 LR, too. Pretty amazing. I like it, as effective as 12 gauge with BB hevi shot and reloading will keep ammo costs down to about 10 bucks a box. It's the only gauge I have that saves you money by reloading. Reloading 12s is a waste of time.
The three of us wound up with 23 geese yesterday, not a bad morning. I shot 9 of 'em with the H&R and I even got a second shot on stragglers a few times by keeping my second round in my off hand. It's a special purpose gun, goose hunting being my special purpose. I wouldn't shoot doves with it, but for geese, it's hard to beat. Yeah, so long as the birds are working well, 12 is plenty and I probably would have been just as well off with a 3 1/2" 12 for goose hunting, but I just wanted a 10. I never owned one and, well, I'm a guy that likes variety. I'm sorta glad I didn't spend 700 bucks on a Browning, though. The H&R works just fine for the purpose and I don't feel the urge to use it for ducks or anything, just the occasional goose hunt. My shoulder is fine for my next hunt, in the meantime. I'll probably take the mossberg out Thursday after ducks.
I'm not much on naming guns, but this one I call "the reaper". Don't fear the reaper. It ain't the shoulder breaker some make it out to be. Heck, if I did more than a few goose hunts a season, I might get a Browning, but mostly I shoot ducks, public land.
At 30 yards, T shot shoots completely through a snow goose. That was rather impressive. The entry hole in the breast looks like a .22 LR, too. Pretty amazing. I like it, as effective as 12 gauge with BB hevi shot and reloading will keep ammo costs down to about 10 bucks a box. It's the only gauge I have that saves you money by reloading. Reloading 12s is a waste of time.
The three of us wound up with 23 geese yesterday, not a bad morning. I shot 9 of 'em with the H&R and I even got a second shot on stragglers a few times by keeping my second round in my off hand. It's a special purpose gun, goose hunting being my special purpose. I wouldn't shoot doves with it, but for geese, it's hard to beat. Yeah, so long as the birds are working well, 12 is plenty and I probably would have been just as well off with a 3 1/2" 12 for goose hunting, but I just wanted a 10. I never owned one and, well, I'm a guy that likes variety. I'm sorta glad I didn't spend 700 bucks on a Browning, though. The H&R works just fine for the purpose and I don't feel the urge to use it for ducks or anything, just the occasional goose hunt. My shoulder is fine for my next hunt, in the meantime. I'll probably take the mossberg out Thursday after ducks.
I'm not much on naming guns, but this one I call "the reaper". Don't fear the reaper. It ain't the shoulder breaker some make it out to be. Heck, if I did more than a few goose hunts a season, I might get a Browning, but mostly I shoot ducks, public land.