Recent content by jjjjeremy

Thanks Stony! Means a lot coming from you!

My modest contribution to the cause yesterday morning:

I'll be honest and say that my instinct was to chew out the seller, but in my rage there was a moment of clarity when I noticed that it was right next to the piston and thought to do some research before flying further off the handle.

First time semi-auto shotgun buyer here. Just picked up a used Beretta A300, and I see this black spot inside the barrel. I ran a wood dowel over it, and it is definitely below the surface of the barrel, and rough. Because it is at the piston area, I'm guessing this is a gas port? (Maybe...

I'be purchased and returned a lot of items on Amazon, including scopes. No hassle at all, no questions asked, you just make a few clicks, print a packing label, and you get a refund as soon as the package is scanned into the UPS system, if not sooner. I always buy from Amazon directly though...

Thanks for the info! Good tip to verify and zero at the longest range expected. I've already done a few ballistic cheat sheets for MOA, graphing out range/MOA on an xy axis. To be honest, it's a mixture of laziness and cool factor. I don't imagine changing loads often enough to make the...

soooooo, I broke down and picked up a Caldwell chronograph. I'll post up a list of my results. I found one range near me that rents chronographs, but at $15 per use, a $70 tool seems worth it.

Thanks for all the info! To give you guys some more details, this is in a Win 70 .270 with a 24" barrel, shooting Barnes VOR-TX (TTSX monolithic copper, 3060fps), Hornady Superformance (GMX monolithic copper alloy, 3190fps) and Hornady Full Boar (GMX, 3050fps) with 130gr in each.

Has anyone here chrono'd stock ammo and compared it to the FPS that the manufacturers claim? I don't have access to a chronograph, but I'm interested in buying an XR turret for my Nikon scope and I'd like to know what the general margin of error for the manufacturers' claims. Thanks!

This one's from last week, full story here: http://www.norcalunderwaterhunters.com/forum/index.php?topic=8978

"Guns are dangerous." "Guns kill people." guns go off when you don't want them to. low capacity magazines are safer than high capacity magazines forward pistol grips make a gun dangerous .22s are safe

oh dear christ. That takes the wind out of me just thinking about it!

Is that a Winchester 54 leaning up against the desk?

The NRA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which means that it can lobby and participate in elections as long as the main purpose of the organization is not campaigning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(4)#501.28c.29.284.29

I'd just send my membership money to the NRA-ILA. I see it doing more work there than subsidizing shooting instruction and magazine subscriptions.