Recommend me a single shot shotgun

[alby]

What a about those Ottoman multi combos single shots that give you 3 in 1. 12g 20g and 410 for around 5-600.

[AusTac]

Naah not new, second hand, but in decent nick for what it is, i've gone out and bought a whole heap of exotic ( to me, ie not u 1/2 ) shells including some 00 buck shot and solid magnum slugs, i can't wait to blow stuff, and my shoulder to peices

[Tank]

Everyone seems to rate the H&R but i can't find ANY for sale, the idea of a bolt shotty is neat!

And thanks for the specific list bentaz!

I'll be keeping a look out

My best recommendation would be 'not to!'....they're generally bloody horrible, point like a bent stick and kick like the proverbial mule.....
There's always something on 'Usedguns' though. Was a Miroku recently for not much.
Save your money and buy a sxs or an o/u would be the better bet though.
Regs,
Tank.

[Tank]

The idea that slugs are bad or full choked barrels is myth.

Myth? According to who?
'Slug' barrels from all manufacturers are 'cylinder'.....not full choke. Why would they do that if full choke works fine?

[AusTac]

Everyone seems to rate the H&R but i can't find ANY for sale, the idea of a bolt shotty is neat!

And thanks for the specific list bentaz!

I'll be keeping a look out

My best recommendation would be 'not to!'....they're generally bloody horrible, point like a bent stick and kick like the proverbial mule.....
There's always something on 'Usedguns' though. Was a Miroku recently for not much.
Save your money and buy a sxs or an o/u would be the better bet though.
Regs,
Tank.

I have a beretta 686 Sp1 which is awesome but not something i want to drag through the bush

And with the high brass i bought today it's going to be the biggest kick i've ever had i reckon but keen

[pete1]

The idea that slugs are bad or full choked barrels is myth.

Myth? According to who?
'Slug' barrels from all manufacturers are 'cylinder'.....not full choke. Why would they do that if full choke works fine?

Its plenty safe, ive shot plenty of slugs through full choked guns, but accuracy won't be as good with 3/4 or full choke as it can deform the slugs as they compress.

If you have a cheap shotgun you can always cut the choke off then no problems with chokes and accuracy, if you don't care about the gun.

[AusTac]

The idea that slugs are bad or full choked barrels is myth.

Myth? According to who?
'Slug' barrels from all manufacturers are 'cylinder'.....not full choke. Why would they do that if full choke works fine?

Its plenty safe, ive shot plenty of slugs through full choked guns, but accuracy won't be as good with 3/4 or full choke as it can deform the slugs as they compress.

If you have a cheap shotgun you can always cut the choke off then no problems with chokes and accuracy, if you don't care about the gun.

Now there's an idea, the one i bought today is literally like 40"

[GLS_1956]

H&R's Topper series of Topper shotguns are plain, simple, durable, and they work.

[happyhunter]

The idea that slugs are bad or full choked barrels is myth.

Myth? According to who?
'Slug' barrels from all manufacturers are 'cylinder'.....not full choke. Why would they do that if full choke works fine?

According to everybody that has ever shot slugs through a full choked barrel. It's pretty obvious why slug guns are cylinder.. ie. why the hell would you choke a barrel designed to shoot a single projectile? No like it's produce a pattern

[AusTac]

So for those following, i ended up getting a savage model 940, with a scerial number of.. 10 not 100 10, its like getting boot kicked in the shoulder with high brass buck shot but its the most fun you can have with your pants on i reckon

[pete1]

So for those following, i ended up getting a savage model 940, with a scerial number of.. 10 not 100 10, its like getting boot kicked in the shoulder with high brass buck shot but its the most fun you can have with your pants on i reckon

Very nice, yeh would love to see some pics

[AusTac]

Photo time

[AusTac]

Upon giving it a thorough clean it seems to have a bit of rust in the bore, but it shot fine so nothing to really worry about.... yeah?

[Heckler303]

Not particularly AusTac, if it's light surface rust you're all good. However, if that rust soon turns to pitting, then the problems will follow.

