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According to that website, mine was made in 1963. Mine is a Supermatic Tournament, not the above mentioned. I had to actually go get it out of the safe to see what it was. It does say model 103 on the left side.

Good Choice! Now, get a couple of more mag's, lots of ammo and go put some lead down the barrel before your course. Welcome aboard!

Wayne, I am kind of in the same boat. My High standard is a model 103 Tournament Trophy which I cherish very much. Accuracy is better than my S&W 41. I have only 1 mag and I am always on the look out for another. Have you tried Numrich yet?

In International Skeet and Trap, the "P" guns are much more common. They are lighter and the triggers are much easier to repair quickly. In American Skeet, the "K" gun is the most popular with Kolar a closing second. "P" guns are a distant 3rd. In American Skeet, weight is not a problem because you start with a "high gun". My K-80 with Briley Ultimate Ultralight tubes weighs over 10.5 pounds with the Precision Fit adjustable stock. It took some time to get used to the extra weight but now I wouldn't trade it for anything else. It really smoothed my swing out.

I wouldn't use Wolf 209 shotguns primers if someone gave them to me. Some shooter's at our club bought some and they were not very good. 1-2 misfires per 25 in all types of guns and ammo types. Maybe it was just a bad lot, but that was enough for me. No internet rumor, I actually was there when this happened. I have NEVER had a primer caused misfire with either a Winchester or Remington 209 after 30k+ reloads. I do have friends that use Wolf primers in reloading pistol ammo and they have nothing but good things to say about them. HUMM...

Ah, a Krieghoff K-80 two barrel set. $14k+. First 100 straight-priceless!

I do agree that Kimber has had a lapse of quality control lately, but that is because of the overwhelming demand for any 1911 platform pistol. My Pro Carry HDII in .38 super has been very reliable and extremly accurate. Not as accurate as my S&W 1911, but more than acceptable and 100% reliable so far. If someone has an axe to grind against Kimber, so be it. Maybe they deserve it. Maybe they don't. I would venture to guess that there are a lot more happy Kimber owners than unhappy ones.

Not all Kimber parts are cast. S&W forges the frame and slides for Kimber. As far as the barrel, I don't know for sure but I doubt they are cast, but I will certainly find out. There are some MIM parts in Kimbers, that I know.

Wayne, Less than 20 rounds and you can actually see the copper. My other 1911's and the Glocks in various calibers don't have that problem, only the Super. I have been shooting Aguila 130gr solids and that might be the problem. I will have to take one apart and actually measure the bullet diameter to see what the actual size is.

It depends. How much shooting do you do between cleanings? I use Shooter's Choice for all my handguns and it does remove the copper. I brush it first to remove most of the powder fouling, then soak it with SC for an hour or so. I then run patches with the proper jag through the barrel and repeat untill they come out clean. Then a little CLP on a patch to keep the inside protected. My Kimber .38 Super is the worst for copper fouling. It takes me twice as long to get the copper out of the super. Maybe I just have to shoot it more to smooth the barrel out! Too bad ammo is expensive and pretty scarce for the .38 super. I really have never seen a drop off in accuracy with copper fouling in any of my handguns. That being said, I am pretty anal about keeping my guns really clean both inside and out. 500 rounds of quality ammo is about as far as I would go before cleaning and lubing an autoloading pistol.

Mine was an A-5 Browning made in Belgium. 30" full choke Light 12. I still have it. Shot my first 25 straight at trap 24 years ago. I still use it sometimes for pheasants. Great gun!

Welcome aboard !

Wayne, I found one. Will go over on tuesday and pick it up. PM me with your address and I will send it off. N/C for this by the way.

Wayne, I will go over to my favorite gunsmith and see if he has any laying around. It's pretty amazing what he has on hand that he's aquired over the years. I would be surprised if he didn't have one.

Ebay ??????

Well..... It can be done done but you are at a real disadvantage. Chucking the pump can cause you to lose sight of the second target. It will also cause you to shoot the second target farther out. Not good. I would go ahead and try it. I have seen some remarkable things done with an 870 on the skeet field. It's all a matter of practice. If you feel confident enough to do it, go for it. Remember, if you can do better than just 1 other shooter that has an O/U or an Automatic, you just proved to yourself and your fellow shooters thats it's the Indian and not the Arrow.

H 322 might be a great powder choice. It's a very fine ball type powder which should meter well in just about any powder measure. When I shot benchrest back in the eighties I used it in my 6mm PPC because it gave me the accuracy I wanted and was easy to drop from the measure. There is a load from Hodgdon's website for this powder in the .17 Rem. FB. Good Luck!

You could have Briley extend the forcing cone to get rid of the scratches and lower the recoil at the same time. Just a thought.

Yes, but with a stainless steel barrel.

It really depends what kind of shooting I am doing. For the shotgun sports, I use fitted ear plugs. Headphone type muffs just get in the way when I am really trying to keep my head on the gun. For handguns, I use both the fitted plugs and the electronic ear muffs. The muzzle blast from some compensated handguns is fierce and I need all the help I can get. For rimfire rifles, just the plugs. For centerfire rifles, I use both.

Last weekend when I went and tested my posted handguns, I also bench tested my new Annie. WOW, what a keeper. First 5 shot group at 50yds was .440, and got better from there. The best was .380. At 100yds, things got a little blurry because of the scope I mounted. I was using a Simmons 6.5-20 Whitetail Classic that just wouldn't focus for me at 100yds. The duplex reticle was way to thick for serious bench shooting. The best I could do at a 100yds was .800. The ammo was the Hornady 17gr.stuff. I will be testing some other ammo in the near future. The new scope I bought was a Bushnell Elite 3200 5x15. I will gladly give up some magnification for clarity anyday. The good thing is that if I am not totally happy with it, I can send it back to Bushnell within 1 year for a complete refund minus the sales tax. This rifle was pretty amazing right out of the box. With a little fine tuning of both the rifle and my bench techniques, I expect great things out of this Annie ! Goodbye squirrels.

How about bronze, silver, gold and platinum?

The Leupold bases and rings are pretty good. The 25-06 doesn't have a lot of recoil so 2 piece bases would be fine. I would guess that the combined price for the rings and mounts would be less than $50 if you are using a standard 1" tube scope. 30mm rings are slightly more expensive.

It totally sucks! The biggest part of the bill that really handicaps us is the part that outlaws out of state sale of handgun ammo. I buy most of my handgun ammo online so after Feb 1st, 2011, thats gone. The only good thing is the provision that limited purchases of handgun ammo to 50 rounds per month was stripped out. As far as I understand, reloading componets are not affected. Just don't give them any ideas! Schwarzenkennedy really did us in with signing that bill. The sooner he's out of office, the better. Hopefully, repealing this bill is in the near future. There are now several bills floating around Sacramento that does just that.

The M&P's are a completely different animal compared to a 1911 platform. 1911's can be very finicky, but the M&P's have Glock like reliabilty. My friend attended a shooting defence class that he used an M&P full size .45. After 1200 rounds in 2 days of high intensity training, he didn't have 1 malfuction. The same can't be said of the students that used Kimber 1911's and other 1911 platforms. I personally like Glocks. I have a 19, 21 & a 22. These I would trust my life with. M&P's have a great track record that would be a great choice for CC. But, like I found out, flaws can happen so getting practice with you choice is very important.