lamping with a shotgun??

[Guest JohnGalway]

Lightforce 140 is a good lamp for shotgunning at night. You can get an underbarrel mount for it if you so wish, it will fit most if not all semi autos, side by sides, over and unders and single barrel shotties.

 

In my little shooting world there is no better fun than lamping foxes at night with a shotgun.

 

Lamping rabbits works well for a bit, but honestly with the noise of the gun bugs, roger etc. get very lamp shy very fast. For that job a moderated rimfire rifle is the best bet.

 

I don't mount the lamp on my shotgun most times I'm out. I prefer to hold the lamp in my left hand, the shotgun in my right with the foreend resting on my left fore arm. I can line up and knock foxes quite easily and safely, the one drawback is a slow second shot due to the kick and the gun having to settle. If it's really breezy out I tend to mount the lamp underbarrel so I can hold the shotgun firmly with both hands. It's best to mount the lamp as far back towards you under the barrel as possible to minimise the wind effect.

[sureshot 0]

always do it just make sure youve got permission and its okay with the farmer, he lets the locals villagers no when were out and no problems what so ever

Edited August 3, 2008 by sureshot

[IanB 0]

Farmer I know drove round his land on the quad and shot over a hundred one night with his shotgun, not really for me, but a good way of reducing numbers if there not too lampshy...

[Cajunrules 8]

Not a common thing to do, but perfectly legal and mounts available as has been said

 

That cant be right because the last time i went shooting at night with a shotgun i was chased for fecking miles by a bunch of weirdo's shouting stop police

 

 

lmao

[Guest JohnGalway]

Heh, I'm reminded of a conversation I had with the research student who I was collecting foxes for. We got talking about how the foxes were being dispatched - shotgun & rifle - and I was telling him the advantage of the shotgun was being able to shoot foxes on the run. "Wow!", he says "that must take a lot of practice, I mean how do you manage to keep on aim while you're running?"

 

He was a nice fella, I'll never forget that conversation.