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Q: What Is a Good Shotgun for Hunting and Self Defense?
I want a shotgun for defense but also for hunting that can accept different chokes. Preferably with a barrel shorter than 28 inches. Most of the shotguns that I’ve seen that take chokes have 28 inch barrels. This shotgun will be for turkeys and intruders.
A: Hi….. Mossberg makes a shotgun that is sold as a combo. Its a Mossberg 500 and 2 barrels are included. One barrel is for hunting and the other can be put on for home defense…. See Below…
Mossberg 500 – 2 barrels included…
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/NEW/54169.jpg
Mossberg 500 specifications page….
http://www.mossberg.com/products/default.asp?id=3&display=specs
Mossberg 500 info……
http://www.mossberg.com/products/default.asp?id=3§ion=products
Q: What would be a good squirrel hunting shotgun?
Hey, I’m gonna be doing squirrel hunting come this summer. I need a new gun XD. Right now I’m stuck with a 410 Snakecharmer shotgun.. lol. I obviously don’t know much about guns, and that’s why I’m asking. What would be a good gun for hunting Squirrels? Or maybe Rabbits.
A: The 410 is an excellent choice for squirrels. A snake charmer is even better if it is the one with the 22 under it. A 20 gauge is also a good gun
Q: Regarding a felon owning a hunting rifle & shotgun in Virginia?
I have been told that a felon can own a shotgun or hunting rifle in Virginia, & I cannot find a clear answer with search engines. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I appreciate any response, thank you.
I know about owning a black powder rifle, but only if the state doesn’t prohibit it. I do not own any guns, aside from airguns, which are legal. I did not know about shotguns though. I will look into it.
A: A person legally can not own a firearm if they have felony record .If you buy a handgun or long gun from a dealer they have to run a background check on that person if convicted of/under indictment(or information) for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, whether or not sentence was imposed.This includes misdemeanor offenses with a potential term of imprisonment in excess of two years,whether or not the sentence was imposed. This is federal law from the NICS, NICS WEB SITE www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics/index.htm
Q: What is a good general purpuse shotgun to use for hunting?
I am looking to purchase a shotgun to hunt with, but i dont want to have to buy a bunch of barrels or chokes for it, i am wanting to be able to hunt deer and turkey and mayb e quall or something along those lines
A: choke tubes add verstility to a shotgun… and tubes are fairly cheap… the right tubes let you shoot skeet and games to steel shot at duck and kill turkeys at a distance.
They let you do all this with barrels in the 24-28 inch class… Lots better than the old days when you had to buy a whole shotgun to take advantage of indiviual chokes and lenghts.
I started with a M12 Winchester years ago…30″ full choke… and learned to shoot rabbits to geese with it…plus shoot a few slugs every year as a deer gun. Choke tubes are the best thing since slice bread and canned beer.
Q: What is a good shotgun for turkey hunting?
I’m new to the turkey hunting scene and having only upland shotguns, what is a good type of shotgun for tukeys? I know everyone will say something different, but I have no idea really. What should I look for, and what should I avoid?
A: I agree with sturno and bigd. The Remington 870 is one of the most versatile shotguns in the world. it does everything the fancy European shotguns can do, and it costs a lot less. I use my 12 guage Remington expressmag for everything from hunting turkeys to geese, ducks, quail, chuckars and pheasants. The most important thing for turkey hunting is to select a very tight choke. when its time to hunt turkeys i simply unscrew my modified choke and screw in my turkey choke. Load it up with some 3 inch heavyshot shotgun shells and you have yourself a lethal turkey killing machine! Good luck!
*another thing about turkey hunting: its really important that you learn to call properly. most of the time when you are turkey hunting you will want to call them to you. Box calls are great for beginers, but a mouth diaphram can be really effective once you get the hang of it. Buy yourself an instructional vidio that goes over the diffent calls that turkeys make. practice at home before turkey season starts and you will have a huge advantage.
Q: Can a cylinder bore short barrel shotgun be used for squirrel hunting?
I have a self defense Mossberg 500, cylinder bore, 18.5″ barrel. I’d hate to buy a new shotgun just for my first season hunting, and a new barrel costs as much as a new .22, which I could just as easily use for squirrel hunting. With the right load, could I use this shotgun for squirrel hunting, or am I better off finding a longer barrel shotgun with interchangeable chokes?
A: I would suggest that you obtain another shotgun or at least buy a new barrel. As a Dealer and a Gunsmith I can tell you that your Mossberg Cylinder bore shotgun was designed primarily for Rifled Slugs and #00 Buckshot. It wouldn’t work as an effective squirrel gun unless you were very ,very close.
