Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
I work second shift, so mornings are mine, not the company's. The weather, the honeydo list and my aches and pains were all amenable today, so off to PGC gamboled I.
The plan was to shoot a couple fast rounds of wobble. On arrival at the Wobble trap on Range 4, I noticed one other shooter.A young man in his 20s, he had an Express in the rack and a cigarette in his hand. While he finished his smoke, we talked.
I asked permssion to handle and shoot his Express. He granted that and handed me a couple Federal Red White and Blue shells. These have a portion of their proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project, a worthy cause. Ha had this one for a month. No wear marks,yet.
When I called for a pair, I hoisted the Express and smashed them. Explaining that some folks had reported problems with the Expresses,he mentioned sluggish extraction with the Fed stuff. So, I told him about steel based hulls and how to polish the chamber and minimize the glitch.
I also mentioned I had tried out maybe 40 Expresses and had one that needed something major done. Failure rate, less than 3%.
We then pulled for each other. He shot in the low 20s and so did I. The SKB O/U was my gun of choice today.
Obviously, his gun fits him. While I shot low gun, he shot with the butt in the pocket of his shoulder but the muzzle depressed to about 45 degrees.
I've not done well with that approach, but it worked well enough for him and I left well enough alone.
We talked, shook hands and parted. Nice kid.
And that's all that was needed. A good shotgun, some shells, and some clays.
What do you think?....
The plan was to shoot a couple fast rounds of wobble. On arrival at the Wobble trap on Range 4, I noticed one other shooter.A young man in his 20s, he had an Express in the rack and a cigarette in his hand. While he finished his smoke, we talked.
I asked permssion to handle and shoot his Express. He granted that and handed me a couple Federal Red White and Blue shells. These have a portion of their proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project, a worthy cause. Ha had this one for a month. No wear marks,yet.
When I called for a pair, I hoisted the Express and smashed them. Explaining that some folks had reported problems with the Expresses,he mentioned sluggish extraction with the Fed stuff. So, I told him about steel based hulls and how to polish the chamber and minimize the glitch.
I also mentioned I had tried out maybe 40 Expresses and had one that needed something major done. Failure rate, less than 3%.
We then pulled for each other. He shot in the low 20s and so did I. The SKB O/U was my gun of choice today.
Obviously, his gun fits him. While I shot low gun, he shot with the butt in the pocket of his shoulder but the muzzle depressed to about 45 degrees.
I've not done well with that approach, but it worked well enough for him and I left well enough alone.
We talked, shook hands and parted. Nice kid.
And that's all that was needed. A good shotgun, some shells, and some clays.
What do you think?....
