Entries Tagged as 'Guns'
Browning Auto-5 Magnum 12 The Auto-5 was the first successful semiautomatic shotgun design. My Papaw carried a Belgian-made Browning Sweet 16, and my little Franchi AL-48 20 gauge uses the same long-recoil mechanism. Some find the “double-shuffle” of the barrel snapping forward into battery distracting, but having known nothing else during my early shotgunning days, […]
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(Note: The need for other gauges is beyond the scope of this article.) This is a question to which you will have to find your own answer. I will provide mine at the end of this piece, but first let’s review the Armchair Outfitter armory’s current inventory. Remington Model 870 Express This is the first […]
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MANDATORY DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS PRESENTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND REFLECTS MODIFICATIONS THAT THE AUTHOR MADE TO HIS OWN PERSONAL FIREARM. THE AUTHOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE SAFE FOR ANY FIREARM. THE AUTHOR RECOMMENDS CONSULTING AN EXPERIENCED GUNSMITH REGARDING ANY REPAIR OF OR MODIFICATION TO A FIREARM. SERIOUSLY. […]
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