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by 6pt-sika
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Flying Rabbit
Replies: 6
Views: 310

The Flying Rabbit

I shot in a Virginia Vintagers get together shoot at The Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays in Mount Crawford Virginia yesterday . I like the course I just don’t like that they don’t have golf carts and I have to walk luckily I was able to borrow a friends push cart that holds four guns shells and a small...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering
Replies: 13
Views: 487

Re: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering

I've been wondering which would be better, the Rock Island 9mm/22 TCM conversion or the new Springfield Prodigy. Not trying to be rude or negative , but if it isn’t a 1911 platform in usually not intrested . Rock Island from all I’ve seen makes a good product for the amount of scheckels you have to...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering
Replies: 13
Views: 487

Re: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering

I've been wondering which would be better, the Rock Island 9mm/22 TCM conversion or the new Springfield Prodigy. Not trying to be rude or negative , but if it isn’t a 1911 platform in usually not intrested . Rock Island from all I’ve seen makes a good product for the amount of scheckels you have to...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Jul 02, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering
Replies: 13
Views: 487

Re: The 5.7 x 28 thread got me wondering

I’ve shot a nice like new if not brand new Rock Island 1911 22 TCM at the Armsco/Rock Island indoor shooting range in Davao Philippines . The little cartridge is pretty much a 9mm necked down . They had one of the bolt action rifles at the range but for some reason they wouldn’t let me shoot it as i...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?
Replies: 24
Views: 1095

Re: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?

My shotguns I run Tico rods in and out each barrel a dozen or so times and wipe all the metal with a silicone cloth . Rifles I shoot a lot are a bit more time consuming . When at the bench shooting groups I’ll generally take a clean bore foul it then shoot two five shot groups or four three shot gro...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northern SxS
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Re: Northern SxS

Hey 6pt has anyone told you that you need a hobby... :D Good luck at the Northern SxS... Hopefully I’m going to do something this coming February I’ve wanted to do for forty years . A friend is putting together a group to go to Cordoba Argentina to shoot dove for three days and it’s my intention to...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Any 5.7x28 fans here?
Replies: 18
Views: 698

Re: Any 5.7x28 fans here?

A friend got an FN 5.7x28 pistol for Xmas one year . I went out with him and shot it a bit . Later he traded it to me for a Para P-14 . I immediately put the FN on Gunbroker with several boxes of ammo which at that time was hard to get your hands on . Anyway I sold the package for about $500 more th...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northern SxS
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Northern SxS

Heading to Meshoppen PA for the Northern SxS on July 26th and will return on the 30th . If my shoulder holds up I’ll shoot 550-600 targets . Mostly 10 gauge a handful of 8 gauge , four 12 gauge events and a 20 gauge event . But one or two evenings after the shotgun blasting is done the owner has a s...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Handloaders: Are You the Organized or Random Type
Replies: 30
Views: 1075

Re: Handloaders: Are You the Organized or Random Type

Organized sheeezzzz ! My loading room and it’s quite large is quite unorganized . And that’s because I time to time get good deals on this that or the other and it gets stacked piled in there . I have an oak conference table with four or five things bolted on top that I’ve not used in a couple years...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northeastern SxS Championships
Replies: 7
Views: 311

Re: Northeastern SxS Championships

Yeah even the 'gentleman's 16 bore ' will beat ya up! Those guns were not meant to be shot that much all at once! Even a hard butt 28 will make you feel it . Sounds like you had fun none the less. Boy those 8ga sure look BIG! what is the pellet count in that 0 buck? That gun beat me up because I he...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northeastern SxS Championships
Replies: 7
Views: 311

Re: Northeastern SxS Championships

If I could get away I'd come up to meet you but I've got a club engagement and with the puppies here I'm not going very far ! Two weekends ago at Prospect Hall in WVA I shot a 145 target 16 gauge shoot , I was using a Parker VHE straight grip checked but 16 and it over the course of the day did a n...
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 31, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northeastern SxS Championships
Replies: 7
Views: 311

Re: Northeastern SxS Championships

GunnyMack wrote: Wed May 31, 2023 2:22 pm Should be a great time- drive safe and keep your head down & follow through!!
This stuff has turned more into a social thing than competitive for me anymore . But thanks :!:
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 31, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Northeastern SxS Championships
Replies: 7
Views: 311