I'd recommend scrubbing the bore with a light rust remover, such as Navel Jelly rust-remover to get rid of it. Then swab the bore plenty of times with a thick cloth wrapped over a brush to pick up the dissolved fragments.

[bigfellascott]

Put a Tornado Brush through it and see if it really is, I thought the ol Boito has the same issue after I gave it a good clean, then my mate used one of his homemade Tornado Brushes and it was just wadding and other crap that was stubben to remove. I actually think the boito has Chrome lined bore.

That Savage looks a lot like the ol Boito before I removed the bluing and gave it a polish.

[AusTac]

I first thought it was just rings of crap, so i got my 12 guage bronze brush out for the first time ( my other shotty is a clay gun and hardly fouls ) and cleaned the crap out of it, probably spent a solid hour trying to break those dark spots up, i'll invest in one of these tornado brushes and try again, it sure put a smile on my dial yesterday, if its bad hardcore pitting what should i expect? Exessive wad fouling?

[bigfellascott]

For patches for the shottie I just use that Blue or Pink Chux cloth - comes in 10m or 20m rolls from memory and does a fine job or I use paper towel if I've run out of the chux, works ok but not as good as it tends to want to fall apart when the solvents on it compared to the chux.

[pete1]

Well can always remove surface rust by blasting it with lead if there's not to much fouling

[Oldbloke]

For patches for the shottie I just use that Blue or Pink Chux cloth - comes in 10m or 20m rolls from memory and does a fine job or I use paper towel if I've run out of the chux, works ok but not as good as it tends to want to fall apart when the solvents on it compared to the chux.

Ive use toilet paper to good effect, or just old sheets cut up.

[bigfellascott]

For patches for the shottie I just use that Blue or Pink Chux cloth - comes in 10m or 20m rolls from memory and does a fine job or I use paper towel if I've run out of the chux, works ok but not as good as it tends to want to fall apart when the solvents on it compared to the chux.

Ive use toilet paper to good effect, or just old sheets cut up.

Yeah anythings pretty much good enough for the ol smooth bores Petrols good for the chokes and WD40 does a great job cleaning them too as does Inox.

[NukeBOMB88]

Upon giving it a thorough clean it seems to have a bit of rust in the bore, but it shot fine so nothing to really worry about.... yeah?

Yeah it'll be fine, I've got an old 37a that's pretty pitted in the barrel but it has shot fine like that since my grandad bought in the the 80's

[Oldbloke]

How longs the barrel? Looks bloody long.

[bigfellascott]

From memory I think my mate put the tornado brush on a rod and then attached that to a drill and worked it in and out to get rid of whatever it was in the bore, was stuck pretty solid whatever it was but the tornado did the job.

[AusTac]

How longs the barrel? Looks bloody long.

Still yet to get a measurement, but put it this way it just fits with the butt pad scraping the carpet diagnal in a 18 gun safe lol,


And i looked up the brushes and was just thinking to myself how this contraption works, i would have thought thr steel rings would just mould around whatever was stuck

[MR. WINCHESTER]

Goose gun ?

[AusTac]

So has anyone bought a single barrel shotty new latelly? I've got the bug, and i love the stevens in this post but need something with a picatinny rail for a sight as per vic smoothbore laws but no matter where i ask no one seems to stock, h&r boito etc

[AusTac]

New and old alike both are cool mate only chasing new because picatinny wasen't around when most of these things were made, theres a few savage 212's on oz guns but dayyyym they ain't cheap i know i can shoot with a bead... silly vic laws

[MR. WINCHESTER]

Hey Bentaz ...

Why the fuss with single barrels ?

( I need to know )

[MR. WINCHESTER]

I spend a bit of time following the Browning Double Auto brigade, 'over there'.

If I could be bothered upgrading my licence ....

[MR. WINCHESTER]

And, someone please suggest why this topic has generated so much interest.

( shotgun talk in general, seems muted at best )

Bentaz .... you're not included in this one ! Lol