W2MC

Grimm....We can't wait for it to start back up in October.

Local Volunteer Fire Company

Wow.......less than I thought it would be...

You're going to generate some heat in that tightly-wrapped coil of wire...you'll want to spread it out some.

Hey, some guys collect stamps.......

I am also strongly left handed, so I feel your pain. For trap and skeet, where you should only be loading-up just before your turn, the safety is more trouble than its worth. Leave it off. For hunting, where you're walking the woods, the safety becomes an issue. I can manipulate a right-handed safety located behind the trigger, but it's awkward, and involves sliding my left hand down around the grip to work the safety, then bringing the hand back. Never reach thru the trigger guard to work the safety! Its too easy to accidentally press the trigger. I find the right-hand safety in front of the trigger to be hopeless...I have to work the safety before I've got the shotgun all the way to my shoulder, which isn't really that safe. Guns that I HAVE USED and find lefty-friendly: --Almost any double barrel - SXS or O/U - the safety's on top rear of the receiver. Work it with your thumb. --Browning BPS - safety's on the top rear, just like the doubles, and loads/ejects from the underside. Single-loading the BPS for trap takes some practice, though. You can't just drop a shell in the ejector port and close the action. Overall fit & finish is awesome...I love 'em. --Mossberg 500 - Safety's on the top rear again, but it side-ejects, and the shell comes out flying past your face. Personally, I don't care, but many lefties do. 500's are cheap guns; but they work. I had one years ago, traded it, don't miss it at all. --Stevens 67 Pump - Another cheap gun with the safety on the top rear, tosses shells past your face, just like the Mossberg 500. My son has one; typical Stevens manufacture - not especially elegant and built like a tank! --Remington 870 Pump - Safety's on the rear of the trigger guard. Remington makes a true mirror image version for us lefties, which means the empties aren't flying past your nose. A reversed safety to convert the rightie to leftie is also available and cheap ($15-20). There are two versions of the 870 - the express, which is the cheap version, and the Wingmaster. The Express is the cheaper version, and lacks the fit and finish of the Wingmaster; which, IMHO, is in the same class as the Browning BPS. Early Express shotguns were a pretty good value; newer ones have experienced significant issues with shell extraction that binds-up the gun. While they can be fixed (I have fixed and still own a recent-manufacture true-lefty Express) Remington has no excuse for their shoddy manufacturing on the Express...and right now I wouldn't buy one. I've heard nasty rumors about similar problems with the rest of Remington's line. --Winchester 1400 - Safety on trigger guard - had one years ago, and for a short while it was my primary hunting gun. Back then, if you sent the trigger mechanism to Winchester, they would reverse the safety and mail it back to you. I have no idea if the 'new' Winchester will do this with any of their shotguns. Good luck finding what works for you W2MC

Look how they're treating that guy up in North Jersey. He gets stabbed, now the local police are running HIM thru the wringer.

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/shotgun-ammunition/_/N-1100191+4294751398/Ne-4294751398/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_104567580?WTz_l=DirectLoad%3Bcat104691780&WTz_st=GuidedNav&WTz_stype=GNU http://www.gunbot.net/ammo/shotgun/10GA/

Now I'm envious!

I didn't read the book...but I also didn't write it. I really don't care that Jesse Ventura's feelings got hurt, either. But if the family doesn't need the money, why are you running the raffle? Does Taya and the family even know you're running the raffle? I would think it better to run it to benefit the sniper assn as a whole, and not one individual. And you might want to check six...you're on a pretty high horse, yourself.

or if you want it gone, i would go there, slap a plate on it, and pull it outta there...if all else fails I can put a 'farm use' plate on it.

Of course, if Sota is just trying to get the thing out of the way and out of his hair.....I'm sure I could help...

Honest....I left it out in the sun and it grew....

