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Turkey Blasters => The Blue Shoulder Club => Topic started by: The Woodsman on December 19, 2015, 07:22:17 AM
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This section needs a new thread.... my call buying has waned off and went a little different direction, I still snag a couple gems when the opportunity presents itself but no where near what it used to be.
Does anyone else use them for turkey hunting? I think they are one of the best guns for turkey, a close range barrel and one for longer shots. I bought a like new Browning Citori Satin Hunter a couple years ago that started me out on doubles and it piqued my interest enough to add a couple more in sub gauges. Reloading these make them legitimate turkey takers in all respects. I am also a fan of a good camo dip for turkey hunting.....
I have heard and read of POA/POI issues with doubles but have not experienced it yet.
Browning Citori
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/DSC01924.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/DSC01924.jpg.html)
Stevens 555 in .410
Before the dip
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/DSC06212.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/DSC06212.jpg.html)
After and some luck
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/SAM_1245.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/SAM_1245.jpg.html)
My newest addition which I feel will be my favorite gun in the future, it has yet to have a round through it but have high hopes.
C/Z Sharptail SxS in 28 gauge
Before the dip
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/DSC06235.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/DSC06235.jpg.html)
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/DSC06239.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/DSC06239.jpg.html)
And after
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/Caninester/DSC06240.jpg) (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/Caninester/media/DSC06240.jpg.html)
Thanks for the look and if you got any pics of your double barrel, post up
Denny
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Sweet looking guns!!
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Denny I used my citori hard on geese , turkeys and the sporting clays course with good results.
A friend of mine swears by his 28 ga. OU beretta for pheasants. One good point is malfunctions are rare.
Jon
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I LOVE my double guns. Around here all the old people that i grew up around wanted a hard shootin double gun with 30" in the barrel. We didnt have turkeys thay hunted squirrel and quail and Rabbit Beagle dogs and squirrel huntin was big when i was a kid and i still love to hunt um(and eat um). When turkey huntin started takin holt around here about 15 yrs. ago me and my dad made up about a third of the hunters in are county, Of course not knowin eny thang about um (turkey) we feel into the same old trap "you gotta have a 3" or 3 1/2" 12 gauge to kill um!" after a few years i whent back to my roots i hunt with a 1936 western arms (made by Ethica) 28" sxs and my paw hunts with a 1930's Begum made 12 30" hammer gun. I kill most of my birds inside 30 yards but on a fall hunt a few years back i killed a jenny at 60 stepped off yards. the longest shot on a spring tom has been 40 ant had no problems. Daddy also hunts with a 1960s Stevens 16 gauge with 28" in the barrel. Ill post some pics later thanks for startin this thread i love double guns.
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You know I'm a fan of the doubles Denny..I'll have to see what I have for pictures. *cool*
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My double barrel 1923 LeFever 28" barrels..traded a turkey call for it..likes high brass Remington fives or sixes and has accompanied me on many hunts in Maine,Vermont and New York..here are a few of her successes. First picture is my WW Greener, she was made in 1863, 14 bore and a delight to shoot..32"barrels
Maine spring muzzle loader
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/96d94b92-1a26-46d8-8d57-057e2d9816c6.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/96d94b92-1a26-46d8-8d57-057e2d9816c6.jpg.html)
Maine spring
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/c0c5a4ce-ce1e-469c-b14d-c89c39190f44.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/c0c5a4ce-ce1e-469c-b14d-c89c39190f44.jpg.html)
Maine spring
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/72052e04-d68e-4f28-a765-319778197336.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/72052e04-d68e-4f28-a765-319778197336.jpg.html)
Vermont fall
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/211d7d86-0310-4385-83f5-7bfd52b26ac9.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/211d7d86-0310-4385-83f5-7bfd52b26ac9.jpg.html)
Maine Spring
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/25ee9d9b-5829-4655-baf3-78f21c3a7ef0.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/25ee9d9b-5829-4655-baf3-78f21c3a7ef0.jpg.html)
Vermont fall
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/b48ccbe0-55cd-4d9e-878f-e91298e9a678.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/b48ccbe0-55cd-4d9e-878f-e91298e9a678.jpg.html)
Vermont spring
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/7b7557e9-9c44-446d-b6ae-12a40071914a.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/7b7557e9-9c44-446d-b6ae-12a40071914a.jpg.html)
New York spring
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/turkey%20hunting%20double/b3b9950d-0b36-466a-9e27-e7b025c855ce.jpg) (http://s398.photobucket.com/user/dhodgkins/media/turkey%20hunting%20double/b3b9950d-0b36-466a-9e27-e7b025c855ce.jpg.html)
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My favorite turkey gun is a 28 ga CZ O/U.
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/VA%20Nov%205%202016/IMG_3172_zps7hohtfua.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/VA%204-12-14/turkeyVA4-12-14a_zps82705aeb.jpeg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/Virginia%20turkey%2012-8-12/IMG_0900.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/Virginia%204-23-16/0a91db59ae4f7fb5c05060e64c1b71b9_zpsgxo1puax.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/VA%20fall%20turkey%2011-1-2014/IMG_1820_zps1452817e.jpg)
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Love my .410 Yildiz O/U also:
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/NC%20Northampton%204-18-15/photo_zpsqarjlelu.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff168/hawglips/NC%20Greg%204-9-16/3680de8e5477b3160fa8e0644658fa58_zpsivjlxkog.jpg)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/q6gpXHkM/20200420-065245.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/q6gpXHkM)
My first West Virginia gobbler of the year taken with my Grandfathers 1875 Remington and Son's Lifter 10 gauge double barrel.
I'm the third generation to hunt with this shotgun.
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I like the idea of an extra shot handy. Or distance and close range. I have an old Fulton SXS that’s taken a few turkeys and a lot of squirrels. An old Hardware store 1890’s BP cartridge gun that is fun to shoot and shot a couple birds it. Need to Get serious about load development tho on that one. New project is a 20ga Tristar Hunter O/U. Haven’t shot it much but high hopes with some TSS it will be a killer. Just to dang hot out to shoot much lately. Time will tell if it’s worth a camo dip!
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Always wanted to buy a darn double barrel for fall hunting.. never have, but one day.. I did end up with a model 12 that has been restored by Simmons, just too darn pretty to take in the fall... been looking for another good used one to hunt with!