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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ New guy...I like ducks |
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:09 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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I’m in central MN and 33 years old. I won a beretta a300 at a Ducks Unlimited banquet and traded for a mint condition Ithaca 37 in 16ga with a fixed mod choke. I love to duck hunt so I took it out a few times last fall. Killed most with federal #4 steel and some with both new #5 and #6 Kent bismuth. All decoyed under 30 yards.
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Last edited by Emtymag on Mon May 21, 2018 2:58 pm; edited 4 times in total _________________ What's behind what your shooting at? |
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:17 pm
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Joined: 13 Mar 2017
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Location: Nacogdoches Texas
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Good trade. Welcome aboard! |
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:20 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Welcome on your first posting
To display pictures you will need a host like
www.tinypic.com
Mike
P.S.
Yeeee Hawwww
Well done on the pictures
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Mon May 21, 2018 2:35 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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Thanks. I got it.
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Mon May 21, 2018 3:08 pm
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Joined: 10 Jul 2010
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Location: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
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Dats an awful lot of good eatin you got dere. I can smell the gumbo now!
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Mon May 21, 2018 4:06 pm
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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1stgun ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duck Gumbo, this guy must be from Louisiana! Good stuff no doubt about it.--------RGD/Dave |
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Mon May 21, 2018 4:51 pm
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Joined: 03 Jul 2006
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Location: SW Arkansas
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Great pics and WELCOME here!
Ducks are my most hunted game here I'm SW Arkansas; that and dove bout the only birds to shoot here unless you drive for a day.
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Mon May 21, 2018 4:56 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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Thanks everyone. I wish our northern birds had some more color on them like you guys see! |
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Mon May 21, 2018 6:50 pm
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Joined: 12 Feb 2018
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Location: West-central Missouri
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Welcome, and good trade. Just ducky... |
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Mon May 21, 2018 7:04 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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Welcome aboard. 16 ga. ducks: always a good thing. |
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Mon May 21, 2018 7:08 pm
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Joined: 16 Dec 2007
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Location: Minnesota
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Welcome to the board. Nice to see a younger duck hunter shooting a 16. Looks like a nice mixed bag of ducks by MN standards. How did you like those Bismuth loads? |
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Mon May 21, 2018 7:42 pm
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Location: Central MN
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PatrickB wrote: |
Welcome to the board. Nice to see a younger duck hunter shooting a 16. Looks like a nice mixed bag of ducks by MN standards. How did you like those Bismuth loads?
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I didn’t notice a difference in the Bismuth loads over the steel loads. A mod choke at under 30 yards on all shots worked well.
If there was a 1oz load of #4 Bismuth available I think it would be ideal and would possibly take it out later in the year for some “big ducks” |
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Mon May 21, 2018 9:35 pm
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Joined: 24 Jul 2016
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Location: Ohio
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Emtymag wrote: |
PatrickB wrote: |
Welcome to the board. Nice to see a younger duck hunter shooting a 16. Looks like a nice mixed bag of ducks by MN standards. How did you like those Bismuth loads?
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I didn’t notice a difference in the Bismuth loads over the steel loads. A mod choke at under 30 yards on all shots worked well.
If there was a 1oz load of #4 Bismuth available I think it would be ideal and would possibly take it out later in the year for some “big ducks”
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Thereis,now that you have the ultimate gun in the ultimate gauge you need a reloader. It opens a whole new world and makes shooting a whole lot cheaper |
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Mon May 21, 2018 11:01 pm
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Joined: 13 Oct 2015
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Welcome Emtymag! Great to see a 16ga duck hunter!
I spent a bit of time working on 16ga steel loads for duck hunting. A guy named "mcrewz" just posted a newly tested 16ga steel load last week if you look on the reloading forum, that looks promising. Another guy 16gaWaterfowler has a nice steel load also. All full 1oz loads 1400-1500 fps area.
Lately I've been working on 16ga bismuth. BPI has a nice load on their LOTW on 9/30/16 for 9/8oz. Rotometals has a great sale on bismuth now also.
All that to say, your options with 16ga expand in the non-tox arena a lot as a reloader.
Great pictures, love to see the 16ga-- I just bought a 1987 Japanese Browning Auto-5 with chokes, just for duck hunting this next year! |
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Tue May 22, 2018 2:44 am
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Location: West MI
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Welcome aboard, very nice & tasty looking haul, well done. |
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