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Eleanors38

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7. Speaking of multiple firearms, I am convinced that an improved cylinder bore...
Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:22 PM
Sep 2016

is best during early dove season. I have a 55 year old Remington 870 in fixed modified choke. This works well for general bird hunting, but the IC has noticeably improved my shooting to somewhat above average. I can now use this choke, and numerous others, because I purchased a more modern 870 designed for swapping out chokes, and for using steel shot. This probably explains some multiple purchases, for even if you are a knock about hunter, weaponry updates are hard to avoid. Another example: Retiring the Winchester Model 94 in .30-30 calibre with add-on peep sights, in favor of a Remington 700 in .270 with a scope because of hunts in Texas Hill Country (longer shots), and later, less-than-stellar vision. I imagine the big majority of hunters have access to multiple weapons for these very basic reasons. And there are some 13,000,000 of us.

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