Whatcha totin' Monday?

I have decided to put away all the autoloaders, OU's etc and shoot my granddads old SxS, what ya'll totin'?

1100 20LT

12Gauge 870 Wingmaster. Was my Grandfathers and it has killed many a dove.

I'll be toting bags under my eyes because there's no way in hell I'll be able to sleep Sunday night.

And I'll have my Franchi Affinity 20 gauge with me.

beretta a300 outlander

Remington 1100

My TriStar Viper G2

at least 2 six packs

A300 Outlander

12 Ga. Left handed Tristar Viper G2 in black synthetic

too much

Stevens 311 SxS 32" barrels.

Old. Heavy. Ugly.

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Or B) ?

My old Beretta Silver Mallard for me, Browning A-5 light 20 for my oldest daughter, and my youngest daughter's new Weatherby youth model 20 auto, hope it fits her a little better than the Beretta Urika 20 auto she has been shooting.
Will also take a couple of back up guns just in case.

Opening day of dove season is when the wood stock guns I have come out to play, after that the duck guns get to play.

Remington 11-87 Special Purpose Magnum or Premier...haven't decided yet, but it's a Remington 11-87 either way.

My wife will be shooting an Escort Youth 20ga semi and my father in law a Remington 1100 16ga.

All fine weapons, just like the ones in the posts above!

Browning Maxus Stalker, 12ga. Will also take my 1100 as a backup.

Browning silver hunter 12ga

A- 5 20

I'll be shoot'in my virgin Benelli Nova 20ga.

CZ canvasback 12 ga or my sxs 410....probably the cz though.

Picked up a new benelli ethos, hopefully it shoots good

What? No faith in the Maxus?

Me MODB Maxus. Daughter will be carrying my first gun. A Winny Ranger 120 in 20.

Maxus

The bottom one.

Gonna take out the moss-berg .410 pump. Prolly not gonna go home with much, but should be fun

Remington 1100 28 gauge

Beretta 20 ga. White Wing / Beretta .410 ga. Pigeon.
Dove stool.
Game vest.
Bird dog.
Ice chest.

Weatherby SA-08 12 ga (wood stock)
Back up is a Rem 1100 20ga (full weight, not an LT)

20ga Wingmaster

Remington 870 pump. Its been to hell and back. No bragging gun but I dont get pissed if my gun gets wet or dirty like like them high dollar guns

I used to have the weatherby SA-08 12GA as well. Cost me too much to dove hunt with; it would only eject the heavier shot shells (hi brass).

Browning Gold 20g
Winchester 1300 in 12g in case we get in to some high flying WW

Nothing, as I don't want to fight the madness on Monday. Later in season for me with a 12gauge Benelli Montefeltro.

Total faith in the Maxus. It has been fantastic the last two seasons for both dove and duck....

...just sometimes Murphy peaks in on me....or more often, someone shooting with me.

It comes with two pistons. One for light loads and one for heavy loads. The light load pistons will eject everything. I've put over 1,000 rounds through mine. If you've got the heavy piston in and you're shooting light loads then you've effectively got a single shot.

This gun, that gun.
Just remember - it ain't the arrow, it's the indian.

Lol...exactly. I shoot the same whether it is a 40 year old $180 Remington 1100 or a $1500 Browning O/U.

A lot of shells!

Ithaca Model 100. Hopefully my shoulder will hurt Tuesday morning

Wrist Rocket and a bag of Marbles, I do not own any Guns....

I'm taking a Bolas.

Looks like I'll be toting my old .410 pump because I'm taking a friend hunting (his first time ever) and I'll let him use my 16 gauge.

Don't forget to keep your atlatl in the truck in case the bolas breaks down.

Since I pussed out on shooting the un-fired '68 A5 Light 12 on the skeet range, I'll be carrying either a well used '53 A-5 Light 12 or an A-5 20g from '52.

I'll be taking my Stoeger M3000
And lots of shells. Like a case of them...

Browning didn't make a Auto 5 Twenty till 1958. You better take the '53 light twelve.

Yildiz O/U 20.

Well Remington made 'em for them, it's a 1943 "American Browning" 20g. My mistake.

Lol. Of course.

No love for the16 I guess.

A5 16ga. About 1950. One of the first post war Belgian models and one the last of the safety in the front of the trigger guard.

Serious dub medicine.

Charles Daly Semi and a Stoeger O/U

Beretta es100

Brand new toy I just got. Citori Feather Lightning 20ga 28". Always wanted one and finally treated myself.

