Look at your areas of metal/metal contact. If it slides, grease it, if it rotates oil it.

If you are looking for a load to try at a price point, try Estates. My son used that exact same model gun last year for HS trap, went through 7 cases at less than $50 per case (so under $5 per box) of their 8 shot target loads. Never had a malfunction of any kind. Where did you find Estates for tha...

Depends on the situation. If I'm in the 7-county metro area, I'll shut up until asked. Way to many cops with little man syndrome running around. Outstate, I've been clipped a couple times, and always show my PTC with my DL. They law enforcement out there seems to "get it" a lot more. Diffe...

All I did on it was a scope swap. I didn't do anything else to it. You have to consider the specs of the optic you are installing. If you are replacing an optic with 80moa of adjustment, with an optic of 60 MOA of adjustment, it's not a 1:1 replacement. Center the adjustment range of the optic, and...

You've got a mounting issue. A properly aligned base/ring combo should keep you within 6-8" of the center of the scopes range at 100yds. If you are using more than 12" of adjustment, you should check your setup. Somethings not right.

Good to see you're still kicking SAM.

We really need to do OC breakfast at the Gopher this winter...

So if you go to their "How we make brass" page the first two pictures they say are "Photo courtesy of Aurubis". Aurubis seems to be a large copper supplier in Europe (with no US presence). It also says at the top of that page "The steps below show Peterson Cartridge's brass...

Are you in good enough shape to walk a ways and get a deer out from a mile away from a road? If so, there is a lot of places to hunt that won't be too crowded. Well, other than the first 300 yards from the road....... ^this. MN has a plethora of public lands. Most hunters don't trek further than 10...

"Minnesota: The State Where Absolutely Nothing Is Allowed" Minnesota's hunting laws drive me crazy. Here are pages one through six of North Dakota's hunting laws: https://gf.nd.gov/gnf/regulations/docs/smallgame/small-game-guide.pdf Here are pages one through one hundred a...

bluto wrote:I am being handed down a 7.5" 5.56x45 NATO upper, do I need a certain lower or will any 5.56 lower work ?

Unless you have a tax stamped lower, or a pistol lower, you shouldn't be putting that upper on anything....

Does the cut for the gas block look like it may have been done with a drill press? I'm guessing it's from a pinned gas block such as a Geissele bomb proof installation. https://d3cfki0l5o2ps6.cloudfront.net/media/files/super-gas-block-ai.pdf The gouge marks may be from whatever fixt...

Is Ethanol production still driving corn prices? Always will to some extent, but the cash price has stabilized over the last couple years. The days of $7-8/bushel have passed. Current spot price is $3.40/bushel. South Dakota has seen a dramatic reduction in CRP acres as old contracts have expired, ...

https://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/small-game/pheasant-outlook.aspx https://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/docs/PBR2016.pdf http://www.capjournal.com/news/sd-pheasant-numbers-down-in-annual-roadside-count/article_c56c0e94-6f83-11e6-9fa7-07d765a569a9.html Pheasant numbers were down 20 percent in a key annual population ...

The wife and I have shot four or five.

Old load was a 125 Nosler BT over N110 2100fps.

This year we will be transitioning over 225g TNT over H110.

We can get sufficient velocity to get expansion to just over 200yds.

Another issue with shotgun fit, that guys don't think about, is how the stock and the chesticles interface. Too much focus is placed on the LOP, and not on cast. For many women, they need a strong cast-off, with an opposing and downward pitch to be more comfortable. My wife (5'1") has actually ...