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I recently got a Standard Manufacturing SKO-12, which is a box-fed shotgun. The magazines physically fit quite nicely into a mag pouch for a standard AR-10 magazine, but I've found that when I pull the mags out of these mag pouches, I'm apt to disrupt or dislodge a shell or two because of how exposed they are at the top of the magazine. Can anyone suggest a better means of carrying shotgun magazines that would be ideal for quick reloads on the clock? Thanks

Every year, I have a new year's resolution to either explore the world of red wine or the world of bourbon, but each year, it never happens, because I just like beer too much to displace it. But, I did try a couple years ago, and did the Bourbon Trail (in fact, I'm wearing that t-shirt today), and I totally understood how and why people love bourbon. It's great. It's a challenge for me, because I rarely drink at home. I'm more of a social drinker, and beer is both cheaper and safer to drink when out and about.

I'm not entirely sure at the moment, but I have enough of an understanding of networking to figure it out once I understand how the system works. At least, I believe so. Through a combination of public DNS records and port forwarding on my router, I should be able to expose whatever access I have to the system while at home to also be accessible on the Internet. I'm kinda hoping that I won't have to do this though, but we'll see.

This is a summary of where my mind is, as far as what my requirements are. I refuse to pay anyone monthly. I'd sooner spend $98,000 once, than $2/month, no matter how illogical that is on paper. I want to be able to have 8 channels of video I want a system that supports a mix of wired and wireless cameras I preferably want an NVR system, I think... My whole house is wired with Cat5e, so I'm looking primarily at PoE cameras I prefer buying an NVR and then selecting cameras one-by-one based on the wired/wireless need, the targeted location, as far as indoor/outdoor, and wife's aesthetic requirements. I don't want (necessarily) buy a kit. If I can monitor things remotely over the Internet, that's cool, but I don't care too much about that So far, I think this is what I'm after. I'm just trying to find out concrete information on if/how to use wireless cameras with this. https://www.lorextechnology.com/nvr-network-video-recorder/4k-nvr-with-8-channels-and-2-terabyte-hard-drive/NR9082-1-p

My wife wants to put cameras around the house, which I'm also into. I have an assortment of research questions and some reading to do, and I'm wondering if the security-minded gun owning type folks could recommend a good forum or other resources for such a topic.

I use a foot pedal for this, as well as for motorized case trimming. Sometimes I have background TV (The Sopranos) on while I'm reloading or trimming, so the moments of silence in between loudness are good. If I'm listening to music, I don't bother with the foot pedal, and just turn up the music. I do recommend giving this a whirl as a partial solution.

Here's my rant. You have feel-good people who cry about how big businesses kill the little guy, etc. In my opinion, this isn't the case at all. The little guy kills himself, because he simply does not offer the same experience as the big guy (who himself started out small and won along the way). I placed an order for a couple of gun parts on 2/20, and this was from a very popular gun manufacturer, whose guns I love very much, to the point of being a fanboy. So, I wouldn't even call this company a "little guy." I just today, 2/28, got my shipment notification. Compare that experience to something like Amazon, which is really the gold standard when it comes to eCommerce. The order would have been on my porch 6 days ago. Sure, maybe I shouldn't expect the same experience from a smaller company as I do from Amazon. In some ways, that's true. But, I expect companies to constantly be improving, even if they still wind up always a few steps behind the best. In this era of the example of Amazon, companies need to make changes or they will be left behind. This is not a new concept. It's how life and capitalism have worked since day one. Everyone, and every company, and every living thing should be stepping up its game every single day. Never expect perfection, but never be happy being the same today as you were yesterday. Adapt or die! For the record, the parts I ordered are things that I don't need for more than a month from now, so it's not a matter of urgency driving my own impatience.

