What's your "go to" gun?

Well, on most other waterfowl sites I go by "Pumpgunner" if that tells you anything...main waterfowl gun is my 870 Super Magnum although I almost never shoot 3 1/2" shells out of it. I also have my dad's 1963 Ithaca 37 that I like to use for pheasant, I love that gun and would love to hunt ducks with it but it has a 2 3/4" chamber and a 30" fixed full choke barrel. I am planning to start reloading some ITX shot for it so I can take it to the marsh. Big game is with my wife's grandfather's pre-64 Model 70 in .30-06 that I was fortunate enough to inherit. I have been lucky enough to take elk, mule deer, and antelope with it and I don't know of a sweeter rifle.
 
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In the last 29 years I have grown very fond of the cycling of the A-5 action and the feel against my shoulder. I shoot an O/U when my son grabs the Browning before me.
 
Shoot a super Vinci 90% of the time. Not the nicest gun by any means but it's a tool to me and one helluva of lightweight perfect shouldering and shooting tool. Anytime I'm just goose hunting or taking a gun onto the salt it's my Winchester sx2 that's been camp dipped. Is a great goose gun.

But my heart still pulls me to SxS's. I'm a sucker for a fine double. Sold all my O/Us because I never used them but can't sell my SxS doubles. I know someday ill slow down and stop shooting as much and I'm pretty sure a SxS will be my choice then. But for now a 26" benelli is what fits me like a charm
 
The same gun for over 40 years, LH remington 1100, 30" full 3" mag. I even have the same gun as a back up that I got from Phil Eager on this site. By the way Phil I got the gun compleatly redone by Gary Donovan this past year it looks and shoots like a dream
 
In 1954, I began duck hunting with a Winchester model 12 sweet 16. In 1956, I bought a Browning A-5 12 gauge 3" model with a 32" full choke barrel and ventilated rib. I used that for almost 50 years then switched to a Benelli Nova. Safety and sand is why I changed guns. I have never seen a gun like this that can take such a pounding and still keep on doing what its supposed to do. A very well built gun.
Al
 
Like many of us I learned to hunt with an old hand me down single barrel, then moved to a Remington 1100 for many years, before picking up a SBE, but I must say I have enjoyed my best season of shooting this year with a vintage 20 ga SxS.
 
I grew up on a Rem 870 Wingmaster but I prefer the classic looks and feel of a S x S. I'm currently using an Antonio Zoli 12ga double.
 
Steve, the majority of the time i hunt with an over/under, the weather will have to be really nasty before i will bring out the synthetic stocked autoloader.
 
I like my pumps for the reliability. Can't find anything to say bad about my Remington 870 that I have owned for almost 25 years and effectively hunted just about every normal game animal that I could. I hunt more now with a Benelli.......but just a Nova and just as reliable.


dc
 
my great grandfathers sterlingworth 20ga for upland and squirrel,
Mossberg 500 for everything else, thats been to hell and back.

"A good duck gun is one you can use as a paddle if the motor breaks."
 
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