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    New shotgun needed

    I have a Beretta Silver Pigeon in 12 gauge. In Jan I had spine surgery, and found out last week I have arthritis in my right shooting shoulder. I bought a Beretta Silver Pigeon 20 gauge a couple of months ago, and I thought it was too light. So I added about 8 ounces in the butt stock hole, and...
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    Over/Under for Hunting

    I hunted in South Dakota for 3 years with my 12 gauge Beretta Silver Pigeon Sporting. I didn't know how much it weighed till I bought a digital postal scale, it's 8 pounds 3 ounces. BUT after having total knee replacement in 2018, a spinal operation in Jan of this year, and either a pulled...
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    Reloading Bench Build Question

    My bench is 7foot 3 inches long and 2 foot deep. That way I could rip a 4X8 foot 3/4 inch sheet of plywood to have 2 thicknesses thick and then 1/4 inch finished plywood top. The odd length was due to when I made it in the early 80's, it fit into where I removed a closet that was in my...
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    Reloading. 56 years ago

    My brother and I ordered a Model 93 Mauser that came with 100 rounds of ammo in 2 piece boxes and a bayonet for $12.95--- and it came through the mail. We thought about the Model 98 Mauser, but it was $19.95, way too much money. Bought a Lee whack-a-mole reloading set for said 7mm Mauser, went...
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    Bead?

    I just got out of a slump shooting Trap with my Beretta Silver Pigeon. I found out that I was seeing the front white bead and was aiming and stopping my swing. I took it off and then shot two 23's. I missed the easy straight a ways 4 times.
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    How They're Made: Paper Shotshell Hulls

    A guy I shoot Trap with every Friday said he went to a shoot that sold these paper Federal shells this Spring. They were $17 a box at the competition. Cool yes, but not at that price. I shot enough paper shells when I was a kid in Wisconsin. I can remember shooting the first plastic shells also.
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    Where Are All The Primers? Powder Valley version

    I went to a LGS last week, and you could buy all of the ammo you wanted. I went there today, and there was a guy with a small shopping cart 3 layers deep with various ammo he was going to SCALP-- I mean buy. Up until last week the LGS had various ammo all through the panic, and had to put up a...
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    Shotshell reloading-component advice needed

    Last week I got 2 bags of Magnum ( or Hard Shot) #8 shot at a local store for $45.99each, then plus tax. This week I got a bag of #7.5 Magnum shot for the same price, also at the same store. I shoot 16 yard Trap, and Sporting Clays. I bought Remington 209 STS primers for $54 a 1000--- but that...
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    20ga reload ??

    I shoot year round down here in South Carolina, and get my reloading supplies from the range where I am a member. There were NO supplies to be had here on or about Christmas. Some of the other guys I shoot with missed the boat for powder, primers, shot, and wads. By the time they decided to...
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    Extended Choke Tube save my shotgun

    I was 21 years in 1969 and was sighting in my Remington Model 31, 20 gauge pump shotgun for shotgun only deer hunting. I was shooting Win slugs at a target behind the house. One slug exited the barrel, but I could see come out of the barrel and only go a short ways. So I figured I was good and...
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    Reloading the .380

    I was looking at the back row of powder bottles today, and found some old Herco ( No Date on canister), Unique ( 7-7-98), Green Dot ( 7-15-92), Long Shot ( I know is about 2 years old), WST ( also about 2 years old). The WST and Long Shot were intended for 12 Gauge pattern testing on a 30 inch...
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    Reloading the .380

    Dudedog, very helpful list of loadings with speed and PSI values. THANKS
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    Reloading the .380

    THANKS for more needed .380 reloading data Seymore 380. I think I have a LYMAN manual some where , the reloading room gremlins must have hid the manual again. I always like to start low and work up. Red Dot is a bulkier powder than Titegroup and easier to see a double load, even though I hand...
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    Reloading the .380

    I forgot that I have a pound of Red Dot that I was going to use in my 12 Gauge for shooting Trap, Sporting Clays and Skeet. So if what Strainer says is true ( I have heard that before somewhere) I could use 2.8 Red Dot for 95 grain Everglades Plated Bullets. Where is the data for the Red Dot...
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    Reloading the .380

    Like I stated in my first post, I chose Titegroup because it showed the largest span of start 2.7 to a max of 3.2 grains load ( .5 grain spread ) and the Win 231 showed min 2.9 to a max of 3.2 ( .3 spread) . I shot the 3 grain Titegroup, and the brass and the barrel were clean. When I shot...
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    Reloading the .380

    Soon after Christmas I was gifted a S&W Bodyguard. Ammo is scarce, so I decided to reload . It took about a month to get a Lee 4 die set. I got 500 mixed brass online at Capital Cartridge. I have CCI #500 small pistol primers and Tite Group and Win 231powder. Then I got 500 plated 95 grain...
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    IMR 4320 discontinued?

    I tried IMR Green a couple of years back in my 12 gauge shotgun to be used for Trap shooting. As far as being cleaner than Green Dot, it was hard to tell. BUT my problem was that the original load data for IMR Green for-- Rem hulls, Figure 8 wads, Rem STS primer, and 1 1/8 shot was changed a...
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    1000 Years Of Experience

    I used a LEE whack a mole to reload 7mm Mauser when my brother and I bought a Model 93 Mauser when I was 12 and he was 15. The rifle came through the mail ( pre 1968 ) . I am 71 now so that makes it 59 years. I got a Remington 870 in 12 gauge in 1963. At the same time I bought a 600 jr shotgun...
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    Rem Model 31 Problem

    Yesterday the guy that had the Rem Model 31 brought it back to the club house, and asked me how to take it apart. So he did have a vice grip pliers, something to protect the tightening wheel, and a hammer. I took it apart, and all looked good. Another member noticed a circle of dried oil on the...
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    Rem Model 31 Problem

    A guy at the range that I shoot gave me a Rem Model 31 in 12 gauge to look at and see why it would only take 1 round in the magazine tube. I removed the barrel, and removed the knurled barrel tightening piece. I expected to see a wooden plug that limited the magazine to 1 shell because it was a...
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