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< 16ga. Guns ~ Meet my new Citori 16 |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:04 pm
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Joined: 22 Jan 2015
Posts: 345
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Terrific wood and color on that one! |
_________________ 1929 Thomas Bland 16ga SxS 28"
1947 Browning A5 16ga 28"
1948 BRNO 16ga SxS 27.5"
1949 Stevens 530 16ga SxS 28"
1950 Stevens 311A 12ga SxS 30"
1952 BRNO 12ga SxS 28.25"
1963 Superposed O/U 12ga 27"
1968 V Bernardelli SxS 12ga 28" |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:05 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2015
Posts: 36
Location: Colorado
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case 1775 wrote: |
invector chokes are easy to find on ebay or gb. my experience is, they tend to be tighter than what they are marked.
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Ok thanks! |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:10 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2015
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Location: Colorado
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wahoo wrote: |
Terrific wood and color on that one!
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Thank you. Yea the wood and color are great. I am fortunate to have found this one 👍 |
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:17 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2015
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Location: Colorado
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buckmark wrote: |
Congrats, those are great guns! Somebody already added a recoil pad for you.
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Yes it has a Decelerator pad on it. Seems like a good one. |
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Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:50 am
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Joined: 09 Jan 2017
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double trigger wrote: |
Anyone have suggestions for where I can buy Invector or compatible tubes?
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I have been using the Trulock extended Precision Hunter chokes in my Citori 16 for several years and really like them. Great patterns. I like the Skeet 2 the best for hunting wild pheasants, sharptails, chukar, etc, but I often run IC under Modified. |
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Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:59 am
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Joined: 08 Oct 2012
Posts: 72
Location: Hilton Head SC
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Very nice, I have the same gun and it shoots well. No issues so far after a few years of use. I have Briley extended chokes in mine and they seem to work well for me. Enjoy the gun! |
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Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:04 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2015
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Location: Colorado
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hiplainsdrifter wrote: |
double trigger wrote: |
Anyone have suggestions for where I can buy Invector or compatible tubes?
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I have been using the Trulock extended Precision Hunter chokes in my Citori 16 for several years and really like them. Great patterns. I like the Skeet 2 the best for hunting wild pheasants, sharptails, chukar, etc, but I often run IC under Modified.
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Thanks for the info on the Trulocks - I will check them out |
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Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:05 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2015
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Location: Colorado
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colsen1 wrote: |
Very nice, I have the same gun and it shoots well. No issues so far after a few years of use. I have Briley extended chokes in mine and they seem to work well for me. Enjoy the gun!
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Thanks, and good to hear your gun shoots well with no issues.
I went out on my first hunting outing earlier this week with the new Citori. Below are the results - two good opportunities and two wild roosters in the bag. This gun handles and shoots fantastic - I love it!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2ifZami]
[/url]January 15, 2020 by Doug Finnman, on Flickr |
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Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:44 am
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Joined: 06 Oct 2007
Posts: 2346
Location: West MI
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Looks like the gun is working for you, well done. Second the Trulocks advice, have a bunch for my Citori Upland and they work great. I consider Colonials on even par with Trulocks.
IMO; the Browning chokes are "unique" when comparing to common aftermarket internal dimensions but work OK when you pattern them and understand what they actually do. FWIW, the 16ga Invector Cyl choke is actually what I consider a blunderbuss constriction, if I remember correctly in the .680 area that works very well in the 10-20y range. |
_________________ Sorry, I'm a Duck Hunter so shouldn't be held strictly responsible for my actions between Oct 1st and ice up. |
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