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Topic: Trading up Posted: 28 February 2004 at 13:53
Well, I finally did it. I traded my Ithaca SKB 500 for a new Winchester Sporting Clays Supreme. I had stopped by my local Gander Mountain last week and they had Supremes marked down from $1299 to $1049. With another $100 off incentive for any gun in the store >$1000. They offered another 5% off for bringing in a trade and another 5% if you put it on a Gander card. So after debating a bit I headed down this morning to try and deal. When I got there the gun was marked back up to $1099. Well that meant $1099-$100(sale incentive)-$50(trade incentive)-$50(Gander card)=$899. But they only offered me $220 for my SKB. I didn't realy want to open a Gander card account either so I called the local hardware store they had one for $900. I went down there and they offered me $300 for my SKB. So I did the deal. I had bought the SKB a couple of years ago for $325 so I guess I came out OK. List on the gun was $1400+ but they've discontinued the model so I think everybody is just trying to sell 'em out. I hope I like it. I've read a few reviews that were very favorable and some that criticized it for being barrel heavy. I got 28" barrels. I really wanted 30s but comprimized over the weight issue. Wood finish leaves a little to be desired but wood to metal fit is good for this price of gun. It also has adjustable LOP. I'm going to try her out tomorrow at the trap range. RD
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Posted: 01 March 2004 at 12:17
I'll bet that SKB was a nice one!!
I have one of the Sporting Clays Supremes. Sold my Red Label to buy it. Could have kept the Red Label, but it was as graceful to swing as a 4 x 4 and about as heavy.
The Winchester handles much better. It patterns well, so dd the Red Label. The Win handles as well as my 686's and 682. I absolutely love it. The replacable trunions are also a plus.
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Posted: 03 March 2004 at 14:23
Went shooting with some friends on Sunday. They were more interested in just horsin around than serious shooting so we were shooting 5 shot rounds most of the day. I broke my first five straight and things went down hill from there. Just couldn't seem to hit anything. Finally started taking thicker front beads and everything clicked. Really different from my 870 where you have to hide the front bead behind the middle to get her on the bird. With the Win. I started with the front sitting on top of the midbead and finally ended up with about 1/4" of rib showing between the two to be right on. Shot one round of 16 yd before I left and got 22 of 25. New gun and not shooting for 3 months I was happy. Hope I can do a little more trap shooting this year. RD
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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Posted: 04 March 2004 at 15:41
RD, you may notice that it takes a while to get it swinging, and that is because of the barrel length. I cut and choke tubed my 1100 to 26". It handles like lightning, but, like you, I like the longer barrels too. My WW Greener has 30" tubes and feels like a stick when I am carrying it. It only weighs a little over 6 pounds and is a joy to carry. My model 12 Win is ONE heavy basyard, but it is a trap gun with 30" tubes too. I really like good shotguns, I hope you and yours come together soon, you won't have a better friend.................Kingpin
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Posted: 05 March 2004 at 01:18
Kingpin, Thanks for the encouragement. I do miss the longer sighting plane of my 870 but I'm sure you are right. It's just going to take a little getting used to. Once I get to the place where I can find the right cheek position and just forget about the bead and concentrate on the swing I'll have it made. There's just nothing quite like the feeling of having a shotgun hit what you are looking at without conciously aiming. You just get that "In the Zone" feeling that, to me, is the best part of shooting trap. When you don't have to pick up your head to see if the bird broke (causing you to miss 99% of the time) because you know the minute it comes out of the house it's going to be pieces, you're finally there.
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