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Are you talking about cut shells or cut shells with waxed shot? The efficacy of a cut shell is further enhanced should you first wax the shot. To do so means you would have to open the crimp to add the wax. Doing so would risk the integrity of the original crimp (probably an old style roll crimp) unless you were starting from scratch and reloading a fresh hull. Early shotguns were more tightly choked than today's shotguns. (There's a lot of good Parker's, Fox's and L.C. Smith's on the market today that are missing a few inches of barrel length thanks to Bubba the gunsmith who thought that the most expeditious way to open the choke was to cut off a few inches of barrel and screw on a new bead front sight.) A tightly choked gun wasn't just a specialty that only a goose gun possessed back then. The popularity of the PolyChoke for single-barrel guns from the 20's to the 60's opened up (no pun intended) a new era for shotgunners before choke tubes were standardized. Most old pre-WWII American doubles were choked tight (usually M/F) unless they were configured as a dedicated skeet gun. The advent of the plastic wad column changed patterning results as well. Cut shells are a "thing" with YouTuber's.

Threads I've read in the internet universe extoll the virtues of "cut shells" and all seem to have been used by some fellow's grandpappy "during the Depression." Mind you, buckshot was available then, and Foster slugs came out in the 30's. So why cut a shell? Perhaps the "cut shell" was borne out of illegal use. You know, before slugs were legal in most states for hunting? Or maybe used by hunters during a regular small game season hunt where they carried birdshot but had a few cut shells for poaching an opportunistic deer? And how did they manage to get a paper shell to work properly before the advent of the plastic shot column, which didn't evolve until the 60's? Just a hunch, but I doubt paper shells worked as well as planned or imagined since the shot column sat between an overpowder fiber card and an overshot cardboard card; sandwiched by a roll crimp. How that made its way down a bore and through a tight choke then got to the target intact is a mystery to me. (Remember, fixed chokes were tighter back then before the advent of shotshell wads. The plastic wad column today helps keep the shot together longer, prevents some scrubbing in the barrel and eliminates flyers in the pattern.) Before slugs were legal in New Jersey, the compendium denoted the use of "strung shot" and "waxed shot" as illegal to use or possess in the field. Only buckshot 4,3,2,1,0 & 00 were legal to hunt with during the big game seasons. Wax shells seem to work, I've loaded and tested them, but they are a lot of work to construct and I would never use them over a Foster slug load which is readily available.

You are not limited to private property during the special coyote/fox season with rifle. (All you need are the $2 permit + rifle permit + valid hunting license.) Groundhogs YES restricted and always when it comes to rifle on WMA's, coyote/fox NO. From the 2017-2018 Digest regarding the special season: "Coyote and fox hunting are allowed on WMAs including all legal sporting arms listed in the table on page 54." Rifles allowed: Muzzleloading rifle: single-shot, single barrel no less than .44 caliber. Flintlock, percussion and in-line ignitions permitted, loaded only with a single projectile, either round ball or conical bullet. Electronic ignitions prohibited. Centerfire rifles: From .17 to maximum of .25 caliber with soft point or hollow point bullets and maximum of 80 grains. Rimfire rifles: From .17 to maximum of .22 caliber with soft point or hollow point bullets and maximum of 50 grains. A modern rifle magazine need not be pinned (plugged), but may be loaded with no more than three cartridges. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2017/dighnt17.pdf

Yet the incoming administration wants to ignore science. Good article by Jim Stabile on Sunday: http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/columnists/jim-stabile/2017/12/10/stabile-sorry-gov-elect-murphy-theres-ample-evidence-bear-hunting-effective/936993001/

Because they have not taken the required number of bears biologists had hoped for (including tagged problem bears,) they've extended the bear hunt now until Saturday.

