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Offline Lefty Dude

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My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« on: September 30, 2009, 04:20:56 PM »
Arizona's Fall Turkey Hunt starts Friday. My Son is going and I offered my Handi. It normally sports a .308 barrel. But today it was insulted when I removed the Rifle barrel and replaced with the 12 ga. 3 1/2" chambered Turkey barrel. He is a big Guy and can handle the recoil, I shot 00 buck in this barrel only once and never again.
We used to be able to hunt Turkey with Rifles here, now it is Shotguns only. What a bummer.
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 05:36:07 PM »
I hear ya on that 12 gauge recoil.   I had a Tracker 2 in 12 gauge that I fired two slugs out of and put it down, and I had enough of that!

I sold it and bought a 20 gauge, but my excuse wasn't the recoil, it was that I couldn't mount a scope rail on the barrel because they are pretty thin at the chamber.

Naw, it wasn't the recoil, it was the scope rail!......Ok I'm a whimp!

Good luck with the turkey hunt!    I'm all geared up and ready to go Saturday with the opening of bow season, and this week is sure going by slow!
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2009, 02:07:12 AM »
I had a 3 1/2" 12 Gauge Pardner key word being "had" (yes I'm a recoil wimp). ;)
The one I had threw the nicest pattern I've ever seen at 40 yards with Rem. 3 1/2" Nitro Turkey #5's.
I have a 20 gauge now and life is good.
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2009, 06:20:03 AM »
Can you imagine the Recoil of a Handi 10 gauge ?

I am hurtin just thinking about such a thing. :'( ;)
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 07:03:40 AM »
10 gauge handi?????   OUCH!
I have shot a 12g topper with the 3 1/2" mag shells and I thought all of my teeth were loose when I got done!
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2009, 07:27:28 AM »
I think that bbl was #1 or 2 with 2 oz Turkey loads in the recent Handi Recoil Poll if you ain't careful you'll not poke an eye out but you may detach a retina. Kurt
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2009, 10:42:12 AM »
I have a friend , when he Retired did alot of Trap shooting. His Trap shooting ended when he got a detached retina in his shooting eye from the constant recoil. After a very painful recovery his Doc advised no more Shotgunning or Trap shooting.

BTW; The accessory barrel program listed a 10 ga. barrel when I got my 12 ga. fitted to my SB2 in 2007.
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Re: My Handi's on a Turkey Hunt
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2009, 03:35:44 PM »
The 10ga barrel will only fit an SB2 10ga frame, not the same as a rifle SB2.

Tim
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