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Shotgun Reducers
Little Skeeters ^ | May 12, 2009 | Ron H.

Posted on 05/12/2009 11:27:05 AM PDT by Ron H.

Anyone have any direct experience with Shotgun reducers. I've never seen them used and am interested to know if they are worth the time and money.

Reducers


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Technical; US: Texas; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: accessory; banglist; gun; rifle; shotgun
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To: Concho

Could be something that went away once lawyers became the dominant species in business.


41 posted on 05/12/2009 12:11:39 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

The problem with that approach is that 28 and .410 ammo is getting prohibitively expensive. As a high volume shooter of both, reloading is a must.


42 posted on 05/12/2009 12:13:14 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: ryan71
About as useful as light beer.

LOL! Post Of The Day.

Cheers!

43 posted on 05/12/2009 12:16:16 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for something I ain't.)
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To: Lurker

Reminds me of the story my buddy told me that happened while he was a Marine stationed at Camp David during the Reagan years.

One day VP Bush and his sons showed up and wanted to go out to the range to shoot. My buddy was charged with assembling the presidential shotguns and ammo and they proceeded to shoot.

Well, one of the sons (I can’t remember which one but IT WAS NOT our latest President), placed a different gauge shot shell into the 12 gauge and squeezed off. According to Mike, he could have been killed but apparently got dusted up a bit.

Well, the CO wanted to throw the book at Mike for somehow getting different shells mixed with the guns but Old man Bush stepped in and said to forget the whole matter.

True story.. I have been in Mike’s house and have seen all the photos with him and Ron/Nancy.


44 posted on 05/12/2009 12:21:27 PM PDT by Man from Oz
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To: Ron H.

Where can you buy a Government Reducer??


45 posted on 05/12/2009 12:54:40 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Double d’oh. Guage - Gauge...


46 posted on 05/12/2009 1:01:21 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Well, in the case of a $12K shooter, okay. I just spent $207.99 plus tax on a 12-gauge Mossberg. Champagne dreams - beer near-beer budget.
47 posted on 05/12/2009 1:04:40 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

That will bust targets just fine. I don’t do the tube thing myself, probably because I like having a variety of guns.

There’s a definite advantage to an O/U in skeet, but I shoot with several people who routinely run 100’s with pumps.


48 posted on 05/12/2009 1:08:05 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Ron H.

The larger the barrel bore and the smaller the reducer gauge, the worse the shot pattern and shorter the effective range.


49 posted on 05/12/2009 1:35:04 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Tennessee_Bob
First handgun was .44 Navy Colt that dad has from some ancestor in the Civil War. Fired two rounds from that black powdered ba$tard and realized that a lot of cowboy movies were lies.

In .44, that would be an ARMY Colt... Navy class Colts were .36 caliber.

50 posted on 05/12/2009 1:43:38 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: DTogo
Where can you buy a Government Reducer??

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51 posted on 05/12/2009 2:09:04 PM PDT by Ron H. (I believe in and practice the 4 Gs : God, gold, guns and a garden)
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To: DTogo
Where can you buy a Government Reducer??

At a gun show? Hope it does not come to that!

52 posted on 05/12/2009 2:31:55 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: MrB
You didn’t shoot unless you KNEW you were going to hit your target.

Great advise for every shot. Cuts down on the noise and need for expensive ammunition.

53 posted on 05/12/2009 2:34:59 PM PDT by An Old Man (Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
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To: BubbaBobTX

Another good use of this little device is to turn a flare gun into a hand held shot gun. .... I could in a matter of seconds turn my flare gun into a very leathal weapon.


Lethal, possibly, but more likely to you.

Flare guns are not strong enough for the pressures of shotshells. It would probably explode and maim or kill you.

When you test this out, I suggest using your left hand (assuming are right-handed) so you’ll still be able to sign the check paying the hospital for the surgery sewing up your new left stump.


54 posted on 05/12/2009 2:51:57 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Typical "Rightwing Extremist")
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To: Ron H.

Am I the only person who still has a 16 gauge?


55 posted on 05/12/2009 3:07:46 PM PDT by Rannug
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To: Rannug
Am I the only person who still has a 16 gauge?

Nope. I have an Ithaca Model 37 and an English stock Remington Model 48 in 16 gauge. Sweet pair of guns. I also reload in 16 gauge.

56 posted on 05/12/2009 3:12:41 PM PDT by Senator_Blutarski (No good deed goes unpunished.)
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To: Beelzebubba

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/050406_firelauncher.htm

Don’t shoot shotgun shells and they will fire at least a few rounds. There is a test complete with pic’s floating around on the ‘net but I can not lay my hands on it atm (at work) The flare guns fail, but they break apart where the front trigger guard meets the frame. The barrel stayed intact in the tests.

Not something I would want to fire personally, but considering the ease of manufacture and the unregulated nature of the flare guns themselves, it’s not an idea I will be forgetting any time soon. :-)


57 posted on 05/12/2009 3:52:01 PM PDT by Sinschild (I'm for anything that punishes the weak and stupid for being weak and stupid.)
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To: Rannug

You might be. I’ve actually got a box of 16g ammo on the shelf. It needs to have the dust dusted off the top though.


58 posted on 05/12/2009 4:23:14 PM PDT by Ron H. (I believe in and practice the 4 Gs : God, gold, guns and a garden)
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To: Rannug

Nope - I have a sweet little 16 ga side by side. Haven’t shot it in a long while though.


59 posted on 05/12/2009 5:35:28 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
So in other words this is some namby-pamby thingamabob for panty-waist country club RINOs?

I certainly hope you're not calling me a country club RINO! Them's fightin' words.....

60 posted on 05/12/2009 5:37:55 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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