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Went quail hunting today. Those side by sides do have levers on them.
That's me on the left with my J.P. Sauer, and my brother in law on the right; he was using my Parker.
There's not much more fun than a good hunt with a classic side by side.
It was a great day to be afield. We had a nice little breeze, not to cold and not too hot. Good dogs to hunt behind, and plenty of shooting and lots of walking. I have got to do this more often.
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I thought you were gonna say you were using the Marlin or Winchester 410 lever actions . While I've used them on the skeet field they aren't what I'd want along on a live bird hunt !
What gauge is your Parker 12 ?
Looks to be a VH or VHE ?
Incidently I have a couple friends down in south eastern AR chasing piggly wigglys this weekend and all of next week !
Isn't the weather supposed to get a little nasty in the next couple days ?
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
And there are plenty of .410 Levers available now that Rossi is building them.
Be a hoot to do a Quail/Pheasant/Dove/Chukar hunt with nothing but a bunch of guys with Rossi/Marlin/W9410s on shoulder...
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Nobody hit anything but not for lack of trying. Birds all too high or low/fast from unexpected directions (we were walking 100 acres, not sitting in ambush).
Sent a buddy an early morning pic from my phone. He was stuck at work.
Let's just say his reply involved a lot of four letter words and exclamation marks......
Their is an appeal to a good looking SxS. But I've always done better with an O/U. My Citori fits me and seems to fly to my shoulder. But it's really obvious that these two hombres know their shotguns.
Congrats on a nice score.
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6pt-sika wrote:I thought you were gonna say you were using the Marlin or Winchester 410 lever actions . While I've used them on the skeet field they aren't what I'd want along on a live bird hunt !
What gauge is your Parker 12 ?
Looks to be a VH or VHE ?
Incidently I have a couple friends down in south eastern AR chasing piggly wigglys this weekend and all of next week !
Isn't the weather supposed to get a little nasty in the next couple days ?
The Parker is a VH, 12ga, made in 1925 if I remember correctly.
It's been nice the last couple of days, but was getting windy and colder this evening.
Nath wrote:Good for you guys, what shell were you using?
I was using some Winchester AA, Super-Handicap Heavy Target Loads, 1-1/8 oz of 7.5's, at about 1250 fps in my tighter barrels of both side by sides, but was using some Remington Premier STS Light Target, 1-1/8 oz of 7.5's at about 1145 or close in the more open barrels. Both loads seem to work pretty good in those side by sides.
That's the nice thing about double trigger side by sides, you can use a different load in each barrel, and my J.P. Sauer is best I have ever used, bored Skeet 1 in the more open barrel and extra full in the left barrel. With it I can shoot birds practically off of the end of my gun barrel or reach out there pretty far on the second barrel, all instantly available with the double triggers.
jeepnik wrote:Their is an appeal to a good looking SxS. But I've always done better with an O/U. My Citori fits me and seems to fly to my shoulder. But it's really obvious that these two hombres know their shotguns.
Congrats on a nice score.
Thanks, Yeah, we do love the side by sides. I do have a Browning A5 for when I just have to be able to shoot more then twice, but for field hunts, it's always a side by side for me. I like the Citori, and I have owned 3 of them over they years, but while I can shoot clays just fine with the over and under, I never could shoot one as well under hunting conditions, except maybe for doves on stand.
jeepnik wrote:Their is an appeal to a good looking SxS. But I've always done better with an O/U. My Citori fits me and seems to fly to my shoulder. But it's really obvious that these two hombres know their shotguns.
Congrats on a nice score.
Got that covered as well with Browning Superposed's and a Krieghoff
I might add the little Superposed 28 skeet and skeet is turning into a favorite although a Parker VHE 28 would feel better albeit about four times what the little Browning cost me
I've not owned a Citori in awhile although my first skeet gun was a Citori 4 barrel set . And I had a pair of Citori 16's I shot very well . One was a 24" Upland Special that I used for grouse at the time and the other was a 28" Lightning I used for dove and sporting clays back then . Kinda wish I had the Lightning back .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Thanks for the memories. I remember many quail hunts with my brothers when I was a teenager, living in the foothills near Yosemite National Park. I used a Fox double barrel 20 gauge or a Remington pump 16 gauge.