The Mossberg 500 is a real versatile gun and you could easily and inexpensively buy an additional barrel that would fit it for squirrel hunting. Mossberg barrels run about ($60 at Wal- Mart) and I doubt if you could get a decent .22 for that cheap price. If you bought a modified barrel you could use it for hunting other animals, Rabbits,Pheasants,Quail and Squirrels.
If you don’t want to spend the additional money, I would tell you to follow your own idea and try and find another shotgun with a modified barrel or with an adjustable choke to borrow or buy for your use. Either way you would be more successful using another barrel or gun altogether. Good Luck!
Q: where is a good whitetail hunting spot in eastern michigan for shotgun?
I am looking for some hunting land in south eastern Michigan for whitetail hunting during shotgun season. I am looking for mostly private land but if I can find unpopulated public land I am willing to give it a try.
A: I’d make some freinds at the local conservation club and ask around. Lots of the locals hunt …make some freinds any you might get invited out to hunt somebodies lease or private land.
Public land in Michigan get a lot of pressure… and Southeastern Michigan public areas gets a lot of traffic during the seasons.
There are pockets of state land in Eastern Michigan that show up on maps… but finding the access points can be a chore… I know a lot of places near Midland that you nearly have to walk across someones yard… but the land behind the house is DNR land and no one will tell you where the right of way is to get to it.
Q: Guitar hero world tour Or Money For a shotgun for hunting?
I want GHWT But a shotgun is needed for hunting. What is the best option
I am only 12
I also am looking at a gun that is $147. So it is really cheap for a shotgun.
A: Guitar hero: world tour is not worth your time. don’t purchase this game, it’s really not all that great. get the shotgun or find another way to spend your time like playing runescape at “runescape.com”
Q: Looking to buy a shotgun for Turkey Hunting?
I’m looking to buy a Semi-auto shotgun for Turkey hunting . I recently started hunting again and I’ve falling in love with turkey hunting. I’m looking for something pretty cheap, but reliable. Any ideas on what type of calls I should get and any good web sites to buy from?
A: I would also have to say to go with a stoger 2000 in the camo. The gun has been voted as the best buy for semi auto shotguns. Made by benelli who is owned by Beretta. Both fine gun companies. As for the turkey call I would go on Cabellas website.
Q: What would be the best pump shotgun for deer hunting (using slugs) and home defense (using shot)?
I am looking for an affordable 12 gage pump shotgun for multiple uses; home defense and hunting deer and turkey. I want to use slugs for deer hunting but I know that slugs would not be a reasonable home defense ammunition. What should I look to purchase?
A: Take a look here…… Mossberg offers a 500 model 12 gauge pump that come with 2 barrels….. The long one is for hunting — When you get home put the short one on for home defense……
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/NEW/54169.jpg
Mossberg makes excellent shotguns….. Don’t let the inexpensive price fool you. These are really nice shotguns……
Ammunition for home defense?…. Buckshot of course…. 8 or 9 pellet 2 3/4 inch is perfect…. Here is whats in my Mossberg shotgun……
http://www.wolfammo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=35
Q: What is the range of a hunting shotgun?
I’m writing a fiction novel. Can someone please tell me the range of a shotgun (a) to hit a target and knock it with minimal damage, and (b) to hit a target and produce a decent amount of damage?
In each case, over how much area does the shot spread over the target?
12 gauge double-barrel shotgun.
A: iv Shot all my life and can not be tort much on the subject, its my hobbie.
Alough you have some good answeres non of them are true to the form of shooting and velocity.
First of all there are many tipes of shot gun, make , gage,modle and designe (over and under or side by side) (12,16,20,28,410,10,8 bore) all used for diferent hunting ,12 (most common) through to 20 are used quit often on game shoots, 28 and 410 (much more of a gental gun on the recoile –ie the discharge) are genraly used by children or even woman. the 8 and 10 bore are genraly used on wildfowl and carry a larger gram cartridge for a much more affective kill.
Since i think we will be genraly talking about a 12 boreshotgun there are a few things to concider, First of all the size of your cartridge, most game shooters use between a 30 and 34 grm shell( caipable of 1450 ft per second.) there is also a 12bore shot gun called a magnum which will take a 3inch sell, not like your average 2 and 3quater sell(cartridge size). Thats the cartridges, next of all there is the choke on the gun, this is the tightness of the barrel at the end, some guns have a fixed choke where others have a removable choke called multichoke, Range with a shot gun all depens on the combernation of cartridge and choke.
