Mayor Al

Thanks for the input, guys. I had two written appraisals done to give me some idea of the value of this gun. One agrees with your opinion that the bright-metal and redone stock are both 'aftermarket' modifications to the original Shotgun putting it's value in the $500.00 range, which is what I paid for it. The second appraisal says that despite the modifications the gun does retain it's "beauty" and some of it's collector value. It gave me an auction average of $2500-$3000 if placed in a major gun auction. I think I will sit on this one for awhile and see how the possible market goes be

I use a 1.5x6 x32mm on my Saiga when I use it for pig hunting. Shows Red/Green/Black crosshairs, great for semi-dark work. The slide on Russian mount works fine for easy on and off while holding 'close' to zero for accuracy. Here it is.I copied one 'AD' photo. If that's not legal tell me and I'll delete it.

After searching the 'Net for historical data that will help me determine if the shotgun I recently purchased at an estate-sale/ Auction is genuine or not. AND if it is 'real' then what value might it have, I finally filled in the forms and description with 10 photos and sent them off to the service at GunBroker.com. I have not received the results of their appraisal at this point. I will add their notes to this topic when I get them. Here is what I have- A "W C SCOTT & SONS" 10 Gauge, sidelock SxS Shotgun. All the metalwork is bright (either Chrome or Nickle finish). It has 30 inch

I seem to recall a shortened version of the M1 Garand, called the Tanker's M1. It had a shortened barrel and gas-fixture, was chambered for .308, but used the 8 shot clip feed--not a box Mag. A bunch of these appeared on the surplus market about the time the M-14 was in it's early "issue to the troops" period (early 1960's). One of you gunner's who don't suffer from C R S syndrome step in here please and either correct my mistaken identity or tell me I did actually see those guns in my distant past.

After several years of temporary jobs, lay-offs and other career disappointments My 35 year old son, BS in Business, Married and three kids, one of whom has leukemia (no insurance) decided that perhaps the military could be an alternative now that he had rejected earlier in life. He did his homework, both mentally and physically, getting in the best shape he has been in since High School, and working with the recruiters to get "the best deal" he could. Here's what he came up with--- Enlist in the Army as a Specialist (E-4) due to his college degree. Go to OCS directly from Basic trainn

Thanks to Moderator MAKC for repairing my Faux Paux

Last night Jon Stewart interviewed the recent MOH recipient, Army SFC Leroy Petry. The interview was done in two segments, First one was on the Daily Show on Cable. The Second segment was a continuation of the first, but after the tv program was over. The amazing story of this hero is worth a few minutes of your time. I hope the link will post. There is a commercial at the beginning of each segment, ignore them. My link

Thats a real nice load of small hogs you got! Congratulations !! We recently did our first ever Hog Hunt at one of the package-deal places in Texas. Two old grandpa's and our 14 year old grandson. We got 5 hogs. 3 in the 100-125 lb range and two smaller ones at about 70 lbs each. When the three 'normal-sized' pigs were skinned and cleaned we had about 200 lbs of pig in the coolers. The two smaller ones were kept whole and will be roasted for visual effect for our 4th of July celebration. They will not be the only meat served as some of the family have already stated they don't want to tr

I 'fought' a ticket one time in SoCal,... and won! The CHP officer was a newbie, assigned to traffic duty in the rural desert area of L A and San Bernardino Counties. It was a Sunday morning, we were taking the back roads to the Edwards AFB airshow. She pulled me over for a failure to 'full-stop' before turning right onto the road behind her. This means she observed the 'Crime' in her mirror. I tried to reason with her at the time, then decided to go ahead and take it to Traffic Court. I showed up and she didn't, so the ticket was dismissed. I saved the $150 fine and the points that would ha

For the coming pig hunt I have a bunch of Remington Sluggers and Federal Super-Slugs. I used about 20 of each to zero the scope and practice for piggies. I am able to keep it in a 6 inch circle at 60 yards and that's going to have to be good enough. I can stay in a 3 inch with the 308 Winchester Mod 100. Still undecided which to use first on this expedition.

Indiana passed a no warrent needed for entry law that is being challenged in the courts as a violation of the citizen's civil rights. Hopefully the law will be oveturned shortly, but already there have been several incidents of unlawful entry by Police in the Hoosier State. This not a cop-bashing post, it is a reminder that without legal limits well-defined, there will always be those on both-sides of the law who go to extremes in testing what they can or can't do.

Kinda like "Caged" After a session (30-50 rounds) usually in the field on the truck tail-gate, as opposed to a range-table outing, I do the bore-snake a couple of times, then pop the gas-plug and use a dental pick to poke the holes clear. Several times that has shown one or two to be clogged with crap, It doesn't take long and I have had an experience where nothing fed...because even at wide open two of the three holes were apparently full....so I poke 'em after shooting.

I don't qualify as a "Kentuckian". But I am a "Kentuckianan" I live a couple of miles above the Horseshoe Casino Riverboat on the Indiana side of the Ohio River. During the winter months I can see the lights of Louisville thru the bare trees east of us. I shoot 'casually', meaning I live in a rural area where I can shoot in nearby fields (w/owners permission) using waterjugs and targets mounted on wooden pallets. If you guys across the River ever have a get-together, put me on the list to invite. I'll try and make it and drag my Vodka Special with me.

Here's a link to a BLOG where a guy from Utah hunted the ranch we are headed for in June. He was there less than a month ago so the report is pretty current. Scroll dow the page to get the details of his trip. http://blog.ryanwknives.com/ As I had not been to this ranch before, I took some time last winter to check the references of the place. I got a number of good reports from folks who used the facility Last fall and winter. We are working on a possible Barter set-up like Ryan did to increase our Hog Quota...and maybe get a discounted return trip out of the swap. I will add