Personally I could never sell a gift from Grandpa, then again I have lost both of mine and cherish anything that they gave me or was theirs.
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Personally I could never sell a gift from Grandpa, then again I have lost both of mine and cherish anything that they gave me or was theirs.
That's something that makes it tough, he said he's happy if I do and make money to finance something else I really want and will definitely use. It also wasn't his he bought it for me. But I'm really thinking it will be sold someday if someone out there makes a great offer and really wants it. But for now I'm not desperate for money and taking a deer with the rifle he got me and sharing it with him is worth more than a grand for sure. Hard to pass up the money when I'm in the market for a bow or a modern deer rifle but hey I'm not desperate, ill be fine, I'd rather use it and do something nice in return to him I. E. Sharing the quarry.
And GW your right bud, I'm toooootally over thinking a lot of aspects of this, kind of a good/and bad habit of mine that sometimes is worth other times I need to relax. But as you guys know I'm only a couple years into the firearm game and if I over think anything in my life it's going to be guns. Even if I seem silly I'd rather be silly and safe at the same time. But man you've got me itching to shoot some pop cans now or anything that will blow up/burst/shatter holy crap I bet I could make a lot of apple sauce hehe
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Apple sauce reference..
Back in the fall me and my wife and her sister went to their grandfathers hunting property with him to do some target shooting with my guns and his it was the girls first time shooting we were shooting at paper targets at 25 yards after a few shots my wife was hitting the bull's-eye no problem with my 22 then she noticed her grandfather's giant bag of apples in his shed where his range is set up. She asked him if we could shoot a couple and he didn't mind because they have just been going into Deer feed. we set them up on a log and on her first shot she hit one dead center while still sitting and holding up the rifle she slowly turned her head towards me and with a steely-eyed look said applesauce b****. It was absolutely hilarious she always makes me laugh but that one had me holding my gut haha
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Well another update...
It's sold! I was worried about hunting with it and damaging it in the slightest, thus lowering value. I talked it over with my gramps and he insisted I go ahead and sell to finance something that will be used and kept. So I sold it for a grand after finding it was worth about 600-700. And what do you know grandpa's friend said he's got another for us to buy at the same price but it's even older and still great condition. I'll be buying this one and seeing what I can get for it. Grandpa even cracked a joke that we should just start our own online gun trading company haha.
So I ended up buying a package off a guy, some of it may be only good for practice. I got a crossbow, compound, tree stand and layout blind from a guy.
The crossbow seems great nothing fancy or a top name brand. He said he's taken deer with it and his friend before him took a couple. It's made by m-tech USA. Did some digging around and yeah this is a cheapy haha company's full name is master cutlery USA haha hahaha and they make crossbows. It's got a 150 lb draw weight, online says 210 fps, has some practice bolts and a few he hunted with broadheads on them. Needs a scope on it which I'll get around to. Nice solid wood stock on it and like I said no frills to it just a crossbow and quiver. I'll practice with it, have some fun.
Can bow shops test draw weight and fps? Or would a shop just laugh at me and say buy a good one?
The compound is pro sports archery. Not brand new but seems pretty decent. Looks like the company doesn't even exist now I think they were from Winnipeg. Anyone familiar with this brand? It's got a cheap sight but pretty much everything else needed is on it. Should get restringed I would imagine to be safe. Can bow shops also check this out for draw weight and help sighting in a new sight? Or will they say the same thing that I should just get a new one? I don't know a ton about them I'm not experienced but it seems pretty good. It will be fun to practice with and maybe maybe hunt with one day or upgrade when I feel confident.
I'm hoping to find a slug barrel too for my mossberg 500 but it's older and I've been told the same thing, just buy a new combo. It's tough to do so when I have a great 12 GA already it just seems why buy a new one? Any thoughts on any of these things?
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While I can't comment on the archery gear as I'm not familiar with those brands, I can make a suggestion on the slug barrel idea. If you're going to hunt both deer and waterfowl (or turkey) with any regularity, you'll soon tire of changing barrels and trying to have a "do it all" type of shotgun. Get yourself a dedicated slug gun and don't look back. The Savage 220 are a great choice and the H&R Ultra Slug Hunters are excellent as well. The H&R are getting much harder to find though, as I don't think they are made any more. Plus, if you buy a 20 gauge slug gun you won't feel like you are doubling up on the 12 gauge. A 20 gauge slug gun won't beat you up like a 12 either. Just a suggestion.
You could also get a cantilever scope mount on the barrel, I can swap barrels in under 30 seconds and never lose zero. I put the short barrel with Williams sights on for turkey, switch to the 28in for waterfowl in Sept then Nov/Dec back to the rifled barrel with scope for shotgun only hunt and the short barrel with the Williams sights goes on dads receiver for a slug/buckshot push gun, a total of 120 seconds with 2 guns in an entire year.Quote:
Originally Posted by GW11
If you like the 220 then great, starting out and fixed cash finding and buying a 220 and a waterfowl gun and a deer rifle make it cost prohibitive. The Mossberg 500 12ga combo with cantilever scope mount can be had at Bass Pro for $500.
But he already has a Mossberg, just no slug barrel, so he's either going to buy another combo or a slug barrel and then he's well on his way to just buying a dedicated slug gun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
To add to that, there's something to be said for using a slug gun that was designed to shoot slugs only rather than as an afterthought or an option. Combos are a shotgun first and foremost. You're not going to find a trigger that compares to the accutrigger on a combo.
Regardless, it's just my preference and just a suggestion. Personally, I got tired of messing around with barrels and trying to make a shotgun perform like a rifle, when some of today's shotguns (slug guns) are basically a rifle that shoots slugs.
Another option for the OP would be to buy a muzzle-loader. They're a legal alternative to a slug gun in areas that don't allow rifles during deer season and in some areas it will open up an entire extra (ML only) season for you.
Yeah there's so many options. I plan to do most of my SWO deer hunting with a bow but want the slug capability if an opportunity presents itself for the controlled hunt. And also I have a friend who moved up north where the slug gun could be used during a week that's open season. Of course I've mulled around the idea of getting a deer rifle too for that purpose which can also be used for coyotes. So it may be a slug barrel and.maybe 243? There's just so many options out there some are revolved around seasons, preference, and what actually works.slug barrels just cost effective vs getting a new gun altogether. And yes my mossberg is older but I'm currently in a discussion with mossberg customer service helping me determine if it's even capable for a new slug barrel. They say MOST old shotguns can still take the new barrels, they just want to see pics when I get a chance. So lots of options for sure but the slugs can be used for deer down here and up there, yotes from some other threads I've read too
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It can be tough with this for that, that for this, what will get the most use? What's most effective? What's cost efficient? That's why I like this forums all of you or most have been there in some regard as a complete noob like myself or new to one type of hubting while proficient in another. I like my mossberg, it got my first two ducks, it will come out for rabbits with me, it's old and beautiful and my wife's step dad hunted with it years ago, it's got character, I want to get lots of use out of it, but maaaaaybe that's better for just a couple targets and put more abuse onto a newer more versatile weapon, ill figure it out though , with help from you guys I'll get there
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I had been looking into the 220 at one point, could not find one, just the 12ga version and man were they costly, they are supposed to be accurate as heck, if you need that where you hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by GW11