eseemann
02-16-2014, 10:39 AM
Good Morning All,
for the last 2 years I have hunted with my Maverick 88 12 Gauge All-Purpose Pump-Action Shotgun with the 28" barrel and I got to tell you it has been very useful. 1 deer this and 1 deer last year crossed my path when I had the 88 with me and both of these deer are no longer with us so I got to say I really like it. One thing I was wondering about is trying a lower recoil load slug than the 2 3/4 fed true ball slugs that I have been using. I only use the shotgun for short range work, under 40 yards, and I would not mind trading some power for more a controllable shot recovery. I can use the Mossberg ported slug barrrel for about as much as I paid for the shotgun but I wondered if there might be a better way. I can load 12 gauge hulls so I wondered if anyone had messed around with a lower powered load.
Also the VERY cheap nylon front bead sight fell off my gun (I did not check my shotgun, that is on me) and when a buck happened to wonder by my shoot house at 20 yards I missed the first shot and was able to hit with a mix of the elevation equivalent of Kentucky windage and blind luck.
I wonder if anyone had used a reflex sight on a 12 gauge and had one to recommend.
Thanks all,
Ernest
for the last 2 years I have hunted with my Maverick 88 12 Gauge All-Purpose Pump-Action Shotgun with the 28" barrel and I got to tell you it has been very useful. 1 deer this and 1 deer last year crossed my path when I had the 88 with me and both of these deer are no longer with us so I got to say I really like it. One thing I was wondering about is trying a lower recoil load slug than the 2 3/4 fed true ball slugs that I have been using. I only use the shotgun for short range work, under 40 yards, and I would not mind trading some power for more a controllable shot recovery. I can use the Mossberg ported slug barrrel for about as much as I paid for the shotgun but I wondered if there might be a better way. I can load 12 gauge hulls so I wondered if anyone had messed around with a lower powered load.
Also the VERY cheap nylon front bead sight fell off my gun (I did not check my shotgun, that is on me) and when a buck happened to wonder by my shoot house at 20 yards I missed the first shot and was able to hit with a mix of the elevation equivalent of Kentucky windage and blind luck.
I wonder if anyone had used a reflex sight on a 12 gauge and had one to recommend.
Thanks all,
Ernest