SgtCathy
-
Posts
312 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Posts posted by SgtCathy
-
-
The old 0000 steel wool and a variable speed drill trick. Many years agao I had a Remy 1100 gummed up pretty bad with plastic fowling. Placed a serraded wood dowl in my drill, wrapped it with the 0000 steel wool. Then soaked the steel wool with Hoppe's and went at it. Five minutes later my barrel looked better than brand new (it came from the factory dirty). Not sure I would do that with a crome lined barrel. For some reason I don't understand, I never had a problem with plastic fowling after that in the Remy. My two Benelli's, a 20 guage short stock Monty and an early H&K S90 M1 in Police configuration never had fowling problems. Both barrels in my Benelli's look pristine.
-
Oh Man...... I always miss out on the fun
-
I still show up every day but haven't made any comments in a while. Seems like the same old questions over and over again or folks trying to get their shotguns to due stuff they were never made to do. Puts me to sleep.....
-
I hear taps playing in the background. Nothing left to do other than wrap that M4 up in an American flag and bury it 6 feet down. You are banned from purchasing another Benelli for 10 years. SQUAD, ATTENTION !! Hand salute......
-
Actually, in order to pick a load to meet your needs, you should state the intended purpose. For example, deer hunting from 0-50 yards, the military buckshot is crap-ola. Shooting a home intruder (range 0-40 feet) the military stuff is perfect. Hitting that nasty neighbors huge mutt at 85 yards may require some type of flite control loads. It's all about what you want done. If it's for general purpose, the neighbors pet geese today, your father-in-law tomorrow, that old Mustang ragtop that races by your house early every morning with straight pipes ect... Get the best.
-
Perhaps if you Googled Shotgun Chokes, you could read many articles that explain about chokes and how they change the spread and pattern of the shot from your shotgun which can also effect the range at which you could make clean hits. For example (using small bird shot) a full choke might help with hitting Pheasents at 45 yards verses an improved choke for Quail at 10 yards. For buckshot and slugs, the choke that came with your shotgun wll do just fine.
-
I'm guessing that you have "purchased" the shotgun but haven't received it yet, otherwise I would say just look down the barrel. In the mean time you could look up that model on the Benelli sight or perhaps call customer support. A few years ago, only the 24" barrels could be had rifled and the tactical barrels were all smothbore.
-
This is for all you folks that get a chance to hunt in the Dakota's and complain if you only flushed 100+ pheasants and only shot 20 or so. I live in Taxachusetts and SAW my first pheasant yesterday. Note that I said SAW one !! Didn't get him or even a shot off. Once I win megabucks, I'll be off to the Dakota's with the rest of you lucky folks. In the mean time, I'm so envious !!
-
Okay.... Opening day is over. Is their anything better than watching your first quail of the season flush from the tall grass? Let's recap today. Stop watching the hen quail with awe and get your face down on the shotgun! Okay... I missed :-( But I'll do better next week !! My little 20 guage Monty worked soooo good today (as usual). Just love opening day !!
-
The upland bird season starts this Saturday, so for now I have to be contend with an afternoon of skeet shooting with my Browning 20 guage Auto-5. My little 20 guage Monty is cleaned and ready. My shell vest is loaded. Orange hat cleaned. I'm beyond ready !~!
-
Not too sure of the retail value of a single serial number digit, but (let's say) it was just #4 on a model 1911 .45 ACP or perhaps #3 on a Browning Auto-5 or even #2 on Benelli M1 Super 90, I'm sure I couldn't afford it
-
I realize this isn't going to help you much, but when I purchased my M1 S90 in Police Configuration back in 1986, I also bought at the same time a 28 inch ventilated rib barrel with 3 chokes, 2 shot limited rod and standard butt stock. Perhaps if you poked around on the Internet their might be more of those hunting barrels floating around out there. Best of luck.