Northeastern SxS Championships

I’m headed out Thursday morning at 4 AM to Hausemann’s Hidden Hollow Sporting Clays in Friendsville PA for the Northeastern event . Hadn’t planned on attending this year since the Parker annual meeting isn’t being held there this year . Anyway one of my friends in the AH Fox collectors group puts on...
by 6pt-sika
Fri May 19, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old Smokeless
Replies: 7
Views: 574

Re: Old Smokeless

I got a 12 pound keg of Red Dot from a friend about a year ago that was from the same time period . The deal was I could try it before I paid him for it . And sure enough after trying it turned out fine !
by 6pt-sika
Thu May 18, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Speaking of Handloading . . .
Replies: 7
Views: 408

Re: Speaking of Handloading . . .

I bought in well above bulk quantities over the last two years as I was getting stuff at cut rate prices . I most likely had in excess of way over the top . Anyway I’ve sold off some . Mostly at SxS shoots , think I sold about 109 pounds last month at the Southern . I had stocked up in anticipation ...
by 6pt-sika
Tue May 16, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why Handload?
Replies: 36
Views: 1672

Re: Why Handload?

To me handloading and casting is to shooting what tying your own flies is to fly fishing . Just seems right ! I had an epiphany a few years back it dawned on me , I cast the projectile - loaded the cartridge - killed the deer - cleaned processed the animal and cooked the edible portion then of cours...
by 6pt-sika
Sun May 14, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why Handload?
Replies: 36
Views: 1672

Re: Why Handload?

I started loading when I got hung up on competitive skeet and trap 12-20-28 and 410 . Not to long after I added the 16 and 10 ga 3 1/2” . Another year or so I got into loading for my deer rifles as well as a couple handguns . At the apex of it all I was loading for eighty separate metallic cartridge...
by 6pt-sika
Thu May 04, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Bo-whoop? Not familiar with that. Rock Mountain? Is that the shoot in the Poconos? Bo-Whoop is an event that the AH Fox collectors Assoc put together each year at Hausemanns Hidden Hollow Sporting Clays “Northeastern Side by Side” each year in June . Hausemanns and Rock Mountain are in the Poconos ...
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 03, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

I am planning on doing the Northern SxS at RockMountain in late July and the Vintage Cup in early September . Both will have 8 gauge events .
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 03, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Sounds like despite your not feeling well you had a good time! I hadn’t planned on going to Hausemanns in early June , but the AH Fox Collectors Assoc puts on a Bo-Whoop game and this year they’re planning g on adding an 8 gauge event to the festivities . I’m contemplating going and take four guns ...
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 03, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Sad to say I shot only 158 targets the whole time as I didn’t feel so great while down there . Thursday I shot 48 on the course with a Parker Grade 1 top lever hammer 10 gauge and tied for 2nd a single target behind first but I was long runner out of second . Friday in the am I shot two rounds of 8 ...
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 03, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

No worries 6pt! Actually I'm kinda tapped out at the moment, had to pay state taxman , just dropped a grand getting my truck fixed! How did you do at the shoot ? The week went well ! I abstained from buying anything . And I sold my last Parker 8 gauge hammer , a MacFarlane 10 gauge double ML , the ...
by 6pt-sika
Wed May 03, 2023 12:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .480 Ruger
Replies: 27
Views: 1415

Re: .480 Ruger

I’ve had three guns for the cartridge . Two were Super RedHawks that I actually enjoyed shooting cast in . The third was a Puma lever I had someone order for me , after recieving the gun I paid the guy took it home and put it in the safe for a year and traded it away unfired ,point being once in my ...
by 6pt-sika
Mon May 01, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Super! Thank you & good luck at the shoot!!! Sorry to have to tell you the VHE 20 26” left my possession in NC also the DHE 20 30” . So I’m down to a single 20 a VH 20 32” . And the 32” will stay in my possession for awhile . I sold a DH 16 2 frame 32” that i shoot well kinda wish I hadn’t but ...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

