Any shooters in here?

[johnmeyer]

Gun cleaning 101
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A dishwasher full of Hoppe's 9? That would make quite a smell.

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

Nah if I want to hurt myself I'll just run some 00 buck thru the 12 gauge. It's cheaper. :)

I had a failure with my Remington 1100 shooting trap one day, and a buddy loaned me his 870 Wingmaster with no shoulder pad. Ran 2 boxes of 3" Magnums through it. Talk about a bruise the next day.

 

[johnmeyer]

I had a failure with my Remington 1100 shooting trap one day, and a buddy loaned me his 870 Wingmaster with no shoulder pad. Ran 2 boxes of 3" Magnums through it. Talk about a bruise the next day.

My dad gave me an 1100 12 ga. for my 16th birthday. Before that, I'd been shooting his Browning over/under 12 ga. So, I went the other direction, and was finally able to shoot skeet without a bruised shoulder and a black eye (I have a bad habit of coming up off the gun during doubles, and my sighting cheek gets whacked).

 

[Norwester55]

I had a failure with my Remington 1100 shooting trap one day, and a buddy loaned me his 870 Wingmaster with no shoulder pad. Ran 2 boxes of 3" Magnums through it. Talk about a bruise the next day.

They do wake ya up don't they? Yrs ago I won the local HS raffle for a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag. Always doing things in excess I bought a box of 3 1/2 inch shells. Loaded it up and touched it off and holy crap! I can't remember how many I went through but I know I thought about it for days after.

I was going to buy a better recoil pad for it but never got around to it and eventually sold it. The stock pad must have been made by Goodyear. I took it off and dropped it and it went CLUNK when it hit the floor.

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

They do wake ya up don't they? Yrs ago I won the local HS raffle for a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag. Always doing things in excess I bought a box of 3 1/2 inch shells. Loaded it up and touched it off and holy crap! I can't remember how many I went through but I know I thought about it for days after.

I was going to buy a better recoil pad for it but never got around to it and eventually sold it. The stock pad must have been made by Goodyear. I took it off and dropped it and it went CLUNK when it hit the floor.

I shot a 3 1/2 shell ONCE. Nope, no thank you!

 

[patinlouisiana]

They do wake ya up don't they? Yrs ago I won the local HS raffle for a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag. Always doing things in excess I bought a box of 3 1/2 inch shells. Loaded it up and touched it off and holy crap! I can't remember how many I went through but I know I thought about it for days after.

My wife gave me one years ago for turkey hunting. Never did go turkey hunting.
Found out Mosberg sells a home defense barrel for it. Might have gone a little overboard though.

 

[chopsaw]

Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag. Always doing things in excess I bought a box of 3 1/2 inch shells

I love mine . Had it for almost 30 years . Easier to shoot when hunting , you don't notice it so much . I bought a rifled slug barrel for mine .
First got it opened the box . A note right on top said . " CAUTION do not brace against fence post or tree when shooting " .

 

[kawboy]

They do wake ya up don't they? Yrs ago I won the local HS raffle for a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag. Always doing things in excess I bought a box of 3 1/2 inch shells. Loaded it up and touched it off and holy crap! I can't remember how many I went through but I know I thought about it for days after.

I bought an 835 for duck hunting, worked great. One time I was shooting sporting clays with it. I had one 3 1/2 in my vest and accidentally grabbed it for a rabbit target. I asked the guy in the house to hold up a minute while I grabbed the correct shell. Any way, after the shot, He asked if I wanted to burn it up on another rabbit. I said sure. When that bad boy went off, people were jumping out onto the trail to see what the hell just happened! Kinda funny.

 

[chopsaw]

people were jumping out onto the trail to see what the hell just happened!

Funny . I used to shoot mine at a local meat shoot . The rest was under a covered patio area . Even with the light loads , that ported barrel under roof is LOUD ! . My third trip up to shoot , everyone ran out from under the shooting area . LOL .

 

[tallbm]

Any of you lever action guys reload? I'm working on a load using the 140gr Hornady GMX and Leverevolution powder for my 30-30.
Would be nice if one of you has a little experience to impart since the bullet may be a little funny to dial in and not cheap to just shoot up.

Starting .015, .012, and .010 off the lands from research I could find online. Lets see how it goes and hopefully it won't be a pain and the ol' lady will drop some venison with it :)

 

[patinlouisiana]

You get what you pay for