Johns323

I’m so annoyed. I bought the non-side gate version on April 19th and this came out a week later.

Great! Thanks for the information.

Sorry, I'm kind of a newbie to this. I just picked up a Franchi O/U where the chokes screw into the barrel and extend beyond the end of the muzzle. That's ok, right?

I did a search for "are chokes legal in NJ" and some article came up. It wasn't clear if it was referring to NJ or an old article or what. I tried doing some more searching and couldn't find anything clear. I figured it was a crock but wanted verify it before I went out shooting.

Are there any restrictions on chokes in NJ? I read somewhere that they were legal as long as they didn't extend beyond the muzzle. Ordinarily, I would find that hard to believe but this is NJ we're talking about!

Thanks for the info. I had the guns worked on by Winters Gun Specialties in Berlin. He was the one who said I should use low brass ammo. One of them is an H&R single barrel from around 1900 and the other is a Sears Ranger from the early 30's. He test fired both of them and said they were good to go. I left there assuming low brass was a common type of ammo but it doesn't seem so. I'll give him a ring tomorrow and see what else he recommends. I did buy some target loads but like I said, I can't use it at my range. I'm anxious to shoot these and can't figure out how! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

STOOPID QUESTION ALERT!!!! I recently had two older shotguns refurbished and brought back to operable condition. I was told that I should only fire "low brass" ammo. My range only allows 00 buck or slug ammo. My question is, can you get either of those in low brass? Like I said, probably a stupid question but I'm new to shotguns and the ammo choices are a bit overwhelming . Thanks.

Spot on advice about Winters! I dropped off two very old shotguns last weekend and picked them up today. He did an amazing job of restoring them and bringing them back to firing condition. I can't say enough good things about the guy. Easy to talk to, knows his stuff and passionate about his trade. Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

Sounds good. Thanks for the advice!

I figured I'd "hijack" this thread rather than start a new one. . . . I live in Jackson (Central Jersey) and have 2 older shotguns as well. One was my grandfathers, the other was my great grandfathers. I have no idea whether or not they're operable and would like to have them looked at. I checked out Winter's. It's a little over an hour from me. Does anyone know of any place closer to the Central Jersey area? If not, I'll make the trek down there. Here is a (not-so-great) pic of them:

Browning Hi Power Practical

This is right up there with hiding under your desk during a nuclear attack!

Sadly, I'm new to this whole thing and wasn't around for the warnings. I definitely would have listened if I had known. . .

Yeah, but it's hard to shoot with only one arm and one leg left! Prices are crazy. . .

Gotcha. Thanks. It's a dual edge sword. It's really frustrating walking into shops and seeing the shelves empty. Then doubling frustrating to finally find it but be limited!