Older double guns........

[FlockKnocker]

I see that a few of you guys (rubberhead comes to mind) on here shoot some real nice older double barrel shotguns, I was just wounderin' what type shells you were using in your guns. Bismuth, the new "classic doubles", or something else? I have 1952 savage/fox model B 20ga and would like to take a few woodies with her this year, I know she ain't a real AH Fox but it's in good shape and l like shooting it so I don't want to mess up the barrels. Thanks for any input.

[Phone Man]

any of those you mentioned will be fine. If the barrels are choked ic, you may also be able to shoot regular steel in it. I know the old belgium brownings, they said it would bulge the end of the barrel at the chokes, but the harm would only be cosmetic. I'd stick with the bismuth or Classic Doubles loads though if you wanna keep her looking good. I'd love to have me an old double, have a couple newer ones and one real old Walther Double from the 30's that was my dad's. He used to hunt ducks with it in the 70's, but its too pretty and has too much sentimental value to chance messing up. Never seen another walther double so it means even more.

[Rubberhead*]

Kent Impacts (tungsten-matrix) shoot very much like lead. Cabelas has them in the Bargin Cave for $24.88/10-shot box in 20 gauge. I really don't think you'll find a much better price. It hurts so order a big bunch, don't think about the price, just have fun shooting birds dead-in-the-air. It's been hard to find bismuth for the last 7 or 8 years so Kent's have been my bread-and-butter loads in 12 and 20 gauge.

Bismuth is deadly, more so than the Kents. It blows big, bloody holes in birds. I don't understand why it hits so differently than Kent's tungsten, lead or steel loads but it does.



Bismuth shells been manufactured by several different companies over the years so the quality is a little hit-and-miss. If you can find it cheap, regardless of when it was made, you should buy it.

www.ballisticproducts.com has a great 20 gauge load but it's 3" and I don't know if your gun has 3" chambers.

http://www.ballisticproducts.com/pro...mber=324MGL203

If your gun can handle 3" shells, the Bismuth shells above would be a deadly choice for woodies or even decoying mallards.

I've never shot the classic double loads but they've gotten horrible reviews. I'm afraid to even try it.

I've heard of a new load, something like RTN but I haven't seen it for sale.

I hope this helps a little.

[FlockKnocker]

Thanks guys!

[Moatsy]

I'm following your lead with the sxs this year... it's not an old one, just a CZ 20 ga that I picked up but I think it may indeed be the shiznit on the woodies in our 3/4 acre hole.

If it pans out I may get a high dollar one to pass along once I am done killing ducks...

[Fish]

Not a new gun, but certainly a nice sporting arm, F. lli Poli makes a really nice SxS with barrels up to 32", set up for sporting with a nice agressive pistol grip and large beavertail foregrip. I have coveted that gun for some time now. If I could afford the damn thing I could easily stay in master class by just shooting the SxS competition.

[DuvnDux]

The "Classic Double" from Hevi-Shot is formulated just for that reason. A buddy of mine is the local Pro-staffer and he showed me some litature on it. The others might work fine but this stuff was designed just for older guns.