With a heavy shell (cartridge) and tight choke (full choke, the tights of chokes) iv had kills at about 70 yards for quary(term for game) .You have in genrall 4 types of choke full(tight patern) three quater, half, quater, and true cillinder which gives you the larges patern possibal with minimum range, killing range of 30to 35 yards or there a abouts for small game,You dont say what the target is so iv tryed my best to explane the ins and outs of a shot gun .I realy could go on all day about different things but wont. if you wish for more detail or othere questions just e mail me m_bradley82@02.co.uk (mark) . hope this helped. you could also try www.shotgunworld.com. they genraly have statistics on all aspects of shooting. good luck with the novel
just a little amendment for you, the singal rife slug will go through moste shotguns, though are not ligal, unles you have a firearms licence, with them indorsed on it with the perpose you intend to use them for… Form 60 yards they make a hole in an oke tree 2″ wide and just over 2″ deep (wincesrte stingers)..
SSg’ on the othere hand are 9 BB’packed into a shell, for the use of big game and vermin. Cartridge size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. 1 bean the heavyer load,7 8 9 been the lighter load with more shot.
Q: Would a Stoeger Coach Gun be a good shotgun for rabbit hunting?
It’s a double barrel shotgun that has a 20” barrel. It has fixed chokes (IC and M). I’ve never been rabbit hunting before but I’m interested in starting. Thanks for the information.
A: Only for close up shooting. If the bunny is say 40 yards away you would be very lucky to hit it. I know I have one and I have tried. I have a few sxs shotguns both modern 12ga 20ga and black powder 12ga and 10 ga.
Out to 25 yards is about the max because after that with a wide choke short barrel the pattern is so wide your chance of hitting a rabbit gets pretty slim.
But if you buy a long barrel double SXS with full and modified choke you have the opposite problem; too close and the bunny is mince meat.
I use #6 lead for rabbits and sometimes #4 lead in wide open fields where the shots are long.
So if you realy want to rabbit hunt buy the longer barrel double with choke tubes or one full and one modified choke.
LOL We all say its only good for close range and get an anwer (below) we are all wrong you can shoot them at close range! Funny!
Q: Different between Tactical and Hunting Shotgun?
What is the different between Tactical Shotgun and Hunting Shotgun?
Can I use the Tactical Shotgun for hunting birds? If yes, How?
A: Here is an example of a tactical shotgun……
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/NEW/53690.jpg
Here is an example of a shotgun for birds……
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/NEW/61120.jpg
Hunt birds with a tactical shotgun — Not effectively but if its all you had then yes…. The longer barrel field guns with a choke on the end of the barrel have a tighter shot pattern to effectively take birds….
Look here for all the shotgun info a guy could ever want to know……
http://www.shotgunworld.com/
http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2c.shotguns.htm
If you want a shotgun that can do both then surely look this Mossberg 500 12 gauge pump – It comes from the factory with 2 barrels. A short one for defense and a long one for hunting….. Take a look!…..
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/NEW/54169.jpg
Q: What is the law about private sale of shotgun for hunting ?
I own a beautiful Weatherby 12 ga. that I’ve used primarily as a display item. Never gone hunting with it and would like to sell it. May I do this on a private sale bases in New Hampshire ?
A: You certainly can….. It is perfectly legal to sell this shotgun to a resident of your state…. You are not required to report this sale, do background checks or any other legal requirement…. For your own records you should get the guys name address and DOB…. That’s not even required – but I do it when I sell a firearm anyways…..
Q: I want to buy a shotgun for dove hunting/home defense. Which one should I buy?
I would like to buy one shotgun for dove hunting/defending my home. When not being used to hunt dove this shotgun is ready for home defense purposes… Which make and model of shotgun would work well in both situations??? Which 2 different types of shells should I use in each situation??? Thanks so much… Tim
A: Either the Remington 870 or the Mossberg 500 pump shotgun will do what your asking. I like many prefer a defensive shotgun to have a short barrel 18-20″. While most bird hunters want a longer barrel 24-28″. You can find combo sets that have a short barrel and long with one receiver and stock.
Mourning Doves are a migratory bird and fall under federal law requiring you to have a plugged magazine limiting total capacity to three. You can remove this plug when using it for defense.
I’d stick to small shot for dove say #7 1/2 or #8. Now defensive loads depend on gauge of the shotgun your getting. For 12ga I recommend OO buckshot. For 20 ga I recommend 3 buckshot, if you can find it.
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