Registering as home made USED to be the way around little problems like this....but it created a new problem; which is the State's trailer registrations are a complete mess. Thus the crack-down...to try to (over time) clean-up the problem. I have heard people talking about registering trailers in Maine...I have NOT done so; but this may solve problems you've identified. www.alco-company.com www.acetrailerreg.com are two I have seen on the web.

Yes. Copper plating helps prevent the deformation when going thru the choke, but doesn't beat-up the barrel.

Diverging from the "norm" seems to be the problem right now. Looking at the Cabela's site, and counting the different shell availability: .410 19 28 gauge 12 20 gauge 78 16 gauge 14 12 gauge 143 10 gauge 12

You did the right thing....tearfully....

Ammo - Cabela's has some: http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/shotgun-ammunition/_/N-1100191+4294751398/Ne-939/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_104567580?WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104792580%3Bcat104691780&WTz_srn=By+Shot+Size&WTz_st=GuidedNav&WTz_stype=GNU 10 gauge buckshot - 18 pellet 00 Buck! http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/pName/5rds-10-gauge-federal-vitalshok-3-12-mag-18-pellet-00-buckshot-ammo/cName/10-gauge-all-10-gauge 10 gauge slugs - 1.75 oz! https://www.iammo.com/Ammunition/Shotgun-Ammo/54322-F103FRS_Federal-Standard-Power-Shok-Rifled-Slug-10-Gauge-3.5-1.75-Ounce-Slug-Shot-5-Round-Box-F103FRS-

I concur - the gun is not meant for steel - you have to remember that steel does NOT want to give or deform as it passes thru the choke like lead will, and the rule of thumb is one choke more open with steel - meaning that a lead 'modified' choke performs like a 'full' with steel. This one would be like a super full - at least until the steel shot pushes out the choke, and your shotgun becomes more of a blunderbuss. What you do have is a serious deer hunting gun; perfect for launching buckshot loads. Gunbot tracks 10 gauge shell availability. http://www.gunbot.net/ammo/shotgun/

A 10 gauge double....did it come with a gun-boy to carry it around? Anyhow, I know a few guys who hunt with 10 gauge doubles for deer - they're slinging buckshot, and you can tell when they fire...its bang, bang (the 12's) and BaBOOM! (the 10). Damascus barrels are obvious from the pattern made from its original construction...damascus barrels are made by winding strips of steel around a barrel mandrel, then hammered together into the barrel shape. The strips form a continuous pattern in the metal around the barrel. "Fluid" steel (a single continuous forging) is what we use today. Damascus is UNSAFE to shoot with modern pressures, and questionable even with black powder pressures. Rust and corrosion getting in-between those strips of metal is the primary concern...you cannot see the damage before the barrel lets go. Whats kind of funny is that the fluid steel was considered the cheaper material back in the day, and the high-brow shotguns were damascus. Dont know what you mean by a step in the barrel. hope that helps....

I went to both...Harry's was VERY crowded, and the line for the SINGLE register went right down the middle of the store; almost as long as the store. Sportsman's was very busy, but they have the space to spread-out, and even when they're busy it doesn't feel like a huge crowd (like Cheyenne's did). There wasn't an appreciable line at their TWO registers, and the gun counter, while doing a brisk business, felt uncrowded and friendly. I had made a sizable purchase at Sportsman's the week before, and they recognized me and welcomed me back. I bought a case of 12 gauge clay loads and a box of small pistol primers, and used the 'early bird' $20 off $50 coupon at the register. It went about like my trips to Sportsman's Center and Cheyenne/Harry's usually goes...I might stop and LOOK at Cheyenne/Harry's, but I usually BUY at Sportsman's.

Good point - the blown-up photo is pretty good, but makes me wonder what is going on with the side-saddle sling mounts.

Interesting....Their competition, the Sportsman's Center, is having a "Whitetail Jamboree" this weekend, too. Got a card in the mail last eek

How much do you want to get out of it? I'd be interested, as would several of the other vultures swirling around.

If Brick Armory had run a deal like that, perhaps the sign from the State wouldn't be in the front window...