Recent content by Two Cold Soakers

Public Enemy My Uzi Weighs a Ton.

If it's a 12 ga, go with a Cylinder choke, yes I do mean .000 constriction. In a 28" bbl. Use #4 shot for pheasant. Trust me.

An 835 is not a good first shotgun. The action throw is at least 3/4 inch longer than needed to clear the husk; The balance is muzzle heavy and funky; The comb is low and the geometry is wonked because of the long receiver; The side-directed flash and noise from the ported barrel is...

Cyl IC Mod

Angelo Zoli was a Brescia, Italy gunmaker that went out of business in 1987. I've seen "Angelo Zoli", "Antonio Zoli" and "A. Zoli" marked guns, which can cause confusion.Antonio makes best quality and bespoke guns. Angelo's 20ga list prices in 1987 were between 265 and700 dollars, according...

Looking at that CZ makes me want to go grouse hunting again.

Fit IS the key. Beretta would be my first choice.

3.5" is not necessary. I have an 835, have shot grouse and geese (and much more) with it (using 3" and 2.75") and wouldn't buy another. It was the cheapest "waterfowl" gun at the store with a plastic stock and parkerized bbl. when I was first invited to duck camp many years ago. It's served...

I'm happy with my Champion. Determine the hugest safe you'll ever need and get the next size bigger.

^^^This. The volatility of the "dry-clean" agents - historically chlorine-based - gives brake cleaner a bad rap. Thus the appearance of "non-chlorinated' or "California spec" brake cleaner. I've had no trouble with brake cleaner on firearms, but it will leave ferrous surfaces susceptible to...

My Lyman Shotshell Reloading Handbook (4th edition) goes 124 pages of process before 230 additional pages of recipes.

My comments were pointed at a poster who couldn't get past the idea of using shotgunning skills gleaned from actual experience shooting live targets. Brister's pigeons weren't shot for "fun". They were shot for money. Whether or not you support hunting or agree with live pigeon shooting is...

Wingshooting tools and technologies are virtually unchanged since the Brister book was written. Things different today might be photography and video technologies used to document the techniques. Sigh. Wingshooting is a bloodsport. Get used to it. It was invented to kill birdies. Most...

Years ago (15+) I had decent batches of Yellow Jackets. I avoid all Remington Rimfire now, for the reasons stated above, there's too much better stuff available.

Brister: Art and Science McIntosh: Shotguns and Shooting (More than one volume, I believe) His other books are pretty good, too, but not so much about actual shooting; e.g. Best Guns and his AH Fox book. Robert Churchill: Churchill's Game Shooting - The head and shoulders best doublegun...