tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post1585752895745065345..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Praxis: Is necessity the mother of invention, or merely a mother? The Saga of the Nigerian Shotgunner.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-24788433903575609672010-02-22T07:59:37.821-06:002010-02-22T07:59:37.821-06:00I sympathize with this remarkable man.
When I fir...I sympathize with this remarkable man.<br /><br />When I first got interested in firearms I had no access to them.<br />So I tried to learn everything I could about them so I could make my own.<br />I became old enough to buy them on my own before managed to built my first one.<br />I should have started with a black powder muzzle loader. But I wanted to build a semi auto.<br />Twenty some odd years after I first became interested I earned a degree in gunsmithing from the Colorado School of Trades.<br />So "gun control" makes another Gunsmith.Happy Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-87711776969598287272010-02-20T12:02:24.180-06:002010-02-20T12:02:24.180-06:00Mike,
I reload shotgun shells and wanted to point...Mike,<br /><br />I reload shotgun shells and wanted to point out a safety issue about birdshot to slugs post. <br /><br />This techique will work safely PROVIDED the slug is the approximate weight of the original charge of birdshot the shell was originally loaded with. <br /><br />The powder charge is matched to the birdshot load which in turn will generate a specific SAMMI barrel pressure. <br /><br />If the slug is substantially heavier than the original birdshot charge, this shotshell load combination may generate unsafe barrel pressures and protentially bulge or blow up the barrel, possibly injuring the shooter or those around the shooter.<br /><br />Great story and an option for SHTF scenario's. <br /><br />Defiant IIIDefiant IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-86029741701440273392010-02-20T09:22:43.931-06:002010-02-20T09:22:43.931-06:00i just sold my 500 persuader. boy, was it hard to ...i just sold my 500 persuader. boy, was it hard to part with.<br /><br />i'm no longer willing to state outright that a 12ga is the only choice for slugs, now that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.458_SOCOM" rel="nofollow">.458 socom</a> has hit retail (rock river and teppo jutsu), but until it's economically sound to purchase and shoot the .458, there's no sound comparison. still, i'd like to see a 12gauge do <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asFtIQELcn0" rel="nofollow">this</a>.jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615104086703717817noreply@blogger.com