Saddle River wants to dart and surgically remove the reproductive organs from deer as a method of management. http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/saddle-river/2017/12/11/saddle-river-seeks-access-private-land-deer-management-plan/923476001/ PS - Can't blame the hunter FUDD's anymore. Their numbers go down every year as noted in license sales data. Their impact and voice is diminished each year save for Norcross' buddies at the NJOA. New hunter numbers (new participants) are fewer each year.

These tools should be all you need for the BCG: http://americanshootingjournal.com/coolest-ar-15-bolt-cleaning-tools/#06jldzr3

Flame-cutting? There's a reason the scandium-framed S&W 327 has a special shield to prevent cutting of the topstrap:

NY recognizes 10 rounds "at a recognized range, whether you are there for recreation or for participating in shooting competitions, you may load the full ten rounds into any magazine you have. Starting on April 15, 2013, you are limited to putting 7 rounds in the magazine in all other locations." Wonder how many people can load in their home for self-protection?

Hornady's 147 gr. bullet has a B.C. of .212. That's slightly better than a softball.

Spoil yourself and visit a "gun room."

Noted. Only that poll almost reflects what happened here in New Jersey. Hillary won NJ in the 2016 election and outdistanced Trump by a half-million more votes. (The dead came out in droves and voted twice!) Let's hope Kim can salvage herself.

Completely agree.

That's all the reason more why Kim G. needs to get moving with her campaign and get her message out there about the evils of Murphy. He's been campaigning since September of 2016 and rolling up endorsements. Kim has been hidden by the large shadow cast by Christie. Another poll with Murphy in the lead, and the election is six weeks away. http://observer.com/2017/09/murphy-ahead-by-19-points-over-guadagno-in-new-poll/

The estimate of "1 million gun owners" in this state I believe to be pure folly. In the last ten years, 2 million residents have fled this state. How many of those represented "gun owners?" For those two million, who have their replacements been? Others eager to reap the benefits of the cornucopia of freedoms here or something else? Truth in Accounting's report last week labels New Jersey "the sinkhole state," with a tax burden of $67,200 per taxpayer. Highest in the nation. I say read the writing on the wall.

The older Olin-Kodensha were without choke tubes, barrels were thinner, gun was a bit lighter. Gun was well-balanced and these are nice examples for a quality O/U. FN guns made today are a little heavier, but solid guns.

Redfield made a robust, all-steel mount/ring for these dovetails. I still have a set mounted on a .22 after almost four decades. Leupold & Warne both make rings for this configuration.

Does your Marlin 25MN have a 3/8" dovetail groove on the receiver?

They closed it last summer for some work through August, but the website still indicates the shotgun range is closed: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/ranges.htm Ocean CountyColliers Mills WMAOff Colliers Mills and Hawkins RoadsColliers MillsArchery, Muzzleloader (50 and 100 yards)SHOTGUN RANGE CLOSED

Possible action bar lock is bent or spring is bad or disconnected. Look at the schematic, find that part, and see if it's engaging the slide properly when the bolt is locked up and in battery. You can get parts from these two locations: https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/remington/rifles-rem/760-2 http://cfnparts.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=117

So when dropped, the weight of the trigger overcomes the trigger bar spring, the safety lever spring and the striker safety spring? Wild stuff!

Can be done. Finding a 'smith to alter a safe design would be a greater task. http://www.rem870.com/2012/05/20/slam-fire-remington-870/

Funny how they chose churches as the drop-off locations. Quasimodo would approve.

There's a lot at stake in California with so many gun owners there. There's strength in numbers. Not that the 2A and hunting are related, but California sold more than 6.3 million hunting licenses in 2016. New Jersey is a flea compared to the elephant that is California.

Eschew from putting lube in the hammer/trigger assembly. For maintenance, you're better off occasionally pulling the bolt assembly out, cleaning those nook and crannies around the top of the barrel inside the receiver, then clean the bolt face and also where the extractor grasps the cartridge, then put a drop or two of oil on the top of the bolt where it contacts the underside of the receiver, drop of oil in the firing pin groove and some oil on the guide rod.