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I'm pondering replacing my ROA base pin latch with a push button type. From first glance, the one in my New Model Blackhawk looks too small. Since I'd have to make-up a tool to remove it to allow closer inspection, I'll pose the question, instead: Has anyone installed a push type base pin latch...

For years, I've been using a .45-ACP case as a powder dipper for .44 (.45) cal BPCB revolvers. A .45-ACP case is smaller than a LEE 1.9 dipper and delivers about 20 gr of Pyrodex P or about 27 gr of FFFG Black Powder. I always thought these were light/moderate loads in a '58 New Army. Imagine...

I took my neighbor and his new-to-him, fresh from the pawn shop Colt Python to the pistol range today. I've never had a problem with my .38 special reloads in S & W and Ruger revolvers nor in a S & W Model 52; however, the Python would light-up the rounds in single action operation and not in...

As the vultures continue circling, today's mail had a BIG 5 sale ad with a coupon for: Charles Daly 'Field Hunter' 12-ga SEMI-AUTO reg 399.99 $269 28" Ventilated Rib Barrel with 3 Choke Tubes! Handles 2 3/4" or 3" Shells. Coupon sale price in effect through 03/21/10 only.

My neighbor just acquired a Savage Model 775A. Seems to be a Browning Auto-5/Remington Model-11 clone. As is often the case with older guns, there were no instructions included. I'm guessing there's a way to adjust the gun to match the power level of your ammo, but I'd like more than a guess to...

PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING - PIETTA REMINGTON I was surprised to learn the hammer wouldn't engage the safety notches. The culprit is a Pietta stainless fixed sight 1958 Remington replica. I got it from Cabela's, Ser. No. R2552XX. After some work on the hammer with a file and stone, it now engages...

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While researching available 20-ga barrels for R-870's, I ran across this item… --- ANNOUNCEMENT --- The Hastings Barrel Company has closed. The remaining inventory of barrels, ammunition and chokes will be liquidated by Kull's Old Town Station online ONLY auction beginning early in 2010. Your...

We've finished our Thanksgiving feasts, so it's time for Santa duties. Every year there's the same old question: What to get for the guy who has everything? Just for fun, let's see some outrageous shotgun accessory suggestions, real or imaginary, for 2009. I'll kick it off… A 4-gauge set of fur...

In a recent posting, one member mentioned, "I have a Mossberg that has jammed, but it's always because I short stroke it, not because the gun itself malfunctions." It got me wondering: We see all sorts of dimensions in shotguns' specifications, is the length of stroke ever given? Does one model...

One of our members mentioned that he preferred a certain model over another because it worked best with his gloved hands. Some folks wear gloves for warmth and others for a better grip. Just curious, how many of you wear gloves (or just one glove) while shotgunning in warm weather?

This morning, I arrived at the trap range just seconds too late and missed an incident. Shooting had stopped as everyone was abuzz with their descriptions of the fireball they'd just seen come out the side of a stick gun. A little later, I talked with the owner: It was a Winchester M97 he used...

We're continually stirring up the same differences of opinion over the same subjects. This is because the newbies don't search the archives, and the same questions keep being posted. We have two stickies in this forum the Monthly Photo Contest that's closed, and Baseline data.... that hasn't...

for your last shotgun purchase? Assume the shotgun model you last purchased wasn't available, what would you have bought? For my last, I'd been looking for a Winchester Model 12; but, a buddy made me an offer I couldn't refuse on a NIB Remington 1100 he'd won in a raffle.

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butta9999 just introduced us a to a fabulous private collection in Victoria, Australia. It got me to thinking, what's the most impressive collection I've even seen? The SHOT Show was at the top of my wow list for a collection of firearms under one roof. That was until I visited the new Cody...

Side or bottom ejection, what's your preference in a pump shotgun? In a slide action shotgun, target shooter generally prefer a side port because they say it's easier to load and you can catch the hulls for reloading. Field shooters claim a bottom ejector stays cleaner and works equally well...

From this morning's North County Times, Friday, 9/12/08: Olympian's shotgun stolen LAKE ELSINOR, CA - The Perazzi (MX12) shotgun used by two-time Olympic gold medalist Kimberly Rhode in four Olympic games was stolen Thursday afternoon while Rhode and her mother, Sharon Rhode, were shopping at...