Wooden dowel, seriously?

[Dattebayo]

Please tell us your not serious.

I mean I suppose if it was informal, guess it isn't that big deal you aren't following all the rules.

When shooting skeet informally or for fun, I'd take my bonus shot whenever and where ever I please.

[tommyboy619]

lol and wow at this thread

all that's in my head is the hilarious look of people being frustrated and furious the new shotgun they just bought only holds two shells

It's hilarious because it happened to you too I know it ruined my first time out with my Mossy combo. You will never fool me again Mossberg

[mossy]

fun fact: that limited 2 shell capacity is full capacity for a UK legal Mossberg 500 and our standard 18 inch barrel is considered a SBS in the UK.

[kellyhachihachi]

just picked up my new Hatsan Escort MPA and put 3 in and thought "crap i broke something already" haha

[negolien]

meh...

fun fact: that limited 2 shell capacity is full capacity for a UK legal Mossberg 500 and our standard 18 inch barrel is considered a SBS in the UK.

Yeah I love listening to that jacka** Pierce Morgan rant about how the lack of guns leads to no gun violance in the U.K.... I always want to say hey dumba** it didn't stop the IRA from getting guns did it lol..

Funny how after 9/11 the IRA suddenly decided non violance and a political settlement was the way to go...

Sorry for temporary threadjack.

[TurboLT]

If you're shooting clays why do you need more than 2 shells at a time. For all sports you only have two targets maximum at one station.

This is definitely the wrong board to be asking why someone would need more shell capacity lol.

Do hold into it though. In indiana at least high achieving game wardens will check your tube.

[sdkevin]

What a crock.. You spend hundreds of $$ on a hunting gun and can only load 3-5? No wonder fish and game hates the Siaga mag fed.

[chuckdc]

The method used to check is a plastic coated rod with a taped mark on the rod. The rod is inserted into your empty magazine tube. If the rod goes in past the mark you get a citation. Simple, but effective.

The requirement is "...the plug must be of one piece construction incapable of removal without disassembling the gun."

Yes, I have had my shotgun checked in the field.

Last time I was there when they were checking, they had a bendy spring device with a brass end that went up the tube, and the spring had a mark on it.


I offered the warden my over/under to check, and he seemed peeved for some reason..

[Bad Voodoo]

Learn something new every day.

Any act of hunting with a shotgun capable of holding more than 3 rounds will get you a big fine and a years loss of hunting privileges. No matter what you are hunting! Thats right, if you are deer hunting and you have an unloaded shotgun in your car with no plug, it will be enough to get a ticket and fine. i have seen it happen.

[XenosAce]

When I got my Mossberg 500 20" It did not come with a dowel. But when my father got his Mossberg combo years ago it did. I is confused why some come with one and other don't. BTW Mossberg's new site sucks now IMHO.

[Dattebayo]

What a crock.. You spend hundreds of $$ on a hunting gun and can only load 3-5? No wonder fish and game hates the Siaga mag fed.

it isn't 3 to 5 - it is literally 2 in the tube and 1 in the chamber. Anymore and you are breaking the law.

[The sarge]

Take the damn dowel out and your fine for the range or whatever. Just don't loose it like I did! I have to make one so I can take mine out here soon.

[Dattebayo]

Go to Home Depot or Lowes and pick up one of their free paint dipsticks. You can probably easily modify one to be a mag block.

[rojocorsa]

Why do they even have this law? It's not like I can't load any more shells anyway.


I'm just not sure I follow the logic here.

[ScottB]

Look, if you want some HD-Mall Ninja blaster, take the damn plug out and have at it. That configuration is worthless for hunting anyway. Hunting is not about blasting a lot of rounds. Its about using as few as possible.

When shotgunners want a lot of trigger time, we play clay games - trap, skeet or sporting clays. BTW, whoever posted they load 4+1 at each trap station - at any club or range I have ever shot at, that would get you a stern warning the 1st time and thrown off the range if you did it again. Safety is paramount and you are not permitted to load you weapon until its your turn to shoot.

If you want to hunt birds or game in the US, 3 rounds including the one in the chamber is the law. It always has been (and wardens know all about the 4th "ghost" round in the older Benellis). Anyone who argues that 3 rounds is insufficient either has very little if any hunting experience or they are not very good at it. The 3rd shot is usually a hail mary anyway. For waterfowl, you can only have 25 shells in your boat/blind/person, anyway. When that's gone, you go back to your truck and get 25 more - usually that's a long walk. Most guys can get a limit with fewer than 25 rounds. The reason they instituted the 25 round rule is because guys would go out and skybust all day, crippling birds and ruining the hunting for everyone around them.

Too many rounds in the gun or on your person (waterfowl hunting) are probably the most common tickets written. I think anyone who has hunted a refuge or a dove opener has seen guys get nailed for that.

If you want high volume, no limit shooting, book a dove hunt in Argentina.