Pheasant shotgun

[cmankingsley]

I like the look and feel of the older round knob A5’s. You can find them fairly cheap too.


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[Fadetoblack188]

Reasearching the browning cynergy a bit. Might go alittle over my budget

12 or 20

 

[Vandy321]

You can find a used beretta silver pigeon 1 for that price in a 20ga, be patient, comparable to that cynergy...just see what shoulders best for you

I'd go O/U in 20ga, much more fun to carry, unless it's an all around gun and ducks are on the list too...then 12 and probably an auto.

My two cents.

 

[30338]

I've walked a lot of miles and killed a lot of pheasants in CO, KS, and NE the last 4 years. I do like 3" 5s a lot out of a 12 ga Franchi Affinity. Bought my daughter a 20 ga version of same but she hasn't hunted it yet. For me hunting wild birds, I've had great luck with the Franchi. It can be found sub $1000 pretty easy.

I tend towards improved cylinder the most and have made some rather long shots on wild flushers. The dogs are good about sorting things out with any downed bird.

 

[Fadetoblack188]

All the research I am doing tonight it seems the benelli montefltro 20 gauge keeps popping up over and over again

 

[MJB]

SBE

That third shell comes in handy when they bustplus the autos, you can load the mag blind that way you can keep your eyes on the bird.

 

[Spoonbill]

All the research I am doing tonight it seems the benelli montefltro 20 gauge keeps popping up over and over again

I picked up a 20 ga Benelli m2 a couple years ago and it quickly became my go to gun for everything. Franchi makes an over under that also fits in your budget. Like a lot of people have mentioned, go to a gun store and handle a few guns to see what fits you best.

 

[Fadetoblack188]

I willing to blow my budget if it’s for an over under I think. Like a browning cynergy or citori for around 1900.

but do the benefits of the over under outweigh the semi?

I have 3 semi auto 12 gauges already. With 26,28,30 inch barrels. So if I got a montefltro or ethos it will be a 20.

if I go over under not sure if I would go 12 or 20. I guess I need to go hold them

 

[Billinsd]

All the research I am doing tonight it seems the benelli montefltro 20 gauge keeps popping up over and over again

I got one and love it.

 

[Buzby]

2 barrels, and 20ga.

Not having the bolt cycling back and forth, makes for an easier second shot. It also makes the action much shorter. You can have a much shorter gun with the same barrel length, or the same over all length and more barrel.

20ga will do anything you need, and save you some weight in a gun that will be carried more than shot.

Don’t skimp on a double gun though. They cost more to build. You get what you pay for, there’s no bargains. A franchi instinct is the most adorable good O/U. Browning or beretta are standards. And the sky is the limit from there. A decent double will be something your grand kids will still keep around.

 

[Fadetoblack188]

2 barrels, and 20ga.

Not having the bolt cycling back and forth, makes for an easier second shot. It also makes the action much shorter. You can have a much shorter gun with the same barrel length, or the same over all length and more barrel.

20ga will do anything you need, and save you some weight in a gun that will be carried more than shot.

Don’t skimp on a double gun though. They cost more to build. You get what you pay for, there’s no bargains. A franchi instinct is the most adorable good O/U. Browning or beretta are standards. And the sky is the limit from there. A decent double will be something your grand kids will still keep around.

You like a franchi instinct over a browning cynergy?

 

[Gunnersdad49]

I've got to say that I almost only hunt upland with an Over / Under now. It has very little to do with action length or anything else other than romance. I think the over under is a classy rig and I enjoy the way it looks and feels.

There is an added benefit of visible safety when everyone has their guns cracked open at the end of a field or around the vehicles, etc.

I've hunted pheasants with a pump and a semi auto, and the third round always ends up being a salute to a bird that is too far away anyway.

 

[Superdoo]

My Stoeger M3500 has been downing all matter of birds on the regular for the past 3 or 4 years. I think I paid $600 for it in a camo finish.
I haven't had any issues with it except for cycling dove/ skeet loads when I don't keep it clean.
I have only ever hunted wild birds and I run pointing dogs, so I love having a sling and use 2 3/4" shells until the late season on pheasant and grouse.
I went with the M3500 over the M3000 so I could pass shoot geese with 3.5" BBB's. #noregrets

 

[wildwilderness]

You like a franchi instinct over a browning cynergy?

My BIL has a Browning Citori and we love shooting it. my kids even prefer it. I would love to get one in 20ga with 3" chamber. I figure that would be similar to a 12 ga 2 3/4" load. Other shotguns we have are a Benelli A300, and a SBE2- mainly for waterfowl, but a do everything shotgun. I prefer a OU for clays as well

For upland my experience has been a big difference in wild vs pen raised birds. Pressured public land and birds flushing far out (I don't own a pointer yet) I tend to load full 3" 12 ga. rounds to reach out and hope to get one . I have friends that train up their pointing dogs and belong to bird clubs etc and a 20 ga is perfect for that.

A good compromise might be a 16 ga?

 

[Fadetoblack188]

If I go semi I think 20 gauge

if I go o/u I think 12

thoughts?

 

[cuerro viejo]

28ga SxS first, second Tristar or beneli ultralight 28ga depending on how light a load you want to shoot.

I also have 20ga featherweight straight stock citori with 24” barrels that's fun to hunt with.

 

[Spoonbill]

If I go semi I think 20 gauge

if I go o/u I think 12

thoughts?

I would handle a 20ga over under to see if you like it better but either way it sounds like you have a good plan. One advantage in buying a 12 gauge is you already have ammo for it, something to consider in today's ammo market.

You could always split the difference and get a 16ga over under, but ammo is more expensive and harder to find in a lot of places.

 

[NDGuy]

Benelli Montefeltro 20ga or a Franchi Affinity Select

Mine are lightweight workhorses.

 

[Fadetoblack188]

20 gauge will be ok for wild birds ?

 

[manitou1]

I have killed a couple truckloads of upland birds with a 20 ga Cynergy. Great for carrying and lively. I never felt handicapped hunting pheasants in four states with it. Prairie Storm shotgun shells are the ticket for pheasants.
I have also had great success with a 20 ga Citori. I usually take a 12 ga and a 20 ga on out of state hunts and realize no higher success with the 12s. I take them so they don't feel lonely in the safe.
I end up carrying the 20s more. When tromping 7-8 miles a day a svelte 20 ga just feels better.