Just picked up my new (to me) pheasant gun - a Benelli Super Black Eagle II 1 of 1000 World Class Limited Edition, 3.5" 12 Gauge Super Magnum (say that five times fast). I practically stole the thing, I'm almost ashamed of what I paid for it. Got to shoot some clays with it yesterday and I'm absolutely lethal with it - the doves and pheasants are going to have a rough season this year. Anyway, what do you shoot birds and waterfowl with? Let's see it!

That SBE is a beauty, very nice enjoy it.

Here's a few of ours, my sons and I really love to bird hunt, and we use 12's, 20's and for the past few seasons I've really come to enjoy a little 28ga.

We shot some sporting clays yesterday and had a blast, great fun for the off season.

Pretty! I love the double guns, but I'm really digging the BPS in the first picture.

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Originally posted by Killer Instincts:
Pretty! I love the double guns, but I'm really digging the BPS in the first picture.

That BPS is a gorgeous gun and shoots very well. It fits me perfectly and it's such a pleasure to shoot.
The only issue with it is it's all steel receiver built like a Panzer tank and it's a little heavy to be dragging around the woods for an entire day. Great gun but compared to a trim little 20 gauge side-by-side or my 28 it's a bit heavy.
My son has a 20 gauge BPS which is the Upland model with a straight English stock and a short barrel. Now that gun is on absolute pleasure in the woods.

Received this 20 ga. 686 Silver Pigeon I as a late Christmas gift from my wife and kids. Have only killed skeet with it so far but it's a joy to shoot.



For larger birds I use a Beretta 391 and I gave our oldest a lefty A400 pictured below with a turkey from earlier in the spring.



Michael

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Originally posted by mdblanton:
Received this 20 ga. 686 Silver Pigeon I as a late Christmas gift from my wife and kids. Have only killed skeet with it so far but it's a joy to shoot.

A Beretta 20 O/U like that one is about the only gun on my want list that I actually have a use for. The others are pure "just because" guns. I'd shoot a bunch of doves with a 20 like that, though. Nice.

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A Beretta 20 O/U like that one is about the only gun on my want list that I actually have a use for. The others are pure "just because" guns. I'd shoot a bunch of doves with a 20 like that, though. Nice.
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It had been on my list for a while. It's a great shooter and points very naturally in my opinion. I handled it and a Citori before making my overt hint to the family for suggested Christmas gifts

Plus, 20 ga. shells run right around $50/case making it a pleasure to shoot on the shoulder and wallet.

Michael

Looking good!

How about birds on guns?

A.H. Fox 20 gauge:

Grulla 216RL 16 gauge:

Beretta S3 12 gauge:

Caywood English Fowler 12 gauge:

^^^^ you should post more.

That fox is lovely.

Gorgeous pics!

Michael

I'm a big fan of Auto 5's so here's a few old Belgian guns.
1967 Sweet Sixteen. Barrel looks really long but its 28"


1965 Light Twenty on top. 1967 Sweet Sixteen in the middle. And a 1967 Light Twelve on the bottom. The 20 is really the cherry. It is about as mint an A5 as I've ever seen. I need to take some better pictures of it.





And here's my quail gun, a Spanish (Zabala) 20 ga SxS. Laser engraving, but it has a great piece of walnut. I got it from my parents for college graduation. At some point I plan to have it stripped and satin finished, maybe even converted to a straight english grip.




And another Spanish beauty... An AyA 12 ga that is actually my father's gun.

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Browning A5 Light 12....my 13th Birthday present from my dad. I am 39 now...still hits em' hard.

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A.H. Fox 20 gauge:

You bastard.

This is exactly what I was hoping for, thank you guys.

My "go to" bird gun is a 28" Beretta Silver Pigeon V in 28 gauge. I've shot Mourning doves, whitewings, and Eurasian collared doves, pheasant, and quail with it locally, about a couple thousand doves and 500 pigeons with it in Argentina, and spent a day shooting guinea fowl, Francolin, and (shown here) rednecked spurfowl with it in Tanzania after taking the big game I was hunting for on a safari a few years ago. Oh, yea! It also did a decent job taking out a black mamba that was found to be too close to an anti-poaching camp!

CZ Ringneck 12ga.

Beautiful guns guys, I'm really lusting after that AyA and the A.H Fox.

One of my Beretta 28 gauges. My favorite shotgun to hunt almost everything.