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The loose forend nearly drove me mad, its a real stupid design and as fast as I got it to click on the next heavy load knocked it off
Anyway, I decided to cut down the 30" barrel to 25" my local toy shop owner offered to drill and tap it for a new bead sight, well I now have a 24.5" barrel as he put in in off center but I did find a used forend for $23.60 so I took a chance and it arrived today, success, I swapped the wood over, the original wood is much better and I have fired some heavy loads without the darn thing falling off.
It seems to shoot slugs pretty good and I did shoot a roe deer with No 1 buckshot a while back but that was when the forend kept coming loose. I have also found that a spare Mossberg recoil pad is a close fit so may add it on later.
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Roe deer! You shot Bambi?
Roe deer are fun to hunt.
D. Brian Casady
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piller wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:14 am
Roe deer! You shot Bambi?
Roe deer are fun to hunt.
I didn't really want to shoot it but my landlady kept on about the deer damage to her garden, since I'd sold my 30/30 I had to use my $32.50 12 gauge, there are still a lot of Roe deer around so I now carry buckshot when squirrel hunting...
If more men loved and cherished their wives as much as I love bacon the world would be a much better place.
In America, they had to change it to whitetail deer. Not enough people knew about roe deer. They are quite a lot smaller than whitetail.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
piller wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:07 pm
In America, they had to change it to whitetail deer. Not enough people knew about roe deer. They are quite a lot smaller than whitetail.
Yes, and they sure don't like buckshot, dropped like a sack of potatoes at about 35 yds.
If more men loved and cherished their wives as much as I love bacon the world would be a much better place.
Your Cooey reminds me of a buddy, he found a nice Winchester mod 37 12 gauge- cheap but like new. He promptly ran the forcing cone out, ported the barrel and off to the range. He then plunked in a 3" 'duck & dinosaur ' loaded with 1&3/8 oz of #4. All went well, good pattern so he dropped in a 3&1/2" loaded with 2 ounces of #6, when the trigger was pulled the gun bucked & snorted and the forearm hanger decided it had enough! A little silver solder fixed the hanger- he stuck to 3" after that.
Oh and a recoil pad was also installed!
JimT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:35 pm
Single shot shotguns are just fun!
And if you have enough of them you can come up with some very different applications for each one.
Jim, I have 4 at the moment, the $32.50 Cooey 12 gauge a Stevens 94 16 gauge with a 32" barrel and two .410s a Cooey and a Italian folder. I would love to find a Ithaca 66 in 20 gauge but they are real scarce in the UK.
Gunny, yes they certainly have a bite to them with heavy loads......
If more men loved and cherished their wives as much as I love bacon the world would be a much better place.
but I did find a used forend for $23.60 so I took a chance and it arrived today, success, I swapped the wood over, the original wood is much better and I have fired some heavy loads without the darn thing falling off. 
