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Drm50 · November 28, 2022, 10:17 AM

My dad worked in power house and they used Slugs & 00 to shoot slag out of boilers. He would bring a box of 00 ever once in a while. We had a good assortment of 12g shotguns and was a ongoing collection. Dad was trap shooter & bird hunter. Dad was always pattering shotguns and we would shoot a couple 00 looking for good Fox gun. Bottom line is we never
found one. This was in 50s & 60s and it was Win or Rem 00 we were shooting. You get 40-50 yds and a Fox could hide in the pattern better than 50% of the time.
I haven’t hunted Virginia for years. Use to deer hunt George Washington National Forrest. I do remember Virginia was zones as far as legal hunting weapon for deer. Over to east was buckshot only. I think that OP country.

November 28, 2022, 10:17 AM	#8
Drm50 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2014 Posts: 1,382	My dad worked in power house and they used Slugs & 00 to shoot slag out of boilers. He would bring a box of 00 ever once in a while. We had a good assortment of 12g shotguns and was a ongoing collection. Dad was trap shooter & bird hunter. Dad was always pattering shotguns and we would shoot a couple 00 looking for good Fox gun. Bottom line is we never found one. This was in 50s & 60s and it was Win or Rem 00 we were shooting. You get 40-50 yds and a Fox could hide in the pattern better than 50% of the time. I haven’t hunted Virginia for years. Use to deer hunt George Washington National Forrest. I do remember Virginia was zones as far as legal hunting weapon for deer. Over to east was buckshot only. I think that OP country.