Recent content by statman92

Thanks everyone, all signs point to 1897/98 then. Definitely good to know. I sure am glad my father-in-law didn't just try 38 special in it.

Well, my question was about the experience people have had with blocking ports, not about physics. Have a nice day.

The ports are on the top of the barrel so it pushes it down, rather violently, which makes the butt go up, equally violently. The shove to the rear doesn't bother me on shotguns, but that upper cut ... haven't been hit that hard since I boxed heavyweight. I have heard this isn't that uncommon...

I recently bought a Mossberg 500 special hunter, and because of the 20 ports on the barrel and the ill fit of the stock to me, it gives me a significant upper cut when I fire it ... like swollen face kind of upper cut. Rather than have the stock altered to fit me (which would cost more the...

Thanks for the info Ron. I guess those patent years weren't "08" but "88" then eh?

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I want to get some info for my father-in-law on an old revolver he has. From images on the net it looks like everyone else's Iver Johnson revolver, so I didn't include one. Unlike the other similar inquiries on such revolvers I found on several sites...