Had a few firearms stolen from my dad and mom's house. It really sucked because a lot of them were from my family and basically not replaceable. Anyway I got a little replacement money from insurance. I have been researching and thinking of buying a semi-auto 20 ga so that my nephew and little cousin could hunt with it. I also am hunting the SC mountains this spring and some other tough terrain so I decided the carrying a 20 in those situations would be a benefit. I wanted to stay under $500. Was seriously considering a Mossberg SA-20 and the Weatherby SA-20.
Went to Academy sports to see what they had but all they had was a Tristar that I was interested in other than it was a youth model, too short for me. Decided to go to Dick's Sporting Goods to see what they could order. Well they had a Remington 11-87 20 gauge on the shelf for $574.99, but it came with a $75 rebate from Remington and a $50 Gift Card Rebate to Dick's so basically the gun would be $450 plus tax. Could not walk away from her and scooped her up.
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26" barrel. Going to shoot Hevi-Shot 3" 7s in her. Going to try a few different chokes. Cannot wait to get started. Hope everyone is doing great and hope you share your hunting experiences and life stories until the team can get back together officially in the Spring!
You got a good deal
Congrats on the new gun!
Nice gun! You have mountains in SC? I gotta see one to believe it ;)
Quote from: trkehunr93 on October 26, 2012, 02:54:17 PM
Nice gun! You have mountains in SC? I gotta see one to believe it ;)
LOL. Probably not quite the size you are used to but for us flat land folks it is enough.
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/things-to-do/mountains-waterfalls/default.aspx
Quote from: davisd9 on October 26, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
Quote from: trkehunr93 on October 26, 2012, 02:54:17 PM
Nice gun! You have mountains in SC? I gotta see one to believe it ;)
LOL. Probably not quite the size you are used to but for us flat land folks it is enough.
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/things-to-do/mountains-waterfalls/default.aspx
I stand corrected!
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Picked these up yesterday to pattern with the gun. Going to try them with the TruGlo SSX first. Will post patterns when I get the chance to shoot. Thanks!