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Spent a few hours out on the back porch with dad last night, roasting some bits of hog and onion around the fire pit. Did some memory chasing. Talk turned to eating at deer camp. Our group would hit the woods with a couple of bags of potatoes, a bag of onions and some salt and pepper. That was...

No, it's not what you think. While perusing thru the doubles at my favorite gunshop I came across a make I had never seen before. 12 gauge, better than average walnut, double triggers, 28" barrels (tag said they were F/M, but my calipers showed .681 and .692, that's tight fellas). Excellent...

This is quite impressive. http://www.hoeningbigboresouth.com/Big%20410%20Ballistics.html

Okay, I show up at the range today, a little early. The guys I was shooting with hadn't showed up yet, so I thought I'd try my hand at trap. Looked easy, just point and shoot. How did I do? Let me finish this story with smileys....:banghead::fire::cuss::barf::confused::banghead::banghead::(...

Okay, I tried the search feature and came up with 1200 pages, so if this has been covered my appologies. Stopped by a gunshop today to look at some O/U's (I know, even God is shocked at this one). Saw a Mossberg with 20 and 28ga tubes for $599. It fit well and swung smooth. I know it's not a...

Okay, I've been thinking, and for 99% of my hunting the 20 will do just fine with less recoil and use less components. Anything the 20 doesn't do, the 10 will do better than the 12. So really, what's the point of the 12ga? And yeah, I'm just trying to rile someone...

Okay, I'm going to try this even tho' I see it heading down a bad road. I see continued posts here about "living in yellow" being always aware of your surroundings. And yet if someone mentions being leary of someone because of how they look they are immediately branded as being closeminded at...

Okay, kinda scary question. A few months ago I picked up a 311A 12ga. Didn't really need it, but it was a steal and in pretty nice shape. It's been reblued, but it was done well. 28" F/M barrels just like my goto gun. Concensus on these 311 is that the barrel walls are too thin to thread for...

Had to go pick up some shells first. All I have here are loaded 4's and I figured those would be frowned upon. Bought some winchester bulk for $25/100. I guess I couldn't load 1 1/8oz loads for that, but then again I wouldn't have. Also bought me one of them fancy shell pouches for ammo and...

Gonna head to the local trap association range this weekend to try my hand at some actual organized shooting. Gonna start with skeet, might try trap next time. Need to get a second morgage tomorrow so I can buy some #8 shot, then I'll be good to go.

Was just loading some 357max rounds today with my 158gr SWCers and got to thinking. For decades the 357mag loaded with 125gr JHP's has been considered by many to be the closest thing to a perfect defense load. And we all know that the old FBI 158gr SWCer 38special load is held in high regard. So...

Before we get into the good vs useless discussion on the derringer let me say this question is just curiousity. Already had a 38 derringer, was a fun toy, but so was my jackinthebox, doesn't mean I want another one. But does anyone have the actual numbers for the 38 special, or any other bigger...

Thought I'd buy a straight grip stock from Gunstocks inc, but they only have those for the model 10. I know someone makes a straight stock for the 870, I've seen them, I think. Any leads?

Well a little different anyway. I grew up using a staff while hiking, a habit I've never outgrown. Dad always made them from hardwoods or cedar, carefully cut sanded and finished, suitable for the best dressed wanderer. I've gone a different direction. Here's my current wlaking staff...

Ran into an old warhorse today. An 870 wingmaster, about 30% blueing remaining, no rust. Comes with 2 barrels, one 24" IC and one 28" full, both plain with bead. Forend just needs a quick refinish, buttstock has been cut down once and then put back together, decent job but obvious none the less...

Okay, you all can make fun of me for this one. My wife is obsessed with a knife used on the movie Die Hard with a Vengence. She's a big Bruce Willis fan, what can I say. It's the knife the blonde girl uses to just rip one of the fed guards to shreds. Kind of a sickle like blade that looks to be...

Okay, first person who says a bad day at the range beats a good day at work owes me a new spotting scope. Hit the range early this morning thinking no one would be there. Mistake number 1. a good dozen people there already, but at least there was a bench in front of the 100 yrd berm. So I go...

Suppose a fella with alot of experience in wood and leather, but very little in steel, wanted to give this knife making a try. Nothing fancy, just a fixed blade or 2 with some exotic wood, maybe even try my hand with some bone. What would be my best bet in books to lead me on my way? And where...

My brother was in town this week and as usual had a new knife to show me. They're almost always benchmades and usually autos. Got me to thinking. My CRKT with a carson flipper is pretty much as fast to open as his auto. What is the advantage of the auto. I know why he carries one, just so he can...

I wasn't gonna post this, seeing how it's really a weapon forum of sorts and doesn't really reflect upon weapons, but you folks seem to appreciate good steel and it does regard some good steel. You see, before my wife and I got married I fancied myself abit of a chef, well chef might be the...