I like reading people's stories in this thread. Great thread. Years ago when I decided I need to own a gun and was struggling to figure out what to get, a wise friend said, "Just go get a CZ 75B. You'll like it." He was correction. I soon after got into IDPA and shot that in ESP for a few years. Then one of the clubs I shot at switched over to USPSA, so I started shooting that. I thought about getting one of those crazy open guns, but quickly dismissed the thought, because I really find it important to shoot what I carry. I did upgrade to a CZ 85 Combat, which is a variation of the 75B with a few little bonuses that help in competition but while still being suitable for carry. I still shoot that, but also sometimes shoot (and carry) a Remington R1 Limited, which is a double stack 1911 (2011) in .45. Best of both worlds for USPSA limited, in that I get reasonable mag capacity and major power factor, and I don't have to have 40 caliber in my life. I shot a friend's Shadow 2 in my last match, and it was great, but I'm just not into buying competition-specific pistols. For 3-gun, which I'm really just getting into, I'm still figuring out what I like. I have a red dot on my 85 Combat now, so that puts me in open if I shoot it. And then I compliment that with a Standard Manufacturing SKO-12 box-fed shotgun, and an off-the-shelf DPMS AR. But, next match I'm going to shoot my plain old 75B, same AR, and a CZ 712 Practical, which will put me in the factory division, or whatever it's called. The theme of my story is that I like to have some options on the table and spread my money among guns, instead of dumping it all into one gun that serves just a single purpose. I like that I can choose my own adventure for each match, and do so with guns that mostly cost less than $1000.

Thanks y'all.

I recently picked up a new shotgun to get into 3-gun this year, and am trying to get my choke situation figured out. I have learned that my barrel uses the "Tru-Choke" thread pattern/size, which I was (ignorantly) under the impression was a fairly common pattern. I'm not finding this to be the case at all. For instance, I thought I'd order myself a nice set of Briley extended chokes, but they don't make any in this pattern, from what I can tell. (https://www.briley.com/c-540-tru-choke.aspx) It seems most of the places that I'm looking for both chokes and muzzle brakes don't offer this pattern. My worry is that this Tru-Choke pattern is interchangeable (the same) as some other pattern by a different name, but I don't have any way of knowing this. I can simply order chokes from who seems to be the creator of Tru-Choke, Carlson's, but I'd love to know if there are other options I can consider but just don't realize because of ignorance. I half was beginning to think Win-Choke is the same, but I'm not sure. The world of shotguns is totally new to me after years almost nothing but USPSA shooting. The shotgun in question is a Standard Manufacturing SKO-12, which is a branch of Connecticut Shotgun.

Good opinions and philosophies here. Thanks.

Perhaps I should clarify. I'm wondering what brands of tools are of the best quality in today's hard-to-find-good-stuff world. I don't care about the cost or online source for the tools, just the ones that are made the best. With that information, I can go find the best place to buy them. Thanks.

A lesson my mechanic father taught me growing up was to buy good hand tools that will last forever instead of the junk that breaks in the middle of a job. OK, great, I can agree with this. But now it's many years later, and I don't know where to look to apply that logic to my purchase of a few gunsmithing tools. I'm not looking to get an expansive gunsmithing set, just the basic tools needed to do an AR-15 build with my daughter. So, let's say I want to get a roll pin punch set. I don't want to just get something Chinese off of Amazon, but I'm not sure of today's brands that make quality tools, or if any still exist. Any suggestions to modernize me here? Thanks.

Yes, I completely agree and understand. The economics just seemed out of alignment for MBF. But, I've also not held it in my hands, so when I get one, I'll probably see what I currently cannot.

Isn't this always the case? Immediately after posting this, I looked more closely at the parts diagram and saw that I had the index arm bowed washer (13832) upside down. I made my primer system great again. Perhaps someone will come across this in the future and learn from my error.

On my 650, the primer indexing arm no longer fully ratchets back to rest in the next hole in the rotary primer disk. It drags on the disk and stops just short of dropping into the next hole without a nudge. What I've done: Ensured properly lubrication per Dillon's instructions. Replaced indexing arm (13662), index arm spring (13965), disk detent spring (13844), and disk detent ball (13932). Tried both sides of the rotary primer disk (13499). (I don't have a spare one of these.) Any ideas on what else to check?

