I never fire more than two from a shotgun.

I try not to miss with the first shot.

Good thinking.

It saves ammo that way. ;o)

Jere, my one and only shotgun is a 20g Remington 1100 Tactical with Choat extended tube mag and speedfeed pistol grip stock... It holds 8 rounds with one in the chamber. The first time I shot a 'sporting clay's event' I used my "riot gun" and fired all 8 rounds at the clay pieces as they broke into smaller and smaller parts... the range master was upset saying that I was only supposed to have two shells in the gun.... After his tyraid, I said... "Geez... I guess next you'll be telling me that you don't want me using buck shot either!"

Cute!

A semi auto shotgun is the way to go. Actually double barreled are great fun. Over and under too. Depends on what you like. Not what anyone else says.

Actually, a good well balanced side-by-side double barrel is faster to the shoulder and surer with an accurate followup shot than a semi-auto ... generally speaking of course. For years, I've been looking for a reason to add a semi-auto shotgun, preferably a 12 gauge Benelli M1 to my little collection, but I keep seeing more and more fellow hunters with their semi-autos shoot more, and hit less. I knew one hunter who was a crack shot in our club go from a Remington 870 pump gun to a Remington 11-87 semi-auto, only to go back to the 870 because he went from hitting to missing. I guess if you get hardwired to one type of action, it is best to stick to it. Probably, the biggest mistake I made was passing up a circa-1938 A.H. Fox side by side field model with German Krupp steel barrels made just before World War II in like new condition for $450 in 1995. That'll never happen again.

I might add that action does not really matter for home defense. We use a 12 gauge Browning BPS pump gun with a 26" barrel loaded with DoD contract 00 buck shot which can be found a Wal-Mart or Sportsmans Guide for about $4 /box.

I did say depends on what you like. A LaFever Bros. Nitro Special. Side by side with worn bluing. Scraped up stock. A gun that was at my side for a long time. Mine not the fastest or the most expensive. Just the best gun ever made for me. So like I said it depends on what you like.

Sporting Clays have always been a challenge to me, which is a shame, since I have several yummy recipes for preparing Skeet.

A general rule of hunting in the field is that when you hear one shot, its a kill, two shots are a sloppy kill, and multiple followup shots means somebody missed and there is no less game in the field now ... than there was a few seconds ago.

I'm so glad I'm not an American man, who have to prove their manhood with guns. It's pathetic.

We are also glad!

Nice one!

Give my regards to Buccaneer please, he/she appears to have blocked me. Thank you:-)

Chuckle----I'm assuming you don't shoot?? Perhaps you're not allowed to own guns in your country?? Shooting-----my sister is in the Shooter's Hall Of Fame in Ohio-----really. Shooting has nothing to do with "manhood." My daughter carries a .357 Lady Smith. Attacking her could be -----and probably would be----fatal. So, what country are you from???

when bird hunting i have hit 4 before.

Very few can do that especially Quail!

i took 4 once with a 22

Were they walking?

2 off the ground 2 in the air
i used to shoot a lot better than i do now.

WOW!! It's been so long since I fired a shotgun I wonder if I could hit what I was shooting at! Not so with my M1 however! We have a couple of great shooting ranges here in Maricopa County AZ. And I can still disassemble, clean and reassemble it in the dark! Who said military training doesn't have a place in the real world!!??

I have my old Henry Coach Gun with 00Buck close at hand. If??? I need to back that up I pick up my S&W; Model 29 in .44----first three are .44 Special next three 180gr jacketed hollow points. Used a shotgun during Nam with Buck. Then slugs. Up to 25-30yds it's fatal----a bit messy too. Often used an M14 with Sniper Scope. Hit what you shoot at, don't need to spray lead-----too many of our guys drained their M16. Problem then. I shoot trap and skeet, good practice-----try and break 100 straight in a match. Love the shotgun for home defense-----hard for someone to miss and it stops the intruder. Gave up on semi-autos----too much temptation to just spray lead and I like to keep my casings for reloading. Actually, I can shoot my Remington 870 Pump accurately faster than a semi-auto cycles----if you don't believe that??? come on down to our Gun Club and shoot doubles with me.

I believe it I use O/U Remington for skeet. S&W; 687 or Python 357's for bad guys, never had to YET, A 16Ga 870 for Pheasant, Remingto 30/06 for Deer.

I also reload.

Is it fairly easy to do that? If so I'll start saving my spent shell casings.

Quite easy and a great hobby. Shoot a lot more too. I've been reloading for-----ah, nuts, a long time (50+years)and have a rather large room devoted to reloading. Buy a good press and it'll last ===well==== so far, forever. Although I have 6.

Thanks Silvers!

I love the Remingtion 870

Yep, I've had one since I was a teenager----about 55 years ago. Also an 1100, a Model 12 Winchester, 3 Browning O/U's and on and on.

I had my M1 rifled and scope right after I bought it, I used it mainly for hunting til I got sick, now I sit in my mobility scooter and shoot targets!

Bummer!! Getting older isn't fun!!!!! I can still do it but the hills seem steeper!!!

I've not had the pleasure of shooting a shotgun for sport...Only while in Viet Nam. The biggest drawback was that there was no way to reload quickly as there was with a magazine fed weapon. Would like to give sport shooting a try.

If two don't get the job done, the third, fourth, or whatever are not going to help you.

My 9mm Glock 19, however, holds a lot more than that and can fire them VERY quickly.

This Stryker Arms Street Sweeper will throw out 12 rounds of 12 gauge in under 4 seconds. A must if you ever go hunting with Dick Cheney !

It's a worthless POS! And your stupid joke about Cheney shows how ignorant you are, I would not hunt with you.

Just a cheap Liberal shot.

Oh, grow up !

Actually, it would be pretty funny ... so long as you aren't a LAWYER hunting with Dick Cheney!

You have to admit it was safer to hunt with Cheney than drinking with Ted Kennedy!.