![]() You will notice the swivel attachment point on the stock is in the bottom of the pistol grip. Slinging the shotgun is also a more comfortable way to tote it on longer hikes or when traversing really rough country. ![]() However, we’ve found that being able to sling the gun and have one’s hands free when handling a bunch of beagles is a very good idea. The use of a carrying strap on sporting shotguns is not as common in the US as it is in Europe. A barrel band for a quick detachable swivel and a butt stock screw for same from Brownells, and 20 minutes work were all that was required to make the Condor field ready. The only modification Brock has made to the Condor 410 was the addition of a leather carrying strap. Scratches on the stock and forearm from the gun’s first season in the briar patches were easily repairable with a few applications of Tung oil. The stock has what appears to be an oil finish. The receiver and barrels are well polished and the bluing is nicely done. The fit and finish of the Condor is pretty good for a gun in this price range. The little 410 has 3-inch chambers and comes with extractors only. The stacked barrels are choked full & full and are topped off with a nicely textured ventilated rib with a brass bead up front. 410 is light at 5.5 pounds and, with its 22-inch barrels and 13-inch length of pull, has an over-all length of just 36.5 inches. The Condor over-under line of shotguns is made in Brazil and are imported by Benelli, which is a Stoeger Industries company. ![]() Smith, and thus can suffer some abuse in the brush without too much financial agonizing over a scratch or two. With a street price of around $325 the Condor is hardly in the collector category like the L.C. The Stoeger Condor Youth Model shotgun (which I purchased for Brock in a Sheels store in South Dakota in 2011) has proven to be a reliable and handy replacement for the finicky old Mossberg. Whether they are side-by-sides or over-unders doesn’t seem to matter. Brock, after years of using the LC Smith, has a decided preference for the simplicity of double guns. For use in the cottontail thickets, and in the pines for snowshoes, short guns have always proven to be way handier than those with longer barrels. We’ve historically found it’s easier to use long guns with stocks a bit on the short side rather than those that are a bit too long, especially with bulky hunting clothes on. Several options came up in conversation, but nothing really struck a nerve until the economical Stoeger Condor over-under came to the market, specifically the Youth Models.īrock’s a pretty big guy but has always liked short stocked long guns probably because he had properly fitted long guns when he was a kid. Since Brock was hardly heartbroken if he failed to take any given rabbit, this was not a big deal but we often talked about replacing the 410 Mossberg. Like many gun show guns, there was a reason the Mossberg was cheap as it had some “functional quirks.” It often failed to feed a round from the magazine tube and on occasion inexplicably misfired. Purchased at a gun show, the Mossberg didn’t require the same degree of care as the old Smith did. The Elsie has been well cared for during three generations of use and a while back Brock semi-retired the old side-by-side for a used. It was my father’s request that Brock eventually get the nice old gun. 410 bore was on his list for a long time.įor many years, Brock’s only shotgun was a nice old 20-gauge LC Smith Field Grade which first belonged to his grandfather, then me, and eventually him. Because they are generally light in weight and handy, a. Brock often carries a shotgun simply because that’s what rabbit hunters do, not because he needs to. He loves chasing rabbits with Beagles and is long past the “I have to kill every rabbit that jumped” stage of life, we all go through in our youth. With all the other paraphernalia carried on a rabbit hunt with beagles, the light weight of the Stoeger Youth Model 410 Bore
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