Recent content by Jack2427

For some reason many sellers-particlarly on the auction sites-are treating these as if they were collectibles. Not in my opinion. It is an OK gun but you can only use the short shells (2.5") in them. Some folks tout the slugs, but a .410 slug has nothing on a decent 30-30 load, and of corse...

It will be a while before the US Military adopts any new shotgun. The reasons being: 1. The shotguns now in the system are doing the shotgun job quite well. 2. The guns in inventory require much less training than a full auto weapon thas uses very diverse ammunition. 3. The military has other...

+++ on attending a professionaly taught training school. However in the situation asked about, loading a slug in the middle (apparently) of a deadly confrontation, I have only one question, why? We are discussing a tactical operation that most professionals say NOT to attempt, even by a...

Shooting shot out of a rifled barrel is a waste of money, as is shooting sabot slugs out of a smoothbore. In reality you can shoot rifled slugs out of any shotgun choke, in fact some guns are more accurate with some choke, even full. All of the GI Ithacas in VN were full choked barrels and in...

The 97 is one of the great Browning designs. It does have a couple of weak points however, I have a clutch of them and I always keep a couple of extra ejectors on hand. They tend to be a little stiff for the first century or so.............

Just a couple of thoughts on SG for HD: The need for slugs is vastly over rated, in every state the right of the citizen to use lethal force is limited to defense, castle laws are nice, but even those do not allow a citizen to use lethal force against a person who is no longer a threat-that...

NO they do not interchange, Took just a look at my BAR 300 Magnum and my older Remington 7400 to reach that otherwise obvious opinion. I agree that the Carlson is the way to go if you want a new synthetic stock.

Thanks for a very interesting report. I have a blue Outback and I have shot some similiar groups, out to 50 yards the barrels group buck and slugs close enough for deer and other like game. I use mine primarily for HD as I like doubles for that purpose. I have noproblem relying on the inertia...

I have a 590A1 with the heavy wall barrel, actually I think all of them are heavy walled, but in any case it is really heavy with a full mag. This does not discommode me, but for HD I would probably use the shorter barrel just for handling convenience. The extra cartridge should not make a...

Two great ones! Congratulations.

OK, springs wear out from repeated cycling, not from constant compression. That being said, I keep my doubles (all used for HD) with chambers empty and the hammers down. I rubber band 2 shells to the barrels just ahead of the forearm so I am ready to break and load the gun RFN. Each has a butt...

I do not want to burst anyones bubble, but the shotguns used in the St. Valentine Day event were 2 12 gauge double barrels. How does one know? Because the fired cases (4 of them) did not have any extractor or ejector markings on them which they would have if they had been worked through a...

You will find that you just have to try a number of slug loads to find one that "likes" your barrel/choke combo. If you do buy a rifled choke tube, use only sabot rounds specfically intended for rifled barrels/choke tubes. Using sabot rounds in a smooth bore is wasting money and using "rifled"...

For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction..............Just a matter of calculating the weights/pressures involved. THEN comes stock design, proper hold, propellant burn rate, et., etc..

With Bear, for defense, not hunting, penetration is the key. Penetration into a central nervous system branch-brain or spine. In theory a heavy 10mm slug can do this, it is a great penetrating round. A hard cast 200gr FP should do the job. Lots of folk are touting a max load of something bigger...