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by shawn_c992001
Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for 16ga Model 12 barrel
Replies: 4
Views: 834

Looking for 16ga Model 12 barrel

Got a feller who I used to work for that has a Model 12 16ga. Some previous owner decided to have a poly choke put on the gun. He is wanting to find a barrel for the gun, I have looked on the Numrich website with no luck, and searched a few other sites. Complicating things is the fact that the gun i...
by shawn_c992001
Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best semi-auto shotgun
Replies: 27
Views: 3462

Re: Best semi-auto shotgun

Browning Maxus would be my favorite. I have seen a couple of Benellis choke when the temps got real low (~20's and below), of course this could be because of the type of lube used and not the gun.

Any one bought one of the new A-5's?
by shawn_c992001
Wed May 23, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Very interesting caliber chambering in a Win 95
Replies: 11
Views: 2134

Re: Very interesting caliber chambering in a Win 95

That thread is a very good read!
by shawn_c992001
Tue May 22, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How does the "Dog" get such cool consignments
Replies: 14
Views: 1742

Re: How does the "Dog" get such cool consignments

Didn't know that about Sammy.
by shawn_c992001
Tue May 22, 2012 4:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sambar with the 444 and a trout
Replies: 31
Views: 4032

Re: Sambar with the 444 and a trout

Never knew you Aussies had trout! Hmmm, learn something new every day. Nice fish too!
by shawn_c992001
Mon May 14, 2012 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request
Replies: 5
Views: 1119

Re: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request

Much appreciated 86er!
by shawn_c992001
Mon May 14, 2012 6:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request
Replies: 5
Views: 1119

Re: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request

Thanks alot for pointing me in the right direction Turtle!
by shawn_c992001
Sun May 13, 2012 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request
Replies: 5
Views: 1119

Re: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request

3031? 4895? 335?
by shawn_c992001
Sun May 13, 2012 6:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-40 165gr Gameking load request
Replies: 5
Views: 1119

30-40 165gr Gameking load request

Guys what's a good starting point for a 165gr Sierra Gameking in a 28" 95 Winnie chambered in 30-40 Krag?
by shawn_c992001
Wed May 09, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gas mileage ...watch the video
Replies: 19
Views: 1796

Re: gas mileage ...watch the video

GM a few years back was looking at putting a 4.5L (?) Duramax diesel in the 1500 half ton trucks. But that fell through. The thing that sucks about diesel is having to pay more than premium gas prices for it. Then with my truck, I get 16.2mpg (06 2500HD ECSB 6.6 Duramax/6 speed Allison)
by shawn_c992001
Sun May 06, 2012 4:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About An EBR; The B Stands For Bolt
Replies: 34
Views: 3334

Re: How About An EBR; The B Stands For Bolt

I would like to see the mags changed also. Maybe use a AR-308, or a FAL mag. 20 rounds would be more than enough.

Cliff I have one of the Indian SMLE Jungle Carbines. It is more accurate than people give them credit for, holds 10 rounds, and can be fired as quickly as other Enfields.
by shawn_c992001
Sun May 06, 2012 4:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bow Fishing Lake Anna Virginia 5-5-12
Replies: 14
Views: 2258

Re: Bow Fishing Lake Anna Virginia 5-5-12

I pretty much grew up on the New River, my grand parents had a house in Hinton right beside the Museum. I have caught more fish out of that river than I can count. Probably the best small mouth fishing in the state! I still hunt it for waterfowl and fish it heavily. There is no way I would jump off ...
by shawn_c992001
Sat May 05, 2012 7:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the gun you have longed over?
Replies: 62
Views: 5863

Re: What's the gun you have longed over?

A nice AH Fox double. 12ga, 30" barrels, Full and Mod chokes.
by shawn_c992001
Sat May 05, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bow Fishing Lake Anna Virginia 5-5-12
Replies: 14
Views: 2258

Re: Bow Fishing Lake Anna Virginia 5-5-12

I bowfish a lot on the New River for carp and suckers. It's loads of fun!
by shawn_c992001
Tue May 01, 2012 7:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby

The 8 Mag is definately a good all around cartridge for this continent. If I were a one gun kind of guy it would probably be the one.
by shawn_c992001
Tue May 01, 2012 5:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby

I have a Remington 700 Classic in 8mm Mag, and the STW uses the 8mm case. That's why I threw that out there. 8mm Mag brass is pretty hard to find so I make alot of mine from fire formed 375 H&H. I don't have a H&H and the 8Mag case has a straighter body taper so it won't fit any way. I don't...
by shawn_c992001
Tue May 01, 2012 5:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hevi-shot and shotgun question
Replies: 12
Views: 2374

Re: Hevi-shot and shotgun question

I don't think it would cause any damage. I have an old Win 1400 that my grand dad ran steel shot through for years and it is still tight as ever. You probably won't be firing many through that beast any way.

