when I cannot use lead shot Archived Message
Posted by Jent P Mitchell III on December 22, 2013, 3:35 pm, in reply to "Re: if this LCS is a dedicated hunting gun"
Hello Bill H., When I cannot use lead shot I shoot an older Ithaca/SKB over and under 12 gauge 3 inch magnum that has had the chokes opened up to Skeet and Skeet. I also have an older Remington 1100 12 gauge 3 inch magnum with the choke opened up for when I might need more then two shots of steel or bismuth or some other lead substitute. This last October I carried a Browning A-5 12 gauge 2 and 3/4 inch gun that is deadly on wild South Dakota pheasants shooting heavy loads of lead shot. I used a pre 1913 L C Smith #3, aka grade #3, 12 gauge SXS to shoot some of the stocked pheasants that the Pennsylvania Game Department stocks in the DWG National Park this past November. I have opened the chokes in this #3 LCS to about .007" in the right barrel and .012" in the left barrel. This particular LCS really shoots good now with the opened chokes. I used a combination of Rem STS Gold Handicap Trap loads with 7 and 1/2 size lead shot and #6 lead shot hunting loads by Federal for this hunt in Pennsylvania. A side note here, we did not see or hear any wild turkeys in the DWG while hunting the stocked pheasants this year !! This was not normal. We usually see small flocks of wild turkeys while hunting the stocked pheasants. We usually see turkeys flying across the roads in the DWG or just running across the roads. There are still plenty of deer in the DWG. Good Shooting To You All, Jent
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Message Thread:
- Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - Dan December 19, 2013, 12:02 pm
- Bismuth Shotshells Fired Out Of An LCS Shotgun - Jent P Mitchell III December 19, 2013, 2:04 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - C Helms December 19, 2013, 5:42 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - Mills December 20, 2013, 12:31 pm
- PS: I assume Hevi Shot is NOT recommended - Mills December 20, 2013, 12:33 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - Mike Reynolds December 20, 2013, 1:26 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - Todd kaltenbach December 20, 2013, 6:13 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - charlie cleveland December 20, 2013, 7:37 pm
- Re: Bismuth shot in a L.C.Smith - C Helms December 21, 2013, 10:26 pm
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