Today after being in a few stores for work , A gun caught my eye in a 20 ga. Since I built this new 20 Bennelli , I have thought of maybe getting the wife a 20 and noticed this shotgun. The gun was a Charles Dally 20 now not knowing a thing about these guns , I asked about the thread pattern in them for after market chokes. I was told it was a Winchester thread pattern.
Now my question is , Has or does anyone use one of these guns for turkey hunting and how well did the gun pattern or have it patterning now ? is there any out right problems with them ?
...BT
From what I have seen the CD auto's are a POS. I have a friend who has a auto and HATES IT. I also used to work with a guy who had to send his off three times in just a few months. He just gave up on it b/c it stayed in the shop more than the woods.
Now, the same friend with one of the auto's also has a pump and it seems to be a good gun. They both have 12ga's.
I own a 12 gauge model. Never really patterened it but it has killed many a goose and duck in it's first season. The only complaint I have is loading the thing. Mine has a button on the left side I need to push in order to load rounds into the tube. A second minor complaint is that I had some trouble with the second round loading properly (all semi's have this problem at one time or another). I found this problem happened because the gun was wet and dirty. Clean and dry it works fine. IMO not a bad gun for the price.
If you have to keep a gun clean and dry to keep it working properly, NEVER come duck hunting here in South Carolina. Hell, never come hunting anything for that matter.
This is one reason I love my BPS. Oneday two friends and I waded in a local creek for six hours jump shooting ducks. We stopped for about 30mins to rest. I propped my BPS up on a log and we were all sitting on stumps in the creek. My gun slid over and fell into the creek. I was so tired I could hardly move. So I just left it there. One of my buddies was like " ar eyou going to pick it up". I told them, yeah, when I felt like getting up. I could see it on the bottom so i wasn't worried about losing it. About 15mins later we had to get moving b/c by this time we were starting to get cold. I picked it up and we wentwading on. Jumped some ducks and BOOM. It was fine. Never miss-fired to this day.
Although I wouldn't try this with those cheap Remington steel shot. THey aren't water proof at all.
I own a CD field model pump in 20 guage/3", it's a good cheap little all around shotgun for small game . Mine has the Hardwoods 3-D dipped finish and cost $200 at Wal-Mart . I don't know about the Winchester chokes as they don't seem to be commonly available here , but Remington chokes fit perfectly . I also use it with an Undertaker turkey choke and it patterns well at 25-30 yards with Federal #4 or #6 shot . Loaded with #7.5 to #8 shot and a modified choke it's a great squirrel buster . I change to the same choke and #6s for rabbit . Recoil is light , very manageable for smaller statured hunters . The only modification that I've made to it was to change out the front bead sight for a Hi-Viz rifle type fiber optic sighting system , my accuracy improved measureably as a result .
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I have one in a 3 1/2 inch 12 gauge, and it is a great shooting gun, I have a Hastings xxfull in it and it patterns awesome at 40 yards. I have a couple friends who have the 20s, one in a pump and one in an auto. Neither have had any trouble out of them, and both guns shoot well for them, the pump is in a youth model and the guys 10 year old daughter turkey hunts with it. they love it for her. Kevin is right, the CDs use Remington chokes, not the Winchesters.
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I purchased a 12 gauge "Chuck D", thats what my friends call it, two years ago before a North Dakota Duck hunt. If you duck hunt you know the abuse a gun can take from the boat, dog, mud, etc so when I seen the price for this auto I din't think I could go wrong. I have used it for the past two years and it has worked flawlessly. I out-shoot guys with $1000 shotguns all the time in the field. I also put on a Tru glow front sight and it really helps. They also have a great warranty so if any thing does happen simply send it back. I really don't think you can go wrong with this shotgun for the price. If I were rich and money was not an option it would not be my first choice, but that is simply not the case.
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