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A post over in the hunting forum got me thinking that it might be interesting to hear from shooters who have or have had a 5mm rimfire. With Centurion/Aquila doing the ammo again, mine, a Christmas gift in about 1973-74, is back on active duty, and did a fine job recently on beaver and nutria...

I'm wanting to purchase a mag tube extension for a Moss 835. I do not want the tube to extend past the end of the 24" bbl. The extensions are advertised as 2-3-4 shot models. Which of these, either the 3 or 4 would run to the muzzle, but not past it? I've read the 3 shot model comes to...

Just learned this, maybe it can help anybody using the digital Loadmaster. One thing I've noticed is that certain "log" type powders tend to log jam at the spout/nozzle. There are threads in the nozzle that catch the kernels. The unit then cycles and cycles.....till the log jam pops and a...

Well, the local club/league that I shoot with (and hope to join when the cash loosens up) had its first 3 gun match and bamaboy and I joined in. I fully expected to walk away from the boy, and did, on Stage 1. After that, I just tried to keep up. Me getting a bit lost and very flustered on...

I just learned, or at least believe its indicated by net trolling, that the more recent Burris XTR rings, which I like and have been a fan of for the past few years, are now "made in China". Was looking for a set for a recent purchase and saw comments to that effect, a bit of searching seems to...

About 1980 or so, Remington stopped making 5mm rimfire ammo and I needed a new groundhog rifle. I walked into a shop I frequented and there was a heavy barrel varmint rifle, absolutely gorgeous. A classic, simple stock of walnut. Deep blue on the tapered heavy barrel, I was stricken. I...

I was lurking about the ammo shelves in a big chain store the other day, looking for bargains in turkey loads after the season (we're done here) and saw a Win, high velocity 3" 12ga 1-3/4 oz turkey load labeld double xx , black hull and relativlely generic black box. There was no "Supreme"...

Well, AL Spring gobbler season is underway, I've hunted 7 out of 8 days, killed one jake turkey. Weather has just started to get right, and I have to start back to work tomorrow. Despite bad weather, I've been on birds, but have only pulled the trigger once. Got busted once, I moved...

About 10 years back, I bought a box of Federal 12ga, 3 in, 2 oz, #7-1/2 shot, plated lead. These loads likely dated back to the introduction of the 2 oz Heavyweight era. I don't think that the #7-1/2 load lasted long and this shop was closing them out. A pattern test from my trusty 870...

Once again, bamaboy, put it on his old daddy by coming in a full 4 plus pts ahead in our latest IDPA club match. And....me with my brand new 9mm poly wonder pistol instead of my old duty SiG ...45 crunch/tick. No excuses, now, we both shot SSP. That's it, the kid is gonna have to start...

I've never been a fan of beads only on a turkey gun. Recently a Mossberg 835 for bamaboy has come to the house, and I am giving some thought to toting a 26" over/under import double once the leaves come out too. Both guns have beads with vent rimbs. No mid bead. The Mossberg is tapped but...

We've killed a few deer this season and seasons past with .243 and 100 gr Nosler Partitions. Results have been absolutely positive. But as is my sometimes fault, I cannot let a good thing alone. What prompted this was the appearance of a Mossberg .243/810M (I guess for Mannlicher) which I...

Hey, we had a club match again this weekend and bamaboy and I went. I had a new pistol, and might as well have been throwing rocks. I couldn't think straight either, and messed up all around. But....bamaboy won a stage. Three yds, draw and shoot, 2 rds.."deadmans draw" the boys...

Some of you may recall me posting earlier that my great pet .270 load using a 110 Sierra specifically for the purpose of solidly exceeding 3000 fps, when shot through my new Christmas chrony, was found to only be doing 2850! As the prime weeks of deer season was not an ideal time to be...

I bought a G34-gen4 in an attempt to stay ahead of bamaboy in this IDPA thing we do together now! Darn kid learns to quick!. Anyhow, I've got about 50 rounds through the pistol. Done a bunch of dry firing too. After a field strip and back strap change, while dry firing, the trigger...

I started using a GI surplus extreme cold weather parka shell (shell only, no liner or hood) this year as an outer garment and a final layer, and have decided I've hit on to something. Its light, I can roll it up and tote it easily. When worn, it extends way below my waist, about mid...

I rigged up a 3 pt tactical sling to some rifles this season to try and solve the "what do I do with my rifle?" problem when hunting aloft. It worked like a charm. The rifle hangs across my off knee, my hands are for for calls, snacks, drink, bino's, what ever. If I stand, the rifle...

Bamaboy (now 17!) dropped a big doe on Sunday PM after church on Sunday, 13Jan and we had a time. We both were tired and simply clambered up into a shooting house together. And the show started. Made a last minute hunt near home on a ROW and first thing we saw was 13 turkeys, (9 jakes, 1...

So I got a chronograph as a Christmas gift, ..... KC ProChrono Digital and was really pleased about it. Bamaboy and I set it up in the house Christmas Day and tried to Chrono his airsoft guns.....yuck yuck....no good. Today, I set the chrono up outdoors and brought the Rem 700/.270 out...

There is another thread running about what amounts to condition 1 v. condition 2 carry with semiauto pistols, and that got me thinking about the various 1911 "series" and their safety features. I about half hijacked that thread, so to avoid any further confusion I started this one. There...