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The only knock I personally would have with any of these straddle mounts is that if you ever need to remove the trigger group for maintenance or cleaning, those two crosspin screws need to be removed. I don't know how that would affect your zero when remounted. I'm just citing my personal preference, so it's only one opinion, for there are thousands of these mounts in use today and they suffice well for hunting. That Weaver design does look nice and low though. I've never seen this one. (I have an early 11-87. It came with a smoothbore slug barrel and cantilever scope mounts. It came equipped with an IC choke tube and a rifled choke tube.) Remington dropped this slug barrel configuration some time ago and now only offers the rifled version in the cantilever design.)

This solution will work, just ensure it doesn't mount the scope too high, necessitating you to life your face off the comb to get a good view. (Years ago, an offset side-mount would be a scope base tapped into the top left-side of the Remington receiver (more metal for the base to anchor to.) Special rings mounted the scope low over the receiver. Two thumb-screws removed the base & scope if you needed to use the iron sights.) It was a solid and reliable setup. Scopes are subjected to a LOT of recoil on a slug gun. Make sure the mounts and rings are top quality.

Yes, the mounts today work very well. But, there is a reason why Remington is pinning the barrel to the receiver on their dedicated slug guns with receiver-mounted bases. (The newer Ithaca Deerslayer's have a permanently attached barrel now if I recall.) http://www.remington...super-slug.aspx

As a kid hunting with buckshot, I remember watching bucks saunter past me in the woods at slightly under 100 yds. away and even then at the age of 14, I knew that they were out of range for me based on patterning we had done with our shotguns. By 17, I was carrying slugs in an effort to up my game. By 20 I had a dedicated smoothbore slug gun with rifle sights.

Rifled choke tubes came onto the scene in an effort to impart spin stabilization to slugs. They are designed for Foster-type slugs or some sabot slugs. Sabot slugs have been around for a very long time, but their first look was a lead slug designed around either a simple hour-glass shape or weight-forward slug set in a plastic wad cup, which were fired in smoothore barrels. Accuracy was hit or miss. What many have learned over the years is that accuracy is erratic with rifled choke tubes in any shotgun, and some of that erratic inaccuracy is based on projectile velocity. Browning's first bolt-action slug gun had an extended rifled choke tube to stabilize the projectile. It came with a smoothbore barrel though. Some smoothbore slug guns with more than adequate sights are effective accuracy-wise out to 100 yds. Because N.J. now requires sights for slug guns, and Foster slugs have evolved a bit, accuracy can be acceptable in simple smoothbores for hunting applications. The age-old question you will see asked on forums is; "I just bought a new "Winremlinellieretta" shotgun with a slug barrel. Which slug shoots best in it?" Well, the only advice most get is to get as many different slug loads and try to see what shoots best in your shotgun. The trend today is use of rifled barrels for dedicated slug guns shooting sabot rounds which can extend effective power & accuracy out to 200 yds. Cantilever mounts for scopes that affix to the barrel are preferred unless you intend to pin or shim your barrel into the receiver on your semi-auto or pump. (Remington's are a good example.) Good resource about slug guns & slug shooting techniques http://tarhunt.com/T...tingGuidePages/ Which slug to use for a rifled choke tube? http://mikehanback.t...-shotgun-s.html There is also an excellent slug shooting forum on ShotgunWorld.com/bbs if you want to research and peruse answers to your questions. Buckshot is effective under ideal circumstances. Slugs are effective in all circumstances until the quarry is out of a slug's effective range and/or your ability to accurately hit the kill zone.

I shot a button-buck two days later. My first deer. And I knew exactly what to do!

Congrats to you for getting out this year. And to Jon for helping you. When I was 20, I was hunting with my brother and uncle in MD on their shotgun opener for deer. My uncle was down in a swamp that morning and we heard him shoot around 8AM. My brother and I mosey over there to see what the hollering was about and my uncle had scored on a nice grain-fed four-pointer. After the obligatory congratulations, the three of us stood there looking down at the deer, my brother and I hoping to learn what to do next. My uncle lit his pipe, sat on a nearby stump and proclaimed, "Well, what are you awaiting for, let's get going and gut this deer!" Only it was me with my younger brother helping who did the work. That's how I learned. It really isn't that hard. Just think logically as to what needs to be removed. Butchering is what takes a bit of practice.

You can find some models on Midway or Brownell's. Choate has a model for the 98. On the higher-end scale Brown Precision makes some models and McMillan makes different model variations for the 98, but don't expect many of them to be a perfect drop-in fit for your model. Many require some work to fit action/barrel into the stock and properly bed it. Are looking for a stock for the complete stock rifle, or are you using the 98 action to build a custom rifle?

Yep.

It's funny how everyone sees them from their stands during deer season, but by day or night they are still wary. They are tough critters to hunt one on one. I tried distress calls last year in N.Y., with my rifle during the day. I will try the same again this year. As for rifle & shotgun concurrent in N.J., I don't think you can. Per the DIgest: Rifle permit required in possession when hunting with muzzleloading rifle, allowed only during the daytime hunting hours. http://www.nj.gov/de...ummary12-13.pdf

These situations are all negligence. I read an article titled; "Casual familiarity breeds negligent discharges." That statement pretty much sums up what happens. (The article was an editorial highlighting the negiligent discharges at a couple of gun shows in 2012.) You don't "accidently" draw a bead on your buddy through your rifle scope and drill him in the arm or leg. You don't accidently shoot at some bushes because you "heard" a turkey calling. (Some fellow shot my uncle's friend in Maryland some years ago this way. He took a load of #2's to his face as he was turkey calling by some guy who had snuck onto the property after hearing the 'turkey' calling, then shot into the bushes at the 'turkey.' He died. The largest shot size you can use for turkey in Maryland now is #4.) The 18 year-old kid killed in Shelby, N.Y. last year took a shotgun blast to his face, after the shotgun he had leaned on a tree while he and a friend were resting fell to the ground and discharged. Every one of these situations was labeled an accident, thanks to negligence.

