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The early and then late "primitive season" (blackpowder or substitute and iron-sights) made way for modern technology, the need for increased deer mortality as a management tool, and fee-income for those $28 permits.)

A lot of the old guard that used to reign at F&W and on the council are slowly leaving. "Progressives" are promoting change, for a number of reasons, and that's a good thing. (Rifle season for coyote and fox this year is just one of them.) Muzzleloaders have been legal for big game since 1977/1978(?) Muzzleloaders today with scopes along with in-line technologies firing sabot loads are truly 200+ yard propositions. Centerfire rifles under firing bullets 100 grs. or less for woodchuck on private land have been legal since the late seventies as well. (Yep, you can take your .257 Weatherby or .25-06 with 87 gr. HP's and have at it on the woodchuck population if you have private farmland to hunt.) Rifled-barrel shotguns firing sabot rounds are also 200-yard propositions these days. The days of buckshot-only in New Jersey disappeared in the late seventies. Embrace change. As the state has become more densely populated in the last forty years, the acceptance of modern firearms is still embraced in a progressive fashion. It's all good.

Nothing new here. An ignition system already tried for a decade, "introduced" in a firearm with a trigger group that was just recalled. Remington's latest flash in the pan?

Congrats!

There are only a handful of true sporting clay spots in New Jersey. New York has many if you want to search them out, and more than a few good ones are less than a 90-minute ride for those who live close to the northern NJ border. http://www.claytargetsonline.com/list.php/NY

Belted magnum cartridges headspace off the belt, not the shoulder of the cartridge. Three types of cartridge cases depicted below. There is also a rebated rim cartridge, but we'll ignore that for now.

It's one of the few belted magnums that is comfortable to fire. I never found recoil to be a problem with this round, even from the benchrest, provided the rifle was stocked correctly. (A long action, 24" bbl., scope, mounts and rings and a walnut stock usually equate to some substantial weight to help dampen recoil.) The 7mm Rem. Mag. could be considered the minimum for an all-around cartridge for any game in North America. Case capacity is 83+ grs. of water, so it is not small and takes a bit of powder to feed it. The cartridge works best with slow-burning powders with the case loaded to almost max. capacity. I've had good luck with faster burning powders like 4064 making light loads but it excels with slow burners like 4350, 4831, H1000, 7828. I've had good luck using just 4350 & 4831 for all my loads. Yes, it shoots flat and can be accurate too. http://www.snipercentral.com/7mm.htm

Low brass is more commonly found than high brass. Light field and target loads come in low brass configurations, while high brass is reserved for premium and/or heavy hunting field loads. High brass shells also seem to be the preference for buckshot and slug loads as well these days.

Seems simple enough, just resize and trim to length. (Plenty of YouTube videos covering it.) I would look for brass while you still can find it. http://www.gunbot.net/reloading/Brass/rifle

Only the "managed recoil" 00-buck or slug would equate to what is usually associated with "low brass" target or light field loads for your needs. (I assume someone said low brass for that is all they recommend you fire in these shotguns? If so; why?) Remington Slugger Managed-Recoil shells propel 1 oz. slugs @ 1200 fps. That's about the same velocity as your standard 1 oz. skeet or trap load. Remington's Managed-Recoil buckshot is rated at 1200 fps using 8-00 buck pellets. Both shells come in a "high brass" configuration. But they are true lightweights. Low-brass and high-brass designations harken back to the days of when shells were made of paper instead of plastic. Paper hulls would sometimes exhibit a pinhole burn through the paper just above the brass so the "high brass" hull was designed to prevent such an occurrence.

That's Steve Cruz's place, Best Pheasantry in Westtown, NY. (PS - NY's extended semi-wild season closes tomorrow.)

You may have an easier time searching around for a rifled cantilever slug barrel. Barrels for the Browning B-80, Beretta AL, 300, 301, 302, 303 will all interchange, so remember that in your search. I believe Hastings made a cantilever barrel for the Beretta.

I agree with others; I don't think "budget" should be used in the same sentence with ".357 Magnum." S&W or Ruger.

About six months ago another Win. 101 trap model sold there for $750. (Sold quick too.) They pop up occasionally but disappear fast.

Charles Daly O/U imports from Miroku were in the years 1963 through 1976. Quality guns if you can find them, they ranged from field models with extractors & a single inertia trigger to higher grades for field, trap & skeet with ejectors, selective trigger, even the Broadway rib on their trap gun. The only downside to these early models were fixed chokes, which were common for any double from that era. Charles Daly made another go of imports, with guns being made by Sabatti from the late 90's through 2005. I believe they had production made by Fausti after that. You can find an older CD-Miroku for a grand or less, but I have seen the smaller gauges go for a bit more these days. Ditto for the older Winchester 101 (produced in Japan by the Olin-Kadensha Corporation under the supervision of Winchester from 1963 to the late 80's,) which you can also find floating about for about the same price. Both are very good guns.

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I'll wager the pitch of one of those buttstocks is different. Assuming the LOP and DAH are similar, check the pitch. Buttstocks have positive, negative or neutral pitch. You can modify the pitch temporarily to see if this is the problem using shims or spacers and shoot a few rounds before making the change permanent. Some background explained more eloquently that I can: https://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/archive/aug11/story0811.html http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/how-to-achieve-perfect-shotgun-fit/ They sell spacers that you can shim the buttplate with to alter the pitch to be more positive or negative: http://www.precisionreloading.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PRE&Category_Code=SPACERS

Check on the hunting forums (like NJH.) About five genuine Marlin's have sold there in the last five months, all for less than $450 each. Big-bores like the .444 & .45/70, and .30-30's and .35 Rem. Caution: they go quick.

An Ithaca Model 51 Featherlight Deerslayer is a semi-auto reality.

Mega sale for the upcoming trout & salmon season which opens April 1st (Tuesday.)

Yes, PA always has a huge turnout. Other states like Michigan boasted about 750,000 this past season, Wisconsin about 615,000. PA I believe was about 750,000 this past season. New York used to be up there as well for years (they sold more than 849,000 big game licenses in 2008/2009) but this state has seen a big decline in the last few years. PA draws non-residents from NJ, DE, NY, OH. It's an easy drive. I went every year for years starting in '81 to a camp with about ten other guys from Jersey. Every state has seen hunter numbers lessen. PA has seen the same trend as other states in the last ten years; less hunters, less non-res. hunters, but a slight uptick in archery hunters. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=596054&mode=2

I've been in airports in AZ, UT, TX & CO during the fall hunting season, and you see scores of people transporting firearms to hunt. It's different out West. Besides New Jersey possessing such Draconian gun laws; who flies in to NJ to go hunting?

Anthony Mauro did send an email to everyone on his distribution list warning them that their "hunting rifles may be impacted" by this new legislation. "The mission of the NJOA is conservation and environmental stewardship focused, with an emphasis on protecting and advancing our freedoms to access natural resources including; saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, bowhunting, firearm hunting, trapping, diving, and more. For more information on the NJOA, and discussion on the pending bill please visit our FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/njoutdooralliance" However, I found nothing on their Facebook page. My computer's fudd alarm went off when Outlook received it.

Who? All the fudd's over at the NJOA are who supported this guy. (Add Norcross and Sweeney to that list as well.)

If you can produce your old NY licenses, you should be okay. You just won't be able to do it online. Go to a "legitimate" hunting and fishing outdoor store (Dick's may not be the best in this case) and you should be golden.