I'm sick of tactical black and flashlights.
If you could have your choice of any shotgun (short of a hand made Holland and Holland or Purdy) used strictly for upland birds (pheasent being the biggest, down to quail and everything in between like chukkar, grouse, partidge, etc.) what shotgun would you choose and why?
I've hunted with an aging Winchester model 24 through the woods, and Remington 870.
I like the sighting plane of a double on fast moving birds, but the long barrels of the 24 are slow, and it's overbuilt for a shotgun... it's heavy and thick through the fore-end.
I was at a gun show recently and for now reason other than the heck of it, looked over a CZ Ringneck (wish they had the Durango and Coach gun too, but they didn't.)
The shotgun was LIGHT, fast and almost feeling like an old English fowler... a waspy wrist and an elegant grip. But the barrels were still too long.
And looking at the CZ site, the stock on the coach gun is far more to my liking... and I happen to like double triggers. I've hunted witha BP double with exposed hammers... it's hard to get them in motion on a bird. So since it's not for cowboy action, exposed hammers aren't a must.
http://www.cz-usa.com/products_shotguns.php?m=1
Were it possible... I'd love that coach gun stock, with double triggers and concealed hammers... extractors are fine thanks, and barrels with swappable chokes say... 24 inches long? Though I'd likely load it Mod/Full .12 ga of course. Maybe sling-able... it's always useful to have a sling, esp when taking a bird from a dog.
What would you choose?
If you could have your choice of any shotgun (short of a hand made Holland and Holland or Purdy) used strictly for upland birds (pheasent being the biggest, down to quail and everything in between like chukkar, grouse, partidge, etc.) what shotgun would you choose and why?
I've hunted with an aging Winchester model 24 through the woods, and Remington 870.
I like the sighting plane of a double on fast moving birds, but the long barrels of the 24 are slow, and it's overbuilt for a shotgun... it's heavy and thick through the fore-end.
I was at a gun show recently and for now reason other than the heck of it, looked over a CZ Ringneck (wish they had the Durango and Coach gun too, but they didn't.)
The shotgun was LIGHT, fast and almost feeling like an old English fowler... a waspy wrist and an elegant grip. But the barrels were still too long.
And looking at the CZ site, the stock on the coach gun is far more to my liking... and I happen to like double triggers. I've hunted witha BP double with exposed hammers... it's hard to get them in motion on a bird. So since it's not for cowboy action, exposed hammers aren't a must.
http://www.cz-usa.com/products_shotguns.php?m=1
Were it possible... I'd love that coach gun stock, with double triggers and concealed hammers... extractors are fine thanks, and barrels with swappable chokes say... 24 inches long? Though I'd likely load it Mod/Full .12 ga of course. Maybe sling-able... it's always useful to have a sling, esp when taking a bird from a dog.
What would you choose?