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Any other replies? I appreciate yours Frontiergander, but I don't see a lot of details on bullet construction on that site. I'm kind of a details guy. My take is that it's already a .50 hole. Why would you want any expansion in an elk? Does anyone make a 350 grain (or so) bore diameter...

Hi, I'm using a .50 Armsport for Elk in Western WA this year. I bought some 348 grain copper jacketed hollow points. With a bit more fiddling I think I'll be able to get acceptable groups out to 100 yards (100 grains of powder). My only concern is will this open up too much in the...

Also, Michael thanks for that video. It clarified a lot for me. I believe I'm leaning towards the Ruger, but will handle both in the store to compare ergonomics.

ugaarguy's response raises another question for me. In normal situations both guns are at half cock. In the event of a light primer strike you would presumably have lost the half-cock hammer position. Do you have to rack the slide again or can you pull the trigger to see if a second strike...

So I'm looking to get a mouse gun and I think I've narrowed it down to the Ruger LCP or the P-3AT. My main question is how the two triggers compare. Ruger says that their design leaves the trigger halfway cocked for all shots - so it's not the full double-action pull. Is this BS or is there...

Where are the action screws?

Thanks for the posts. I think I'm going to pass for now. It sounds like the front sight is more of a problem than I had originally thought. Especially since I just spoke to them and they had reneged on the $100. I'll keep looking. Btw I want to start out with just iron sights. May add...

Thanks for the replies folks. It's helpful. Btw the front sight is missing from this rifle. Since it'll take roughly $20 with S&H to get a new one I talked them down that amount on the price. So it'll be $100 instead of $120. And I don't foresee any problem with just drifting in another...

Two questions 1) how much play between the stock and receiver is acceptable? The m91/30 I'm looking at has some Play. When I try to pull the barrel away from the stock it moves maybe a millimeter. 2) the date says 1939 but it's a round receiver. Weren't all round receivers made...

I assume that they don't work as well as a fully rifled barrel. Are they still a significant improvement over a smoothbore with a choke? I assume people would shoot sabots through them rather than rifled slugs. I have a Remington 870 express with removable chokes. 28" barrel. Any experience...

Thanks for the replies - one question for Al... You mean "quartering towards" right? Quartering towards is where the animal is looking towards you at an angle. For quartering away I think the vitals are right behind the front leg 1/3 of the way up. My understanding is that that's one of...

I appreciate the replies. I guess I'm trying to get a sense for how limiting it would be to shoot a non-magnum 2 3/4" 1 oz. slug. Could I still take a 'quartering towards' shot without risk of the bones deflecting it from the vitals?

Probably smooth bore with a choke - I'll try to find a rifled barrel locally, but don't have a lot of hope. I've decided that a rifle is out. For the terrain I'll be hunting a shot over 100 yards will be unlikely to come up. I'm also much more familiar with SG's and don't feel comfortable...

Please move to hunting I just realized that I posted this in shotguns. Would someone mind moving it to hunting? Sorry, Jeff

Hey all, I'm new to elk hunting, but planning to go out this year. To avoid having to buy a rifle I'm planning on using a shotgun and keeping the range under 100 yards. I'm going to do the due diligence to see which load/loads are most accurate in my gun. My question is - will just about...

Hi Joker, welcome to THR In order to answer that question it might be best to know a bit more about your living situation. If you live out in the country where distances over about 40 yards might be needed for Coyotes, etc then slugs might be a good idea. If you live in suburbia or in an...

A few people have mentioned getting one with a 'chrome carrier.' What exactly is the carrier? Is it the chrome that makes it good or the fact that during the time they were using chrome carriers the rest of the gun was made with better specs?

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll try those Ball-ets to see how accurate they are. But now I'm leaning towards using patched round ball for hunting. After talking to a few guys at Sportsman's Warehouse I think it's do-able even for elk. I'll just have to have good shot placement and limit...

It is an Armsport. I just bought the gun for $150. I couldn't see this earlier because the stock wass on it, but under the barrel it says, "Ranson Italia spa - made in Italy." It has the following proof marks on the barrel: AC (with a box around the lettering) PN I checked the twist...

Is Armisport different from Armsport? After finding information on both spellings I am starting to wonder which one I was looking at in the pawn shop.