Posted on 05/12/2009 11:27:05 AM PDT by Ron H.
Anyone have any direct experience with Shotgun reducers. I've never seen them used and am interested to know if they are worth the time and money.
WTF is the purpose?
I cant imagine that the wad will seal gases or keep shot together much past those little inserts....but they might be good for training young or small individuals to shoot that big old 10 or 12 gauge...
I imagine that the things tend to mangle shot patterns, at least to some degree. Don't know for sure, never tried 'em.
You could put a 20 ga. shell in a 12 ga. shotgun, I guess.
WTF is the purpose?
Allows one to shoot subcalibers out of a shotgun.
I say, Man Up and shoot the 12 gauge!
You can do it once anyway.
Multiplies the amount of available ammunition.
Allows target practice with cheaper ammo.
If you only step down a gauge they are OK at shorter ranges.
12 to 20, 20 to 28... but to drop from 12 to .410, you’ll have a pretty blown pattern.
About as useful as light beer.
Reducers allow you to shoot 20 gauge, 28 gauge or .410 gauge shells in a 12 gauge over/under shot gun. They are primarily used in skeet shooting, not trap. A good skeet shooter competes in all 4 gauge competitions. The smaller the shell, the less pellets, the harder it is to break the bird. If you are serious about skeet shooting, plan on spending $1000 or more to buy tubes, such as brilleys. A set allows you to have a full length tube in your barrel for each caliber.
I’ve never needed to do his since I have more shotguns than I need (but not as many as I want.)
Guessing it would cause a much bigger pattern, shooting the smaller shells out of a 12 ga. shotgun.
I personally would not use a short insert for fear of chamber erosion ahead of the case.
Well, I do own several different types of 12g already and also a number of 20g and .410 guns. I’ve been toying with the idea of a 10g but have about decided against it. It seems that a 3 1/2” 12g can do as well or better than a 10g from what I’ve been reading. All my current 12g are either 3” or smaller. I was just curious what others had to say about the reducers. I’m not convinced of its practicalness.
Another good use of this little device is to turn a flare gun into a hand held shot gun. I used to sail in the Pacific NW and the Canadians didn’t allow firearms so I would always have one of these little devices on board when I left Washingto waters so I could in a matter of seconds turn my flare gun into a very leathal weapon.
You can do it once anyway.
I've heard stories about people doing this WITHOUT a reducer, where the smaller shell falls down into the barrel, then a larger, full size shell gets inserted right after it and fired. I hear it's real ugly when that happens.
I've never seen them used and am interested to know if they are worth the time and money.From reading the links, they're for over-under, side-by-side and single shot shotguns (Skeet & Trap shotguns).
No good for a pump action or an auto-loader.
Yes, I’ve used them and depending on the manufacturer, they work very well.
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