VARifleman
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First of all...I'd like to mention that I've already talked to Nordic and they are taking care of me on this issue. Apparently I got a first generation tube, and those had some issues, as you will see.
Today I took my shotgun out to pattern some buckshot and birdshot (may want to shoot skeet with it) and compare slugs (Brenneke KOs won over Remington Sluggers). Didn't have any issues on the line except for a target carrier that gave me fits and didn't want to come back but 30 percent of the time.
Then...I start to pack my gun up, and what the heck? The tube has moved forward about 3/16". The gun worked, but I was a little suspicious of this.
Took it apart when I got home and...
The mag tube broke at the threads that screwed into the mag nut. Had I not had a clamp on it, it would have shot itself down the range, which would have been embarrassing, and been a waste of my range time, fuel, and targets. Had I not had a clamp and someone broke into my apartment, that tube could have launched on the first shot and I'd have been left with an 8 lb club and my pistol.
Lessons learned at the range today...
ALWAYS use a mag tube clamp
ALWAYS have a backup gun
#1 Buck patterns A LOT bigger that 00
I could shoot skeet with this if I wanted to without even changing the choke, maybe trap
KOs > Sluggers for MY shotgun
2 3/4" Magnum #1 buck shells feel the same as 00 buck, but get more than twice the pellets
I need to work on slug shooting more.
Time to do some chores now.
Today I took my shotgun out to pattern some buckshot and birdshot (may want to shoot skeet with it) and compare slugs (Brenneke KOs won over Remington Sluggers). Didn't have any issues on the line except for a target carrier that gave me fits and didn't want to come back but 30 percent of the time.
Then...I start to pack my gun up, and what the heck? The tube has moved forward about 3/16". The gun worked, but I was a little suspicious of this.
Took it apart when I got home and...
The mag tube broke at the threads that screwed into the mag nut. Had I not had a clamp on it, it would have shot itself down the range, which would have been embarrassing, and been a waste of my range time, fuel, and targets. Had I not had a clamp and someone broke into my apartment, that tube could have launched on the first shot and I'd have been left with an 8 lb club and my pistol.
Lessons learned at the range today...
ALWAYS use a mag tube clamp
ALWAYS have a backup gun
#1 Buck patterns A LOT bigger that 00
I could shoot skeet with this if I wanted to without even changing the choke, maybe trap
KOs > Sluggers for MY shotgun
2 3/4" Magnum #1 buck shells feel the same as 00 buck, but get more than twice the pellets
I need to work on slug shooting more.
Time to do some chores now.