Winners & Losers

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by skeet

Oh PC..you're just an ol stick in the mud...like me! Ya know..watch TV commercials stuff to kill germs..laws..bicycle helmets for kids seat belt laws( a real money maker ya know)..then all the new calibers. I mean how did we as kids live into adulthood without dying from oooey gooey stuff on our hands?? How did we ever lay a deer low with a paltry 30-30?? or kill a duck with a tiny little 2 3/4 inch 20 ga shotgun?? Gotta have a 315 Super duper Tyrannosaurus Rex round or the 3 1/2 inch 10 ga to shoot teal Sheesh

Skeet,

Things were a lot different 100 years ago when you and Popplecop were born. LOL Back in the days, there were no laws about non-toxic shot, there were a lot less cars on the roads and 40,000+ people a year didn't die in auto accidents, they didn't even make bicycle helmets back then, car seats for kids were pretty much non-existent, and plastic had yet to be invented.

A .30-30 is still a great rifle for those closer shots and hunting in the brush, but it does not cut it when hunting over a wide open bean field.

Now, a 10 gauge, or a 3 1/2" 12 gauge is way too much to shoot teal with. I tend to use 2 3/4", maybe 3" if that is all I have, for shooting teal.