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CSMC/Galazan -- Mine was one of the very earliest orders for the RBL. I paid full price in advance on the promise of delivery priority. I waited . . . . Then I noticed some talk on-line about delay ...

Fillers to properly "Space" Loads -- It's Not Rocket Surgery

1) Find the proper diameter filler. That would be of the inside the shot cup of the plastic wad unit you're using, or the i ...

Citori16 says: I tried #7 nickel plated for the first time this past season.

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I like the odd numbers, 7's and 5's. I think 7's are the ticket for most upland work -- NP is cool, a ...

Bore is 17.2 mm, which equals .677" Choke is Full in one barrel and Half (demi) in the other, which means Modified. Measured constrictions might be in the neighborhood of .036 and .018. Got a ...

@Sam Conrey says: I am familiar with the idea of overboring to improve patterns, especially in modern 12’s. I’ve never come across anyone doing so for weight savings. -- my italics added.

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Thanks very much Tom Shaffer. Good data.

My use is much the same as yours: Damascus hammer gun by Ladislav Svestka of Prague with 65 mm chambers. It's a very delicate island (peninsula) lock t ...

Would some of you fellows who have either submitted loads to places like Precision Reloading or Tom Armbrust, or have been involved in testing themselves (Mark - MSM2019 for one), comment on the trust ...

AmericanMeet -- Fixed-target patterning is far from worthless-- it is very relevant to shooting performance, even on 90 degree deflection shots, because the target velocity is an order of magnitude le ...

Visualize what the underside of a star/pie crimp -- how it projects into the shot column, especially a 6-pointer. Cut the crimped end off of a good factory load and see what it looks like. This will ...

No Winchester Proof mark! -- at least not in the proper place for a factory ribbed barrel, if it is even there somewhere anymore. I guess it is under the rib. Rib was likely installed after it left ...

Are you shooting slugs through a 16 ga. or a 12? If you use a true Cutts Comp 12 gauge spreader tube, it will pass any slug without contact. As something of an amateur Cutts nut (come and compete fo ...

Woops! Double. Rolling Eyes

Rick O et al,

There is a certain market with the "collectable" mentality for almost anything, no matter how common. I suppose one has to decide whether he/she is in that market from one ...

df -- Over the years, I have become disillusioned with choke tubes. I now go to fairly open fixed-chokes, reaming them if necessary. In my upland 16 ga. doubles, I prefer constrictions about .004&qu ...

Been reloading shotshells since age 11. That makes this the 64th year. I used the DR-16 briefly, but not anymore, thanks.