Do you judge people by the shotgun they carry??

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Rottie, shooting clays with a Saiga has been on my bucket list. I actually had thoughts about building a stock with wieght inserts for one and building a rib, man that would be a fun clays gun.

For now, I'm enjoying the Benelli hotrod side of missing clays.
 
How can you, some people just love to go and enjoy themselves and cant make themselves appear any different. Everyone has there own way and as long as they are in the field or shooting, well I cant complain
 
"Do you judge people by the shotgun they carry?? "

Sure. If the people around me don't have a Parker, Win 21, H&H double or at least a Rem 3200 I just have to find another place to shoot, doesn't everyone? I mean a gentleman has his dignity to consider, what? :D
 
Sure. If the people around me don't have a Parker, Win 21, H&H double or at least a Rem 3200 I just have to find another place to shoot, doesn't everyone? I mean a gentleman has his dignity to consider, what?
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Compared to others, I would agree.................;)
 
I know of 3 people on this post that have judged me and and have given me **** because I shoot skeet with a Saiga 12 and can and have hit 23 out of 25 clays in 1 game of skeet. And when I get the high scores the people I shoot with give me praise for doing so well with that gun.
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Can say no one has come to our club with one - especially with those magazines - not allowed

If you are shooting that good, perhaps you should join the NSSA and shoot targets for real score against the rest of the good shooters - those are good scores, and if you can replicate them, you'd be in the winner circle every time

So why aren't you shooting registered targets?

Then you can move over to sporting clays and whup everyone's butt with those God-almighty overpriced Kreighoffs that only shoot two shells............

Come on down to Florida and we'll hook up and shoot some real fun targets
 
I took the Saiga 12 I had been lent to test to a meeting of The Geezer Squad at PGC. The guys put down a Model 12 and a 21 as well as a Parker to try the thing out. None of us shot as well as with our standbys, but not badly either.

Rottie, show up to shoot where I do, you'll be welcome....
 
No you can't buy ability. Where I shoot you are as likely to see a Mossberg 500 as a BT99 or a hi dollar double. A friend has a number of hi priced guns but is more likely to be shooting an old Remington 11 or a side by side. I have known several people that were well off that looked like they were down to their last dollar and several that put on a show that were broke.

The old saying is don't judge a book by it's cover.
 
But what about the shells they use? Can I judge them for not using the red hulls?


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I do... kinda.

If some guy shows up on the skeet or trap range with a tacticool shotgun. I tend to keep and eye on them to see if they know what theyre doing. If they dont, depending on their demeanor, I may offer to help or steer way clear. On the reverse if some guy shows up with a Seitz or Pgun or Kgun, I like to watch and see if they can shoot up the the guns potential... Some can some cant.

I will say the biggest snobs Ive met are trapshooters. Usually old retired farts shooting in the mid to upper 20's, yet all used to be some kind of champion, and gossip more than any group of old bitties you'll ever meet.

Sporting clays shooters seem to be the most reasonable. I think its because a sadistic target setter can humble the best of shots and perfect scores are non existant.

For all you guys crowing about 23's, a skeet/ trap match actually starts after the first 100 straight. They guys that are really good humble us mere mortals...
 
I Try to shoot trap every weekend and since i got a semi-auto i have been meaning to try doing some skeet shooting.

I havent been shooting trap that long but im not bad at it, I started shooting with a winchester pump 20 gauge and did ok then bought an old 1968 winchester 1400 mkii 20 gauge (got it real cheap cause no one wants a 20 gauge) and i do pretty well with it, aiming to beat my best of 21 out of 25, I think that with a 12 gauge I could definitely improve a lot more, so thats next on my list.

Anywho, i am somewhat of a regular at the range i go to, and a couple a-holes have criticized my cheap old shotguns, and thought i was an idiot for buying cheap federal ammo from wal-mart, but i don't really care, its just a fun thing to do on the weekends that i enjoy a lot, and to be honest, i shoot better then 50 percent of guys sporting a 12 gauge over-under that probably cost over a grand, and i do it with a 20 gauge!

When I am at the range, i do judge people not based on their gun but how safe they are and their technique and how they handle their shotgun, I have seen some real retards trying to shoot, failing to point the gun downrange at all times, stuff like that, and those are the people you have to watch out for, and sometimes they are holding expensive guns as well!
 
I have to say that I have a mild case of "reverse bias."

All three of my shotguns are "fighting shotguns." The closest I have come to hunting with any of them is staring at the romanticized scene stamped into the receiver of an old Ithaca M37 I have. On a lark with a buddy of mine who is into doubles I have shot skeet a couple of times with the M37, but that was only because the barrel was long enough to not overly handicap me nor get derided as a tacitcool noisemaker. Never even done it in camo, nor with my Mossy 590A1 with its unfashionably large magazine tube, but got snickered at just the same as if I had.

So I actually have a mild disdain for the trap/skeet shooters at my club, with their engraved steel and polished up blue and walnut fowling pieces, some which cost more than many a used car does. They remind me of the retired golfing crowd that my Dad hangs with, as that "sport" is his past time. They too are heavily gear oriented and fashion picky to boot.

I have no time for their overt snobbery. Especially from a group of "gentlemen" who wouldn't score well at all, or die of a heart attack, if they actually had to scoot and shoot, which is what I do with my shotguns in three gun. I even do it from time to time with a Stoeger Coach Gun, just to see what it is like to fire two and load two on the move. More time for them at the trap range I guess.

FWIW, I like sporting clays the best, but our club doesn't have the acreage for a proper course. At least the one time I got to do it elsewhere, varied target acquisition was the name of the game rather than repeatable shooting consistency at a totally known distance.
 
Can I judge them for not using the red husks?

Only if they are trying to cram red husks in their 20 gauge
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Dang, I got corn on my mind. I meant them red hulls instead ofg the green ones folks use for reloading... lol
 
I'm old school enough that a red AA 20-ga pops up in my reloads from time to time; however, they are getting pretty scarce. I can't remember exactly when the industry standardized 20-ga shells to yellow (for safety reasons), but it was a quite few years ago.
 
I have no time for their overt snobbery. Especially from a group of "gentlemen" who wouldn't score well at all, or die of a heart attack, if they actually had to scoot and shoot, which is what I do with my shotguns in three gun.
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That and the rest of your post evidences your personal bias against those of us who have reached retirement years and that sounds to me, Boats, like a snobbery.
 
I think it was in the 60's when SAAMI agreed that all 20 gauge shells should be yellow to prevent 12/20 and less common 20/28 bursts. However, this agreement is for American-made shells only. While many European makers do make them yellow for sale in the North American market I have seen 20 gauge shells outside of the U.S. that weren't yellow.
 
I have no time for their overt snobbery. Especially from a group of "gentlemen" who wouldn't score well at all, or die of a heart attack, if they actually had to scoot and shoot, which is what I do with my shotguns in three gun.
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Some of us don't HAVE to scoot and shoot, nor do we only view shotguns from some zombie/SD view point - as you obviously do - it seems you are completely unaware of other aspects of shotgunning, yet have no issue acting like a snob

Please tell me where you think you'll need three fighting shotguns and just who are you going to fight? The zombies from your video games?

Please.............
 
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