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Jimbo
Jimbo
15 years ago

American Susan Cohen, who lost her 20-year-old daughter, Theodora, said in an interview with Sky News, “We don’t want to hear any talk of compassion. He’s a mass murderer.”

’nuff said.

Chris
Chris
15 years ago

File downloaded as “epi-002556-the-hunting-shotgun.mp3” – numbering seems just a smidgen off to me. 😉

agentem
agentem
15 years ago

Part of me wonders if the guy was released from prison so that the state wouldn’t have to pay for cancer treatments. Part of being in a big house is the free medical care that goes with it, regardless of the crime. Best way to kill a terminally ill felon is to get them off of the dole.

ChrisK
ChrisK
15 years ago

Haven’t listened yet (listen on the way home each day) but I have a question on reloading for the shotgun: I have been reloading for a few months with a MEC 600 jr. Really enjoy it and have been happy with the results. My question is: do you need a special setup to reload your own slugs? Is that even possible / advisable?

Dan Hunter
Dan Hunter
15 years ago

Jack i need a bib when you started going blah blah blah i spit up my coffie.Jack what do you think about rifled screw in choke tubes.Will these with a scope and a sabot slug make a smooth bore shotgun into a 125-150 yard deer gun.

Dan Hunter
Dan Hunter
15 years ago

When i was a teenager we did a snipe hunt to teach a neighborhood bully a lesson and it worked.

Frank
Frank
15 years ago

I started with a .410 single shot when I was 8 years old. My dad and grandfather would let me carry it hunting with no shells for 2 year, only allowing me to shoot cans after the hunt. I believe that’s the way it should be done. 1st teach safety, then how to shoot.

Mel
Mel
15 years ago

Also, check out ITX Shot. It has the same density as lead but is not toxic for hunting.

http://www.ballisticproducts.com/products.asp?dept=370

Mel

Dan Hunter
Dan Hunter
15 years ago

Thanks Jack a lot of good info in your reply keep up the good work DANO

PistolWhipped
PistolWhipped
15 years ago

ANOTHER great show Jack. One thing though, in a hunting situation, the one shot difference between a pump action and a double barrel isn’t all that great. If you can’t hit it with 2 shotgun shells, you probably won’t with 3. So I’d say the capacity is a much smaller issue than things like fit and price.

I actually hadn’t considered rifled chokes until I saw Dan’s comment. On something like an O/U, the barrels don’t pop on and off quite as easily as something like an 870. So if I want to go to slugs in an O/U, will Sabot slugs and a rifled choke shoot better than just plain vanilla rifled slugs from an open/cylinder choke? It’s a lot easier (not to mention cheaper) to just toss another choke in the bag than to pack the extra barrels and equipment to mount it after all.

rmg7
rmg7
15 years ago

New to the topic, but thanks to Jack, I’m developing interest in the subject of hunting and firearms. Great intro to the subject.

Here’s a Wikipedia link that other newbies might find useful for the basics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun

Again, and again, podcasts like today’s are proof that TSP is an incredible resource of information, and real-life experience.

PistolWhipped
PistolWhipped
15 years ago

Good point. But I usually figure after a double, I might as well reload. I can hit the regularly enough that losing one, or even two on a triple won\’t hurt my feelings too bad. I just like the lighter weight of the double if I\’m hiking through a freshly cut corn field on opening day. Plus I\’m the only one in my house who eats game anymore either, so nailing 2 or 3 ducks a trip or maxing out on doves might be a bit of a waste, even I get tired of them after a while. I really don\’t hunt much except doves, waterfowl, and deer. So an O/U suits my purposes a bit better as far as a light, easy handling weapon.

Plus, the family is, how do I say, a bit inept with firearms. The simplicity of the break action means that I at least have them informed enough not to shoot themselves in the foot with it. I think teaching that on a pump might had them around the \"scary gun\" more than they liked. Now they can at least break it open, drop in 2 shells, and shoot vaguely straight if they had to. They don\’t want to invest the effort to learn anything more complex than that.