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"It might be better than the Model 12." GASP!!!! Sacrilege!!! Blasphemer!!! LOL =) "I like it a lot more than my 1100 black synthetic." To be expected. Thanks, John. Maybe I should look for an older SX1 then.

Dave, here is a link to US FWS list of approved non tox load AND, in the far right column, the device used to test loads in the field. Apparently, they ahve a gadget for everything. Next thing you know, there will be "an app for that."...

Thanks, John. SO, would you say your SX guns were the equal, in terms of overall quality, fit, finish, durability, etc. to your Model 12?

LOL, thanks, Dave. Hevi-Shot has steel in it, btw.

Right, Dave, and when his magnet doesn't grab my non steel, non ferrous, yet non toxic reloaded shotshell, then what? Although, come to think of it, I don't know for sure if tungsten-marix or bismuth is magnetic or not.

I have begun to put some thought into that. At one time, I reloaded using a Dillon 550 for my match rifle, so I know the concept. At the moment, I'm not at all set up to reload shotgun. Retailers here do sell powder and primer on a pretty dependable basis. One of the things that has kept me...

I talked to the guys at Wild West, no go. The retailers here order pallets and pallets of ammunition a few times per year from their standard distributors, from whatever they offer, and it goes by truck to a Alaska Freight Forwarding in SEATAC (Seattle) and from there by barge up the Alaska...

Farscott, negative. No online retailer anywhere on the planet will ship any ammo to Alaska at any price. All shipments to AK via UPS, FedEX, USPS, MUST go by air. There absolutely is NO ground shipping to AK-for ANY product. No ammo can be shipped by air to anywhere. (You can carry 50 lbs of...

Okay, so I'm looking for opinions and comments from owners/shooters/hunters. I currently have a Winchester Model 12 3" Heavy Duck (built 1935), a Winchester Model 24 SXS (built 1947) and a Winchester Model 50 (built 1950 or 51), all of which are family heirlooms, all of which I love dearly, BUT...

So what I find interesting in this thread, which was a great topic idea, by the way, is the common thread, with the exception of the lever guns, all of the most hate, high maintenance problem children are semi automatics and primarily pistols. I tend to avoid automatics as much as possible...

Why would you even WANT to take a lever gun apart? What could POSSIBLE be the need in it?

That must be a very new modification; when I flew in May, it was 4 lbs. That's awesome news to hear, because 60 rounds of 30-06 takes up your 4 pounds.

As I don't actually hunt bears myself, I don't know enough about their anatomy to advise on this one, but let me know how those buff bore rounds shoot in your 357; I am thinking of buying a box for my lever gun just to keep around cabin. PS: speaking of ammo, bring your own ammo up with you...

Moose are always dangerous Moose are always dangerous-often times more so than the bears. Worse time for stompings is in the spring, when they are guarding their young. However, one winter, we had a moose on the of Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage campus stomp a blind man to death outside the library...

Counter Assualt Bear Spray Counter Assault Bear Spray. You can buy it at either REI or Sportsman's Warehouse in Anchorage. Get the large can and the holster for it. It works just like a fire extinguisher, and it shoots about 20" I think. $55 at REI; they've gone up in price since I bought mine...