sourdough44

I've got a Trulock 'Precision Hunter' extended choke for my M2. Look at their site, I think they have what you are looking for. They are great chokes & a nice company to deal with.

I like my M2 also,nice lightweight & a joy to carry.

#6 Hevi-Shot or Rem "HD" loads & a tight choke.

Something was not on right & tight. You know the saying 'if you want something done right'. Plenty say a smith has to do everything, the one time I had a loose scope is when I let the shop do it.

What type of buckshot are we talking? I did hunt in MS behind deer dogs & 00 buck may be O.K. for that. For the most part buckshot is about the last thing I would use on deer. If it's a shotgun I'd go slugs. I shoot #4 buck out of a Trulock 'precision hunter' in my M2 for predator hunting. It is a .675 or so constriction, between normal full & the tightest of turkey chokes. I also use that choke for turkey hunting. For 00 buck I would try Mod to maybe full. For the smaller buckshot I would go full to a little tighter.

If it's like my M2 there is a retainer with 2 small holes that you pinch together to get at the plug. Look in the manual. For me the holes are small & it takes a fair pinch so I went out & got a pair of pliers made to pinch such a retainer. They were not much from the local hardware store. They have fine points made to pinch similar springs. With them it worked like a champ.

Yes the M2 & SBEII use the same 'crio' type chokes. That sounds like a fine choice. I got a Trulock .670 for my M2 but I only checked the pattern out so far with my 'HD' BB predator loads.

A rifled choke tube to is to be put on a smoothbore barrel. Fully rifled slug barrels do no have threads to put on a screw on choke.

And what price may I ask?

Just about any modern CENTERFIRE rifle or shotgun can be dry-fired with no ill effects. A rimfire is different, as the firing pin hits on the edge & may strike the rim of the chamber, though many do not. The only 'snap-caps' I have are for my 22's. Part of my belief comes from a talk I had with a tech rep with Browning at their Arnold, MO site. I may not want to dry fire just for the heck of it, but to release the pin on a shotgun or non-bolt rifle I do it all the time.

I would get a semi-auto with a 26" barrel & a 3" chamber. I have a Browning Gold & a M2, both are fine guns, sorry I get by fine without the 3.5 option.

To each his(or her) own, but I would do the 26" for an everything barrel length.

That's great. I have a 2006 catalog & the newer DVD but I like holding a printed catalog of what's available.

I am more of a 308 guy but I do reload 30-06 for a hunting partner. I like & use H 4350 & Sierra 165 & 180 grn Gamekings & Hornaday 165 & 180 reg & BT interlock SP's. I like 165 for deer but since the guy is partial to 180's so I usually load them for him. Semi auto rifles can have some additional issues. Some rifles it easy to adjust or change out a spring on the trigger(mod 70,A-Bolt) & it can get more difficult. The replacement option is easier on some. If it's the R1 I have not a clue.

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