Best shotgun for wife to waterfowl hunt with?
09-06-2014, 05:02 PM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 188
on one hand i wholeheartedly agree as its an awesome waterfowl shotgun, enough so that i bought one myself. however, this wouldn't be the gun i could imagine my girlfriend shooting 50 rounds out of in a morning.
i'd favor a nice little gas semi auto in 20 guage for the ladies.
i'd favor a nice little gas semi auto in 20 guage for the ladies.
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09-20-2014, 05:26 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,143
^^^^This is IMPORTANT..., not all autoloaders recoil equally.
Fit is important so let your wife pick out "gas operated" that she likes.
I too like a 20gauge as long as its not real light..20's can kick just as hard as a 12 if theyre light weight
Fit is important so let your wife pick out "gas operated" that she likes.
I too like a 20gauge as long as its not real light..20's can kick just as hard as a 12 if theyre light weight
10-22-2014, 02:29 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
Posts: 2,915
Make sure to check the length of pull (LOP). Getting a stock that fits your wife will help with recoil, even with a gas gun, and more importantly sight picture.
Shotguns that doint point well often up as "closet queens".
Shotguns that doint point well often up as "closet queens".
10-27-2014, 05:17 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mi.
Posts: 250
My daughter does a very fine job with the same Beretta 391 20ga. that I bought her 10 yrs ago.
She does not care to duck hunt, to cold & you just sit there some days, but she's death on anything from Starlings raiding our cherry trees, grouse, pheasants and farmed chuckers & quail.
I tried hard to convince her to go with a Benelli Montefeltro 20 ga. but she liked the Beretta better. Now, having seen her shoot it, I"m glad I went with what felt best to her, not what I though would be best.
The Beretta 391 is lighter in recoil when firing 3" loads, which you'll need for waterfowl, just as my girl uses them for late season pheasants & out to 45 yds it kills really well. (I handload 1 1/8 oz. of nickel plated 6 shot for her. Faster than 1 1/4 oz. and pattern very well.)
She does not care to duck hunt, to cold & you just sit there some days, but she's death on anything from Starlings raiding our cherry trees, grouse, pheasants and farmed chuckers & quail.
I tried hard to convince her to go with a Benelli Montefeltro 20 ga. but she liked the Beretta better. Now, having seen her shoot it, I"m glad I went with what felt best to her, not what I though would be best.
The Beretta 391 is lighter in recoil when firing 3" loads, which you'll need for waterfowl, just as my girl uses them for late season pheasants & out to 45 yds it kills really well. (I handload 1 1/8 oz. of nickel plated 6 shot for her. Faster than 1 1/4 oz. and pattern very well.)
