Recent content by gitarmac

Wow! Being gutshot has to be the worst shot! Glad you survived it. Thanks for posting, it took courage. Don't beat yourself up over it, just get well. I had colon resection surgery, it was a piece of cake, I'm sure your surgery was much more complicated. It really is a miracle you survived...

It's made by federal and looks like copper plated split shot like you use for fishing. There are some YouTube videos of this vs various materials including ballistic gel, I would be interested in real world results but don't think searching for that would be a good idea. There's more info on...

It's a smoothbore slug barrel. I was under the impression that buckshot through rifled barrels makes the shot do weird things. The slugs I got are the Winchester ones that break after they hit the target. I also have some federal 00 buckshot that splits when it hits the target. I got these...

No, it's pretty old though. I'm sure it was left loaded here and there a time or two. The old one is shorter, but it's also smaller in diameter I think. I should have counted coils and taken measurements for curiosity sake. Now I'm afraid to leave shells in the tube. I should at least leave...

Changed mag tube spring on Mossberg 500. It was needed.

Welp, got that spring changed. What a difference! I started a different thread about it. I took it all down and carefully heated it with a torch and it easily came off by hand, which was good because my strap wrench slipped too much. Getting it back together was a little frustrating, it's...

I couldn't believe the difference in size when I compared the two springs. Anyway, it easily came apart, no surprise there. My heat gun finally died but I carefully used a torch. Luckily I didn't have to use the strap wrench because I could not get it not to slip. It took awhile for me to...

:rofl: Good point. I'll probably never need another spring.

Thanks for all the tips. I ordered a new spring, probably should have ordered two.

I have both a heat gun and strap wrench. What I'm lacking is ambition. But if I can't find a gunsmith to do it I'll give the old college try.

I usually just keep one of my handguns by the bedside but I was sorting some ammo, I have quite a bit of loose buckshot and other shotgun shells and decided my long guns locked in the safe at the other end of the house was too far away. I choose the Mossberg 500 with the 18.5 in slugster...

I just got a few gift certificates from barnes and nobel and ordered lucifers hammer, unintended consequences, alas babylon, and patriots, surviving the coming collapse. :)

OMG! I just read the whole thread!! Is it EVER acceptable for people to come into someones driveway and use their vehicles as chairs and drink beer - regardless of weather they are in a gang or not?!?!? Does everyone in your neighborhood think this is normal and acceptable?!?!? I...

I don't understand how you didn't react right away with people in your driveway, I mean that's on your property. If they see they can hang out on your property it's only a matter of time before it escalates. I would have called the cops within 5 minutes and given my name, why not?

As a fellow women I also have noticed a pacifist tendency in the female gender, to the point of being entirely irratioinal. All I can think of is the brainwashing by the media and by media aimed at the female population (womens day, NOW, ect). The perception seems to be that it is somehow more...