Recent content by Forrest Halley

Now that looks like a capable cartridge.

Where and how does one find brass for the improved Jeffery? Does it use the Gibbs bolt face?

Sweet Baby HayZeus! The doubters are out in force! I use the releasable loctite blue which is removable I have used it for a decade like this for choke tubes on competition guns and also for screws on competition revolvers. Any time I have needed to remove anything I have had no issues. The...

It is also 24" long.

I'd be interested to see it. My Mossberg came with a 24" barrel originally. I was able to buy from Mossberg a 20" barrel and have them skip the porting. Interestingly enough I had a problem with this gun releasing the shell from the magazine tube after I had cycled the action. Bang...click...

Please provide the link I was unable to find what you speak of. The issue is that what if I need to shoot more than thirty shots between tightenings? I'm supposed to carry a choke tube wrench in the field and tighten the choke a few times a day or in between stages in a competition? Thank you...

Confirmation bias is very much alive and well in shotgunning. Go to a turkey shoot sometime and worship at the temple of the true believers. :A Worshipl::A Worshipl::A Worshipl::E Lol: In my case, I either want the shortest possible setup (18" 3½" 12ga Holy Grail) or I no longer care how long...

Extended chokes can be nice for changing in the field, but nowadays I am generally sticking with one choke save bird hunting. With my extended chokes I actually lubricate the internal threads and wipe the choke down before applying loctite blue to the choke threads. I tighten and use a sharpie...

There...fixed it for you.

Yes, the super calibre what doth defy any semblance of reality in order to smite cartridges north and south of it on the ballistic spectrum. I think this is the best explanation of why I am not concerned about the magnums either. A healthy charge of buckshot will make a stout hunter in short...

I laughed way too hard at this honestly.... I have a .458 Lott and a .375 H&H. What more can one need? Wants are a different story.

Would work until @Bob Nelson 35Whelen got hungry and ate some... Ruger #1 is the culprit there. Apparently everything kicks harder in that rifle and even the .357 Magnum is something to be experienced.

@Ontario Hunter there have been two successful revivals of old cartridges to successfully harvest DG. The cartridges selected were the .405 Win and .45-90. The guy who did the hunting used modern bullets from North Fork IIRC. I think your selection of the .40-60 for this is wanting. Need more oomph.

Sounds like a huge man drive to me. I've seen great success with such tactics. Of course it helps if you know the people you're hunting with and they have the restraint to abstain from shooting if unsure of the circumstances.

Eric, I'm wondering about the reliability in the cycling due to the short barrel. I'm going to call the mossbergians next week and flat out ask them why not. I am unfamiliar with the gas system in these guns. I wonder if it needs a certain barrel length to work? Maybe there's a certain recoil...