Post by castbullit on Oct 10, 2005 10:30:22 GMT -5
Well, well. All this warm weather has a lot of leaves still on the trees. I am measuring shots in feet, not yards. This leads me to think that I ought to have the new 28 ga bored out to skeet/IC (its now a IC/Mod double gun - thanks Doug). Will have to wait and see what the shooting is like after the leaves drop.
More flushed birds since Oct 1 than in the last 3 years, I should think. Too bad I'm a slow sort when it comes to gunnin. Switching from a 12 ga BPS to a 6.5 lb 28 sure speeds up the process, but when the shooting window is about 50 ms before the ruffs find trees (spelled body armour), it isn't much help.
However, a timberdoodle had the good grace to give me an open shot in the rain on Saterday. I now am quite sure that the 28 fits well - - mounted the gun and fired through fogged glasses. The ol' lab (Simbi) put her nose to the ground and rooted the bird out of 3 ft ferns that had been rained on for two days (this is the second reason I hunt with a dog - she can track and, if necessary, run down anything I hit - no waste. Of course reason one is that if I don't have a dog to hunt with, I usually don't hunt). 25 yd shot, five hits of #8s. I am really beginning to take a shine to the 28 ga.
More flushed birds since Oct 1 than in the last 3 years, I should think. Too bad I'm a slow sort when it comes to gunnin. Switching from a 12 ga BPS to a 6.5 lb 28 sure speeds up the process, but when the shooting window is about 50 ms before the ruffs find trees (spelled body armour), it isn't much help.
However, a timberdoodle had the good grace to give me an open shot in the rain on Saterday. I now am quite sure that the 28 fits well - - mounted the gun and fired through fogged glasses. The ol' lab (Simbi) put her nose to the ground and rooted the bird out of 3 ft ferns that had been rained on for two days (this is the second reason I hunt with a dog - she can track and, if necessary, run down anything I hit - no waste. Of course reason one is that if I don't have a dog to hunt with, I usually don't hunt). 25 yd shot, five hits of #8s. I am really beginning to take a shine to the 28 ga.