I'd really like to find a 20 ga, 26" with open chokes. I think my Parker flushing pheasants for me to shoot with a Parker would be the most enjoyable thing! I’ve got a VHE 20 26” with a Parker single trigger that’s IC/M that I’m taking to Sanford for a friend to decide if they want . If they d...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Ya did it again ! Nice find, can't imagine how many Trojan models left the factory as 2 barrel sets- I'd bet not many! Well done. At present I have three Parker two barrel sets this 12 Trogan , a 12 VH with 28 and 32 barrels and last and my most favorite a Grade 0 top lever hammer 10 gauge with fac...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Good for You 6pt !! I only wish it could talk... :D ..Yesterday was my birthday and I celebrated by buying an expensive sporting item that I could never afford before. At dinner My Son said Dad "use it and have Fun .....you will never take it with You."................... The money. If I ...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

Incidentally I failed to mention the barrels are 30” and 26” . With a Galazan flat choke gauge they show the 30” as M&F and the 26” as M&M . I checked the gun out on pine cones in the front yard Friday . Wanted to make sure the safety worked and that the gun didn’t double regardless of which...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

Re: First Indiscretion of 2023

The case that came with the gun says Edw. K Tryon which I’ve been told was a rather large sporting goods store in Philly . I was also informed that they were a rather large seller of Parker shotguns . As to the doctor I’ve not tried to figure out who he was or is . Suppose I oughtta order a Parker l...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Indiscretion of 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1132

First Indiscretion of 2023

Well I think I did pretty well by almost making it four months without a purchase . However I walked in the shop Thursday sat down and got started loading some slightly lower pressure 12 gauge 0 buck loads for a friend to use in a Parker VH . While sitting there our youngster gunsmith asked me if I’...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Apr 09, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2023 Southern Side by Side
Replies: 4
Views: 271

Re: 2023 Southern Side by Side

In preparation for the Southern I shot at Prospect Hall in WVA this past Friday with my Parker VH 20 32” which was the first time I’ve shot claybirds with the gun . This coming Thursday I’m planning to attend an Old Doimion Vintagers shoot in Providence Forge VA and shoot a Parker Grade 2 top lever ...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2023 Southern Side by Side
Replies: 4
Views: 271

2023 Southern Side by Side

The Southern Side by Side in Sanford NC is upon us ! Starts April 26 ends April 30th . Plenty of competitions in various classes and events . There’s even a pump class ! Also plenty of vendors with guns you may only see once in a lifetime . I’ll be there if for nothing else but to shoot in the Parke...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Apr 01, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If anybody is looking for a 600
Replies: 9
Views: 620

Re: If anybody is looking for a 600

We had a J Manton double 8 bore hammer rifle at the shop recently for sale . It was a consignment the owner wanted to clear 25K . I’d loved to have bought it but it was about 8k overpriced . An 8 or 10 bore paradox or fully rifled gun would be awesome .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1876 almost gets its due
Replies: 16
Views: 992

Re: Winchester 1876 almost gets its due

Six, I saw that, too, in "Dances with Wolves" -- tumbling a bull bison head over heels with a long-range shot from a .44 Henry. Gosh, do you think it wasn't real? :lol: As to the main point, I wonder how many bison were actually taken with the 1876. I'd sure want it in .45-75 if forced to...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1876 almost gets its due
Replies: 16
Views: 992

Re: Winchester 1876 almost gets its due

I for one am tired of the current trend in everything political to look backwards focusing on all of the wrongs that have occured through our history as a nation while ignoring what we got right and the blood shed as a cost. Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating ignoring our history by any means a...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: new Colt double action - 3" or 6" bbl if u can only get one?
Replies: 38
Views: 2005

Re: new Colt double action - 3" or 6" bbl if u can only get one?

I like the old Python's quite a bit . However I’ve never liked the way you released the cylinder on aColt DA it’s assbackwards to S&W’s or Ruger’s and just seemed un natural to me .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: CAPSTICK
Replies: 23
Views: 1412

Re: CAPSTICK

I suspect all of the old boy writers by todays standards would be called drunks . But in their time it was socially accepted to get sloshed or close to sloshed the night before as long as you were ready for work on time the next day . And I also suspect a PH in that time period had enough experience...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?
Replies: 7
Views: 546

Re: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?

Thanks for the reply 6pt-sika! :D When I did look at the Parker, the gentlemen said he thinks the chambers are 2 1/2" which really threw me off! The shotgun belongs to a friend who passed away a while ago. He's not into shotguns so doesn't know much about it. From what I gathered it's on a &qu...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?
Replies: 7
Views: 546

Re: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?

