Worst Gun For Spring

[schuyler olt]

Just for grins, I thought it would be fun to hear some turkey gun horror stories. In my case, I won a 3 1/2 inch twelve guage single shot, and thought I'd give 'er a go. It was a very well made gun and very light, which I thought might be helpful for a hunt I was planning in S.W. Colorado. Now I weigh about 145 lbs. with all my gear, clothes, etc. I don't remember what load I was shooting. Heck, I don't remember much about shooting that gun at all, come to think of it. It looked like something out of a T.K. and Mike video. Very soon after I gave the gun to a good home, and I understand it's been to several good homes since. Newton's first law of physics is true![xx(]

[LoweBow]

A few years ago I took a buddy out to hunt. He'd hunted a few years and had no luck so I was talked into calling for him. He had an old single shot 3" gun that looked to be 40+ years old. I called him in a nice bird into distance and he blasted it directly in the breast, rolling it backwards. I kept saying shoot it again as it found it's feet and began to run. He was fumbling so I picked up my gun, took a few steps forward and finished the bird for him. I looked back to see the gun in 3 seperate pieces on the ground and him still fumbling to get it back together. The gun had fallen apart when he went to reload! I questioned him about the gun & he said it just does that every few times you brake it over. I said that I'd toss that piece of crap. To which he comments "but it shoots so straight". My comment" Obviously it doesn't" ended the conversation.
Mike

[Ky Headhunter]

Schuyler, I shot a similar gun twice... the first year I turkey hunted. Shot it once at 25 yards to pattern, thought I broke my jaw. Pattern was ok so I determined 25 yards was my max distance. Second shot yielded my first gobbler, 20# 10+" beard. Funny thing, that shot didn't hurt as much!

Found something less painful to shoot the next year.

[GSP]

58 Remington Sportsman. I had two, still have one. Shot at a bird on my first hunt, missed. Bird, ran TOWARD me. Drew down, action had jambed. Gave the gun away.

[ez]

stop using those 3-1/2" mag loads.........ez

[GSP]

I wuz using 2 3/4".

[INKYHUNTER]

GSP those Sportsman 58's weren't worth the metal they had in them. I got rid of mine years ago and got a Wingmaster. Best move I ever made.

[bigblueswami]

yeah I bought into the 3 1/2" kick and got a Ulti-mag. painful to pattern and found I shoot 2 3/4" the best through it anyway. Oh well, gets the job done. My shoulder says 3 1/2 bad... fan mounts say gun overall is good. [:)]

[HardinCountyHunter]

I won a Remington 870 Express 12 gauge with plastic camo forearm and stock at one of the turkey hunting seminars that the local NWTF chapter used to have at Central Hardin High School hear in Elizabethtown. Since I never won a gun before I was on cloud nine. I wasn't on cloud nine after patterning the gun. I swear it shot a foot to the left at 40 yards. I had a friend shoot it and the same thing happened to him. I got rid of it as fast as possible and turned the money into a muzzle loader.

[INKYHUNTER]

HardinCountyHunter that's why I use a scope, you aim where the pattern is going to hit. When I first got my 870SP 3" I put a scope on and set it up for slugs. You would be amazed the difference of the setup for the turkey loads. I don't know if it is the screw in choke that causes the aimpoint to change, but readjusting the scope corrects the problem.