2010 Shotgun News Year Resulution Broken

[popplecop]

I resolved not buy any more guns this year, especially shotguns, well think I have a habit. I just picked up a Browning A5/3 Shot model 12, with a solid rib barrel, really nice gun. Went to a gun show yesterday and real proud of myself never bought anything, but ran into a dealer friend that has 2 just for me. One of my addictions is 16 gauges, have a bunch but not a A5 Standard or an Ithaca 37. Both are early models, already have a Sweet 16 but not a Standard. First shotgun I ever shot was my Fathers 37 Deluxe made before the War in 16 ga.. A&E has a program called Intervention may be I'm a canidate for it.

[Gil Martin]

I just picked up a pinned and recessed nickeled S&W Model 19. As I was leaving the shop, I saw a Colt 1911 Battle of the Marne Commemorative from 1968. We hagged a bit and the shop owner set it back for me. I have a Model 12 waiting for me to pick it up. I hate it when that happens. All the best...
Gil

[skeet]

Went into a friends shop Friday. He had an older Rem 700BDL Varmint in 6mm. It was a bit worn...mainly fron sitting in a gun rack in the back window of a pickup(yeah they still do that here). Had a cheap Simmons on it. He had 450 bucks on it..told me to make an offer. I did..300 bucks(I'm cheap) He sold it to me for 325 out the door. Cash..well I gave him a deposit of 50 bucks as that was about all I had at the time. Gonna get it tomorrow. I'm a sucker for Varmint guns..and M-12s and M-70s and S&Ws and Colts and...well you get it:confused:;)

[popplecop]

Seems to me I am not alone with my addiction.

[skeet]

Are ya telling me I am sick?? OHMIGOSH!!! My wife has been telling me for years I had an addiction. But you know wives have a tendency to lie to their husbands....so I didn't believe her in any way. And..just to tell ya...her middle name is Imelda. She has more shoes than I have guns...if ya count a pair as 2. And all this time I've been tellin her she was a lyin hussy ever time she said I was addicted. Maybe I better apologise......Nah...She's probably lyin to me bout sumpin!

[buckhunter]

Just check out the number Target, WallyWorld and Macey bags around your house. We ain't the only ones. THEY think they can justify it better.

[skeet]

I took care of that years ago. Right after we got married I sold a large Winchester collection. Bought a house. Then said..when I start to buy guns again..just remember. She said something one time and I just pointed at the farm..we had upgraded the house to another house to a small farm and only owed about 3000 bucks. Shut her mouth and hasn't said a thing since. Those 63 Winchester guns I sold appreciated into a small ranch in Wyoming and a fair to middlin nest aig of cash(that Nobama wants to take). She doesn't have to work any more and she is a happy camper most of the time. I don't say anything about what she buys either..even if she has waaayyy too many shoes!:D:rolleyes: Oh BTW at the time we only owed bout 3 grand on the farm..I bought another one at a farm auction. She almost had a stroke when I started bidding on the place. When our banker told me we made a great buy at the end of the auction..she was incredulous.specially when I told him I'd be in to sign all the necessary papers the next day(I had borrowed the money just before they started the auction...banking as it should be). We paid for that place in under 3 years. So momma don't say much of anything..about guns and such anyway. Now the old cars and trucks..different story. One of these days I'm gonna sell the other farm back east..or move to it if'n she gets cranky!!:eek::D.

[fabsroman]

Skeet,

You are killing me. My problem is that I will not sell my guns and have to buy more safes as a result.

[akbound]

It's nice to know that I'm not alone. And even though I didn't get anything as nice as the afore mentioned guns I did just pick up two used shotguns. A like new H&R 12 gauge full choked gun for my live in brother-in-law and an equally nice used Mossberg 500 20 gauge with rib and screw-in chokes.

They were sitting near each other in the rack of one of our nearby shops at a nice enough price my resolve melted away!

Dave

[skeet]

Long as you're happy with what you pay it's a good deal. I went and picked up the 700 Varmint Monday..and today I bought an ol Mossyberg..835 wood stocked gun in the box for 250 bucks. Like I need the sucker. But thought I'd give it to my grandson. He lives in Md and will probably need it for them gooseys. I have also found an old High Standard 22 Semi auto. It's a Field King with 2 bbls. One is about 4 1/2 and the other 6 1/2 inches approx. In pretty good condition. Fellow wants 300 bucks for it. Just what I need....another High Standard. But not having looked it up in the book I know it has be worth a good bit more than $300. I missed a really nice gun..it was a Rem 722 in 257 Roberts. BUT it was a BDL grade with pretty checkered stock.. Kinda rare.

Fabs. I don't keep all the guns I buy. I keep the good ones or the hard to find ones. If I make a bit on what I sell it pays for the other stuff. I've just gone a little wild lately buying some of this stuff. In one of the boxes of stuff I got the other day was an almost complete Auto Ordnance 1911 set up for 38 Super. Even had a new Clark Custom bbl for the 38 Super. If I hadda known..I would have bought all the 38 super ammo and new primed brass at the sale. It went waaayyy cheap. The 700 Varmint is a 6mm and is a gun I will rust blue and have a friend refinish the stock on. I'll recut the pressed in checkering . Then I'll keep it and shoot it.

[akbound]

Skeet, sounds like you've been enjoying yourself as well. The 6mm isn't nearly as popular as it was a number of years ago but it is a very good cartridge. A brother-in-law of mine had a left handed actioned 788 years ago and it was a heck of a shooter. It did fine duty as both his whitetail and chuck rifle for a number of years. (I suppose he'd still have it today if he had married a girl that enjoyed outdoor activities instead of his current wife.......but we all make our choices.)

