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So once a year, around income tax time my wife allows me to go all out on a gun that I may want that year. I buy and sell guns throughout the year, but I never really spend over a few hundred dollars. Last year I wanted an AR-15, but instead I was convinced by a friend to buy a hipoint 995ts, which I firmly regret. I spent about 600 after tax on the gun with all of the accessories, and it sits in the safe. I am determined not to be deterred again this year lol. I have 3 guns in mind that I would like some input on. The first being an AR-15. I was looking at assembling my own from parts off of palmetto state armories website. For around 900 I would have built a pretty nice rifle. The cons to an AR-15 IMO are that they are kind of costly, they are loud as hell, and other than coyote hunting, there is really no practical application to the .223 / 5.56. Pros are they are fun to shoot, and extremely customizable. My second choice would be a very nice long range / hunting rifle. I have wanted a Remington 700 for awhile now. I want one with a heavy barrel, a wood "monte carlo" stock, and an aftermarket jewell trigger. I would also buy a 4-12x40mm scope, probably a nikon or a redfield. The pros to this gun are it would be a very nice addition to my collection, and it really would be a multi purpose long range and or hunting rifle. The cons. one, I am torn between two calibers. 7mm Rem Mag, or .300 Win Mag. I hunt white tail, and we see the occasional bear around here but no one around our camp has gotten a shot. I think both of those calibers are overkill for the type of hunting I do. I am extremely interested in you guys' opinions, as I do not have much experience with either of these calibers. I have shot the 7mm rem mag, but I have never owned either. The final gun on my wish list would be a nice trap gun. I realize that is kind of broad, and the reason being I really don't know what I would buy as a dedicated trap gun. I was thinking about a baretta al391 Urika. I have shot one of these at the sportsman's club, and I absolutely loved it. Con to this gun would be that it is very expensive and would be pretty much dedicated to trap shooting. That being said, it would be used every single Thursday night, so I wouldn't just sit it in the safe. I'm not entirely sure what I'm gonna do this year, what do you guys think? What would you do and why?

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Oh ok so I can put a regular express magnum barrel on the supermagnum reciever? Ive seen those barrels, just not the super mag

Honestly I detach myself a little bit. I'm not saying I'm a monster, but I try more to focus on the victory of bagging another deer than what I'm actually doing to bag it. That being said I spend many many hours shooting guns at the range and even out of my stand in the summer. i practice different shots at different distances. I know you absolutely cannot prepare for every possible situation, but I try as hard as I can to make sure when the time comes that I have to pull the trigger on the animal, its a good shot. That being said, things happen, and bad shots are a part of hunting. My young cousin started hunting last year, and shot a young doe in the neck quite like you did. He dropped it and couldnt bare the sight of the suffering deer. He didnt want to finish it so I did. It happens. I told him to take that experience and try to learn from it. What went wrong? why? He seemed to feel a little better and then I told him just to focus on the fact that he got his first deer!

Hey guys I have a remington 870 Express Super Magnum, with a vent ribbed barrel. Are there any cantilever express super magnum barrels out there? I hav elooked and cant seem to find any.

Thats true maybe Ill jump on it sooner than next summer. I think it would definitely be a helpful scouting map after a year or so.

Im gonna have to look into that. I wanted to start plotting things this summer so that will work. thanks

Thats awesome Ive never heard of that. Is that one on the Iphone as well?

Me either. Like I said, agree that its capable...

Aside from permanents, we only have two lock on stands. We leave them up all year. We like to go out there in the summer when were down there just to see what we see. Its pretty serious, like hunting without guns lol. sometimes carry the walkies and everything

Field and stream is developing an app. From what I understand it will be called deer camp scout map. Its a little interesting. It uses GPS to let you mark scrapes, rubs, droppings, sightings and tracks and compiles a map for you to see movement patterns of deer. Its in the works but from what I've been reading its kind of innovative. Just letting you guys know.

Thats a good point. No rebuttal here. Duely noted. I agree that its capable, but less likely. I dont know. Didnt really want to initiate this kind of thread just share an opinion. Agree to disagree?

I understand that it is quite effective, and like I said some guys are deadly accurate and it is pretty impressive. Im just saying a low end compound bow will produce a faster arrow than a long bow, thus reducing the chances of jumping the bowstring and getting bad shot placement. I'm not saying that it isn't effective, didn't pioneer bow hunting, and by no means telling anyone what to do, which is why I said that it was my opinion

I love that fox mount, ive never seen that before. Definately different

^ was a joke lol just to clarify

Holy cow! That is a lot of animals. I wanted to get my first mount this year, I said I didnt care what I mounted, but I didnt catch any fish worth mounting, didnt see any deer worth mounting. I wanna try coyote hunting this year so thats an option. If not im mounting a rabbit

10/22 is the way to go man. So many upgrades and the most reliable .22 out there imo.

