Gobbler Nation

I heard on the radio a few weeks ago about a fellow in Louisiana who had one of those electric motor helicopter drones fitted with an IR video camera for night hunting. The hogs would be in the high grass but the IR imaging picked up their body heat and displayed them. While looking at the video scr...

Yes, she is a handful. Abby is slowly beginning to accept her and tolerates a lot of nipping from Willa. She's not quite housebroken on peeing, but has adapted to the crate very well. The M37 is my favorite shotgun. I have more than a handful ranging from 28 gauge, several 20's and 16's. LAPD used t...

3.5 year old Abby (45 lb. lap dog) with 13 weeks old nemesis half-sister, Willa (15 lbs. of chew), born May 6, 2014 http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/photo205/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/IMG_20140730_195413194_zpsheaxwqfh.jpg Willa has detachable head for ease of cleaning: http://i106.photobucket...

Bear in mind that polishing helps some guns and not others. A gunsmith/barrel/choke maker once cautioned me that aggressive polishing can sometimes do more harm than good especially if the barrel is factory chrome lined in which case polishing is not necessary and at worst, too much polishing can re...

Grumpy wrote:Never trust a woman who makes you promises on the internet, they never happen.

Same with those 900 phone numbers....

Doc, refresh my memory on your Bobwhite. Sights? Chokes? Gil

There's also a Mt. Pisgah in Oregon and NC. But I suppose there is only one with a Chief Wetona.

Mt. Pisgah is in NC.

Webley & Scott (the original company) was a Birmingham, England maker of solid, well-made box lock SxS shotguns. They made a lot of actions and barrels in the white for finishing by other top gun makers throughout England. I have a lightweight 12 gauge box lock in 2.5" weighing 6.25 lbs wit...

hoobilly wrote:thats alright


be good for home defense in a pinch

In a long hallway.

Must have been a bad day at Raiford (as if there is ever a good day).

Back when I first started turkey hunting, we used to dust our boots and pants with sulfur. We'd put it in a sock and slap boots and pants with it. It worked for chiggers and ticks. There are better things now that don't color you yellow. Gil

I shoot the original 1 5/8 oz. 3" shell out of my Super Bantam with a .570 Pure Gold. It shoots between 280 and 305 at 10" with about 250 in the 10-20". gil

On second thought, too tight for me at 40. Is the big20 XL 1 7/8 oz.? If so, try the 1 5/8 oz. load. If not, try it without buffer and see if that opens it up more.

Pattern looks good. What are you shooting, what is the diameter of the ring and what is the distance?

I don't know why a competent gunsmith couldn't. When it comes to trigger work, I'm not ready for diy and would not recommend it as an OJT project.

I've had chigger bites that look those on the foot photo. The Preventic collar works great on my dog. Unless a tick imbeds it won't leave a mark. I usually can feel them crawling. Collar won't work if it gets wet. The commercial permithin mix lasts almost a whole season with one application and surv...

Pete, good to know about double triggers on the cz mallard. Thanks. Gil

Cole Gunsmithing is Beretta USA's warranty specialist. A buddy had it done a couple of months ago on his Onyx for $300. I paid a little less a few years ago. Quick turnaround. Gil

I've been in the woods the last month looking for mushrooms. I have had one tick so far. I sprayed my clothing, snake boots, shirt and hat with a Permanone solution a month ago and let it dry before wearing. Before going to the woods, it's a dose of Deep Woods off on exposed areas of skin and clothi...

If I choose a ou for the 28, it will have single trigger. The plan is to set up a cz mallard 20 dual triggers for turkeys. The 28 will be wing shooting most of the time, but will go turkey hunting. I'm not aware of any o/u's that come with double triggers so your selection will be easy. The CZ is a...

It's not that I hate single triggers; I've always liked double triggers better. I replaced the single select of my Beretta 686 Onyx with double triggers.

While not that big a deal with some, I prefer the double triggers of the Bobwhite over the single trigger of the Woodcock. Gil

Pete, 6 lbs. If I were to use it for turkeys, there are three optic or sight mounting strategies that make the gun versatile for other game. One, the FFIII can be rib mounted as is and removed/replaced seasonally. The barrel's stanchions are machined into the barrel out of a solid billet when it was...

Pete, I have a CZ Bobwhite and an Ithaca M37 in 28 gauge. I haven't made them into turkey guns. Probably won't. DocHoliday has a very nice CZ Bobwhite 28 that he has made into a turkey gun. Both are good, light guns. The CZ is 5 lbs, 3 oz., and the Ithaca, a flat 6. Gil