I now own a H&R-NEF Pardner Pump action shotgun in 20ga. It has a 26 inch barrel.
Would it have been better since it's a 20ga. if it had a 28" barrel ?
And what chokes would yall recommend Full or Modified. I.ve shot about 50 rounds through it and was surprised at how tight the modified choke was that came with this shotgun.
I can't help but wonder how well a full would do. I guess I need to buy a Full choke to find out.
Lastly if I were to buy a full choke should I get an extended choke to extend the barrel lenght ?
speaking of the 1895 .410 which I have been searching for. I saw one listed on gunbroker with a starting bid at 2k last I checked they ran around 500-600 dollars.
I got mine at Cabela's for 475. I am going by there tomorrow I will see if they have anymore. It was limited run gun, no way is it worth 2k.
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well I seem to do good with my 20ga shotgun, all three of them, I have 1 H&R Topper 88 that I shoot skeet with, 1 Mossberg bolt action with an adjustable choke for turkey, and my favorite an H&R Ultra Slugger... for anything that moves! I prefer the 20 in slugs as the bullets seem to have less drop. and I really don't notice the difference in 1/8 ounce of shot when I am on the line with the guys shooting 12ga 1oz loads at clays and I load shells so I can make 1 1/2 oz turkey loads it does everything I need it too, although my woman said there is a good chance of a Winchester SX3 in the waterfowl edition for my birthday... and it is 12 so I won't say no to a 12 but it has to be a good one!!!
I now own a H&R-NEF Pardner Pump action shotgun in 20ga. It has a 26 inch barrel.
Would it have been better since it's a 20ga. if it had a 28" barrel ?
And what chokes would yall recommend Full or Modified. I.ve shot about 50 rounds through it and was surprised at how tight the modified choke was that came with this shotgun.
I can't help but wonder how well a full would do. I guess I need to buy a Full choke to find out.
Lastly if I were to buy a full choke should I get an extended choke to extend the barrel lenght ?
I would reccomend the choke I could hit the best and bring game down the best with.No,a longer barrel isn't an advantage except for the longer sight plain if you like it.And no a longer choke does not help except for ease of screwing it in. ,,,sam.
A larger bore dia.will have a shorter shotstring than a tighter bore because all shot does not travel at the same speed due to distortion caused by it going through the bore and being compressed in the choke.The tighter the bore or constriction,the more variation in shot speed.If you take a full choke at .694" and a modified at .710" the .694" will have the tighter pattern on paper,BUT,the target is traveling at 30to60mph and with a long shot string the full choke with a longer shotstring may well not deliver as many shot into the target while it is passing through the shot string.If timing and lead is perfect the full choke with the longer shotstring will have the most shot available at the target site because the pattern diammeter is smaller making more shot available.But if everything isn't perfect you may well find you can do better with a wider pattern but a shorter shotstring making more shot available as the target passes through.This will not show up on a pattern.The full will always show more shot in center.But it doesn't take into consideration the shot that was behind in a long shotstring that never got to the target while it passed through the shotstring.I hope you understand this but there must be something on this machine that explains better than I can.It is kind of like holding a good lead on a moving taeget with a rifle and if you stop to fire,you miss.That is the reason with shotgun and rifle alike,they say continue the swing right through firing.You may stop,but the target keeps moving.The longer shotstring in smaller bores makes them less efficient than bigger bores.This doesn't mean they wont do it.It just means the larger the bore the more shot is available at the target.All of that shot before and after the target doesn't mean a thing. ,,,sam.
I have taken just as much game with my old single shot 20 gauge as i hav with my 12 gauges. I have not been hunting for three years though. I prefer 12 gauge but my cousin loves his 20 gauge whatever you feel comfortble with.
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I think both will do the job. It will be a matter of your personal taste. I think the pros and cons already stated lay out the case for both gauges quite well. I will only buy a 12 gauge but my friend only buys 20 gauge and we both do fine hunting.
Those folks that are recommending trying both, and I might add different manufacturers and models, aren't kidding. I have a Rem. 870 Wingmaster 12 ga., Rem. 1187 synthetic 12 ga. and a SKB O/U 12 ga. that have all been properly fit to me and I can shoot them all day. My 14 year old, who has had an Rem. 870 Express in 20 ga since he was 12 can shoot that thing all day long, yet it almost tears my shoulder off. I'll bet I haven't fired it ten times in the whole time he has owned it. It terrifies me and his older brother. All firearms and shooters are not created equal.
last I checked they ran around 500-600 dollars.