Sweet 16 and a few boxes of 30 year old shells. Love the smell of that old gunpowder.

JC Higgins model 20 pump 12ga

Bought it for $70 earlier this year and have it a real nice refinish. I bet that suckers worth $75 now! But it shoots.

Ill have my grandfathers 1100 and probably take the A300 JIC. probably wont pick up the A300 though, opening day is for the wood stocks guns like said above, every day after the A300 will get the start!

Ithaca 37 in 16 gauge from 1956, my opening day tradition.

Ruger Red Label 28 gauge

First year hunting. So pumped for Monday.

I'll have a 12 gauge CZ canvasback O/U and my daughter a Weatherby SA20 youth. Tagging off the above post. she has never had a failure to eject with light loads. About 500 rounds through itat this point.

Kevin

The ol' 870 as of now. Been looking for a used 1100, but no luck yet.

Remington 1100

You both will be hooked for life. I know my daughter can't wait.

o/u wasn't in the cards this year so gonna have to do it the same as always. My grandpa's Browning double auto from 1952

I have an old 870 pump and a new Cordoba, not sure which one I should take

I know the pump would get better fuel mileage, but the Benelli is funner to drive!!

ive shot heavy 4s and light 7 1/2s in mine, bout 200 total rounds and haven't had any problem so far. I think I have the light piston in it.

Me - Beretta AL390 Silver Mallard 12ga in synthetic
Wife - Beretta AL390 Silver Mallard 20ga in wood
Kids will be fighting over a Mossberg 510 mini 410

Browning Sweet Sixteen

Yea, we went out to the range today for our last practice shoot. Did the "dove course" and she went 29 for 50. I went 35 for 50. I know the real birds will be tougher but there is some hope for us. Either way, just getting to this point has already been a great bonding experience.

Kevin

Just doing that bit of practice y'all are light years ahead of 95% of the dove hunters in Texas! Good luck and be safe!

Ithaca m37 Featherweight. 16 ga with handloads.

It's kind of cool to me to see what everyone picks as their favorites. Doesn't always have to be the prettiest or most expensive. I find as I get a little older my preference for "race guns" with synthetic stocks and inertia actions are giving way to wood furniture and 2 barrels.

good luck to all and be safe, enjoy the time afield with family and friends

Like ltmfh I'm going with an old fn o/u.

Mine kicks like a mule! It only sees the dove field once a year and when walking forever hunting pheasant!

That is why the light handloads!

Carol will be with me.

Browning 525 O/U - either 12 or 20 depending on my mood.

Winchester 101 with IC over IC and the old 1100 Remington in the truck as a back up should my over/under 101 fail (never but remember 2 guns is 1 and 1 gun is none) be prepared especially on a long trip something will go wrong. hopefully just the beer cooler runs out at night.

BTW, Brazosboy that's a beautiful O/U! Everybody has their favorite type of gun and mine is O/U shotguns and that is an awesome example of why I love them.

I couldn't settle on one shotgun, 12, 20 or 28 O/U. So I split the difference and bought a 16 O/U.

Either my over and under or my A400, I'll decide when I open the safe in the morning

I agree on loving o/u. Ive got a few basic o/u and have always wanted a high end browning/fn. I was hunting in holland last year with a friend that lives there. One of the older gentlemen was hunting with that gun. At the end of the trip he asked me if I wanted it. He sold it to me for what he payed in 1962. His kids didn't hunt and he wanted someone to appreciate it. It took almost a year to get it imported but it's worth it. The gun is truly a work of art.






It's choked mod over full and I can't wait to shoot some high flyer white wings on Monday.

That's a beautiful gun. I'm not much of an O/U enthusiast, but I can appreciate that one.

+1 point for the Prince of Wales stock but -1 point for no kick pad, final score= beautiful.

Weatherby SA-08 for me and Escort for the wife. Have to walk 20 yards from the cabin and wait for the dove to fly by. BANG!

That's what I'm using if you put in the light piston it works on the cheap stuff with brass bases. Estates 3 1/4dram 7.5 shot for me

My 30 yr old 1100 12 ga. Just got it back from parent's home after being there 15 yrs. I missed it!

Remington 870. 20 gauge.

Ruger Red Label 12 gauge

Bottom load bottom eject Ithaca 16ga. And my mosburg of course.

Benelli Raffaello 12 Ga., Benelli Ultralight 28 Ga. And Benelli M2 20 Ga.

Metrosexual 12 gauge 870

12 gauge 870 wingmaster vented rib