Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Scared the hell out of every one in the frozen meat department. This getting old is so much fun--------I can hardly stand it!!!!!! :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 What did you use? Sounds like fun. Did you call it in? Inquiring minds want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 WTG Charley! Did they honor a discount coupon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I wuz just funnin----but! Look what my friend Bullsitter did to a quail with a 28 ga. Ruger Red Label O/U. They surprised me and took me on a bird hunting trip for my birthday. It was a goooooood hunt. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06111.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I wuz just funnin----but! Look what my friend Bullsitter did to a quail with a 28 ga. Ruger Red Label O/U. They surprised me and took me on a bird hunting trip for my birthday. It was a goooooood hunt. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06111.jpg Uh, it helps to let them get a little further out Charlie....more to gnaw on later. I hunted pheasants with two guys that were really trying to outdo the other on gunning down a flushed rooster the fastest. And these guys were fast! When it came time to divy up the birds we made sure they got the ones they shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 C.C., I hope y'all let the dog have that one. Good lookin' dog, by the way!! Happy Birthday again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Good looking O/U Charlie. Is that the 28 gauge that you told me about? You keep it up, I may have to go get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Always wondered why that gauge fell by the wayside and the 410 became popular. Ammo for either will instill severe sticker shock though. Didn't used to be that way but sure is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Wondered that myself, Sam. I understand that the 28 is big medicine for Bobwhite, and will put Pappa Pheasant in the Pot if he tarries too long. Personally, I prefer a light 20 gauge and I think that the 20 is so close to the 28 in size that it has overshadowed the 28. If you are hunting a specific species, such as Bobwhite on a release hunt, I would think that the 28 would come into it's own. In the wild where anything can happen and bigger birds are not unheard of, perhaps you would be undergunned. My little 20 gauge Browning is about right for anything I care to hunt here in WA state. I have the 12 if I need anything bigger, but for the most part, the 20 is fine. But being a gunaholic, I lust after a good light O/U to go into the stable, along with a nice '73 Win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 YHS----You are right about the cost of the shells. They are expensive. BMC--The 28 ga. is the perfect ga. It has a perfect pattern. It will out perform a 20 ga. Here is my 28 ga. O/U. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06115.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06116.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 YHS----You are right about the cost of the shells. They are expensive. BMC--The 28 ga. is the perfect ga. It has a perfect pattern. It will out perform a 20 ga. Here is my 28 ga. O/U. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06115.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06116.jpg Charlie you are just evil. Making an old man's heart pound like that. That is gun porn in the rawest form. You make me jealous! Is that the Beretta cross over 20/28? Details, man, Details. Wonder what the weight is and if the frame is a 20 gauge frame or if it is a 28 gauge frame. Talk to me Cherokee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Gun Runner SASS 79775 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 A friend let me borrow his 28 for the day and even gave me a box of his reloads. I have lusted after a nice light 28 since that day. He told me that loading up 7/8 oz. of shot was the magic secret. Nice velocity and easy on the shoulder. Like we have enough quil here that my shoulder woud ever get sore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 A friend let me borrow his 28 for the day and even gave me a box of his reloads. I have lusted after a nice light 28 since that day. He told me that loading up 7/8 oz. of shot was the magic secret. Nice velocity and easy on the shoulder. Like we have enough quil here that my shoulder woud ever get sore... Alas, that seems to be a chronic problem, Sneaky. I have not hunted for years, but from what I can tell the bird count is down across the country. Even States with good populations are seeing decline in the number of birds. I don't know that much about Bobwhites and their cycles but looks like hunting is going more to the preserves than to the wilds. Of course the wild country is losing ground to development also. I guess I am going to have to make a trip to the gun store and fondle a 28 gauge to see what I am missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Haven't heard a bob white call around here since the Blizzard of 78. Seems to have done them in. Have seen the occasional pheasant, but I know they have been releasing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 We see an occasional pheasant around here, but I live about five miles from a state WDFW release site. Between the rain and cold springs during hatch time, and the coyotes and coons we don't have much of a population. Eastern Washington is just as bad or worse because so many of the fields are now plowed to the edge and no cover is left and chemicals take a toll also. Back in the day, a half million hunters would be out on the openday. Now I would guess that less than a hundred thousand are out. Just no game and no birds. Coupled with the political issues, and the social issues and changes in gun manufacturing, it just doesn't look good from my chair. But I still lust after a nice little light O/U to fill out my stable. I am thinking that I will look to Italy for comfort to fill that niche. If I do decide to pull the trigger, I will need a good cover story to tell SWMBO so put your thunking hats on fellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I wuz just funnin----but! Look what my friend Bullsitter did to a quail with a 28 ga. Ruger Red Label O/U. They surprised me and took me on a bird hunting trip for my birthday. It was a goooooood hunt. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/c42r537c72f8/DSC06111.jpg The dog looks like he has no complaints! I once saw my father-in-law's reflexes get the better of him and tore up a pheasant beyond use when it flushed straight up in front of him. I'm still not convinced the 20 GA. Parker SxS he was using didn't double on him. I actually saw the bird "lift" when he fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Double Discharge is a hazard with a two trigger SXS. But I still prefer it to the single trigger on my Browning. It gives you an immediate choice of choke. Try saying that ten times real fast. If I were to buy a Bobwhite gun, I would most likely choose a O/U with a single trigger and choke tubes in either a 28 or a 20 gauge. I like the Beretta and the Ceasar Guerini guns, but I don't much care for the price tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 That '78 blizzard seems to have doomed the quail pops. all over our state. haven't seen or heard one since then here in N.E. Ohio either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Habitat seems to be the big issue with bobwhites. I would think that there are a lot of wood lots left for them but numbers prove me wrong, ......again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Here again I have been blessed. My friend Bill (retired Vet.)has access to his cousins 200 achers and we buy birds and put them out. BTW birds have gone up to #4.00 per bird this year. Last year they were $2.85 ea. What's a bird hunter to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 C.C., I hope y'all let the dog have that one. Good lookin' dog, by the way!! I was thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 I was thinking the same thing. Okie, Sometimes Bullsitter is faster than he thinks he is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 How is the habitat on those 200 acres? Might attract some wild birds to mix in with the domestics. If our climate was dryer and a bit warmer I might build a coop and try to raise them here in the 'burbs. We have a lot of cover but not much habitat for them. Mostly fir and alder and some berries. Not many grass types. I would do so if I lived in Eastern Washington, but not much chance of getting MOMMA over there. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Double Discharge is a hazard with a two trigger SXS. But I still prefer it to the single trigger on my Browning. The Parker he used is a single trigger. I commented about it doubling slightly in jest, just because of the way the bird lifted and how torn up it was. If I were to buy a Bobwhite gun, I would most likely choose a O/U with a single trigger and choke tubesin either a 28 or a 20 gauge. I like the Beretta and the Ceasar Guerini guns, but I don't much care for the price tags. Don't forget Krieghoff! I've never gone after quail or Bobwhite, Only pheasant and the occasional chukar, but I have a couple of good shotguns I wouldn't mind giving a try, to include the Parker Repro and a Red Label, both in 20 GA. There is also an O/U I could take my pick of gauges from a skeet barrel set with. The O/U is an elegant shotgun, but there is something about that Parker that is as elegant as can be also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 The Red Label does not fit me all that well. I prefer the Beretta fit in an O/U. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 The Red Label does not fit me all that well. I prefer the Beretta fit in an O/U. I think it is hard to go wrong with Beretta, personally, but they are a bit pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Most of the good ones are, Doc. Have you looked at the Caesar Guerini guns. I know nothing about them but they sure are purdy. Only problem is you can't shoot purdy. Looks to me like a lot of fluff and maybe some stamina but there are not a lot of places where they are available. In this gun market, I would be perhaps a bit cautious of a start up company or one that has a limited distribution. That said, apparently the Italians know how to make guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Most of the good ones are, Doc. Have you looked at the Caesar Guerini guns. I know nothing about them but they sure are purdy. Only problem is you can't shoot purdy. Looks to me like a lot of fluff and maybe some stamina but there are not a lot of places where they are available. In this gun market, I would be perhaps a bit cautious of a start up company or one that has a limited distribution. That said, apparently the Italians know how to make guns. My understanding is that they are becoming more popular on the trap fields, and they are along the lines of a Perazzi in quality. Perazzi have long been a staple of trapshooters, although I know more than a few that curse at theirs and insist they have planned obsolescence. I haven't had my hands on a Guerini personally, but I believe when I shot at the Police and Fire Games last fall someone was shooting one. I didn't think to ask him his opinion though. I don't think the Browning O/Us can be overlooked, or in the realm of the high end guns, Krieghoffs. I have a Browning BT-99 (a single shot) that I couldn't begin to guess the number of rounds fired through it. It was my father-in-law's first trap gun before it became my first trap gun. I have put tens of thousands of rounds through it myself without a hiccup. The same can be said for K-80s I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well, now that I got my shotgun reloading rig working for me, I am anxious to shoot some clay birds. I also want to take all of my shotguns and pattern each choke tube and each barrel to see where they shoot and how the patterns look. I could spend the rest of my life on that project. So many choices and so little opportunity. A new gun would only add havoc to that scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 A new gun would only add havoc to that scenario. Wait... You're saying you DON'T want another gun???? :o :o :o Good lord man, are you sick?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Didn't say I didn't WANT one. Said, I was busy with the ones I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Didn't say I didn't WANT one. Said, I was busy with the ones I have. Whew, you had me worried there for a minute. Thanks for clarifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Well, there is that nice little 28 gauge O/U and that '73 Winchester in .44-40. and perhaps a .44 Special Charter Arms Bulldog. I like that .44 Special. It is a great round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Well, I thought I was through buying guns for awhile until Extreme Rimfire decided to add another division. Get this---a squirrel division using Ruger 10/22 stock guns with 3x9 scopes. So I had to have one. I ordered a 10/22-22. It's a SS with a 22 in. barrel. In the mean time I scoped one of my 22 steel challenge 10/22's to test for accuracy and at first it wouldn't group worth a dang. So today I shot some Federal Gold Match in it and shot a 34x40 which is a respectible score for a 10/22 on silhouettes at yardages of 84,110,154 and 212. I missed two turkeys and four rams. I am not ashamed of that score with a stock Ruger 10/22. Now, I will bet you money that come Sat. in the shoot I won't hit near that many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Them two turkeys and four rams might be shooting back atcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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