Congrats on your bird!
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "AK" platforms???
Replies: 43
Views: 4648

Re: "AK" platforms???

I have to second the Saiga. I have converted mine back to standard AK platform with a Tapco G2 single hook trigger and the rest of the 922r compliant parts. I also shortened the barrel to 16.25", added a bullet trunion to use standard AK mags (must also file down the mag retainer tab). Added a ...
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How Accurate Should a 22 Mag be?
Replies: 19
Views: 2444

Re: How Accurate Should a 22 Mag be?

My best luck with the 22 mag was with Winchester Super X (grey box) with 40gr solid or HP bullets. I had a Marlin 922M that wouldn't shoot anything but them, accuracy was minute on squirrel at 100 yards, a Coyote Custom barrel for my G2 loved them also, and the current 22 mag, an Excel Arms Accelera...
by shawn_c992001
Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What gun??
Replies: 26
Views: 2584

Re: What gun??

Does she come with the gun or vice versa?

Doesn't matter I can't afford either one...............
by shawn_c992001
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: GARAND 'scout rifle'
Replies: 16
Views: 2295

Re: GARAND 'scout rifle'

Why not just buy an M1A Scout/Squad model and be done with it? If you are going with a scout mount on a Garand and then modding it to take a M14/M1A mag, why not just go with the Scout/Squad?
by shawn_c992001
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Did I Ever Mention ‘I Love Trout Fishing’ ;-))
Replies: 25
Views: 2457

Re: Did I Ever Mention ‘I Love Trout Fishing’ ;-))

I have the blessing of living right beside a stocked trout stream and fish both fly and spinning for them. Kinda makes me mad that they, alot of times, prefer Powerbait over a properly tied and presented dry or streamer though.
by shawn_c992001
Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5mm Weatherby Magnum

STW brass is easy to make too. Either fire form full length .375 H&H brass or neck and trim 8mm Rem Mag brass down.
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I need help! 45-70 case with photo?
Replies: 23
Views: 2244

Re: I need help! 45-70 case with photo?

Great find!
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5mm Weatherby Magnum

The accuracy of the 6.5 can only be referred to as "surgical". I have a Mauser 96 sporterized by Kimber that will shoot through the same hole at 100 yards with 129gr. handloads, and a Savage 110 in .264 Mag that will do close to the same with 140gr bullets. Both are Barnes X-Bullets. I hav...
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5mm Weatherby Magnum

Stuff a 6.5 or 7mm bullet in that chase and you would have a very nice barrel burner! "Barrel Burner" is a term coined by some that don't understand how to use high octane cartridges with out smoking the barrel and or throat . Over the years I've messed quite a bit with the 220 Swift , th...
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6.5-06 and the 6.5-300 Weatherby
Replies: 55
Views: 6305

Re: 6.5mm Weatherby Magnum

6-pt, check out the Norma line of magnum cartridges. The 338 Norma Mag is all the 338 Lapua is and doesn't require the Magnum length action. Stuff a 6.5 or 7mm bullet in that chase and you would have a very nice barrel burner!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.338_Norma_Magnum
by shawn_c992001
Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .444 Marlin fired from .410 Shotgun
Replies: 22
Views: 5622

Re: .444 Marlin fired from .410 Shotgun

Sorry to dig up an old thread but has anybody tried a 2.5" 410 in their 444 lever gun? They will chamber and cycle in my 45-70 1895 Marlin. The 444 with a 16" barrel would be a good home defense gun for a lady if it would feed some of the self defense rounds.
by shawn_c992001
Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Source for 'custom' Contender barrels...?
Replies: 9
Views: 2109

Re: Source for 'custom' Contender barrels...?

Why not just a barrel in 300 AAC Blackout? Works great suppressed and in an AR!
by shawn_c992001
Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been bad. 464 bad :)
Replies: 16
Views: 3408

Re: I've been bad. 464 bad :)

Looks like a good score. But, were it mine, the plywood would have to go. Darned cartridge names are begining to sound like the designations for old big blocks. But at least I can understand what size they are. Heck with all the x.x liter stuff on engines these days I gotta go look it up. The conve...
by shawn_c992001
Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Things i have fixed with JB Weld. . .
Replies: 45
Views: 4816

Re: Things i have fixed with JB Weld. . .

