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    Most embarassing firearm purchase, experience, etc.

    Only once... Saturday after Thanksgiving, 1977 - Waldo Ohio. Two buddies from high school and I went "bird" hunting. It was like 90 bellow with the wind chill. I had an old Mossburg 16 ga. bolt action I had borrowed from my Explorer Post leader. This was the fifth time I had been hunting - no...
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    New Member? Introduce yourself here (just intros, questions get answered elsewhere)

    Hello from Canton Ohio Joined a few days ago. Started shooting at 17 - Mossburg 16 ga. bolt action. Was in a bad accident with it on this day 31 years ago. Didn't learn the proper way to handle a gun and ended up with a large hole in my chest... never point a gun at anything (especially...
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    affordable O/U?

    Baretta whitewing was affordable and does double duty at BT's sporting clays as well as killing many Canada geese this season!!!
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    I am thinking of buying a Rem 11-87 .....

    Great gun Traded in an old 1100 for a 11-87 in 1992. Put the slug barrel on yesterday and put it within 1 inch of the center at 75 yds.... after sitting on the shelf all year. You should buy a back-up rubber gasket for the gas system..... $5.50 worth of insurance. Shoots any size load -...
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    Beretta 391 20 ga slug barrel?

    Daughter shooting issue Tried the IC.... shooting really low at 50 yds. Front sight is red florecent, back is the bb. Any suggestions?
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    How old were you when you first started shooting?

    Wish I would have started earlier! Borrowed a 16 ga Mossberg bolt action from my dear friend Ken Noteman. Shot it several times.... never really hitting anything. Fifth time out hunting in 1977, put the gun between my legs to fix my hat and the gun dropped down and went off. In my chest...
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    Beretta 391 20 ga slug barrel?

    Anyone know if these are available? My daughter is very small in stature and we had to cut the stock down to get a gun to fit her. The 391 was our only option. Now she wants to deer hunt and her only option is to shoot with I/C choke tube. Don't want to ruin this barrel..!! Looking for a...
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    12 gauge too much for a 12 year old?

    Any sporting clays course worth its salt will have guns you can rent. They should have several youth models - 410 ga and up for them to try.
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