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Wayne, If I were you, I would put together a kit of common parts and put them in your range bag. A firing pin spring and firing pin, along with an extractor and the tool needed for tightening the stock. My 1100 had the extractor break on the first shot in a tournament last year. I now have all the wear parts plus an extra trigger assembly with the carrier. This kind of stuff ALWAYS happens at the wrong time. I had my Citori stock loosen up in the middle of shoot. I now go over my shotguns carefully before the bigger shoots. Equipment malfuctions just plain SUCK!

Just used the last of a 15lb keg of Red Dot. It was bought back in the 70's. It was stored in a guys house and it was sealed when i bought it. Worked fine.

For the last couple of years, I have donated my time, guns and ammo for "Learn to shoot Skeet" programs at our local club. We have World Champions and "B' shooter's all involved in this worth while cause. It's a full day and a lot of work, but well worth it. Watching the students break a pair at station 7 is very rewarding. The smiles on their faces and the proud looks from mom and dad is what it's all about!

Over the last 6 months, my shooting time has been divided between practicing for the upcoming skeet season and teaching new shooters basic safety and marksmanship at the range. I couldn't be more happy. I would like to propose something to all the members of this forum. Take someone shooting and tell us about the experience. It could be the kid down the street. Or maybe a relative or a friend. I would guess that everyone here has had someone bug us about learning how to shoot. Taking the time to do this is very rewarding. Find out where the Hunter Safety programs are and try to get them enrolled. I know that time for this can be limited because most of us are busy, but believe me. It's well worth it! Next week, I am taking a 75 year old gentleman shooting that wants to learn how to shoot his new Glock. This is the third generation of this family I have taken to the range for instruction. It doesn't get any better than this.

If this is such a great solution, what other firearm company chambers for this round? Imitation is the greastest form of flattery. I would guess that the .40 S&W fills that gap very well without reinventing the wheel unless you just had to have some kind of .45.

204 Ruger? What a great varmit round. Light bullets at over 4000fps and excellant accuracy. Better barrel life than the .22 caliber hotrod centerfires. All my friends that are avid varmit shooters have at least one .204 Ruger, and many have two or more. Easy to load for speed and accuracy compared to some other varmit rounds. All the major manufactures make rifles in this caliber and many custom guns are being made also. The .204 Ruger is here to stay and with good reason. The .45 Glock Automatic Pistol round was a solution for a non existent problem.

I know the feeling. It's been a while since I actually loaded centerfire anything. Having some rifles that require reloading because of lack of factory ammo or ammo being very expensive, I now have started reloading again. My, how componet prices have changed over the years! I use H414 in my 22-250 improved. I had 8 pounds from the late eighties and paid $32 dollars for the surplus powder. Now, it's $135 for the same stuff. WOW! I guess the surplus is now gone. Factory ammo for my 8mm mag and 350 Remington mag are now over $70 a box, if you can find them. I have a lot of new unprimed brass for both so reloading is the only answer.

In my old benchrest days, all my target loads for the .22 & 6mm PPC were flatbase bullets. However, I never shot a match that was longer than 200yds so I never really had the reason to make boattails work to take advantage of the better BC. When I was working up a load for my 22-250 improved, I couldn't get the Sierra 52gr HPBT match bullet to work very well, but the Sierra 53gr HP flatbase match bullets worked great. I think the real difference between the two bullets had more to do with the slow twist barrel I was using(1-14) than the bullets thenselves. If you look at some of the calculations for barrel twist vs bullet length and velocity, you will find that the longer boattail bullets really require a quicker twist to take advantage of the better BC they offer. The new lead free bullets that are now being made are really long for a given weight. Twist rates of barrels will be really critical to stabilize these long bullets for good accuracy.

Not at the moment. I just bought 20k Remington 209's for $550. I already had 10k winchester 209's on hand.

Go to www.loaddata.com They have many loads for the 190gr Sierra with modern powders.

Wayne, If you get a MEC powder baffle, it eliminates the brass washer and rubber grommet. I have them on all my MEC's and it really works even with Winchester 296.

Years ago, I used a Dillon Square-Deal in .38sp for loading ammo in PPC matches. I broke the operating handle on a Wednesday night and called Dillon on Thursday explaining the problem. They sent me a new operating handle and it was at my house on Friday so I could finish loading ammo for the match on Saturday. First class service from a first class company.

