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Scott Tschirhart

Thank you for posting this data. Very helpful.

Scott Tschirhart

The front sight is a bead with a flip up low light bead.

Scott Tschirhart

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:32 pm Brilliant of the maker to allow you to change fronts!
Is the rear a shallow V like on a dangerous game double?

It has a ghost ring rear. Very fast and easy to use.

Scott Tschirhart

Fortunately I don’t think I would need to shoot it too much in a hunting situation!

I just want to lock down a good load closely matching the Hornady factory load but with a hard cast lead bullet.

I find that I need a little taller front sight so I have ordered a variety from NECF.

Scott Tschirhart

Seems to pattern well at 25 yards and the pattern is centered on the plate.

Scott Tschirhart

So far the best load seems to be a 420 gr LFN GC over 19 gr of 296 for 1230 fps.

But I fired 42 rounds this morning and I feel like I’ve been in a fight.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:35 pm I'm convinced they are freeloading liberals surviving off my hardwork!

I agree!!!!

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I wish I had a shortage of squirrels.

I’m killing them almost daily and I can’t seem to slow them down.

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Jim,

I’m not sure it’s a contest. I can see the utility in that little shooter. And that’s sort of what I’m getting at. I’m carrying what is useful for me.

Scott Tschirhart

In Hemingway’s home in Key West there’s a photo of him holding a Thompson Submachinegun. I have a book on Hemingway’s guns, and I need to look though it sometime. He may have used one in Spain during the revolution. Doubtful. Wasn’t in his job description. This photo was from much later in his life.

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Since the Holiday (where we had a really good snubby seminar) I’ve been daily carrying a J frame Smith in .32 H&R. I strap on a SAA for the weekend but I’m still carrying the .32. While I realize that I might have to turn in my man card, I’m really enjoying the convenience. Yes, I have a few 9mm...

Scott Tschirhart

In Hemingway’s home in Key West there’s a photo of him holding a Thompson Submachinegun. I have a book on Hemingway’s guns, and I need to look though it sometime.

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Jim points to something important. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.

Shooting jackrabbits is great fun and there’s no shame in a close miss. It builds confidence.

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I usually shoot a plastic stocked Remington 11-87 with a 28 inch barrel in 12 ga.

It’s extremely efficient and I kill a lot of birds.

But it’s not fun to carry for any distance and I can stuff a bunch of .410 shells in a pocket.

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I have an 870 in .410 with a skeet choke and an 870 Express with a full choke. I haven’t a Savage 311 and I’ll wager that it’s choked full and full. I haven’t used any of these on birds yet.

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Anybody use skeet choke in a .410 for dove hunting?

I like skeet fir everything else and I’ve probably killed more with an improved cylinder than any other choke.

Getting ready for dove shooting.

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I learned on a Rossi 92. I worked on that gun slicking it up for months. I had no videos to help in those days. I had to figure out what did what and how to make it work better. Eventually I got that rifle as slick as any. But I bet I had it apart 300 times or more. Scott T ended up with it and as ...

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I was specifically working on follow through yesterday. Howard Hill used to teach that when you loose the arrow “with both arms do nothing!” I have a tendency to get off the trigger too quickly when the hammer falls. So I’m training myself to keep the same pressure on the trigger through the recoil....

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When I was living near Waco I would shoot some .22 ammo every night when I got home. Usually 50 rounds.

I was pretty good in those days.

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It’s great in an enclosed structure or as a truck gun. Just don’t count on any distance.

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And I’ve been doing that….a lot. Lynn Thompson is one of the best game shots with a revolver that I know. Lynn used to recommend 10 rounds of .22 for every round of centerfire ammo you shoot and to shoot an understudy to your big gun. I don’t quite match Lynn’s recommendations. But I’ve put 561 roun...

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I suppose in some places glass bottles would work. But people tend to shoot them in water. Then someone would go swimming and get cut. So long ago the rule was and always will be no glass bottles.

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Now, not every buckshot patterns well.

I tried the Government issue buckshot from Olin. It won’t keep all of the pellets on the target consistently.

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I’m having a good time hitting that 8 inch plate at 50 yards with a .22 but it’s really challenging with a .44 or .45.

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Sounds like a good day!

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Bob Hatfield wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:06 am Plus, they were made in China or Vietnam.

Bob

That leaves me out.

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I’m wearing Barefoot African Ranger boots from Jim Green in South Africa these days.

They are very light and feel like a moccasin. Very flexible and you feel what you are walking over.

But, they lace on securely and a mesquite thorn won’t penetrate them.

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I still have my old Ithica Stakeout that I used in Houston. But it’s so light and kicks like a mule.

The Remington (with no tax stamp) is much more better.

I lowered the rear sight a bit and it ought to be dead on now

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With sights it is useable. I was having difficulty with the shotgun bead on my other barrel.

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I think the feedback from the sound is helpful.

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They appear to be Remington. Though they have tritium inserts. I actually bought the barrel with the sights installed. Probably a takeoff of a LE issued gun.

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No. It’s not a carry gun. It’s a house gun.

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That’s classy!

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Yes. Birdshead grip and 14 inch barrel. The Hillbilly Howitzer.

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Here’s where I got them.

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I found these on EBay and I have been shooting on them at extended ranges to work on my pistol shooting skills.

They ring when hit so they are really useful. You don’t have to look for hits, you get immediate sound feedback.

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The way this gun is built and balanced it seems to be a really great gun for snap shooting. So hogs in close cover is probably the best pace to use such a rifle.

But I think it’s powerful enough to use out to 100 yards or so if I find an accurate load that is regulated.

Scott Tschirhart

This is so cool!

Not sure I’ve ever seen a 1895 with an octagon barrel.

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I don’t own a bench. Never have anything like that handy when you need it.

I’m shooting with the forend in my off hand and resting the back of my hand on the rail of my pickup bed.

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Much better. Federal 00 buck at 12 yards.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:55 am Looks like you found the right combo Scott! If I had that double I'd spend a lot of time stalking hogs.

I need to shoot it at longer distances and adjust accordingly. I’d like the bullets to come together at 50 yards or so.

Thus far all of my shooting has been at 25 yards.

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19 gr of 296 under a 415 gr bullet yields great results. On the second set of shots I called the one that went to left.

This is a thumper at 1270 fps.

Scott Tschirhart

I have the screwdriver blade on my small Swiss Army knife ground to fit a Ruger windage screw.

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They had one at the Gunsite Alumni shoot a couple of years ago. Very challenging.

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I hate that we have to be so careful about what is true and what is not. There’s so much on the internet that I wonder about.

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Very nice Jim!

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I’ve been casually looking around for one of these:

https://youtu.be/XAs9dyHcObU?si=oGlGsU0BNh8-g7sS

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How does that even happen?

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I’ve always thought that a snubby 1911 could be a really good idea.

I think that one of the reasons Wilson Combat experimented with flat recoil springs was to slow the slide down a little.

I think Ruger did a SR 1911 in .45 for a short time and it had three recoil springs.

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I suspect that the slide was working too fast for the magazine to push up the next round. But a similar sized Star Pistol seemed to work just fine. As I recall, my Colt shot very accurately. Surprisingly so. Just not sufficiently reliable. I think I was carrying Winchester 185 gr Silvertips in those...

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