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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ New guy...I like ducks |
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Tue May 22, 2018 3:54 am
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Welcome and well done! I still shoot my 12 gauge for ducks, but I've been giving my 16 gauge repeater a duck hunt now and then. |
Last edited by double vision on Tue May 22, 2018 6:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Tue May 22, 2018 6:16 am
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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I’m familiar with some of the reloading options out there. I reload center fire. Three children under 5 years old, work and a wife leaves little time or money for another reloading hobby. Gotta stick to the factory stuff, for now. |
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Tue May 22, 2018 8:26 am
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Joined: 12 Aug 2007
Posts: 1376
Location: Northern Illinois
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Welcome aboard. Any pooch involved in that hunt? If so we also like pics of bird dogs, or any dog for that matter.
Good Hunting,
Mike |
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Tue May 22, 2018 6:17 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2013
Posts: 381
Location: NW Arkansas
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Good job with the proper tool! Back in the day, I shot a lot of ducks with a Model 37 16 gauge, both with reloaded #5 lead and later with #2 steel (greenheads here in AR, except for teal season, which was #4 steel). I jokingly referred to it as "the death ray" back then (gun nick-names has been another recent thread on this site).
Only problem was having to use all those other 16s at the time--Auto 5, Model 12, Citori, etc. They get lonely in the closet!
My brother has also killed a ton of ducks with Dad's old M37 (1948), as well as he has continue to use it on upland game for the past 60 years! |
_________________ 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
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Tue May 22, 2018 7:00 pm
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Joined: 20 Jun 2006
Posts: 749
Location: Kelso, Tennessee
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Welcome! Plenty of ducks get killed by this crowd with a 16. You’ll fit right in here! |
_________________ i reckon so. I guess we all died a little in that damn war. |
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Wed May 23, 2018 4:18 am
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Joined: 28 Dec 2017
Posts: 87
Location: Northern Utah
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Wed May 23, 2018 6:37 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Gentlemen,
I like Woodducks, great eating and a real nice mount!
Pine Creek/Dave |
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Wed May 23, 2018 9:30 pm
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Joined: 16 Mar 2017
Posts: 226
Location: Valdosta GA
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Yes finally someone else! I love 16 gauges and bismuth |
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Thu May 24, 2018 1:43 pm
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Joined: 02 Sep 2010
Posts: 829
Location: SW Ohio
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One other benefit from reloading your own Bismuth is not only can you get the size you want but the shot from rotometals.com is the same size we use here in the US. The Bismuth from Kent uses european sizing, so their 5s and more like our 6s. |
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Fri May 25, 2018 3:50 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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rdja wrote: |
One other benefit from reloading your own Bismuth is not only can you get the size you want but the shot from rotometals.com is the same size we use here in the US. The Bismuth from Kent uses european sizing, so their 5s and more like our 6s.
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I wondered about that. I found a few pellets in some meat from some early season teal and wood ducks. For most of my duck hunting with the 16 the #4 steel from federal worked quite well |
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Fri May 25, 2018 3:52 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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Chicago wrote: |
Welcome aboard. Any pooch involved in that hunt? If so we also like pics of bird dogs, or any dog for that matter.
Good Hunting,
Mike
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First pic is from opener, with the kennel in the truck. One year old lab of my friends. Many, many hours of training and he won’t duck hunt. He’s now a great upland dog though. As far as we can tell he just doesn’t like water. |
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Tue May 29, 2018 5:40 pm
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Joined: 19 Oct 2009
Posts: 166
Location: Erwin, NC
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Good shooting! I load some 16 gauge bismuth. It works well. My 13 year old shot his swan this year with a 16 gauge M37 with #2 bismuth handloads. |
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Tue May 29, 2018 6:13 pm
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Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Posts: 1358
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Welcome to the forum! Glad to see you putting a 16 to good use in the swamp. I see you are in Minnesota. I think there might be one or two other 16 gauge shooters around those parts. There was talk of some of them getting together to shoot some targets next spring. It could happen.
Jeff |
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