mudhen
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I'm fairly happy with this pattern at 35 yards with H-13 from a 12 gauge BPS, but I'm still trying to do better. It goes down to around 300+- at 40 yards, and delivers a killing pattern out well past 50 yards.
I like long-barreled pumps for turkey guns, might consider a SN 28" with whatever IC recommends someday....
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Almost certain it was first introduced in the 1990 H&K catalog. I still have the catalog somewhere. It was marketed as the first 3.5" semi-auto, and it followed it's platform, the Black Eagle, in the catalog. So no, it was not based on the Pintail, which I think was a Benelli product made for Beretta.
I ordered my first SBE in 1990, paid in full, and it arrived 10 months later, the first one shipped into the Sacramento area, according to our dealer. I still shoot that gun on occasion.
H&K had the Benelli import contract, which it lost around 1998 when Beretta Holdings took over Benelli sales in the US and set up Benelli USA. I could certainly be wrong on the dates & details, but probably not by much
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Lead 5's, 6's in HD, smaller HD if legal. The new stuff from EM might be very interesting. I've got Magnum Blend on order, but may not be able to use it in some states
430 is not too bad with a 10 gauge BPS, but I've seen better!
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Mudhen,
Is that an Extrema your buddy is shooting?
I think it's a Urika
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DEET will certainly ruin many film finishes.
The guys at Tarjac tell me that dipping over worn film works fine. They tell me dipping over DuraTouch does not work well.
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Now I hear Rosie O'Donnell warming up
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I just bought a M2000 and,I was woundering if the turkey choke it comes with it good or is there a better one to use in it to get a better pattern out of it..
Thanks
How much do you want to spend?
What is your range goal? 30 yards? 35? 40?
With more info, I can try to give a decent reply
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Thats a shame your Maxus gave you so much grief, lets see if Browning can keep you happy.
I have a SX2, and now after a couple of seasons am seeing the duratouch start to peel off so I will try to send the stock back and see if I can make a warranty issue out of it. Im not holding my breath on this one.
I doubt they will care, Browning told me to pound sand over the DuraTouch/camo issue, and that was on a 2-3 month old Silver
But, maybe Winchester will react differently....
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Our group had resi #5 for LDC today ...
Of course the refuge closed due to storms.
One of us had a backup resi for Sac NWR #53, not a good number but better than #1 in the lottery, 175 people entered Wednesdays lottery.
Got out to a "side hole" blind, mostly a ringnecks pond. Hoped for more with the wind between 25-35 all morning, but birds have definately left the refuge and are in the Ag fields. 7 ducks and a snow between 3 hunters that hunted til 11am.
Yep, the refuges looked empty over the weekend. Like you said, they are out in the fields, and probably will be until Feb/Mar
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You can have your fog.
I started down river a couple of years ago in thick fog.
I went under the same bridge twice. That's when I parked the boat and waited for daylight.
Obviously you have never hunted Cali rice in the fog
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Crazy wind and rain up in Richvale so far this week
Shooting was good yesterday, but reports from today are that many birds bugged out for the toe water closer to Sacramento and the Grasslands.
Many refuges are closed, more should close by this weekend. Delevan is likely closed for the season, as is LDC, Howard, etc. They expect Sutter & Yolo to be next.
It takes at least a day for the rain the in foothills to make it's way down to the valley.
I prefer the fog....
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THat is exactly what I read on duckhunting chat. A guy who has several SBE, SBE2, etc, said that same thing. He said light, cheap parts. He also was having cycling issues....Have you tried an Extrema2 yet?
With the Xtrema II being discontinued, no, I have no plans on trying it.
I might consider it's replacement, the A400 though
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....sorry to hear that, but I laughed a little by the way you explained it....lol. I have been reading on them and some say that they are cheaply made. I've never seen one in person. I was considering trying one, but I've decided I want an M2 .20 ga instead....Did you break the Silver a while back too?
The bolt handle broke on the Silver after a few hunts. They sent me a new one saying it wouldn't happen again, it hasn't. The DuraTouch finish started peeling within hours, and the camo finish starting fading a few hunts later. Mechanically, it is sound so far, and I kill ducks with it.
I think the issue with the Maxus is the use of lightweight parts. I'm just not sure that shaving metal off parts on a gun that is designed to shoot 3.5" shells is that great of an idea. Some ignorant people might confuse lightweight parts with cheap parts. Good parts are good parts, lightweight or not. Same for bad parts being bad parts....
In my case, it started to fail to cycle on occasion right away. Then recently, while cleaning, I noticed the spring in the gas piston was cracked in several places. I don't know when the spring broke, or if it is related to the failure to cycle, but Browning wanted the whole gun sent back for inspection and repair.
I was crushing birds with the Maxus. If they can repair it and convince me to keep it, I'll keep shooting it. But I can't help but keep the Silver and/or SBE II nearby at all times.....
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Mudhen, are you still shooting that silver or does the maxus get all the rice duties?
"What happened to your Maxus son?"
"Blown up sir!"
The Maxus is dead - back to the Silver and SBE II - SBE II for smaller shot, Silver for larger steel shot
I'll likely sell the Maxus when it gets back from the Browning Service Department, just can't trust a gun that can't last even part of one season, can't travel with it, can't loan it out, can't plan any hunts with it
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No geese were out too:
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Been looking for this guy in the rice:
Brought him home along with a few of his friends:
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Be very careful when calling snow geese, they might come in
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No season on the snows?
Limit is 600 per season here
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Nice photos Randy!
It's still humming along here, but with all the storms, it's pretty much about getting soaked (which is not too bad at 53F), trying to find ducks other than sprig, and not shooting too many shovelers:
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Nice work!
I missed a big bull in the rice last weekend. Saw 15+ today in the rice, but they were not working...
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Don't have one. Our birds are bombing in like it was opening day
I might switch to a Mod from an IC, but that is a maybe...
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I have been suing Black Cloud exclusively this year
Wow, what did they do to you
For whatever reason, BC 3's have been working great for me this year
NEW Hevi-Shot H-13
in Turkey Hunting
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He posted the wrong q-pon
http://www.hevishot.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95:2010-hevi-13r-rebate-&catid=16:rebates&Itemid=65
This one is good until 5-31-2010, but only $10 per household
I need another ten households......
Straight 7's might be interesting....