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Looking for some suggestions on new rounds to test in my .41 Mag. Last year I shot 240 platinum tips. Only shot one deer but was very impressed by the performance. This year I couldn't seem to get decent groups with them which confused me as they seemed to shoot fine last year. Tried some 210...

Well, I whacked my first deer with a handgun today and it was pretty good but got me thinking. Shot was 25 yards on a huge bodied broadside buck. Round was a Winchester 240 grain platinum tip and center punched lungs. Deer ran approx 125 yards with a light blood trail at first that got pretty...

A check of the FS forum will reveil an almost new ithaca 37. 3 inch chamber, smooth bore rifle sited barrel threaded for chokes, 3 chokes included (one x-full, one hevi-shot x-full and one improved cylinder) with a Leupold 1-4X shotgun scope mounted in leupold quick detach rings. All for $300...

Add another interesting night of shooting this evening. First round of skeet nothing exciting, shot slightly worse than normal but no big deal. Sat out out skeet round to help a new shooter learn trap with my 390. Skeet 3 started before the round trap was finished so I left the shooter I was...

Ok guys, this is bad. I don't know whats gotten into my head lately but its really not good. For some reason I keep thinking I want to get an 870 and I don't know why. I know I won't shoot it any better than my Ithaca 37s or my Benelli Nova and I'm sure I won't shoot as well as I do with my...

Well as consistant with my habbit these days I mentioned to a pretty young gal in one of my classes that she should join the Trap and Skeet club. Got the usual reply "I've never shot a gun before" Gave my standard answer "Well, there's no time like the present to try" "Ok, it sounds like it...

Buddy is getting deployed over seas so I "have" to babysit his shotgun for him while he is away. So now I have a Mossburg 500 with extended mag, 18.5 inch barrel, and pg stock. Impressions: Well its certainly not an Ithaca 37 and can't even really compare (IMO) to my benelli nova) but sends to...

Why am I smiling? You all better know this feeling. Yesterday was club fest so we had several new shooters tonight at the trap and skeet club. Many of these shooters had never shot trap before tonight. Each new shooter was paired with an experienced shooter to assure saftey and teach them...

This weekend I went to visit best buddy who was back from the Corps on leave. This in itself made it a good weekend but to make it better buddie's wife has a relative with a serious pigeon problem. Buddy and I are only too happy to our part to help out the inlaws you know and not getting shoot...

Hello All, You may recall my thread about working in bear country this spring. Now that I am on the outside and have access to the internet I thought I would give you all an update. I ended up working in the Bob Marshall wilderness (northwest Montana) which is absolutely awesome country. The...

Folks, I will be working on a bear study in western montana this summer and will basically be camping deep in the back country for three months. I been doin some thinking about precautions I should take and thought I would run my plan by you all for critique and suggestions. 1st - Use my damn...

A few weeks ago I posted here with some "should I?" questions on a Dan Wesson .41 mag I had a chance to pick up. At the advise of you fine folks I went ahead and got it and as promised here is the report. We checked it over at my dealers, he knows handguns better than I. The pistol is in very...

I was lucky enough to spend some time with a long time hunting buddy last weekend and thought you would might find part of this day interesting. Buddy and I were doing some crow hunting, which we have been doing for about 6 years now. He's 44, I'm 20 - Its an interesting friendship. Today its...

I have a gentleman wanting to trade me a handgun for a rifle that I am looking to get $350 out of. This is was I know of the handgun so far: It is a Dan Wesson stainless .41 Mag with 6 inch barrel. Has a Tasco PDP3 redot mounted and comes with a bandolier holster and modifid leather holster...

Read an article on that new auto mossy is putting out. Supposedly this thing only shoots 3 or 3.5 shells. It won't shoot 2 3/4 inch shells of any variety. Suggested retail is $470. Am I missing something or is this a really, really silly move on Mossy's part? Matt

Well with all Dave's excellent "X" shotguns 101 treads going on, I figured its only fair that the "crow shotguns" get there time in the spot light. There are two schools of thought when it comes to crow shotguns. A. Light weight for fast handling B. Heavier weight for less recoil durring...

I have often stated that I am not affected much by recoil and will shoot just about anything, well I have to that that back....... http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33400 If you don't want to read it here is the jist- This fella's gunsmith buddy built a 6 pound .338 Lapua...

As most who have read my few and far between posts here probably already concluded I often come up with some somewhat wild ideas that I just have to try. After a crazy day of deer hunting today I got another one............. I NEED to shoot a deer with a 10 gauge. Don't ask me why as its not...

A friend gave me a shotgun that he had left in his garage that had rusted pretty badly to refinish for him. I've stripped the metal with blue and rust remover now I need to repolish it. The problem is I don't know the best way to go about this? The gun is pitted I guess but nothing deep that...

This weekend is the start of 2nd shotgun season in Iowa, and marked my first time this year for me to get to have "my hunt. Let me explain a bit. My family always hunts first shotgun season together. This year 6 of us went with combined total of 12 tags. In Iowa, party hunting is legal and...