-
That's more pheasants than I get all season ! Now my blood is really pumping! Thanks for the great pictures
-
Just one more week before the upland bird season opens in Taxachusetts !! (Oct 15th) All my 20 guauge shotguns have been cleaned and oiled. My little Monty with the short stock is first up and I have extra 7.5 shells from Wally World cause this is going to be a great season.
Anybody else as excited as me? I've even pinpointed a new location where a pocket of Grouse have been hanging out. 
Mid-season might switch over to the .410 Remy 1100 during the week because it's so much fun. Last year got 2 doubles on Quail on 2 consecutive days with that semi-auto .410, but Saturdays belong to the small Monty.
-
My M1 S90 also has a 5 digit serial number and was imported by H&K. It's just a short serial number because it's an early model. The manufacturing code is a couple of letters inside a small square, not the serial number. For example on my Benelli the code is AP in a small square. That means my Benelli was manufactired in 1986. If you do a search in the search box at the top of this sight and enter perhaps "Benelli Manufacturing dates" you will get the code list. It has been posted on this sight numeroius times. Then just compare your code to the list. Easy. The manufacture code on my Benelli is on the bottom of the receiver to the right of the trigger quard along with the proof marks.
My Benelli is in the Defense/Police Configuration. All black with rifle rights and 7 shot magazine (7+1) with rubber pistol grip. It cost me $557.50 back in 1986 which was a lot of money. At the same time bought the matching 28 inch ventilated rib barrel with 3 chokes, magazine limiter rod (2-shot) and a standard butt stock for an additional $247.75. My Benelli has never failed me in all these years. Takes any shotgun round including 2+1/2 inch British stuff and was an absolute hoot during my early Police Academy qualifications days at the range. My Benelli is pretty much a safe queen now (I'm retired), but I like to take it to the range every now and then and show off.
-
Quailty brush pants, but that's been mentioned. Don't skip on boots. The best you can afford, you'll thank me later. Take water, even if you leave it at you vehicle (but bring it). Be safe and do your self a really big favor by bringing a loud whistle and a quality compass. Learn to mark your compass heading before you start your hunt daily. My $15 compass has saved me countles hours of walking around. A small muti-tool is very useful. I also bring extra shot shells (around 20+). I also carry a handful of hard candy. Don't shoot over other peoples dogs !! I guess the most important thing to remember, it's not the 1860's and you're not trying to feed your family. Have fun. I have met so many people that bring their anger, stress and bad attitudes to the field and woods. And finally, when you cross a deep ditch, fence or small stream, unload your shotgun!! I have a friend that doesn't hunt anything anymore because he has to many #7.5 pellets in his right arm/elbow. My personnal favorite? Pheasants that are flying and seem to be barely moving, are really going extremely fast. It usually takes me a few missed birds to remeber that.
-
Shoot a melon with a .17 HMR. That's purrdee.....
-
Teasing senior citizens with 12" barrel title is cruel !!
-
One last thing. Go to the range. Pull back the bolt and let it slam home. Put a couple of shells in the magazine. Now, push the cartridge drop lever in. A shell should be sent onto the lift. Rack back the bolt and let it slam home again. You should be loaded. If not, something may be broken. You have already stated when firing your shotgun the cartridge drop lever works just fine. Make sure you are are pushing the cartridge drop lever and not the close bolt button. In 1986, I new of nobody that understood Benelli's and just because you have a "Gun Smith" shingle doesn't mean you're a shotgun man. Seek out the help of an experienced Benelli shooter or Gunsmith.
-
Let's say your shotgun magazine is fully loaded plus one in the chamber. When you pull the trigger (and the shotgun fires), one of the many things that happens is that the cartridge drop lever is released, thus allowing a fresh shotgun shell to be released from the magazine, up onto the shell lifter and into your chamber for the next shot.
