entropy
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Nice collection of classic SxS's!
Geeze, but that's a serious looking gun.
Geeze, but that's a serious looking gun.
What does the black thingee on the side of the receiver, below the ejection port do?
Todd.
I have those on my target Beretta A400s; work greatExtended bolt release.
Extended bolt release.
I'm seeing a lot of pump, singles, and SxS and O/U.
Very few of these:
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It's a JC Higgins 583-16. It's my only shotgun, nothing fancy. Got it at the pawn shop for 110 OTD.
Mines in 12 gauge with a full choke. My buddy bought one like yours ,but with a modified choke.I had one of these except mine was a Sears&Roebuck model. Think they were made by Stevens. Mine was a 410 ga.
Gave it to my younger brother when I left for the Army in 67. He still has it as far as I know. Action worked great as long
as you were deliberate and made sure you gave it a full stroke. Choke was Full and it was a dang good Squirrel gun.
Dano
I'm seeing a lot of pump, singles, and SxS and O/U.
Very few of these:
Exactly the reason I bought it!All the bolt shotguns I've had have been single shot or box magazine. I don't recall ever coming across a tube-fed bolt shotgun.
Todd.
I just had one of those in my hands a few weeks ago. My girlfriend's father has one. His is a 16 gauge. The 12s were recalled. If yours is indeed a 12, I wouldn't fire it. Believe they were made by High-Standard.I'm seeing a lot of pump, singles, and SxS and O/U.
Very few of these:
It's a JC Higgins 583-16. It's my only shotgun, nothing fancy. Got it at the pawn shop for 110 OTD.
Uncle had a (I believe) Mossberg Goose gun. Bolt action 12ga with a 36 inch barrel. Like my 410, bolt requiredMines in 12 gauge with a full choke. My buddy bought one like yours ,but with a modified choke.
I just had one of those in my hands a few weeks ago. My girlfriend's father has one. His is a 16 gauge. The 12s were recalled. If yours is indeed a 12, I wouldn't fire it. Believe they were made by High-Standard.
That's a shotgun right there.This one got an unfair showing above. I took a whole week after I retired from the Army to drive from Tombstone, Az to Flagstaff dedicating the entire drive to dirt. Ended up using something like 11 miles on asphalt the whole way. One of the amazing places I found while following the San Pedro River was an old, no screwin' 'round trading post with its own dirt air strip beside it.
Inside, while digging the vibe of the place, I noticed a sad and ill-attentioned shotgun over the *bar*. When I asked about it they said it was "... jes for lookin' at..." but were happy to show it to me.
I fell instantly in love with it. Plumb-colored steel, the stock was cracked at the grip, the sear had not been searin' lately and the rust was just enough to be scaring off the straights.
After whiling much of the afternoon away (imagine - RC colas and moon-pies in Arizona!), cracking wise and letting my Rottweiler's charms do their work I asked if they cared to part with it and since I had the good sense to be sociable rather than carpet-baggery they said why-not with warnings as to its sad state of being.
Here now, I wasn't scared of ghosty tales (yup; J.J.) and dire predictions surrounding the ultimate condition of all well-shot '97s. I had resurrected several for CAS friends to keep them from buying ChiCom knock-offs in the past. As far as the stock was concerned, I have a weird affinity for brass pin/screws and sinew in the case of wandering cracks.
In the end, this 1911 '97 which was once a *Full Choke* hunter, knocked down in the distant past to a Ranch-Riot, has become one of my all time favorite guns of any platform.
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Todd.
Yup, represents its shotgun segment admirably.That's a shotgun right there.