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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.

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1 posted on 05/12/2009 11:27:05 AM PDT by Ron H.
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To: Ron H.

WTF is the purpose?


2 posted on 05/12/2009 11:31:00 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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I cant imagine that the wad will seal gases or keep shot together much past those little inserts....but they might be good for training young or small individuals to shoot that big old 10 or 12 gauge...


3 posted on 05/12/2009 11:32:01 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Ron H.
I can see where it'd be handy to have one shotgun and the ability to shoot damned near any shotshell made in it, but shotgun ammo has never been that tough to come by. Also, the smaller gauge shells can be considerably more expensive (especially the 28-ga. stuff).

I imagine that the things tend to mangle shot patterns, at least to some degree. Don't know for sure, never tried 'em.

4 posted on 05/12/2009 11:32:21 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

You could put a 20 ga. shell in a 12 ga. shotgun, I guess.


5 posted on 05/12/2009 11:32:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

WTF is the purpose?

Allows one to shoot subcalibers out of a shotgun.

I say, Man Up and shoot the 12 gauge!


6 posted on 05/12/2009 11:33:07 AM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
You could put a 20 ga. shell in a 12 ga. shotgun, I guess.

You can do it once anyway.

7 posted on 05/12/2009 11:33:57 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

Multiplies the amount of available ammunition.

Allows target practice with cheaper ammo.


8 posted on 05/12/2009 11:34:18 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 113 of our national holiday from reality.)
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If you only step down a gauge they are OK at shorter ranges.

12 to 20, 20 to 28... but to drop from 12 to .410, you’ll have a pretty blown pattern.


9 posted on 05/12/2009 11:35:15 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Ron H.

About as useful as light beer.


10 posted on 05/12/2009 11:35:49 AM PDT by ryan71 (Time to buy guns and ammo, People.)
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To: Ron H.

Reducers allow you to shoot 20 gauge, 28 gauge or .410 gauge shells in a 12 gauge over/under shot gun. They are primarily used in skeet shooting, not trap. A good skeet shooter competes in all 4 gauge competitions. The smaller the shell, the less pellets, the harder it is to break the bird. If you are serious about skeet shooting, plan on spending $1000 or more to buy tubes, such as brilleys. A set allows you to have a full length tube in your barrel for each caliber.


11 posted on 05/12/2009 11:36:12 AM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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I’ve never needed to do his since I have more shotguns than I need (but not as many as I want.)


12 posted on 05/12/2009 11:36:35 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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Guessing it would cause a much bigger pattern, shooting the smaller shells out of a 12 ga. shotgun.


13 posted on 05/12/2009 11:36:59 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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The only ones that I have used were the full length tubes on a Kriegoff model 32 12 gauge with 3 tube sets, 20, 28 & 410.

I personally would not use a short insert for fear of chamber erosion ahead of the case.

14 posted on 05/12/2009 11:39:20 AM PDT by Big_Harry ( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
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Well, I do own several different types of 12g already and also a number of 20g and .410 guns. I’ve been toying with the idea of a 10g but have about decided against it. It seems that a 3 1/2” 12g can do as well or better than a 10g from what I’ve been reading. All my current 12g are either 3” or smaller. I was just curious what others had to say about the reducers. I’m not convinced of its practicalness.


15 posted on 05/12/2009 11:40:39 AM PDT by Ron H. (I believe in and practice the 4 Gs : God, gold, guns and a garden)
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Another good use of this little device is to turn a flare gun into a hand held shot gun. I used to sail in the Pacific NW and the Canadians didn’t allow firearms so I would always have one of these little devices on board when I left Washingto waters so I could in a matter of seconds turn my flare gun into a very leathal weapon.


16 posted on 05/12/2009 11:41:17 AM PDT by BubbaBobTX ("The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
They're commonly used for trap/skeet/sporting clays so that you can shoot in the different divisions without having to have 3 or 4 different gauge shotguns. Briley was one of the 1st companies to come out with tubes.
17 posted on 05/12/2009 11:41:41 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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You could put a 20 ga. shell in a 12 ga. shotgun, I guess.

You can do it once anyway.

I've heard stories about people doing this WITHOUT a reducer, where the smaller shell falls down into the barrel, then a larger, full size shell gets inserted right after it and fired. I hear it's real ugly when that happens.

18 posted on 05/12/2009 11:41:56 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
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I've never seen them used and am interested to know if they are worth the time and money.
From reading the links, they're for over-under, side-by-side and single shot shotguns (Skeet & Trap shotguns).

No good for a pump action or an auto-loader.

19 posted on 05/12/2009 11:42:00 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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Yes, I’ve used them and depending on the manufacturer, they work very well.


20 posted on 05/12/2009 11:42:20 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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