A good start to the claybird sports is an automatic. They are more expensive than a pump, but the recoil reduction is noticable. In competition skeet, I use a Remington 1100 Competition that has been fitted for me in the 12ga event and doubles. It's a heavy gun and shoots POA, but it could be adjusted to shoot trap if I so desired. It's also a great Sporting Clays gun and I use it for Dove hunting. A Beretta 391 would be another good choice. Stock fitting is critical. Adjustable combs and recoil pads are a must have item. Field guns are made to fit a wide variety of shooter's but really end up fitting no one. Even my field gun is fitted to my specs. There is a big difference between a light field gun that is carried all day hunting pheasants with proper hunting ammo and a competition gun used on the skeet or trap field with light target loads. Like JayPee said, The gun HAS TO FIT for the intended purpose. I had a long conversation with Todd Bender about how a competition skeet shotgun should fit. He starts all his clinics with a gun fitting session for a good reason. If your not comfortable with the fit you are at a real disadvantage. If you are just starting shooting skeet, I would recommend Bender's video. It's a great place to start. When I started shooting skeet, I bought a Browning Citori Grade 7, 4 barrel set. Within a year I had a Kreighoff K-80 with 32" barrels and Briley sub-gauge tubes with a Precision-Fit stock. My Browning is now taking up space in one of my gun safes. If I were starting out now, I would buy a Remington 1100 Sporting 12 gauge. It comes with Briley extended chokes, has beautiful wood, and can be fitted with an adjustable comb and recoil pad. It's soft shooting and is very versatile. I am thinking about buying one in .410 for dove hunting and sporting clays. For under a grand, I think it's the bargain in the Remington line up. It's a good gun for starting in the shotgun sports and is a great dove gun.

I practice with the Remington 130gr standard load then use the Winchester PDX1 +p for defence. The muzzle blast is not that bad with the Winchester load. The Federal 158gr LSWCHP +P works good also.

Yes, I have. Perfectly legal, even in Kalifornia.

My personal choice is a Glock 22 with Winchester Black Talon 180gr ammo. Thats my HD choice. I have actually seen the results of this combo in ballistic gelatin and was was very impressed.

I went to WM a couple of days ago and they actually had .45 ammo. It was the Federal Champion 230 ball for 15.97 a box. They had 6 boxes and I bought them all. I was just lucky. It's been very spotty on all types of centerfire ammo for the last year at WM.

The new, lockable handgun cases are keepers. I keep the long gun cases for the warranty period, the toss them. All my older S&W boxes I keep. I have the original cardboard and walnut boxes my .44 AutoMag came in.

Usually it's caused by reloading the case too many times. I have had a couple of .410 shells do the same thing. Usually, you can tell by the sound that this has happened. The seperated case being ejected actually whistles after leaving the barrel. This is the reason most skeet shooters use factory ammo in competition. If a case does that while shooting doubles it can cause some serious problems if using an autoloader or pump.

I have the same chart on the inside of my Gun-Ho pistol case. I have used it for years. When I start with beginner's, I use these all the time. It doesn't solve all problems, but it's a good start. I found that most new shooter's have a problem with anticipated recoil, thus shooting low on the target. It's a good thing if you have a video camera to show them what they are doing.

It's awesome when practice and patience comes together. I usually practice at least twice a week with a minimum of 8 rounds per practice session shooting skeet. It's amazing how on some days the targets look like garbage can lids and other days they look like golf balls. Good fundamentals are essential for the clay sports. It's like a bumper sticker I saw once that said: " The more I practice, the luckier I get". I have that slogan on my Americase!

Any Anschutz. They a quality through and through. Most people shooting .22 Rimfire Benchrest are shooting Annie's. The model 54 is the very best .22(accuracy wise) you can buy. The next inline would be a Cooper. Great gun.

I guess the slogan for Nike "Just Do It" really did mean something to Tiger.

500 S&W. What a beast! 1 shot was enough. This thing had a compensated 4" barrel and it was LOUD! Never again. I enjoy my hands too much.

Thats a very hard question. It seems that some of the bulk .22 ammo is all over the place as far as accuracy and reliability is concerned. I have about 10 bricks of Russian Junior .22 ammo I bought about 15 years ago and is great for plinking. It's a little messy (greasy), but performs well and is accurate. Compared to some of the stuff they sell for inexpensive bulk ammo, that stuff is now a bargain. It almost seems like you either get high priced, match grade ammo or lousy, inaccurate, bulk ammo. The Remington Target ammo I bought works well in the .22 handguns I tried them in, but it's $7 a box of 100. The RWS R-50 subsonic stuff I use in my target pistols is now $12+ a box of 50. Eley is about the same price or even a little more. Aquila makes some good ammo, but it also is getting more expensive. My wifes 8 shot Ladysmith J- Frame likes the 60gr Aguila. Aguila now uses Eley priming methods for thier rimfire ammo.