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My first double barrel

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My first double barrel

Post by TheBackyardRange » Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:40 am

I sure wish Henry made one of these. Boys and I are big into western style guns. Every collection needs a double barrel. I was in the market for a coach gun and I had looked at the Stoeger models a while back. Nothing fancy, was only missing a set of rabbit ears. By the time I had decided to go ahead with one of the walnut stocks, they disappeared from the shelves.
stoeger-uplander-youth-side-by-side-blackwalnut-20-gauge-3in-shotgun-22in-1665360-1.jpg

I ran into a 20ga Uplander 22” youth model yesterday and decided to get one. I have 3 boys 8-14. Looked like a decent one for them. The two older ones shoot trap and the middle boy uses a 20ga 870 youth. The older one uses it for deer hunting because it’s easier to maneuver in the tree stand with two people in it so it seemed like a good fit. Im sure I’ll shoot the crap out of it too until I find a 12ga coach version I want. The overall length should be just a about the same on this one as the 20” coach.
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Re: My first double barrel

Post by Vaquero » Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:23 am

Should work just fine, congrats on the new scatter gun.
I do have a couple doubles, and one is an old rabbit eared 12 ga.

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Re: My first double barrel

Post by JEBar » Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:32 am

I have one side-by-side and two over-and-unders that I seldom (if ever) shoot and I'd love to have a 20 ga coach type shotgun with external hammers .... it too would probably be seldom fired but I'd sure like to have one
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Re: My first double barrel

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:17 pm

I got a Stoeger Coach Gun in 12g as a get well gift from the wife years ago after a major surgery. She knew I wanted one, and got the premium model. I've never fired it. It's well balanced, swings and points well, but by the time I recovered from the surgery she gave me the gift for, I had a shoulder surgery. Then we moved. It will get shot. Let us know how yours does...
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Post by Shakey Jake » Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:45 am

Sold my Browning Citori skeet O/U a few years back. Wish I'd kept it because I could get about 1K more for it today. That's past history though. I also had a 16 ga Stevens S/S. Dad bought it for me to hunt quail with him. He didn't like hunting alone and my brother wasn't interested. I had it with me in Fort Worth and it got stolen from the rent house I was living in. That's the only thing they took but left the place a mess.
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Re: My first double barrel

Post by daytime dave » Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:56 am

Congratulations on your side by side. It should be nice for the boys.

I enjoy the side by sides the most. I have a 20 ga external hammer sxs coach gun that I've shot the most. It's not a Stoeger and I can't remember the brand now. It's heavy and really controllable.

Good luck finding your Stoeger 12 gauge.
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Re: My first double barrel

Post by TheBackyardRange » Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:49 pm

I will eventually get my grubs on one. I lost count of how may guns I have bought since the first of Jan. I have 8 that haven't made it here yet including this one.

Springfield Armory stainless 1911 Loaded 45 acp
Taurus 627 Tracker, stainless 6" 357
Ruger Redhawk stainless .44 Mag 7 1/2"
Smith & Wesson stainless 686-6 Distinguished Combat 7"
Taurus 856 3" stainless 38 Special +P
Stoeger Uplander Youth Double Barrel Shotgun 20Ga 22"
Taurus 627 Tracker, stainless 4" 357 mag
Colt stainless 1911 Competition 45 acp
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Post by Cofisher » Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:24 pm

My brother gave me a Winchester 24 many years ago. Good, old fashioned double. I've dropped many birds with it. I still drool over a sweet o/u 20. My heavy old 12 gits er done tho.
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Re: My first double barrel

Post by BrokenolMarine » Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:52 am

TheBackyardRange wrote:
Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:49 pm
I will eventually get my grubs on one. I lost count of how may guns I have bought since the first of Jan. I have 8 that haven't made it here yet including this one.

Springfield Armory stainless 1911 Loaded 45 acp
Colt stainless 1911 Competition 45 acp
Will be especially interested in how these two do when you wring them out on the range. I am a fan of the 1911s. 8-)

As far as coach guns go, I have two. The Stoeger Premium as I mentioned before:

stoeger coach gun supreme comp.jpg

and a very old late 1800s Husqvarna Double Coach Gun... that is too cool for school.
It is still in shooting condition, though I don't shoot it. It hangs on the wall, or did in VA. Now it's in the closet until I decide where it goes.
Note the long lever at the FRONT of the forearm. Push that to the right and the barrels drop to load and unload. Unique lockup. Too Cool. ;)

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Post by BrokenolMarine » Thu Mar 10, 2022 4:11 am

Yup, that Husqvarna. Before they became a name in chainsaws, they were known for quality Hunting/Sporting arms, including fully embellished shotguns and rifles...
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