Enjoy your current projects by the way, sounds like a great way to pass sometime at this time of year!

[skeet]

Well I have a project I'm doin right now. Momma told me I hadda clean up the vault a little. Course she was right. Finding stuff I've had for 40 yrs. Gotta get rid of some of it. I even found two handguns down there one in a cigar box the other in a blue Whiskey bag. Gonna put 'em back together and sell 'em. Got reloading stuff I'm gonna sell. ammo I have no use for..among other things. Glad there is a gun show coming up soon. Just hope I don't buy more stuff to bring home....but I know I will. Just bought an old Dunbar reloading press...like I need it. But the old stuff is made SO MUCH BETTER than the new. Heck even the junky Herter's stuff from years ago beats the new stuff made in China

BTW I have found I have more than 40 reloading presses of all sorts here...and a few back east yet

[popplecop]

Got a Browning A5 16 ga. 30s model in a fitted Browning Hard case yesterday. A5 is in very good condition as is the fitted case. The handle needs some TLC, but the first time I ever saw a fitted case for an A 5. That makes 2 A5s this month and still11 days to go.

[skeet]

2 9/16 inch or has it been made into a 2 3/4?? Many were converted. I have the instructions for doing it if you need 'em With pitchers too. Been years since I did one..

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Well, I haven't bought any new or used firearms in about 4-5 years....I think that the last gun I bought was my 1920 commercial Luger. Anyway, changed that today....found a Remington SP310 while surfing the net last evening. It was at a local gun store, so I went to check it out and bought it. I've never owned an O/U before....this is my first one. I need a manual, which I assume I can get from Remington by writing them, but in the meantime, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what choke tubes this thing takes....the standard "Rem chokes" don't fit it.

[popplecop]

No, it takes a Bikaal choke, try TrueLock chokes site the have them. And yes Skeet it's a 2 &9/16s chamber. It will stay original as I have plenty of 2.5" 16s.

[popplecop]

Well found a model 37 16 50s model, reblue with a 28" mod. plain barrel, brought that home. Last week found a 1950 Marlin Model 90 16 ga. 28" matted barrels and checkered stock and forend, Should hold me for the first half of the year. Also bought 2 Ruger LCP .380s, nice pocket handgun. Gave one to my son as his birthday is June 17th and he is a law enforcement officer.

[popplecop]

Found another 16, a Rem. 870 Express Youth Model 16 ga. of course. Should fit right in when taking a person of smaller stature shooting or hunting, sure have plenty of 16 ga. ammo.

[skeet]

A question on the new express guns in 16.. Did they use the 20 ga frame to make the new 16s or did they continue to use the 12 ga frame..I thunk I read they used the 20 ga but ..that's where I get in trouble..I thunk again..

[popplecop]

Skeet, you would have thought that Rem. would have been smart enough to do that when they reintroduced it, but no used a 12 ga. frame. I have a 870 16 ga. Skeet from 1952, built on the 12 ga. frame that is a beautiful shotgun and weighs in at 6.76 lbs. Will bet that this Express is heavier. One thing is I have a good supply of 870 12 ga. frame woodstocks available to me, so will come up with some combo for a knock around 16 or in the orginal configuration for a young person.

[popplecop]

Compared the new Rem. 870 Express Youth Model 16 with my 1952 870 16 Skeet. Remington should be embarrassed, Express has composite stock 23" tubed barrel vs Skeet from 52 with wood stock and 26" vr barrel bored skeet, at least a half lb. difference just in the barrel, soon as I set my scale up will give you an accurate weight. The 52 870 weighs in at 6.76 lbs. Don't get me wrong the Express am satisified with the express for what it will be used for, but can't believe Rem. could have screwed up so bad on the so called reintroduction of the 16.

[skeet]

Actually the whole line of guns that Remington has been making with screw chokes is a lot heavier..So much heavier in fact that the 11-87 has never felt like an 1100 despite the fact they are essentially the same...except for the bbl. Heavier to make it able to take screw in chokes.. Put an 1100 bbl on it and it feels about the same...and you can put an 1100 bbl on an 11-87 despite what Rem says. Have one right here next to the desk..yote gun ya understand. BB's work well on 'em out to bout 40-45 yds

[buckhunter]

I don't about that Skeet. I have a 11-87 LC (Light Contour) and it feels pretty much the same as a 1100. I can put a regular 11-87 barrel on it but have to change the wood forearm to a larger one to get it on. I do agree a lot of the others have heavy barrels on them and there is a differece.

[skeet]

Well the light contour is a bird of a different tweet..It does feel somewhat like the old 1100. Has a bit different balance point though Mine is heavier than the same length 1100 bbl too..5 oz...And then they don't make a 12 ga framed 20 ga anymore...sigh..I do have a few of them though.. And a friend in Md found me a standard weight 1100 20 ga factory Cutts compensator bbl not long ago..like new for 60 bucks.. Shoots good too. Supposedly the rarest 1100 is a 20 ga Standard weight(12 ga frame) Left hand slug gun..If original will have a Remington Pad and rifle sighted bbl. Only seen two in all my years. And I have had at least 2000 in my possession at one time or another. I just found an Ithaca M-37 skeet grade 16 ga with a Cutts on it yesterday..MIght even buy it..Price was OK for a skeet grade