Scene number one. Now let's say, your magazine has one or more shotgun shells in the magazine but the chamber is empty and the bolt has slid closed. Perhaps you've removed the shell from your chamber when crossing a deep ditch. So here's the picture. The chamber is empty but the bolt is fully forward. The magazine has shells in it. All of a sudden a Pheasent flushes. All you'll have to do to load your shotgun is push the cartridge drop lever and rack back the operating handle (all the time keeping an eye on that Phesant). You are now fully loaded and ready to shoot. Of course you can take your eye off that Pheasant, fumble with your game vest getting a shell out and then feed it into the chamber, then locate and push the bolt close button. By then the Pheasent is long gone and you have no idea where it went.
Scene number two. You're sitting in a duck blind loaded for Mallards when the biggest goose you ever saw sets it's wings and comes swooping into your set. You rack back the bolt, ejecting your duck shotgun shell and while holding the bolt back, you drop in your 3 inch magnum goose round. The cartridge drop lever prevents any additional shells from coming out of the magazine while you do this "quick shell" swap out. You let the bolt slam home and swing on that bad boy goose.
As you can see they are many scenarios where the cartridge drop lever can be very useful and a good safety feature.
A lot more amazing (in the field of semi-automatic shotguns) is the Browning Auto-5 (and a few others). On the left side of the receiver is a magazine "cut-off" lever. Pull that lever completely forward and it permantly closes off the magazine. In a Browning A-5, the bolt stays open after the last shot. So, if you're crossing that ditch, activate the cut-off lever, and rack open the chamber (which will stay open). Now as that same Pheasent rises out of the tall grass, you have a number of options you can perform. The simplest is to keep your eye on the bird as you flip the "magazine cut-off" switch forward. A round will be whisked out of the magazine and into the chamber instantly! Just aim and pull the trigger. That design was invented over 100 years ago by John Browning, and is still amazing to see in action !!
Hopes this helps to understand just a few of the tricks the Benelli cartridge drop lever can help you with. The only thing easier is a double barrel shotgun and only show-offs and rich people use those :-(
-
Hmmmm... Me thinks somebody is pulling my leg, but here goes. Lets say the mag has shells in it. Push the cartridge drop lever, rack the bolt and OOPS, the shotgun is now loaded !
-
I have (1) H&K S90 M1 in Defense/Police configuration. Think early model M4 only my H&K is way cooler !! And of course a little 20 guage Monty.... The Quail Slayer.
-
My little gem, bought back in 1986, is in the "Defense/Police Configuration". The only deference between mine and the picture from planman above, is mine has the 7 shot long magazine (7+1+1). At the same time, I also bought the standard black ABS stock, 27+1/2 ventilated rib hunting barrel with 3 chokes and limiter rod (drops magazine down to 2 rounds). Since I live in Taxachusetts, BANNED doesn't even begin to describe my lovely H&K Benelli. You need prove of purchase date (for grandfarther clause), special license (class A) and lug it around in a locked hardcase. But on the bright side, by the time I'm ready to buy a new car, I could use my H&K Benelli to pay for it, since I could almost ask any price I wanted.
-
"Tactical Flaming Curtains" ??? I Love it !!! Why didn't I think of that? Maybe because when I was typing that response, I was laughing to much. And of course if you follow my instructions and proper use of the aforementioned ammunition, your day in court will be a lot less stressful with the judge, jury, prosecutor and all court room visitors laughing till they cry. The fire chief testifying on your behave about putting out flaming curtains will have them rolling in the hallways.
Of course you could use 00 buckshot or Foster slugs, but then the jury will think your're a sadist and ex-Russian Mafia with a hatred of the American judicial system. Innocent until all the fleshettes have been removed!!
crow hunting?
in Upland Game
Posted
Haven't been crow hunting for many years. I used to set up in a large Wildlife Management Area using a hand call and fake Great Horned Owl on a pole. After a few shots, the local game officer would show up and tell me to leave. Later I'd complain to the state Environmental Police. But next time the local wannabe's would be back telling me to leave. I hate Taxachusetts and local police that don't have a clue.