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Was always taught to pick up empties.

Turkey hunting, waterfowl, small game, upland or doves.

Pick em up when you can.

I don't want trash in my yard so I try not to leave it where I go.

Depends on the game and type of shooting. With ruffed grouse and woodcock, you don't usually don't get a chance to shoot more than 2 shots and miss.

I prefer extractors for this as it saves me picking up empties of the ground, assuming that others don't leave empties lying around as well. With the ejectors I always just put my hand over the chambers to save picking up.

Anyone who uses a pump or semi for upland is a reprobate. This explains much about what they do in the field. Most likely to find beer cans mixed with those empty hulls.

Kiss my reprobate ass. My humpback Sweet 16 has as much class and nostalgia as any of the Euro trash y'all might be toting.

And down south we pick up our empties.

<LOL> ....... Got a bite.



Nice shotgun. Belgium is in Europe you know.

Yep, just stirring the pot a little.

The mason jar was a nice touch.

Peach brandy out of KY. That was a good day. My old GSP worked hard.

My euro gun was made in Japan.

Very very nice!

And speaking of the Euro-Japan connection, if you want to have your eyes watered at quality precision assembly and exemplary fit and finish work, take a close look (inside and outside) at the Miroku Charles Dalys of the late sixties and early seventies.

In either O/U or SxS configurations, they are superb, easily the peer to anything to come out of Belgium (and I’ve owned and used a lot of Belgian Supers over the years).

Yup .... I had a Charles Daly Miroku several years ago. It was a 20ga O/U and was a fine shotgun, all the equal of any other working gun I've owned. I'm pretty much stuck on the SKBs so it went down the road, but do regret selling it.

I was taught the same. When I leave a pasture, no one should be able to tell I was there. Hasbeen

My Benelli o/u ejects the fired, extracts the unfired. I thought that is how most all o/u's worked?

My 1968 Winchester and 1967 Miroku built Charles Daley ejects empties and extracts unfired rounds as well. I think that's how all the ejector guns work if I'm not mistaken.

You are referring to selective ejectors; eject the spent ones, not the live ones. Most doubles have these, O/U and SxSs. Those guns which don’t are called extractor guns.

I did have a lightweight Italian O/U, two triggers and non-selective eje tors. Handi to carry at right at 6#, killed game efficiently but is sure wasn't a high volume gun as it would leave you black and blue and too nice to butcher up the stock. It was 40+ years ago, I'm pretty sure it was a Breda.

Darne had a very interesting selective ejector system on their sliding breech sxs's, only drawing the fired shell come.pletely out of the chamber. You could either tip the gun a little and it would roll of the water table or you could just pick it off.

I think I like extractors a little better. Much easy to police the brass. Plus, where I hunt, after my two shots the birds are long gone anyway. A quick reload after ejectors have shot the shells on the ground doesn't help me much.

I’m exactly opposite, won’t have an extractor gun, and none of my empties hit the ground. It’s an easy trick to catch them when the ejectors fire, stuff them in a pocket.

If you like your O/U, having ejectors is no big deal most of the time. An exception would be on a hot and heavy dove hunt, where ejectors would be preferable.

Model 37s throw empties at or near one's feet; easy to find and pick up empties. Should I change my screen name to Reprobate?