Recent content by jnormanh

But....given that this is a pheasant HUNTING Forum, the question which should be asked is not - who owns the largest number of most expensive guns, but who kills the most birds. I'll bet it's a guy who owns a old Model 12 or 31, and doesn't feel the need to impress anyone. Waaay, are you Jay Leno?

The bottom line is down $2,000,000+ in license fees. Stop giving ethanol producers a $.50 taxpayer subsidy per gallon, and the pheasants will be back.

The post-1963 M12s are a different animal from the 1912-63 M12s, all of which were hand assembled and fitted. Not saying the '64-on guns aren't okay, but they don't get the respect of the early ones. A really nice pre '64 gun will bring more money than any '64-on gun. Just sayin'. If I were...

I'd be willing to bet more trap targets have been broken with M12s than any other gun. I've seen M12s with 250K rounds through them, still shooting fine. There was a time when the single shot guns, BT99 etc became very popular, but now I see mostly Italian and German OUs. A few of the older...

When thinking about "just the right gun" for skeet, trap, upland birds or waterfowl, consider this - Many years ago Fred Missildine was a Winchester factory shooter who traveled around the country demonstrating Winchester products. He participated in skeet and trap tournaments, and was a...

I hadn't heard that he died. He will be missed and long remembered. A caution for the rest of us: Wayne was disposing of some old powder, by burning it when he was badly burned.

I gather you're talking about clay targets, trap or skeet. First of all, let me tell you what you already know: 1. You already know how to break every target. 2. You miss because you don't do what you know to do. 3. It's not the gun; it's not your physical ability; it's not your...

Wayne Mayes, now well into his 60s recently shot 777x777. With a .410 His best 12 ga score is something like 1600/1600.

Most Iowa farmers, like their brethren in a dozen other farming states are like Joe: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum...

Gun is sold.

Red Labels are notorious for barrels pulling loose. They sold well in the beginning, but sales died after a few years.

It is what it is - it's always about the money. Tile everything for another profit making acre. Pump the aquifers dry for another profitable year. Drain the Colorado River dry for another dollar. Spill contaminated water over half of ND for better profits. Turn Alberta Province into a...

Good idea. Many folks think modified is a good choice anyway. If you really want to shoot a more open choke, any decent gunsmith can open it up to light mod or IC for a lot less than the cost of Briley chokes, and you won't be able to tell that it has been worked on. Another thing you can do...

If it were mine, I'd try to find an extra IC barrel for it. Might not cost much more than a Briley choke job, and will increase, not decrease, the value of the gun.

You seem to have revised the "simple facts of history". I have reversed no facts. You, however have distorted historical facts by making false claims about history, the Constitution and The Bill Of Rights. Either you haven't read the state constitutions or the statements from the ratification...