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KY hunter,
My Dad owns one of the ithaca ultra featherweights 16 guage. It is a beautiful gun, light as a feather. I use a Mossberg .410 pump. I am having a gunsmith make my old ithaca 20 guage auto ready for a sling. I am not getting along with the action on my .410.
Smokes Creek Sy's Blue Bea. Take her and you don't need to carry a shotgun around. I have only seen one rabbit that went into a push up pile that she didn't bring out. Saves on shells also.
I shoot an old 16 guage side by side. I have a much newer autoloader but the side by side is great cause you can choose your choke for the particular shot.
ANTHONY KERR wrote:KY hunter,
My Dad owns one of the ithaca ultra featherweights 16 guage. It is a beautiful gun, light as a feather. I use a Mossberg .410 pump. I am having a gunsmith make my old ithaca 20 guage auto ready for a sling. I am not getting along with the action on my .410.
Yes it is. I'd like to have another. Just incase something happens to this one.
i can't make up my mind so i take the one i have shells for
rem 1100 20 ga mod choke #4's
rem 870 16 ga mod #5's
larger shot at longer ranges= less pellets in the rabbit with = kiling
H&R 410 Youth single barrel , got it for my 10th birthday & never used anything else.
The shells now cost about as much as the gun did back then. Some boys I hunt with call it a pop gun but it will do the job if you aim right.
Untill recently I used my 870 20 gauge wingmaster or a rem. 597 .22LR. Now that I got a beagle pup and running rabbits is game I bought a H&R single shot .410. Much easyer to get around in the thick with the little gun.
