CZ Bobwhite SXS - SO Tempted! - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

retmil46 · #16 09-05-2012, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BAVBMW

Actually, I just bought I full set of 5 tubes for the CZ Bobwhite, directly from CZ, for ~$60. And it came with the wrench. I'd been shopping and was prepared for more, but they were on sale on CZ's site, so I did quite well.

Did you buy an extra set, or did you get the gun used and the choke tubes weren't with the gun?

According to CZ's website, a new Bobwhite now comes complete with a full set of 5 choke tubes included in the price. Going by the Trulock Choke website, it uses a Beretta style choke tube.

My Stoeger Uplander uses a Winchester style tube, and only came with IC and M factory choke tubes. I ended up getting some of the Trulock Precision Hunter extended knurled end choke tubes for it - makes it a heck of a lot easier doing on-the-fly changeouts in the field.

BAVBMW · #17 09-05-2012, 11:08 AM

We bought the gun technically used. No one is really sure if it had ever been fired, as the previous owner suffered some health problems after buying it, and well, never really recovered. So it had sat for years as a safe queen. When the previous owners wife finally got around to dealing with it, she was unaware of the extra chokes.

So we bought it with two, and now have seven, some obviously duplicates. Someday she may stumble across the others, but I'm not counting on it.

MV

retmil46 · #18 09-05-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

Actually over 7 pounds for a 20 gauge side by side sounds heavy to me. My Ithaca SKB 12 gauge is lighter than that, six and a half I think.

It sounds as if you've a history with automatics, since that gun feels light.

All that said though, it doesn't matter if the gun fits you and you like it.

Since my youth I was always a side by side and pump fan, until my first skeet gun, a Winchester 101 Diamond Grade over/under about fifteen years ago. I would never carry it to the field though. I still don't feel right walking along with anything but a side by side or a really lightweight pump.

Thanks to the fire ants, I no longer hear or see Bob Whites. My favorite hunting is quail hunting and today, in my part of the world, it might as well be dinosaur hunting. The last time I heard a Bob White might be 12 years or so now. When I DID quail hunt, a lightweight shotgun filled the bill because of carrying it much of the day.

This brings up a thought too. Are you used to an automatic? Will the recoil of a lightweight double bother you? Of course you're talking a 20, but you still need to make sure it's okay before laying down your money.

Good luck with your decision.

The Stoeger 20 gauge IS heavy. If you look at the specs on their website, there's literally only a couple ounces difference in weight between the 12 and 20 gauge versions of the Uplander - both over 7 lbs. All steel, it's quite a solid gun - and it's quite apparent they went with as many common parts as possible - stock, receiver, frame, etc - to mass produce these. The main clue to this is their Uplander 12/20 Combo version - straight English stock, single trigger, with a set of 12 gauge and 20 gauge barrels - not Briley tubes, but complete full up barrels - that are fully interchangeable, for about $550 to $600 last I checked.

I could most likely just order a set of 12 gauge barrels for this Uplander - and perhaps a 12 gauge forearm depending on how the present wood fits - and they would slide right on with no problem. That's a thought - perhaps I'll give Hyatt a call and check into that this weekend.

OTOH, the Winchester 16 gauge weighs along the lines of your SKB - something over 6 lbs I'd guess - a built to scale 16 gauge - not a 12 gauge with a set of 20 gauge barrels stuck on as with the Stoeger.

Actually, I'm the same as you and prefer a SXS. I dislike autos, though I have no qualms about using one if need be - feels like I'm operating a piece of machinery, instead of shooting a gun. The ones I do own are because they're fine examples of the art of gunsmithing - Belgian made Browning A-5 - or have unique features and traits I appreciate - Winchester Model 59 - but I rarely if ever use them in the field.