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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 3in 16ga |
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:42 pm
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Jesse168; Able Ammo (www.ableammo.com) claims to have 1 1/4 Federals in stock, if you want to go that route. They are proud of them, at around $250 a flat, but thats a better price than I have seen elsewhere for these heavy loads (35 bucks a box in some places--ouch).
As much as I love 16 gauges and wingshooting, squirrels are a rifle target for me. A good scoped .22 is medicine out to around 50-75 yards, farther than you'll consistently kill with a shotgun. |
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:12 pm
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| RELOAD .... think of it this way : same primer and wad (sp) , a couple grains more powder (minimal) , A quarter ounce more shot for as many or few shells as needed ! Way less expensive ! |
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Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:41 pm
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| What did he use for flying squirrels? |
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16 gauges:
1954 Win M12 IC
1952 Ithaca M37 Mod
1955 Browning Auto-5 Mod
1940 Ithaca NID M/F
1959 Beretta Silver Hawk
Ranger 103-II M/F
Browning A-5 Sweet 16
Browning Citori Invector
Rem 870 Remchoke |
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Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:24 pm
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I currently have an 1970's era f/f choked F. A. Gardonese 3" chambered 16ga Italian sxs hammer gun on layaway. With the long chambers, I like the idea that I can shoot just about any modern load in it. For once.  Hope it shoots as good as it looks! |
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Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:42 pm
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What did he use for flying squirrels?
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As long as you have a decent moose decoy, standard loads are fine.
Ba-dump-pa-cha! |
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Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:16 am
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