4 Barrel Skeet set or 12Ga. W/Tubes
I have wanted a 4 Barrel Browning Skeet set(with inter-changable chokes) for quite some time. What are your thoughts on that V.S. a "tubed" 12ga. gun?
The gun would be used for all clay target's........Skeet, Trap, Sporting clays.......even hunting.
Thanks in advance. [:D]
The gun would be used for all clay target's........Skeet, Trap, Sporting clays.......even hunting.
Thanks in advance. [:D]
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A friend of mine had a complete sub gauge set of Briley tubes made for his Browning Clays. He used it for many years a liked it, but even tho it was the light weight set of tubes, it does make a twelve gauge heavier, enough that he felt it changed the swing. He has gotten a little more finincky over the years as he has moved up the ranks into the A class. The down side is heavier weight and the fussing with changing tubes out. The upside is a gun that mounts the same for all your gauges, tho different weight, but it also swings heavier, which is good, since most sub gauge are so lite, you really have to work to not over swing, esp. .410. He now has had a carrier frame made in the same gun as his 12 ga. and had tubes balanced so that the 12 ga. and the carrier gun weigh the same with all gauges. Expensive way to go, but he is a very serious shooter. 0 -
A main advantage to a set of tubes, such as the Kollars in my Browning Citori, is the sight picture remains the same for all the gauges. The extra weight of the tubes, as said above, helps with weight forward, and tends to steady the swing. And these statements apply to skeet. Most, like myself, don't shoot the 12 gauge in skeet without tubes inside; the weight is off, and the gun recoils a lot more for an all-weekend 4-gun shoot, and we never felt much or any disadvantage using the 20 gauge in a 12 gauge event. I do know of some with a carrier barrel for the smaller gauges, and a heavier barrel dedicated to the 12 gauge, that all end up weighing the same, and the sight picture is also the same. As said, a bit pricey.
I always felt a different gun entirely was needed for trap's rising birds, stocked higher. At least I need a different gun. Theoretically for sporting clays, not so much, as there are so many presentations and combinations of birds possible, and the skeet stock is so similar to the field gun. Yet I don't know of very many top shooters who don't use a shotgun dedicated just to sporting clays. I prefer a different gun for sporting clays, though I am certainly not in the ranks of the top shooters.
So three different games, for me three different guns. Your mileage may vary...0 -
Listen to PA SHOOTIST IMHO the only reason to hunt with say a 20 or 28Ga or even a 410 is the quicker handling and light weight of carring in the field TUBE make so sense in this type of use . 0
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