FWIW , usually if the chamber length on a Parker is stamped on the underside of the barrels it was done if someone ran the chamber out themselves and not done at the factory . Only ones I’ve seen that the factory stamped had the chamber length stamped on the side of the barrel lug .
by 6pt-sika
Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?
Replies: 7
Views: 546

Re: Parker VH SxS 16ga.?

No stamping except on some 10 gauge 3 1/2” Parker’s and maybe a few 3” 12 gauge . If you’ve got chamber gauges the chamber should show 2 5/8” . Parker as a general rule cut chambers an 1/8” short . I do however have a Parker on a 2 frame with 32” barrels that left the factory with 2 7/8” chambers . ...
by 6pt-sika
Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The extraordinary 410
Replies: 61
Views: 3340

Re: The extraordinary 410

So today is the end of our bird season. November- March every year. When the season started I did my best to keep track of the birds I shot, I missed a few entries but what I have record of is 66 birds. I did track Claro or Parker(Saturday Claro and Sunday Parker)I did not keep track of which gun I...
by 6pt-sika
Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt New Frontier .22LR/WMR
Replies: 25
Views: 1414

Re: Colt New Frontier .22LR/WMR

I’ve had two of the New Frontier Buntline Specials but for some reason they’ve both moved on . I do however have a Peacemaker Buntline Special my grandfather ordered right after I was born in 1961 and recieved in 1962 . I’ve got box all paperwork original grips and a set of walnut target grips my gr...
by 6pt-sika
Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning A5
Replies: 15
Views: 692

Re: Browning A5

Since somebody mentioned a 16ga Remington Model 11 Sportsman, here’s mine….I’ve only shot it a few times, all with buckshot and set for heavy loads, but I think it’s a very light kicking gun. BUT, before I ever shot it I had Arts gun shop in Missouri put a new spring kit in it. They specialize in A...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Mar 09, 2023 3:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gunshow report
Replies: 6
Views: 466

Re: gunshow report

I’m supposed to be liquidating in anticipation for the move halfway around the world . But actually doing it isn’t that easy :roll:
by 6pt-sika
Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gunshow report
Replies: 6
Views: 466

Re: gunshow report

I’ll arrive back in the USA late the night of 3/17 , the Baltimore Gunshow starts the following day ! I’m quite tempted to sleep four or five hours and drive up , but reality says I’ll sleep all that weekend . Besides I’m supposed to be thinning not adding !
by 6pt-sika
Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning A5
Replies: 15
Views: 692

Re: Browning A5

Been down the A-5 route several times . At present I e got a pair of Belgian A-5’s a 12 MAG and a 20 MAG . Both guns have extra barrels . More into the Remington Model 11 at present as I have five of them . A pair of 12’s , pair of 20’s and a 16 with a couple extra barrels thrown in .
by 6pt-sika
Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thompson Center Arms to be sold by S&W: Likely Demise
Replies: 12
Views: 4102

Re: Thompson Center Arms to be sold by S&W: Likely Demise

And with that being said I have a Contender frame with 10” 357 MAX and 6.5 TCU barrels as well as dies and brass THAT WILL hit the market as soon as I’m back in the country :!:
by 6pt-sika
Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My first double- 1928 Ithaca
Replies: 22
Views: 869

Re: My first double- 1928 Ithaca

I'd sure be bragging on that hunt. Other than migratory birds, I am sol for bird hunting. The grouse disappeared after the turkeys were reestablished, and we have never had enough quail to hunt. I need to find a pay to play outfit. When I shoot pheasants it typically is at a tower shoot or the foll...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How much does your rifle weigh?
Replies: 8
Views: 475

Re: How much does your rifle weigh?

I’ve got a pair of rifles I prefer carrying now both are Mannlicher Schoenauer with full length stocks ones in 6.5x54 MS and the others in 7x57 . Both are light and kinda short but that’s kinda a moot point as I generally carry a double barrel shotgun as well loaded with a slug in the right barrel a...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My first double- 1928 Ithaca
Replies: 22
Views: 869

Re: My first double- 1928 Ithaca

Ithaca NID Field Grade I believe with cocking indicators . Very nice 8) That's it. My post was getting long so I didn't get to the details. The New Ithaca Double (NID). Made from 1925 to 1948, but due to the depression, and war, only made around 45,000 in all grades. Supposedly the strongest action...