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re: What shotgun should I get for my 11 year old son?
Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:32 pm to Judge Smails
Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:32 pm to Judge Smails
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I've got a pheasant hunt in SD planned this fall. Our guide does not allow anything less than a 12 gauge.
With dogs or block hunting? I have hunted wild pheasants with a 20 behind dogs with no problems...
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Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:34 pm to LouisianaChessie
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I was just comparing recoil. But to answer your question my kids first shotgun will be a pump. Makes them slow down and make their shots count more. If you give a kid an automatic you better be it rich to afford the shells that little bastard is going to burn
This....I started with a single shot 20 and could hit a dove with one shot...as I grew into an automatic it took three shots to get that dove
Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:37 pm to wickowick
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With dogs or block hunting?
With both. This will be the fourth trip for some in our group with this same guide. I think he's just an old man set in his ways.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:38 pm to Chicken
I got my first gun for my 10th birthday. It was a 20ga winchester youth model pump. I still use a 20ga for birds, but the only birds I hunt are doves. For small game birds, a 20ga is ideal, unless you're just a terrible shot.
With 3" shells he could even hunt turkeys, but probably not past 35-40 yards. But, if the bulk of his shooting will be at things larger than a dove or squirrel, a 12ga might be more appropriate. I don't think I'd start an 11 year old with one though.
With 3" shells he could even hunt turkeys, but probably not past 35-40 yards. But, if the bulk of his shooting will be at things larger than a dove or squirrel, a 12ga might be more appropriate. I don't think I'd start an 11 year old with one though.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 12:59 pm to Teague
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With 3" shells he could even hunt turkeys
You better believe it, all of these were killed with a Benelli M2 20 gauge using 2 3/4" shells..
Posted on 7/29/13 at 1:03 pm to stevengtiger
12ga Remington 870. Can never go wrong with this gun
Posted on 7/29/13 at 1:05 pm to Chicken
quote:My nephew can handle the recoil from his Dad's old Remington 1100 20ga better than his own 410 crack barrel. I'd get him a used 20 gas autoloader for starters then once he's bigger and fully committed to hunting and gun care get him a nice new 12 gauge for Christmas.
If he can handle a 12, go with gas operated auto...... a gas gun will have less felt recoil than the inertia system
Posted on 7/29/13 at 1:51 pm to 007mag
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I'd get him a used 20 gas autoloader for starters then once he's bigger and fully committed to hunting and gun care get him a nice new 12 gauge for Christmas.
This. I got my kid a 20 gauge 870 youth model pump and that thing kicked like a mule. My son is a big kid and even with his size, he hated to shoot it. Finally decided to just get him a Beretta 390 and be done with it. If I was doing it again, I would have started out with a cheap 20 auto and just feed him 1 shell at a time.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 1:52 pm to MWP
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I got my kid a 20 gauge 870 youth model pump and that thing kicked like a mule.
Poor shell selection. It is it biggest problem with recoil...
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:19 pm to wickowick
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Poor shell selection. It is it biggest problem with recoil...
3" 4's is what I usually bought. Probably was shell selection but I still think the 20 auto is hands down a better choice.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:36 pm to Chicken
If I were going to be a bird hunter and separated by distance, I would like to see him with a O/U. Mainly for an ease of insuring he is unloaded when he needs to be.
If I was going to be in a duck blind next to him, I would go with an auto loader or pump. I don't have a issue with shell use...he is only going to get one at the time.
I just think those little crack barrel singles are worthless.
Also regarding recoil, I have seen that most the times that recoil of any sort is an issue is if a child really isn't mature enough to be shooting anyway, that or poor form. Spend some time with them on clays or cans...whatever, just insure form is good and recoil is much easier to handle
If I was going to be in a duck blind next to him, I would go with an auto loader or pump. I don't have a issue with shell use...he is only going to get one at the time.
I just think those little crack barrel singles are worthless.
Also regarding recoil, I have seen that most the times that recoil of any sort is an issue is if a child really isn't mature enough to be shooting anyway, that or poor form. Spend some time with them on clays or cans...whatever, just insure form is good and recoil is much easier to handle
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:37 pm to Carson123987
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ithaca model 37 featherlight 20ga. great gun. my first
I still use my 16 ga
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:40 pm to Chicken
An acquaintance told me to look at the Berreta A400...12g for me, 20g for the little man...
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:42 pm to Chicken
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An acquaintance told me to look at the Berreta A400...12g for me, 20g for the little man...
Bawlin
A400 is a FINE machine
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:46 pm to Chicken
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An acquaintance told me to look at the Berreta A400...12g for me, 20g for the little man...
So sayeth the Cluckster, Let it be known that the Cluckster is a Beretta man.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 2:48 pm to Choirboy
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So sayeth the Cluckster, Let it be known that the Cluckster is a Beretta man.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 3:53 pm to Chicken
I grew up with a Remington model 1100 20 gauge. Auto loading shotgun. I loved it and have slayed many a dove and squirrel with it.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 4:20 pm to mylsuhat
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he will outgrow a 20ga within a year or two
Ya never outgrow a good 20ga. IMO you get even more fond of them as you get older. I own several good 12's. A couple Auto 5's, SBEII, M2,1100's,Wingmaster's. Gues which gun I pick up 99 out of 100 times to dove hunt with...... Rem. 1100 LT20. I am not a Remington supporter other than guns I already had before I said they could suck a dick. But between the Auto 5's and that little LT20 I feel I have some of the best auto's ever made
Posted on 7/29/13 at 4:27 pm to lv2bowhntAU
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Ya never outgrow a good 20ga.
You will if it's a youth model. I do personally like to shoot my 20 auto at doves rather than my 12, especially if it is a hot field.
Posted on 7/29/13 at 4:33 pm to MWP
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You will if it's a youth model
Always buy one they can grow with. I bought my daughter a SA-08 Weatherby that also came with adult stocks. Damn fine little auto 20 for the price
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