Oil, the new way to make an illegal bump stock. Ouch in the 10 bore version.
Had an uncle who reversed the choking in a .410 and reversed the triggers to fire the left barrel first from the front trigger. I asked him why. He explained he liked shooting the .410 at quail but was worried about cripples on covey rises. He called it collateral damage as he killed one bird, another nearby bird would get a few fringe pellets. So he wanted as tight a first barrel as could get. He then wanted an extra, extra tight second barrel for his second shot. When he had the barrel wall thickness measured they found the right barrel was much thicker than the left barrel. Both were choked full, about .020-.022. He had the left barrel back bored several thousand for two inches behind the choke and the entire bore polished to mirror smoothness. Gave .025 choke in the thinner, first to be shot, left barrel. On the right barrel they backbored it almost five inches to a total of .014-016”. They back bored it two Iniches and patterned it. Took a few more thousand off and checked again. The extended the back bore another inch at a time until the pattern stopped getting better. Opened it up more until either the pattern stopped getting better or they ran chicken. He said they could have stopped at 3- 1/2” or 4” in hindsight. That barrel is very, very thin but out there the pressures are fairly plow. He then had the triggers reversed and had extra bend in them to make them easier to use.
That gun smokes clay targets at ranges a 12 would be proud of. But it is feast or famine as to if you hit the bird or not. I will happily shoot Dove at 30 yards but won’t at 15. What it does to a low seven on a skeet field is impressive but the same hit on a real bird would be a stupid waste with the right barrel.
Last edited by KY Jon; 02/05/19 12:34 PM.