Great fun, challenging the way those little critters burst into flight out of nowhere with their "Kik-kik-kik" calls with each wingstroke, a flurry of shots, and then later a delicious dinner that tasted like no other, and the regaling of tales!
No quail there, now - just houses over that former 500 acre ranch. But the memories are fun!
Lastmohecken wrote:
That's the nice thing about double trigger side by sides, you can use a different load in each .
I've run across a couple nice European Pre War O/U's is the last couple years with double triggers . Also the first years of production for the Browning Superposed you could get it with double or single selective triggers . One of these days I'm gonna find a Superposed double trigger in nice enough shape with an asking price I don't take issue with
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
I had a 20ga Superposed, but it had a single selective trigger. I thought it would make a fine upland gun, but while I could shoot it pretty good on clays, I shot it poorly when hunting quail. I think the problem for me is I have just shot side by sides for too long, and my eye needs to see those horizontal barrels to track a live bird, and I am also too used to shotguns with a fair amount of drop in the butt stock, and most over and unders are too straight for me.
I do like the feel of those older Superposed Brownings, though, but they seem a little heavy for me, generally. I think I am pretty much a side by side guy for life.
Lastmohecken wrote:I had a 20ga Superposed, but it had a single selective trigger. I thought it would make a fine upland gun, but while I could shoot it pretty good on clays, I shot it poorly when hunting quail. I think the problem for me is I have just shot side by sides for too long, and my eye needs to see those horizontal barrels to track a live bird, and I am also too used to shotguns with a fair amount of drop in the butt stock, and most over and unders are too straight for me.
I do like the feel of those older Superposed Brownings, though, but they seem a little heavy for me, generally. I think I am pretty much a side by side guy for life.
I grew up with SxS's mostly Fox , Parker, Smith and a couple Brit guns . I didn't start shooting O/U guns until I was may be 25 . From shooting over the last 45 years I do about as well with a SxS as I do with an O/U . Matter of fact usually when I go on a dove shoot I'll have atleast one SxS and one O/U .
The 12 gauge Superposed were brought out in the mid to late 20's if my memory serves . The 20 gauge Superposed wasn't out until 48 or 49 . OF the two 20's I have one was made in 51 . All of the double trigger Superposed are 12 gauge .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Lastmohecken wrote:I had a 20ga Superposed, but it had a single selective trigger. I thought it would make a fine upland gun, but while I could shoot it pretty good on clays, I shot it poorly when hunting quail. I think the problem for me is I have just shot side by sides for too long, and my eye needs to see those horizontal barrels to track a live bird, and I am also too used to shotguns with a fair amount of drop in the butt stock, and most over and unders are too straight for me.
I do like the feel of those older Superposed Brownings, though, but they seem a little heavy for me, generally. I think I am pretty much a side by side guy for life.
I grew up with SxS's mostly Fox , Parker, Smith and a couple Brit guns . I didn't start shooting O/U guns until I was may be 25 . From shooting over the last 45 years I do about as well with a SxS as I do with an O/U . Matter of fact usually when I go on a dove shoot I'll have atleast one SxS and one O/U .
The 12 gauge Superposed were brought out in the mid to late 20's if my memory serves . The 20 gauge Superposed wasn't out until 48 or 49 . OF the two 20's I have one was made in 51 . All of the double trigger Superposed are 12 gauge .
Here's looking down the barrels of a Charles Lancaster, (British Best) on the first day of dove season, last fall. What's neat about this is the first man that looked down these barrels, did so back in probably 1897, because that is when this gun was made and it's still taking game, well over a hundred and eighteen years later and very likely still could be fifty years from now.
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Lastmohecken wrote:
Here's looking down the barrels of a Charles Lancaster, (British Best) on the first day of dove season...and it's still taking game, well over a hundred and eighteen years later and very likely still could be fifty years from now.
