I shot my 12 gauge shotgun today!

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Took it down to AFS after I left the state park in Foxboro. Had a blast with it. Kick wasn't bad at all. That's the first time I shot it and it was a hoot!

Now to find me some squirrels... [smile]
 
Try shooting a few deer slugs down range and let me know how the kick is. The first time I shot my shotgun I shot deer slug and my shoulder hurt for days.
 
Congrats Jelly! What did you end up getting? A Mossberg?

Everyone should have a 12 gauge. In fact, if I had to pick only one weapon, it would be a 12 gauge shotgun. I have 4 - a Saiga 12 (my current favorite), a Norinco 97 Trench gun, a Mossberg 500, and a Rossi exposed hammer SxS coach gun.

kendall-op said:
Try shooting a few deer slugs down range and let me know how the kick is. The first time I shot my shotgun I shot deer slug and my shoulder hurt for days.
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Slugs aren't that bad. I shot about 50 of them on Saturday. What really killed me was the 3" Magnum 00 buckshot. Because of those, I have a purple and black map of the Phillipines on my shoulder right now.
 
Hmmm...I didn't bother with slugs as I'm not hunting deer for a while. I just used the stuff that the guy gave me, I think it was 00.

I got a Remingon 870 Magnum Express Combo Eddie.
 
EddieCoyle said:
Congrats Jelly! What did you end up getting? A Mossberg?

Everyone should have a 12 gauge. In fact, if I had to pick only one weapon, it would be a 12 gauge shotgun. I have 4 - a Saiga 12 (my current favorite), a Norinco 97 Trench gun, a Mossberg 500, and a Rossi exposed hammer SxS coach gun.



Slugs aren't that bad. I shot about 50 of them on Saturday. What really killed me was the 3" Magnum 00 buckshot. Because of those, I have a purple and black map of the Phillipines on my shoulder right now.
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Terry Goode from Collectors in NH had a trench gun copy at one of the MA. gun shows a while back. $300 I think was the price. I was real close to buying it that day but never did. That gun has a bayonet lug on it and can't be sent into MA. for that reason by places that sell them. I never asked if and why the one Terry was selling was ok or not. [hmmm]
Damn lousy Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban![angry] I gotta think if someone ran amuck with a trench gun copy, the last thing they'd be thinking was how many people the could skewer by attaching a bayonet to the friggin thing.

As for slugs and shotguns... try using them in a Mossberg 500 pistol grip Cruiser model. I can only do about 15 before it starts to get to me.
 
JellyFish said:
I got a Remingon 870 Magnum Express Combo Eddie.
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Good choice.

The 870, along with the Mossberg 500 are a couple of the most versatile and reliable 12's you can get. Truly a "lifetime" gun. My first "real" gun was a Mossberg 500 combo that I bought at Service Merchandise in 1981. I still have it.
 
Yeah, I looked at the mossberg's too. Seem like very good guns too.

Man, I would not want to get shot with a shotgun though. NASTY!!!
 
i got a 870 express synthetic with a 18" barrel, itll get the extended mag tub sometime this week.
 
Milsurps 4 Me said:
Terry Goode from Collectors in NH had a trench gun copy at one of the MA. gun shows a while back. $300 I think was the price. I was real close to buying it that day but never did. That gun has a bayonet lug on it and can't be sent into MA. for that reason by places that sell them. I never asked if and why the one Terry was selling was ok or not. [hmmm]
Damn lousy Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban![angry] I gotta think if someone ran amuck with a trench gun copy, the last thing they'd be thinking was how many people the could skewer by attaching a bayonet to the friggin thing.

As for slugs and shotguns... try using them in a Mossberg 500 pistol grip Cruiser model. I can only do about 15 before it starts to get to me.
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You sure about that? I've seen the Mossbergs with bayonet lugs for sale new here, and of course every milsurp rifle around has a bayo lug. Pump action shotguns don't fall under AWB if I remember correctly, nor are they ever considered large capacity.
 
vellnueve said:
You sure about that? I've seen the Mossbergs with bayonet lugs for sale new here, and of course every milsurp rifle around has a bayo lug. Pump action shotguns don't fall under AWB if I remember correctly, nor are they ever considered large capacity.
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I know the originals are ok because they're pre 10/98 but these are newly made copies of the old WW2 Trench Gun. I'll post in the laws section and hopefully someone there will know.
 
C.140 S121

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Provided, however, the term assault weapon shall not include

(ii) any weapon that is operated by manual bolt, pump, lever, or slide action;
 
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