Difference between sporter and field guns??

sniper83 · 18-06-2008 9:55am #1

hello all, whats the main visible difference between an u/o sporting shot gun and a u/o field shot gun? I no what the different uses are.. i.e ones for shooting game and the other is for shooting both game and clays.

but what are the differences visible to the naked eye? as i want to purchase a good 2nd hand sporter cause my browning automatic needs a rest from shooting those clays..;)

Grizzly 45 · 18-06-2008 10:39am

Difference isnt so much in looks as in weight. A sporting clay gun is designed weightwise,to be carried say 100 meters between stands and then designed to use its weight to absorb the recoil of say 20 double shots at the bout of thrown clays.OTOH a game gun is designed to be carried a lot and fired less,possibly.That is about the easiest explanation I can give you.By and large I dont find that much of a difference myself in a good sporter or game gun.If you can knock pheasents with your game gun,you can bust clays with it too.Looks ,well maybe a game gun has fancier engraving or nicer wood,or vice versa or maybe is a multi choke set up.Basically a lot of nothing that will make you shoot any better or worse than idf you are properly married to the gun.

foxhunter · 18-06-2008 10:42am

A sporter will have a longer barrell ie 30" rather than 28".
It will be a heavier gun than a field gun.
You will be able to select which barrell to fire.
It will probably have a recoil pad fitted rather than hard plastic.
That fairly well covers the most of it i think.

Grizzly 45 · 18-06-2008 11:01am

Forgot to add.A game gun will somtimes have double triggers rather than a selector and possibly be non ejectored.Recoil pads and length,well it is a factor,but it is kind of a how many angels dance on a pin head type arguement...One company might produce a game gun with all the features above and call it a sporter,and another will produce the exact opposite and call it a game gun.

Hezz700 · 18-06-2008 12:03pm

Just a few more pointers.......

A sporter will have heavier top rip and a ventilated center rib to help disipate the heat from sustained fire.

The safety will normally be manual on a sporter as opposed to automatic on field guns.

Hope this helps:)

Mellor · 18-06-2008 4:43pm

foxhunter wrote: »

A sporter will have a longer barrell ie 30" rather than 28".
It will be a heavier gun than a field gun.
You will be able to select which barrell to fire.
It will probably have a recoil pad fitted rather than hard plastic.
That fairly well covers the most of it i think.

Not sure about the above, i know its general but
Barrel lenght comes in a range for both,
Agree on weight
You can select on a field also, selector is pretty common to most guns now
Field guns also can have recoil pads fitted as standard, just as sporters can omitt them.

Any of the dedicated field guns are ok for a few clays, but knock out 50 and it hurts. Any one who says different hasn't got a field gun

:D

IDon'tKnow! · 18-06-2008 6:34pm

The game gun will be lighter then the sporting gun. The top rib will be wider on the sporter. The game gun can be a few hundred euro cheaper then the sporter.