new toy

[.357shooter 1,368]

after having the itch to get a pump action 12g for a while i bought one this afternoon.remington 870 express 26" synthetic.hope to have a play with it tomorrow moring if the weather holds.will just have to remember to cycle the next round .

[Dervburner 2,549]

That’s the thing when you don’t shoot them often. Remembering to pump. I’ve got two, and if I haven’t used them in a while, you can bet I’ll forget for the first few times.

[Meece 1,958]

I have an 8 shot Mossberg 500 that I  bought many years ago for rabbit shooting out of the back of a vehicle at harvest time.  I wanted the shot capacity over my doubles which were getting knocked about whilst reloading and on the move.  When the -tickets changed after Hungerford I  swapped it onto my fac.  It's fun to shoot but if it is stoked right up it has a tenancy to get one and a half carts on the elevator at the same time.  Because the action is noisy I  sprayed chain grease into the action.  This was good until it was cold and the grease went solid and stuck the action.  Good fun though. 

[si brown 8,486]

Got to confess to going for follow up shots  and thinking wtf

[Sausagedog 7,381]

One thing I've never had an issue with. Working a pump, changing from single and double triggers, two stage and single stage.

[Meece 1,958]

12 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

One thing I've never had an issue with. Working a pump, changing from single and double triggers, two stage and single stage.

Me neither.  I've got a lot of guns of all types and never had the problems that you hear some people going on about.  Like can't shoot a gun with two triggers or they've got to keep changing choke ect.  In fact all the things that people keep moaning about. I aint digweed but not much gets away.  Just get out there and shoot.

[Dervburner 2,549]

13 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

One thing I've never had an issue with. Working a pump, changing from single and double triggers, two stage and single stage.

Thats bekoz you ar clevererer than most ov us SD

[.357shooter 1,368]

well the weather held this morning so i had my first go with my rem.shooting did feel natural to me with no problems doing the pump for the 2nd shot.actually really liked shooting this little shotgun just have to remember to keep swinging with that short barrel as i had the most trouble doing this.you have to be very positive with the action i found otherwise it would not chamber the next round.score was only 50% but do hope to improve with just shooting this gun.o/u is now not going to get much use untill i master this one.

 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

29 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

Thats bekoz you ar clevererer than most ov us SD

That's very sweet but most folk just say I'm special.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

29 minutes ago, .357shooter said:

well the weather held this morning so i had my first go with my rem.shooting did feel natural to me with no problems doing the pump for the 2nd shot.actually really liked shooting this little shotgun just have to remember to keep swinging with that short barrel as i had the most trouble doing this.you have to be very positive with the action i found otherwise it would not chamber the next round.score was only 50% but do hope to improve with just shooting this gun.o/u is now not going to get much use untill i master this one.

 

Nothing wrong with an 870 but the Winchester action actually unloads the empty for you leaving the user to just close the action.

[si brown 8,486]

2 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

That's very sweet but most folk just say I'm special.

My x in-laws have a bench in there front garden with a plaque on saying special branch on it

they never quite grasped what I meant by it

[Dervburner 2,549]

5 minutes ago, si brown said:

My x in-laws have a bench in there front garden with a plaque on saying special branch on it

they never quite grasped what I meant by it

Are they from Alfreton?

[si brown 8,486]

52 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

Are they from Alfreton?

Yeah that’s the one

use to go visit old granny near the reservoir... you’re not related to them are you

[BenBhoy 4,706]

On 15/08/2020 at 19:33, Dervburner said:

That’s the thing when you don’t shoot them often. Remembering to pump. I’ve got two, and if I haven’t used them in a while, you can bet I’ll forget for the first few times.

That's exactly what I kept doing last week out with hushpower for first time. My daughter just couldn't understand how I kept forgetting!! 

[.357shooter 1,368]

well i  had another go today and the score went up to 60% so things are improving.still occasionally not pulling the action right back and getting the odd jam but deffinately getting better.had a go on the compact course and got 68% on the first round then 76% on the 2nd.fairly happy with that after only shooting the gun 4 times so far.no problems with remembering to rack the gun now.wished i had bought one years ago as it makes me smile like a big kid.have noticed though a lot of people do not like it,moaning about the noise and why would you want one of those when other types of shotgun do the loading for you.