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Hope somebody here can help. I have a friend in need. He had a smith refurbish and reblue a win mod 24 SxS shotgun for him and they now have a pile of unassembled parts. The smith is ready to admit defeat unless we can locate an exploded parts drawing. My noncomputer friend would be very...

I've recently had a chance to handle a larger than average selection of sporting shotguns and I think I have met the next "perfect" upland gun. It's a Berretta 391 Urika 20g with a 26" barrel. very sweet, fast, and light. I can go up to 3" as needed and switch to my 390 12g for late season...

Shot 3 rounds of skeet last night with the new dedicated waterfowl buster. Not too bad. My shooting started out pretty respectable. Shot about as I have been with my Beretta 390 sporting model but soon deteriorated due to heavy fatigue on my part (rough week). The 26" barrel seems bout right to...

I'm in the market for a new duck and goose buster. I've been shooting skeet and sporting clays with a Beretta 390 Sporting model and I like it alot and shoot it well. Nice walnut stock and blued sides. I can get a synthetic stock 390 at Walmart for $528+tax with same familiar fit and function...

its more about the shotguns than the hunt so I'll post it here... Once upon a time, about 20yrs ago, I was younger and married to my evil first wife (EFW). She was a secretary/assistant to the marketing exec for a small company here in the western part of Illinois. One day I got a call from her...

I'm getting old enough to appreciate a little less pounding when it comes to the sports. Therefore, I like my Beretta 390 semi. I shot skeet 2 nights and SC once in between and then last night sat down to clean up the hardware. That's 300+ rounds in a week with nothing but an external wipe...

Ever see one? Several years ago I saw (and shot) what was obviously a FN Highpower 9mm with no markings. Allover parkerized with no country of origin, ser#, maker, or model. Didn't appear to have been reworked. Might have had some interesting history, eh?

Had a real scare today while hunting some creek bottom for pheasant. Maggie my beautiful and talented 3 yr old Black Lab suddenly cried out as I heard that metalic snap and a chain yanked hard. Apparently she got nipped only- slightly lame, no blood. Trap was set in the middle of a game trail...

HoHoHo! Christmas in July! I fellow walked in today and said he had something to show me. Handed me a tired old guncase and I pulled out an early Ithica mod 37 20g- dusty, bone dry, but in quite good shape. He asked me if I had any interest in it. I'm sure I shrugged a very non-commital shrug...

[hey, I tried the search option first] An early colt pistol just surfaced the night before an estate sale and I need some info, Please? .22 long rifle ser# 28,xxx (pat dates 1903,1918,1918) 6.5" round barrel, adj front and rear sights. Checkered walnut grip panels with diamond at single screw...

I shot skeet at the local small-town range couple nights ago for the 2nd time in my life. Had an absolute great time! Used my new Beretta 390 Sport that I bought last week just for this crazy game. 1st time out it was the range master and me. no one else showed up that night so I got what...

My topic fell into the black hole of irretreivable data. I had asked for some advice on used skeet/clays autos and one of you nice folks suggested I look for a NIB Barretta 390 instead of the 11-87 premiere skeet. When I went back to look at the used 11-87 it had a slight but suspect bend in the...

Hey, It's getting better! If you saw my post a couple weeks ago, I got a new 11-87 Upland special and I thought it could be improved. #1- crappy, lawyer-inspired, black-painted, locking, PC trigger. I found a blued trigger assmbly (1100)new which will eliminate my biggest gripe with this SG. #2-...

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=269728&a=11034140&p=41661125 I take my gopher shooting seriously. anybody else?

I won a raffle and got a new Rem 11-87 20g Upland Special. It should be a nice handling shotgun. 23" barrel and walnut straight stock. Its real pretty too except the lawyer trigger (locking safety) looks like cheap crap. I would like to get this setup for my wife for hunting. She is very small...

Several years ago I bought a folding stock for my M1A "bush rifle" from an individual. I recently saw an old Springfield armory catalog and the same stock was pictured in an ad for the BM59 so this may be what I have even tho it fits the M1a perfectly. I am considering selling this stock but...

Forgive me if this is already posted here somewhere. I usually resist posting op-ed pieces but this one hit me hard-smack in my frontal lobe. http://www.nypostonline.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/16550.htm

I picked up some bismuth shot shells so I could hunt with a couple of old favorites on state land (non-tox only). These are older guns not meant for steel shot. Had a good hunt and shot 2 pheasants with the "sweet 16" and #6 shot but when I cleaned them, some of the shot had shattered/fragmented...

I know that the 16 fills a non-existant gap between the 20g (2.75"&3.00") and the 12g. I believe the US manufacturors dropped production of 16g shells, components, and reloaders. Last time I checked the blue books I saw things like "deduct 20% for 16g". People picked 'em up off gun show tables...

Last week my wife tagged her first antelope on a Wyoming hunt. She had a great time and I think hunting will agree with her. We had a small problem at approx 80 yards when the little huntress was in a good position but the safety was in the wrong position. squuuueeeeeeezzzzzzzz the trigger as...