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I know you guys are probably like me and have a waterfowl gun and a upland gun and so forth but do you have a gun you keep picking up and using for a little of everything?

I use a SBE for waterfowl, a 391 for clays crows and pigeons, a 835 for turkeys. For the last few years I have picked up my M1 everytime I go hunting no matter what I'm going after. I'm thinking I may have a set of choke tubes made for it since I only have one.

I love the weight and ballance of the gun and it fits like a glove. I must say its my favorite. It doesn't hurt that I have a 24" and a 28" barrel for it. If I could only have one I would pick my M1.

billy, have a bunch of shotguns.. Mostly pumps..I would say my favorite is an old 870 12 ga. 3" I bought in the late 70's.. I don't use it exclusively, but on most trips it is packed, and when the chips are down, it is the one I pick up.. Have killed everything from bobwhite quail to turkey, geese and coyotes with it..

A couple I love to shoot. A George Daw hammer gun and a Winchester 101 pigeon featherweight...

Schrapnel, As always, awesome stuff.. Never heard of George Daw.. But that doesn't mean much.. Beautiful shotgun.. I have heard of the WW101.. Great photos..

I always leave one of your posts green with envy lol. That old double laying over the gobbler has beautiful wood. P.S. Thanks for the chat on the phone your fly fishing knowledge did help as I got my leaders staitened out and those popping bugs unroll better know.

Now,, not know. fat thumbs you know.

Glad it helped, when you get here we can try it on some West Slope Cutthroats...

Webley, when you feel the need for ejectors...

seal_billy,
You have an SBE and an M1?

Shrapnel, Now I know how you afford all those beautiful guns. Your truck looks like hell.

That truck was in great shape when we left it. I went to Havre last fall to hunt with Travis and he took us to a couple local hotspots. The first one didn't have any birds, but it did have a nasty old woman that came charging out in a pick up to tell us we were scaring her horses.

The next place we walked a couple miles from the truck and when we got back this is how it looked. Something you never do in Montana is build your house behind a road sign or sleep in your truck...

That's one of the best photographs I've ever seen.

Thanks for posting it

This past year I used an M2 for everything. It helps having both a 21" and 26" barrel.

I'm more than a little fond of Model 12's in a 16.







Check out that high end Deer blind.

It's really easy to run an M2 for everything. Or an Ithaca 37 pump.

yep

I'm not a waterfowler so never really got on board the Roman Candle boat like with an SBE. I do have two M1S90's though...

I never use them roman candles except when I am pass shooting geese. 3" #3s for ducks 95% of the time. 2 3/4" #4s in early wood duck and teal season. Its easier to clean than any other semi auto cause the top of the receiver is built onto the barrel, that way you can get into the action and trigger group easier in the field only taking the barrel of. It has saved the day on more than one occasion to get a big clump of mud out and to dry it out after it was submerged. IMHO the SBE can't be beat for simplicity and ease of maintenance. Packability is good too cause its light. I take it on trips where ducks and pheasants are on the menu.

Two M1 super 90s,,, I think every wingshooter should have a matching pair of shotguns and you have 2 of my favorite.

Hard to beat an 11-87 and a Lab.

+1

Same thing here. My Rem 870 12 ga. Wingmaster is from mid 1980's and that shotgun is as reliable as a pocket knife.

First is a benelli SBE II, next is a beretta 390.