Spring Turkey with original German ML shotgun

[Rowdy Rick]

Rick, I know exactly what you mean about having fun w/ these shotguns. I've been shooting them since the mid-70's on just about every thing that flies that's legal to shoot, and see no reason to change. I do use a 10 ga. semi-auto on the things like sandhill cranes and geese, but only because we have to use steel shot on migratory birds. We can legally use ML rifles here for turkey hunting which works out really well. BTW that German ML you have is a beautiful shotgun.

Regards
IR

IR, you have a lot more experience than I do with the shotguns then! I used mine on pheasants to good effect. Had a couple of German shorthairs I raised that were great and held point well. The only thing better was seeing that cloud of smoke after you shoot . I do have a chrome lined 12 ga. ped ML double that will shoot steel but I have never tried it with steel, just wouldn't be right. One of the reasons I bought the Ped 20 double which did not have the chrome lined barrels.
I think the German double is somewhere in the late 1840's but can't confirm..........amazing something made that long ago is still working great today! Could you explain the "jug choking". I have read about it of course but never quite understood exactly how it worked?

Rick