In the Market for a Side x Side

[Jedman]

If you have a 2 K budget you have a really large choice of guns from old classics to newer guns with screw in chokes. I think it would be all about the look and feel and gauge for what you intend to use it for. A fine fitting SXS is as good as it gets for most hunting in my opinion. Don’t buy one until it is just what you want.
Jedman

[dverna]

I'm leaning real hard twards a CZ Bobwhite 12ga. My only shotgun is a 28ga Ruger Red Label and I'm stuck on a side x side for nostalgia. I keep reading mostly good things about the CZ, but it seems that there are a bunch of Stogers being used in CAS with no issues, although most are quite utilitarian looking and feeling too me.

Be wary of what CAS shooters are using. I have been out of the game for over 15 years but none of the top shooters (who shoot a lot of practice) used Stoegers. Most CAS shooters are weekend warriors of advanced age, who shoot one or two boxes of shells a week. For a hunting gun a low round count is normal. If you will be shooting some games, reliability becomes more important.

[tja6435]

Not a SxS, but an over/under Stoeger Condor I bought for $300 around 2007. I have put at least 10 cases of target loads through it over a couple summers of shooting in a trap league. I also used ot hunt dove in sunflower fields in NE Kansas when we lived there—that was an awesome time.

I have never had 1 problem with it, I still occasionally use it to run off the starlings that pound our sweet corn in the garden every summer.

[GregLaROCHE]

If you are interested in a new gun. Consider checking out Pedersoli, if they are available near you.

[Thundarstick]

Bought a CZ Bobwhite G2.

[Thundarstick]

I'm so impressed with the 12ga CZ Bobwhite, I have a 28g on the way to match my old Ruger Red Label in 28g.

[StrawHat]

I am a terrible wing shot but I, at one time, had an extensive collection of Baker shotguns. baker Gun & Forge, Batavia New York, was an excellent producer of shotguns. W H Baker was a prolific inventor. He was a partner in at least 4 shotgun factories, Baker G&F, L C Smith, Ithaca and Syracuse Arms. At least two of them should be familiar to folks. He usually supplied patents and ideas and others supplied $$$. He had patents for doubles, drillings and introduced the first single barreled trap gun to the public. He and his brother founded the Baker G&F company but W H died a short time later. The Baker G&F Co continued under the leadership of Ellis Baker and William Hollenbeck until 1918 when the gunmaking portion of the business was sold to H & D Folsom. (B G&F had a contract with the government to make forged tank parts.)

If I were looking for a shotgun, SxS or SBT, the first ones I would seek would be Baker, followed closely by L C Smith. But, I am merely a lousy wing shot who likes SxS shotguns!

Kevin

[Texas by God]

Bought a CZ Bobwhite G2.

Got pics?
I think that you made a good choice.


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[Tatume]

My father bought a field grade, 12 ga. LC Smith while he was in the Navy, and before I was born. It's mine now, and I love it. There are several on Gunbroker right now, some in your price range and some penny auctions. Mine, of course, isn't among them.