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Joined the dark side of varminting
Laid down a deposit on one of these today. Trying to remain a little pure with the long barrel and timber stock rather than short black and pistol grips. Haven’t had a scatter gun in years but with a new property in the family with plenty of bunnies I’m looking forward to knocking a few over and popping a few clays from time to time too
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Love a scattergun!
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I’ve got that model with a 20 inch barrel. Lots of fun on game. Haven’t tried it on clays though.
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The longer barrel did seem to swing better than the shorter ones. But I can see the short ones would be really good in scrub or off a bike. Horses for courses I reckon as I’m after something to do a bit of everything. Hope yours has been reliable?
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I didn’t do any pre purchase handling, bought mine as a bargain second hand purchase.Brad Y wrote:The longer barrel did seem to swing better than the shorter ones. But I can see the short ones would be really good in scrub or off a bike. Horses for courses I reckon as I’m after something to do a bit of everything. Hope yours has been reliable?
So far so good. Only 100 shells in though. There’s a few on AHN that have put more rounds through them and no complaints yet.
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Yes they have the best track record of all the straight pulls it seems. Our new farm seems to have quite a few stubble quail on it. I’m looking forward to finding a nice recipie for them. Would like to find a nice steel trap load for them.
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Butterfly the quail and straight on the smoker. I think about 60 mins at 225f and they are perfect.Brad Y wrote:Yes they have the best track record of all the straight pulls it seems. Our new farm seems to have quite a few stubble quail on it. I’m looking forward to finding a nice recipie for them. Would like to find a nice steel trap load for them.
I’m sure Camel will chime in with suggestions of his own.
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Awesome! Love the low n slow bbq. I reckon they would go well with a spicy coating mix and a vortex on the Weber too
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I’ve put a Hardcore Camo rub on my quail before. Comes out really nice. It actually goes well with all game. Not too overpowering.Brad Y wrote:Awesome! Love the low n slow bbq. I reckon they would go well with a spicy coating mix and a vortex on the Weber too
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I have found a nice chilli and crunchy coating for wings which I will try too.