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  1. My newest Marlin is a 1979 1894 in 357 Mag. The oldest is a 1967 336. All of my Micro grooved barrels shoot jacketed bullets way better than lead. The 336 will shoot excellent groups using FTX bullets and Leverevolution powder. I shot it last week using 165gr MBC coated lead loads and W748 powder and the groups looked like I was patterning 00 buck. I also shot 150gr JSP bullets with the W748 powder and the groups were 1.5" @ 100yds. I have really struggled to get any real accuracy with Micro grooved barrels and lead.
  2. That is awesome. I love elk meat.
  3. It was very easy, the barrel metal is soft on the Ithaca. The dent in the barrel bothered me and the old M37's had fitted barrels. You cant just buy another barrel for them (according to everything I have read). The only thing I never did was put a bead on it. I may bring it to the local gunsmith to drill and tap for a bead.
  4. I cut an old (1949) Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight down to 19". It had a dent in the barrel at about 21". It was very easy to straighten the cut using a piece of 90 degree angle iron and a file. I then used a muzzle facing cutter/pilot from Brownells. I love the beat up old shotgun.
  5. I have seen the commercials on Newsmax.
  6. I found an article on SOFREP that stated that the 7.62 NATO measurement is in CUP and that the difference in pressure between 7.62 and .308 is 58000 PSI vs. 63000 PSI, not a significant difference. "This is where things get a touch confusing. The maximum pressure numbers for these two calibers are typically shown to be around 63,000 PSI for the .308 Win and just 50,000 PSI for the 7.62. That may seem like a significant difference and grounds for people to think it an ill-advised move to fire a higher pressure .308 cartridge in a rifle that’s fitted for the 7.62 NATO. But hold your horses there, fella. It really isn’t that simple. The truth is that that so-called 50,000 PSI is not accurate, at least not in terms of pounds per square inch. 50,000 is more accurate if you’re talkin’ copper units of pressure or CUP which is a whole other animal. CUP is an inferior method of measuring pressure which depends on looking at how tiny an amount of copper disks compress when you fire your weapon. The approximate difference between CUP and PSI works out to about 8,000 which I think we can agree is a giant leap in terms of rendering a precise figure. To put it another way, the max pressure for the 7.62 NATO is somewhere closer to 58,000, placing it closer to the PSI of the .308 Win than one might be led to believe. The 4,000 difference is hardly a difference at all, at least not one that would disrupt the trajectory of a shot aimed at a sluggish boar."
  7. I can't find black powder anywhere. Just picked up 300 #11 caps at Cabelas in Manassas. They had no black powder, just lots of Pyrodex and 777. Black powder is getting real scarce, especially with Hodgdon announcing the closure of the Goex plant (the only BP plant in the US). The days of real black powder are numbered.
  8. What happens after you get your first handgun is that you start looking for your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. handgun.
  9. I agree that both are good but I went with the G34. A major factor in my choice was the price and availability of parts and accessories. The price difference in magazines was enough to sway my opinion.
  10. You can sell out of state through the mail - no FFL. Just cannot ship black powder and caps with it. What is your price?
  11. This is one case where I don't think that it is bureaucratic nonsense. A few years ago I had to bring deer to a check station here in VA due to a CWD quarantine zone being established in the region. I am in the Shenandoah Valley and there have been reports of CWD from WV and MD. The state biologists took tissue samples along with a section of the jaw for testing. I was given a number to check online. All of the deer were clean. My whole area tested negative. The biologist said that the only way to kill the CWD prions is with fire. One major difference between NJ and VA is that we are not allowed to bait for deer or use scents derived from deer urine. Supposedly baiting causes rapid transmission among deer because deer don't normally eat so close together like they do on bait. I wouldn't be surprised if baiting was prohibited in CWD areas.
  12. I just got a call from one of my NJ employees. His house in Mullica Hill was damaged. It was his neighborhood that was destroyed. He said there are houses completely destroyed, cars blown all around, one in a pool. Other houses missing the top floor. He also said the woods behind his house are gone...
  13. The best decision I have made in years was to leave NJ. You couldn't pay me enough to move there. NJ is a wasteland. The only lefties in my family are on my wife's side. They are in Bergen County. We will probably not be going to a wedding up there in October due to her family being so crazy and brainwashed about covid/vaccine, etc.
  14. I was thinking about a flamethrower.
  15. On Friday my wife lifted up a plastic bin lid that I left just outside the garage and came running into the house and said hurry up and get out here. We had a black bear looking in the sliding glass door at me in the basement on Monday so I thought that may be it, I was wrong, it was a coiled up copperhead. I grabbed the Governor shot it with #6 shot. The 2 1/2" 410 hit hard and killed it instantly. The snake was coiled up looking ready to strike and the shot flipped it about 10 inches into the position in the picture. A neighbor told me he has killed 3 already this year. The worst part is that it ate the very large frog in the pond I have in front of the house. My wife got vey lucky that she wasn't bit.
  16. I saw a lot of 22LR and 9MM at the local gun shop this weekend. The prices were high 22LR was $8 box for CCI and $4 box for Aguila. I don't recall the brand of 9MM but it looked foreign and was $21.99 box. I am glad that I am well stocked on these. At least the ammo was in stock. The gun shops here are fully stocked with guns as well.
  17. Why would the plug have to be permanent? It is not a detachable magazine. Put a small dowel or buy a plastic plug and cut it so it reduces the capacity by 1 in the tube. I am not aware of any requirement for the tube to be permanently altered. As long as you cannot put more than 6 in the tube you should be fine.
  18. Has it changed? Years ago there was a test for shotgun, one for rifle/muzzleloader, and one for archery.
  19. I like how the same politicians that pass laws that are unconstitutional laws are the same ones that want to end qualified immunity for the police. We should be able to sue them for damages caused by the unconstitutional laws they author and pass.
  20. I just went to two of my local gun shops. One was selling SPP for 15.00 per 100. The other was selling SPP for 149.99 per 1000. I am glad that I am well stocked...
  21. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I cannot stand establishment politicians. I helped to choose the non establishment R candidate for VA this year. The establishment was pushing their candidate and the people said F that in all three (Governor, Lt Governor, and AG). The GOPe (establishment) is crap.
  22. I agree 100%. Shotguns are all about fit. All of my hunting shotguns have been adjusted to me though adjustment of the LOP, drop, and cast. A lot of shotguns come with shims for making these adjustments. I never look at my bead when shooting at a moving target. A properly fitted shotgun should shoot where you are looking when it is mounted.
  23. Considering the fact that this is a SP101, I would not hesitate using +p in it for defensive purposes. The SP101 are very strong. That said, I would not feed it a steady diet of +P.
  24. I can't believe how many people don't bother with primary elections. I have been a delegate in VA since I moved here. We had a convention and were able to elect candidates for Governor, Lt Governor, and Attorney General that were not the choice of the VA GOP establishment. I think people were shocked and we actually have very good candidates. It was the largest convention in US history with over 50,000 delegates. Everyone needs to get involved.
  25. I agree with this completely. People seem to be afraid to confront public employees not doing their jobs out of fear of some repercussion. This is what lazy entitled government employees thrive on. One thing a Chief does not want is a letter complaining about one of there employees not doing their job (even if the Chief supports this). It is like when you are a kid, confront bullies and they scurry away. They do not want negative attention. The Chief is the lowest in the Chain of Command I would write. If you get no satisfaction with the Chief, then go to the Mayor and keep going until they do their job.
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