Here they are, but not in Europe or Down Under. I think it’s a colonialism thing, maybe?
I shot clays in the UK and Australia with side by sides and over/unders. That’s where I became familiar with Lanber, a Spanish gun. And yes, if you’ve shot with anything else before, shooting with a side by side can be challenging. I didn’t like them myself. -D > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Side by sides are very difficult for clays. They're pretty uncommon these > days anyhow... > > -Curt > > On Friday, August 30, 2019, 1:22:27 PM EDT, Dan--- via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I shot in a competition for a fund raiser for our local high school’s > sporting clays team recently. One of the guys in our group had a very > expensive/ornate British side by side. > > He wasn’t hitting a darned thing while the rest of us were knocking down > probably about 80%-90% at each station. It was pretty clear that he wasn’t > fitted for the gun, and was probably a well to do parent who thought they > would go out, buy a nice shotgun and show up at the range and knock clays > down all day. After all, how hard can it be? > > Collectively I think we had a Mossburg 500, a Remington 870, and my Lanber. > For those not familiar with shotguns, none of these are shotguns that would > cost more than maybe $400-$500 new, except for my Lanber, which is more like > $1200 if you could buy a new one (they’re no longer in business in the US.) > This guy’s shotgun, which appeared to be brand new, was no doubt in the > several thousand dollar range, if not more. > > By the fourth or fifth stand he was getting pretty frustrated, so we started > letting him try shooting with our shotguns on a rotating basis. He gravitated > to the Mossburg, an excellent shotgun, and by the end of the round was > hitting easily seven out of ten. > > Afterwards we got him set up with Roger, our coach, to get fitted to a gun. I > suspect his fancy shotgun will get sold or go in a cabinet somewhere.... > > -D > > > On Aug 30, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > A long time back I was hitting the trap range pretty regular with my > > plain-Jane field grade Rem 870. I was standing next to a guy with a really > > nice Browning auto. I was hitting 22 or so out of 25 (pretty good for me, > > not much of a shotgunner), him not so much. At one point he comments > > ironically "That's a nice shotgun you have there!" > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G Mann > > via Mercedes > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:54 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Cc: G Mann > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Oh the temptation > > > > If it fits when you shoulder it, for that price, buy it. The brand snobs > > will always be around, for what they paid for the > > "brand gun" you can buy many cases of ammo and practice to out shoot them. > > What a joy that would be. > > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 1:30 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Agree with Randy - do it. > >> > >> I considered the Stoegers when I was looking for my first sporting clays > >> shotgun. Of course the brand snobs trash talk them, but for the money they > >> are considered to be pretty good shotguns for entry into the sport. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>> On Aug 29, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Cabellas/Bass Pro have the Stoeger Condor over/under shotgun on sale for > >> $299 after a $50 rebate. > >> https://www.cabelas.com/product/Stoeger-Condor-Field-Over-Under-Shotguns/1401856.uts > >>> I've been thinking about getting an O/U for duck hunting. A pump or > >> semi-auto is only allowed 3 shots anyway and an O/U would be nice for > >> trap/skeet/sporting clays... > >>> The reviews are really positive, they call it the "best O/U under $500". > >> Dad says a lot of people are using them at the trap range he goes to. > >>> -Curt > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
