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This is a finicky little shell! I have been loading 12 and 20ga for years but just started loading .410 recently. My biggest issue is the shot weight and I need someone to explain. According to my scale 1/2 oz. of shot should weigh 218 grains. With 218 grains of shot my crimps are completely...

Since we seem to have had several "dedicated" trap gun questions, I thought I would add my own. My own Remington 870 TB trap gun does not seem to eject the spent shell with as much gusto as my standard 870. I am wondering if this was meant by design so as not to hit your neighbor in the noggin...

I read here all the time about some of you guys that find great deals on shotguns in pawn shops. In the last several years I have found that most of the pawn shops in my area no longer sell guns! The last one I was in said he just didn't want the hassle anymore. Is the government making...

As I've posted before, I am the proud owner of a 1978 Wingmaster TB. Here lately I have noticed that after about four rounds of trap my cheek is giving me quite a bit of pain from recoil. I am shooting it a lot more lately, more often and more rounds at a time. I have also lost about 10...

Some of you may have seen pictures that I posted several months ago of my newest addition. Wingmaster TB Trap made in 1978. Very litttle use, nice wood, Beautiful deep blue. Its my first dedicated trap gun and I'm very proud of it. There is a curiousity about it though that I have never...

I know this may sound odd as we generally talk about the next gun we are going to get or one we need for something or other but I truly think I have all I need. Being a shotgunner I have guns for sporting clays, trap and skeet. I've got a good ole 870 for HD. I've got a nice collection of...

Hi guys. I haven't visited for awhile but my recent purchase brings me back as this is the place where all 870 lovers seem to congregate. I am now the proud owner of what appears to be one of the nicest used Wingmasters I have ever seen. The original owner did use it but not very much. Kept...

A question for the all knowing 870 crowd here and I am surprised I haven't seen it before. I have an older 20 ga Wingmaster that has a blue shell lifter. The 20 ga Wingmaster I had when I was a kid had a chrome lifter. When did they start making the lifters blue? The bolt is chrome.:confused...

I am mostly a shotgun nut so I don't use my rifles all that often, however I have a Savage .22 magnum with the heavy barrel that I use for the occasional groundhog and such. My problem is that my scope never seems to hold its zero. It will end up being an inch or so off one way or another more...

I don't know how many of you have seen this movie Napoleon Dynamite but I saw it with my 18 yr. old son and 13 yr. old daughter this past weekend. I thought it was kind of funny but the thing I picked up right away was of course the shotgun used in the cow shooting scene. My son said, Dad, only...

I went pheasant hunting last weekend for the first time with a friend who has been bugging me to go for quite awhile. Not that I didn't want to, just finding the time to fit it in. I had a choice of guns, a 20ga. 870 that is my basic do it all gun. A 16ga M12, a 12ga M12 or my 12ga Red Label...

I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before but I couldn't find much on the search. I was getting my trusty 20ga 870 out for a little slug practice and remembered that last year the gun was shooting low and to the left with a modified choke at 50 yds. The gun seems to pattern fine with shot...

Here is something I don't think has been discussed, at least for a long time. I was reading another thread about finding a shotgun with a cork in the barrel. I have heard old timers say that this was the best way to preserve the bore of a gun whether rifle or shotgun. Keeps the moisture out. I...

Maybe this is a better question asked over on the gunsmithing thread but since its my baby I'm going to ask it here. Ruger advertises that they will disable the automatic safety on the Red Label if you send it to them. I should have done this over the winter because now that its getting nice out...

I was shooting some trap a couple of weeks ago with another guy who also has a Red Label. After a 16 yd round we were discussing choke sizes. I always use my full choke tube when shooting trap but usually cant hit squat beyond the 22 yd. line using my Ruger. I switch to my trusty old Model 12 at...

Daves thread about the swirled crimps entered into a different thought about shooting moon pies from a trap. I just wondered what else some of you may shoot for fun. I'll start with my own :D . My son has built a potato gun which is more like a small cannon which can fire a raw potato several...

I just aquired an almost new Savage in .22 magnum. I'm a shotgun nut for the most part so the largest rifle I have is a .22LR. This is OK as the population of the area in which I live prevents me from reaching out too far.:( My questions are, what kind of working range can I expect from the .22...

Three or four times a year I find myself out of town on business. Mostly training for my job. The evenings away from home can get kind of long and I'm not into the bar scene and there never seems to be much good on TV. It occured to me that I see a lot of guys in sales that need to travel...

Well, I have finally tired of the automatic safety on my Red Label and would like to disable it. I have had it apart but the procedure does not appear to be immediately clear. Was wondering if anyone knows the trick or do I need to send it in? Thanks guys!:scrutiny:

I have a question for the great mass of all knowing minds here. We seem to have a growing bat population somewhere near my house and my wife does not like them flying through the back yard at night. She wants me to shoot them and they come out early enough that I believe that with a shotgun it...