I think it lasts about as long as other epoxy. I have seen guys "glass" bed a rifle action with it, and believe it or not it is still together even under a 300WM!
by shawn_c992001
Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Re: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40

I don't think I have any of the foaming bore cleaner, but I can put it on the Wal-Mart list for tomorrow.
by shawn_c992001
Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Re: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40

I have been through it with everything in the cleaning rack! Just haven't used any of the wife's cleaning products for the tub, toilet, or floor. I just can't get it to stay clean.
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's wrong w/ a .357?
Replies: 64
Views: 8449

Re: What's wrong w/ a .357?

White-tails around here hate them! Thick timber, overgrown clear cuts, pine and laurel thickets, short-barrel Winchester Trapper guns just made for packin', and still hunting, fast to the shoulder, what more could you ask for?
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ugly gun questions...
Replies: 30
Views: 2180

Re: Ugly gun questions...

Looks alot like mine, she ain't the prettiest girl at the dance, but she sure don't disappoint! Gotta love the old Winchesters! What year was she made?
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Re: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40

So this is common??????? Wow, I have cleaned and scrubbed and let it sit, scrubbed some more, and then again. Still a dirty sewer pipe. The ole gal rolled out of the New Haven plant in 1932.

Anything I may try to speed things up like hot water?
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Cleaning question for 95 Win 30-40

Ok guys, I don't know if the Krags were loaded with corrosive powder or primers back in the day but, I can clean mine with Windex w/ vinegar, Sweets 7.62, Hoppe's #9, Isso, and a few others. I will oil the bore and remove excess with a patch, and also pass a wet oiled patch through the bore before s...
by shawn_c992001
Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do "glow-dot" beads help you shoot a shotgun better?
Replies: 11
Views: 2047

Re: Do "glow-dot" beads help you shoot a shotgun better?

I for one love them, and just used one today to drop 2 Hooded Mergansers, and a canada goose. For me they make it easier to maintain the lead on birds, just find the bead, swing ahead of the birds beak,, and squeeze the trigger.
by shawn_c992001
Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Christmas Cat - hunt
Replies: 19
Views: 2223

Re: Christmas Cat - hunt

Never seen one in the woods before either, and I have called in foxes and coyotes. The one I have mounted over the TV was shot after crossing a road, and had a broken leg. A 44 mag Taurus Tracker 4" with a 240gr soft point put an end to it's suffering.
by shawn_c992001
Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another Mosin Nagant question
Replies: 48
Views: 7105

Re: Another Mosin Nagant question

Dunham's S.G. carries M-N's? Hmmmm........one just opened here locally, and since I have been wanting a M-N for I while now, I have a reason to got check them out!
by shawn_c992001
Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big Horn Armory Model 89 500 S&W Magnum
Replies: 43
Views: 10480

Re: Big Horn Armory Model 89 500 S&W Magnum

That's a cannon!
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I am so infuriated I could kill ..... a cat!
Replies: 46
Views: 4509

Re: I am so infuriated I could kill ..... a cat!

I have one cat that will swell the sides out on the litter box and the other would rather pee on the rug or a pile of clothes than anything else. It doesn't matter if the litter box is brand new. Of course this cat has never acted normal. We found her in the garage a few days after we moved in here....
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever action varminter
Replies: 31
Views: 3862

Re: Lever action varminter

+1 on the zipper

Although the 30-30 with 110gr V-Max bullets are pretty nasty!
by shawn_c992001
Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Removing gunk from camo tape
Replies: 16
Views: 2308

Re: Removing gunk from camo tape

I have my EAA combo gun back from my brother that he had camo tape on and after peeling it off, there is the white adhesive film left all over it. What's the easy way to get this stuff off???? Seems like that's a question your brother should be asking us... :wink: In the future, he should use the c...
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Removing gunk from camo tape
Replies: 16
Views: 2308

Re: Removing gunk from camo tape

The gun is wood and blued steel and chambered in 222 under a 3" 12ga.
by shawn_c992001
Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Removing gunk from camo tape
Replies: 16
Views: 2308

Removing gunk from camo tape

I have my EAA combo gun back from my brother that he had camo tape on and after peeling it off, there is the white adhesive film left all over it. What's the easy way to get this stuff off????
by shawn_c992001
Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1895 Stock
Replies: 11
Views: 1459

Re: 1895 Stock

The Browning and Winchester butt stocks are the same, but the the fore stock fit differently to the front of the receiver. The solution to your problem is easy and pretty cheap. But a slip/lace on pad for the butt that will stretch the length to suit you. There are some nice ones available in leath...
by shawn_c992001
Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer request for those at Performance Coal
Replies: 29
Views: 2573

Re: Prayer request for those at Performance Coal

All 29 accounted for.