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| Senior Member ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| Introduceing Mossberg's Double Barrel Shotguns |
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| Senior Member ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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I wish I had posted the other 2 but I thought I would run out of room...A.H
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| Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008
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| Any experience
I checked out one of the Reserve O/U in 20 ga. this weekend and it looks very good for a $500 o/u. Good wood to metal fit. I am asking Santa to leave one under the tree this year.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York
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| Santa already came to my son. He bought a Silver Reserve O/U at Gander Mt. for $525.It's his first gun and he shoots it beautifully. Fits him nice, and it's a great looking piece. Also, fit is pretty good..He doesn't like pumps,or sxs..
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Prices?
Any word on pricing?
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Richmond, Va
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wow, I am impressed!
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Inter-Coastal Sea Islands, SC, USA
Posts: 492
| There's no shotgun faster to the shoulder than a side by side; it just took about thirty years for American gun manufactures to remember that. In the early 90s I could have had a like new A.H. Fox with German Krupp steel F/M 28" or 30" barrels made in 1938 (before the Germans found other uses for Krupp steel) for just $650.00. I passed on that opportunity because I had my eye on a Garand for about half the price. Life's missed opportunities ... |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bowra N.S.W Australia
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gotta love those SXS shotties. Not many people down here buy SXS they all tend to want O/U's which make SXS cheaper
__________________ A Downunder Redneck & Proud of it! |
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| Senior Member ![]() Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn
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okay, i just have to ask- what makes a SXS so fast to shoulder?
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Inter-Coastal Sea Islands, SC, USA
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| Lefty, I thought this thread was abandoned; sorry about that. Side by sides are just better balanced and stocked. In the old says of L.C. Smith, Parker, A.H. Fox, Ithaca, Lefever, etc., the sighting plane was a grooved or concave surface milled in the metal between the barrels which had an effect on the eye(s) like a ghost ring does for a rifle, making fast sighting and shooting of flying and running game better. Also, due to their design, it was possible to mill away unnecessary steel around the breech ends of the barrels, and around the receiver, and get by with a lighter hinge assembly, making the weapon lighter. That may or may not be case with newer side by sides due to implied increased safety of more steel and modern shooters who like to look down a flat vs. concave sighting plane. I'm not saying that an over & under is not fast; just not quite as fast with all other things being equal. The difference between good shooters might be so miniscule as to not matter; but some of us might need all the help we can get. Last edited by SightNSqueeze; 10-15-2008 at 04:13 PM. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| I am very anxious for members to post
their experiences as this really might be a great product at an affordable price.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Inter-Coastal Sea Islands, SC, USA
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I hope they're affordable. Ruger came out with their Gold Label side x side and the price is through the roof. It's worth holding out for something reasonbly priced.
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