I got my gun safe and a nice mossberg 20ga (SA-20) Good year.

Hey guys, neither me, nor anyone in my family has ever gone predator hunting, but I would really like to shoot some coyotes.. Where would I even start? what do I need to start? and whats the best caliber to use? I see a TON of people using AR-15's so .223? I would probably need a call, but what else? And why hunt them? you wouldn't eat a coyote, so is it pretty much just for pelts and predator control?

I have a chinsey little Barska scope on my ruger 10/22. 3-9x40mm. Seems a bit big but it works and it was like 18 bucks lol. I figure im not gonna do anything serious with it, so a cheap piece of glass will work

Hunt rabbits, then not long after that, hunt turkey, then, FISH, then, start practicing with the bow and get ready for next season

Haha thats pretty funny, but they work right? I started using a 100% cotton tee shirt yesterday, and im happy with it. It doesnt leave the lint like the other cloth I had does

I work with a guy who shed hunts. Its really the first contact I have ever had with someone who actually shed hunts, I know people who have stumbled across them, but never gone out solely to find them. I gotta say hes nuts, he spends a ton of time just watching, and studying deer patterns. Nuts in a good way though, he has a ton of good stories, and Im thinking about using some of his scouting tactics to help me during the hunting season. Nice trophys though man, good job!

I would say that in Ny it is probably a pistol or a longbow, but in my honest opinion, I dislike people who use the longbows. Pistols are one thing, they are probably not that challenging to an experienced handgun user, but longbows are another. Your average longbow is going to send arrows at 130 to 170 fps (average draw length and weight) which isnt very fast, opens the door for a bad shot, while a newer compound bow today is throwing arrows at 300+ fps. We as responsible hunters owe it to deer to do everything in our power to make sure it is a quick clean kill. This means updating equipment when we can (im not saying break the bank, but compound bows are pretty affordable now) and practicing until our faces turn blue. I am not a "tree hugger" or environmentalist or anything like that, Im an avid hunter and the sight of death doesnt bug me, but a bad placed shot is USUALLY the hunters fault, and could have been avoided. That animal has to suffer because the hunter wasnt responsible enough to practice a little more, or use a somewhat up to date weapon. Like I said just my opinion, I am impressed at what some guys can do with there longbows and recurves though, some guys are deadly accurate...

Hey all. So for Christmas I got a new 20ga autoloader shotgun. The box read Mossberg model 920. I did what I always do when I get a new gun, I hit the interweb looking for any and all information on the gun. I couldn't find anything. After further inspection of the gun, I decided it was a very well built gun, but stamped on the gun was not model 920, but rather SA-20. After searching that, and finding more reviews, a few complaints others have seem to be not such a big deal to me. One of the big complaints is you have to hit the bolt release button to load more shells into the gun. I am pretty new to autoloading shotguns, I was raised on a pump, but this just isn't a big deal to me. It takes one hit of the button to be able to load the rest of the ammo into the tube so to me its not a big deal. Another, easily solved complain there is out there is that it comes stock with the "duck" plug in it, restricting the gun to 3 bullets. This plug took me literally 3 minutes to remove, so again, not a big deal. And the third big complaint I have read is that the receiver is not drilled and tapped, but in my honest opinion, and it may be disagreeable, but shotguns aren't supposed to have scopes. Any extra machine work just costs extra money, thus making it a more expensive gun. All that being said, I decided to make my own review. A couple of days after I got the gun I took it out rabbit hunting with my young cousin. I used the modified choke, one of the five chokes included with the gun, all in a nice choke tube case with a very nice choke tube wrench. The gun is very light. Weighs about 6lbs and has very little recoil even for a 20ga. It is very accurate, and very dependable, it cycled rapid shots without a problem. The gun has only one sight on it, which would be my only complaint because when I bring the gun up naturally it is a little low, but luckily included is four or five shims to change the way the gun sits in your shoulder when you bring it up. I will play with those after awhile. I took a spill while walking through the woods (unseen wire fence) and the gun was uneffected, not that it would be but it did hit the ground and still functioned normally. The price tag on this gun, although it was a gift, was a little high IMO, I think 325 or 350 is fair, but it ran 400+ tax. When cleaning this gun I have to say it is built pretty well. Everything fits well and is easily assembled and disassembled. All in all I would say if you are looking for a good 20ga for your kid, wife, or even just to have some fun for yourself, I would deffinately reccomend this gun. I dont have much bad to say about it really, but here are the pros and cons... PROS- -Reliable, dependable gun -Lightweight -Very low recoil -Very accurate -Built well CONS (*MY opinion*)- -Although it is a mossberg, it is not american made -Pricetag is a little high, but not much 25 or 50 dollars high -There is only one sight, I just prefer two, but after a shot or two you will get it. Id give it a four out of five star rating.