My shotgun got cold...

[Pawpaw]

So.... I assume you can still open that shotgun after wrapping it like a mummy? :)

Gee. Do you really think I'l need to?

I wrapped from the muzzle(s) to the hinge and from just behind the trigger guard to the recoil pad. In the gap between, I put a strip lengthwise on each side. She opens just fine.



Nothing is glued or taped to the gun. The wrap clings only to itself.

[Pawpaw]

I *had* to ask, you know ;)

I know and I thank you for it. It's been lots of years, but I HAVE made mistakes like that before.

[GlockDude26]

i know you spent some time wrapping that beauty up, i just hate to see anything happen to it. duck hunting is the roughest thing you can do to a gun like someone else previously said. even if it's an "executive" hunt there's still the chance it could get run over after being set on the ground, the guide's prize dog chewing on it while no one's looking....i hope she comes out good, but i'd re-advise going to buy a remington 870 and leaving the O/U in the safe.....

[Pawpaw]

I hear what you guys are saying. I'll do everything I can to keep it safe.

Yes, I'll be a bit upset if it gets damaged beyond a ding, but I figure a gun I can't use isn't worth having.

My father hunted almost everything (except ducks AFAIK) with a Browning Sweet Sixteen that he bought new in 1959. AndyC and a few others will attest to the fact that shotgun still looks like new.

[Pawpaw]

Today we decided to postpone the duck hunt. If the ducks ain't gonna show up, neither are we!

What looked like a good start to the migration this past week seems to have petered out with the warm weather the past couple of days. We'll try again in a few weeks.

I didn't want to leave the wrap on my shotgun for a month, so I took it off tonight and, boy am I glad I did!!! Apparently that stuff is an oil sponge. There were some very dry areas on my barrels, plus the finish on the wood stock turned "milky white" in a couple of places. I oiled the barrels and had to rub the wood with my hands for quite a while to get the finish to clear up. It's all good now.

That wrap would probably be okay for parkerized metal and synthetic furniture, but keep it away from wood and blued steel!

[Pawpaw]

Well, I gave in and ordered a pump to use for hunting. I stumbled on a smokin' deal at Buds.

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... s_id/72927

[SQLGeek]

Nice job! This post is making me want to get out into the field and find some birds.

[cyphertext]

Well, I gave in and ordered a pump to use for hunting. I stumbled on a smokin' deal at Buds.

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... s_id/72927

Now that is an appropriate ugly gun for fowl hunting!

[puma guy]

Hey there Paw Paw. I had a duck/goose lease in the 60's and 70's out in the Katy rice fields. (it's probably a subdivision now) I always hunted with a 30" Model 12 3" Duck Gun or a Model 1200 30" both full chokes. I noticed the Mossy SG you listed had a 26" bbl. I haven't hunted waterfowl in years, so I may be behind the trends, but with steel shot I would think a longer barrel would assure all the oomph from burned powder behind the lighter shot and would be an advantage. BTW the birds should be moving now -of course with the temps so low it would be perfect skeet weather if the wind would pick up to around 20 knots.

I'm glad your beautiful Browning came out unscathed from the wrap.

[Pawpaw]

Thank you my friend!

It seems most people these days use a 26 or 28" barrel for ducks. I'll be using Federal Black Cloud ammo in #4 shot. Hopefully, 1-1/4 oz of shot moving out at 1450 fps with that FliteControl wad will do the trick.

Since Monday's duck hunt fizzled out, we shot some 5-stand instead. The wind was gusting up pretty good. Some of those clay birds really danced. A few of them actually made a U-turn!

[puma guy]

Some of those clay birds really danced. A few of them actually made a U-turn!

[Charlies.Contingency]

Thank you my friend!

It seems most people these days use a 26 or 28" barrel for ducks. I'll be using Federal Black Cloud ammo in #4 shot. Hopefully, 1-1/4 oz of shot moving out at 1450 fps with that FliteControl wad will do the trick.

Since Monday's duck hunt fizzled out, we shot some 5-stand instead. The wind was gusting up pretty good. Some of those clay birds really danced. A few of them actually made a U-turn!

If you use a manual spring clay thrower like me, I angle it up into the wind. It goes out, up, back at me, then over my head. Makes for interested scenarios, especially when a disk is coming back with a vengeance, adds some excitement!

[Gunner4640]

Nice job! This post is making me want to get out into the field and find some birds.

I know what you mean about getting out to find some birds. Well I found a place thats pretty cheap to go and all my friends said "OK lets go" well it's been a month now and I still have not shot a pheasant yet.. I get lots of salesmen at my work place promising hunts but the never come back, I guess I need to buy from them first

[Gunner4640]

Very nice gun you have there Paw If I ever got to go duck hunting I would do the same. Keeping the gun in perfect condition is top priority in my book.