old Wingmaster

[TX_Kevin]

I had my wife's uncle refinish mine and it looks real nice!

When I was a little kid my dad had me shooting at dove with my Mossberg bolt action 410 while he sat under a shade tree with that 16 and watched them fly by. After shooting about a box and a half, and having a pond full of feathers and no birds I stormed down to where he was and leaned my gun up against a tree. I made him take off his vest (with all the 16 ga shells in it) and I grabbed that 16 and headed back to where I was. Came back with a limit about an hour later.

My dad sold that 410 promptly and bought me a 20 ga 1100. I don't have the 1100 anymore, but I do have the 16.

[Mike Dettorre]

Try patterning it first...that may tell you a lot

[krtnorris]

When I was a little kid my dad had me shooting at dove with my Mossberg bolt action 410 while he sat under a shade tree with that 16 and watched them fly by. After shooting about a box and a half, and having a pond full of feathers and no birds I stormed down to where he was and leaned my gun up against a tree. I made him take off his vest (with all the 16 ga shells in it) and I grabbed that 16 and headed back to where I was. Came back with a limit about an hour later.

My dad sold that 410 promptly and bought me a 20 ga 1100. I don't have the 1100 anymore, but I do have the 16.

Funny! I will post a pic of mine in a few min

[krtnorris]

Here she is

[krtnorris]

Here she is...

[grizzman]

I have a Wingmaster (circa 1971) in 20 gauge that I passed down to my son. It has a 28 inch bbl with a modified choke but shoots tighter than any full choke shotgun that I have ever shot.

[Saltgrass Mikerr]

tighter constriction. Practice more lol



take it out and pattern it. See where it's truly hitting. That will answer any issues.

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[Saltgrass Mikerr]

That gun was made before plastic wads. Back then the wadding was just fiber or paper between the shot and powder. When the plastic wads came out (power-piston)in the 60's I think they all shot a lot tighter pattern. Back then almost everything was full or modified choke and you seldom saw an improved cylinder choke. I had the same problem with my full/modified side by side. When I had the full barrel bored to improved cylinder I then had a dove killing tool.
My thoughts were that the plastic wadding made everything shoot one choke tighter.

AT Least one choke tighter !!!

[Puggy625]

My dad has the same gun, bought back around 1960. Full choke barrel. Kicks like **** mule. He took it to a gunsmith and come to find out, there was a run of barrel's that was choked to extra-full for some reason. VERY tight pattern. That's what I learned to shoot with. He still has it.