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I am well aware that if I were to add a bullet feeder to my 650, my quality of life would be improved, and as someone who doesn't respect money enough, it's rare that I care about the cost of things when it comes to quality of life improvements. But, for some reason, I just cannot bring myself to get a AA bullet feeder. I'm fine with spending as much money as something costs, as long as that cost seems in line with what I'd expect the price of something to be. Am I crazy, or is that bullet feeder priced much higher than it should be? I can't help but compare it to Dillon's case feeder, which IIRC, I paid about $250 for. I realize it's not the same, but it's at least similar. I don't mean this as a complaint about the price, but rather looking for someone to tell me that my feeling that the price isn't justified is simply incorrect. I want to believe it's justified so I can experience that quality of life.

Are you looking to hand trim or spend more for a power trimmer? If the latter, here's the data that I collected as I struggle with my decision on what to get. Name OAL or Neck Chamf+Debur Price (~) Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Giraud Neck Yes 500 Seems to have best reputation. Possibly the loudest one. Frankford Arsenal Platinum...Center Neck No 150 Friend has one and it seems perfectly useful RCBS Trim Pro Case Trimmer OAL No 300 Like that it's OAL without being a PITA to load and unload cases Hornady LnL Case Prep Center OAL No 500 Chuck system seems annoying. Overpriced. Gracey Power Brass Trimmer Neck Yes 350 Horizontal mount only? If selected, get carbide cutter from Giraud Dillon RT1500 N/A - do not want press mounted trimmer Little Crow Creek N/A - do not want drill-based trimmer Pacific Case Trimmer No longer exists, whatever it was? Maybe?

Longevity is definitely a good thing. I find lube doesn't add much time to my process at all. I just spray some lanolin lube on, mix the bowl of brass like I'm making a meatloaf, and I'm good to go.

What's the purpose of going with carbide if you're lubing the cases? My limited understanding was the benefit of carbide dies was it negated the need for lube, at least in straight wall cases. Is there a reason to go carbide over non-carbide for rifle cases that I'll be lubing anyway?

The sore hands for the "pencil sharpener" style trimming is something for me to consider. I've reached the point in life where my hand gets sore pretty easily by doing something as operating a paintbrush for a few minutes, something about gripping things in that fashion. The same is likely to be true for these solutions that would have me holding the cases. I'm leaning toward the RCBS for this reason. Thanks for the feedback, y'all.

Hi everybody, Winter time is when I sit down and load 223 ammo for the year, about 5,000 rounds. This year, I will no longer be using a hand trimmer (retiring my L.E. Wilson). I'm trying to select a trimmer that fits my desires, and I've put together the list below. I'd appreciate any comments, be they pros, cons, gotchas, trimmers that I didn't consider, etc. The only brass I intend to trim with this is .223, which I use in 3-gun, not any super precision type of shooting. I'm looking only at trimmers that fit these parameters: IS a power trimmer NOT integrated into my press NOT something that's a bit attachment for a drill Having additional bits for other operations is NOT a requirement, and perhaps a little bit of a deterrent, although not a deal breaker. Price is irrelevant, although it must at least feel priced appropriately. (I'm looking at you, overpriced Hornady.) With that, here are the ones I'm looking at, including some ruled out ones just to make it clear that I deliberately left it off my list. Name OAL or Neck Chamf+Debur Price (~) Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Giraud Neck Yes 500 Seems to have best reputation. Possibly the loudest one. Frankford Arsenal Platinum...Center Neck No 150 Friend has one and it seems perfectly useful RCBS Trim Pro Case Trimmer OAL No 300 Like that it's OAL without being a PITA to load and unload cases Hornady LnL Case Prep Center OAL No 500 Chuck system seems annoying. Overpriced. Gracey Power Brass Trimmer Neck Yes 350 Horizontal mount only? If selected, get carbide cutter from Giraud Dillon RT1500 N/A - do not want press mounted trimmer Little Crow Creek N/A - do not want drill-based trimmer Pacific Case Trimmer No longer exists, whatever it was? Maybe? I'd appreciate any shared experiences.

Thanks for the info.