That's tragic what happened in Pennsylvania. There were two hunting fatalities in New York state, one just last week. (Something I still cannot comprehend after all these years.) http://www.recordonl.../NEWS/121129992 http://www.news10.co...n-warren-county

You have a valid point. Still, I look at the ranges as a positive, for the State has made progress. At one time, there were no ranges on WMA lands; there are now. There were no dog training areas on WMA's; there are now. There were no early season-stockings for training dogs; there are now. There were no Youth Hunts; there are now. There were no free hunting licenses for youths; there are now from ages 10-16 provided they pass the hunter safety course. While I'm often critical of F&W, I am also their advocate. They have changed things for the better in many areas. I've posted this link once already in the Hunting section, but this link outlines the N.J. Fish & Wildlife proposed amendments for the 2014 season. There are many changes. http://www.njfishand...ers_Meeting.pdf

Unfortunately it does not. Guidelines spell out "rimfire" specifically for rifles. "No handguns or centerfire rifles permitted" http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ranges.htm

Front sight configurations offered for all K & N frame revolvers as they came from the factory were: 1/8" Patridge Blade on Ramp Base (or blade only) 1/8" Baughman Quick Draw on Ramp Base (or blade only) 1/8" S&W Red Ramp Blade 1/8" S&W Red Post Blade 1/8" McGivern Gold Bead on Partridge blade 1/8" Call Gold Bead on Patridge Blade A bit of thought and personalization was given to the front sight.

I have to give them credit, they do have dogged persistence. http://www.facebook....8075653?fref=ts

I have heard the same thing from others about the lack of shooting, along with seeing fewer hunters. A lot of people who pattern big deer try to get out before the gunners do with their bows so they have first crack. But often the deer don't cooperate. The other option during 6-day is hunt smarter. The warm weather will make deer lounge about and they don't move much unless pushed, so you may need to change tactics, especially on public land. Use other hunters that are moving to your advantage. I'll bet half the hunters in the woods come off stand around noon for lunch. Guess what they push ahead of them as they leave the woods? Or go hunt in thick, inaccessible areas where deer will bed. Hunt with a buddy and do silent pushes through thick covers like this, using the wind to your advantage and the wind from the driver as his disadvantage. And the pusher doesn't walk. He still-hunts through the cover, at a very slow pace. Notice how deer have a way of living in the tiniest of fringe covers around all the homes in your suburban neighborhood? And there are always small funnels where they feel safe moving though as escape routes to get to bigger expanses of land. You need to find some of those same pockets/havens where they lounge and funnels for escape in public woods. They exist, it just takes time and experience to find them.

As others have noted on another forum, the mystique of "6-day firearm" is no more. With all the early seasons, special permit, bow, EAB, muzzleloader, etc. smorgasbord; folks are out tromping the woods as early as September. There are now close to five months worth of "deer season" with all types of weapons in New Jersey. You would think with the mild weather this week, hunters would be out in droves. Not so. Once it was bitter cold, snow or rain that kept hunters indoors. There were still a couple thousand unclaimed bear permits left over this week.

The AG was in our local paper yesterday highlighting the "Passaic River Corridor" http://www.northjers...rafficking.html

To quote Gene Hill; "The best deer is your first one. The next best deer is the first one you helped someone else get."

Nice buck!

Ha-ha. I agree. My question was only rhetorical in nature. Sad.

I wonder how much traction this story will get in the news? (A State senator moonlights as a security guard?) http://www.sacbee.co...rest-shows.html BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 5, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's arrest of Illinois State Sen. Donne Trotter by authorities at O'Hare International Airport for having a gun in his carry-on bag is a revealing look at the hypocrisy of anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Trotter was arrested at a security checkpoint early this morning. A candidate for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated recently by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trotter had a .25-caliber Beretta semiautomatic pistol in his bag. The Chicago Tribune said Trotter told police he worked late last night as a security guard and didn't realize the pistol was in his bag. "Trotter is a South Side Democrat and he was a leader in the move to ban so-called 'assault weapons' during his first term as a state representative," noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "A man who favored banning firearms for thousands of his fellow Illinois residents shouldn't even have a gun, much less be packing one illegally into an airport." Trotter has reportedly been charged with one count of attempting to board an airplane with a weapon, which is a Class 4 felony. "Senator Trotter, by his own action, has demonstrated the monumental hypocrisy of gun control advocates who try to disarm average citizens while reserving the right to bear arms for themselves alone," Gottlieb observed. "He should not even be serving in the state legislature, much less be running for a seat in Congress, which already has its share of gun prohibition hypocrites. "Today's incident underscores just how pathetic the anti-gun philosophy has gotten," he concluded. "Perhaps now he will realize how other citizens feel when they run afoul of some anti-gun law or regulation. He should apologize to every gun owner in Illinois." With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

I suspect building the frame or forend to handle 3 ejector springs or three hammers to trip the ejectors would drive the cost of the Chiappa way above its $1,500 price point.

Great job! Congrats to the both of you.