Shotgun for Ducks...

[Nealyo]

Well guys I would have to say thanks for all the ideas. I am always open to more.

As for the guys around KC - Tomorrow is the waterfowl shindig at Cabelas. I will be there. If your going to be there, I will have a blue and white Miller light hat on. (and I am not the little guy in the room) Hit me up.

[blacklab]

Hey Duk, I imagine it is a little early for the paw paws to be ripe. Around the first week of Sept. or so. You really have to watch them. They will be green today and falling to the ground tomorrow. If they would react like persimmons you could fool them but paw paws don`t ripen on frost like persimmons.

I would like to try some steel in my mod. 12 but my 12 gauge is 30 in. full. That would be a little tight for over decoys. I have a coupla of 20`s that are mod. so I will give them a try.
As for the 10 ga., it`s a BPS w/tubes and I usually just load it with BB`s and go from there. Used to use it when we went to Sask. but found out you didn`t need that much gun. Just stay with a 12 now. If they aren`t in my face I don`t shoot. When we shoot up at Mound City ,Mo we all shoot 20`s with # 2 or 4 on ducks. That`s when my Browning Gold Hunter or the BPS gets the call but I may try some steel in my Mod. 12.
I also buy STUFF to use but not abuse.
Hey Nealyo, won

[Swampman]

A brand new 870 Express for $250.00 at Bass Pro Shop can't be beat.  They work everytime.

[blacklab]

Hey Nealyo, sorry about that but I got cut off with a pop-up. Won`t be at Cabela`s ( to much hype) but might run into you around Spring Hill and We could all coffee down.

[JBlk]

The 870 is pretty hard to beat and it will still be shooting long after your gone.I personally don't like alloy receivers that are not made of steel but they will do the job.Ninty percent of shooting is having the confidence in the gun that you are using to do the job you are attempting.I knew a fellow who raised a family of six with a old stevens pump gun on the Browning patten, and it put food on the table for many years.His Son who is now eighty six just buried that old gun on his Dads farm a short time ago.The old gun was so worn that it would hardly function but it did the job well.

[cavebear803]

I guess some people have had bad times with mossbergs but I for 1 have never had a problem with mine. Of course mine is a a new haven trade gun I picked up used 28 years ago after my first kid was born. It has the ugly old poly choke knob on it with a plain barrel. Over the years I used it as my primary duck gun. In the old days I hunted about 50 days out of the season rain or shine. I have had exactly one failure to fire and that was with a reload that had gotten through quality control(my idiot cousin) with the primer in back wards. It's old and ugly but I still have it after going through countless BPS,winchester sx benelli nova a-5 stevens savage 870, 1100, and a host of single and double barrels. For a while I tried every 3" auto I could find. My favorite 3 1/2" 835 was given to my boy 5 years ago, he finally had a problem with it not letting the second shell out of the tube; he cleaned every thing up and now it works. Yeah, mossbergs don't last; in the used gun racks at least!

[Swampman]

The Mossbergs are almost free down here.