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I need a new shotgun and like my rifle it has to do double duty as a field gun for hunting as well as for 3 gun.
Have been looking at a 20g Benelli Cordoba with comfortech stock and ported barrel, Like the gun BUT can you fit extended mag and speedloader bracket to it. if so who makes them.
Reason for 20g is that here in NZ we must use steel shot for hunting waterfowl unless we are huntng with a guage of 20 or less and I prefer to use lead shot rather than steel. If we are shooting upland game in a stream bed using a 12g with lead and a duck pops up we are not allowed to shoot it unless we first exchange the lead ammo for steel, where as with a 20g or less I can just shoot it. Go figure
Cheers for the replies
Maybe contact the people at Nordic to see if they make the parts you'll need to turn it in to an open gun.
Guess I'll be buying an M2 in 12ga and a cheap u/o in 20g for the pheasants based on what i can find on the interweb thingy there are no speed loaders / arredondo speed assist bracket etc are available. Nor can the Cordoba take a mag extension:angry:
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I need a new shotgun and like my rifle it has to do double duty as a field gun for hunting as well as for 3 gun.
Have been looking at a 20g Benelli Cordoba with comfortech stock and ported barrel, Like the gun BUT can you fit extended mag and speedloader bracket to it. if so who makes them.
Reason for 20g is that here in NZ we must use steel shot for hunting waterfowl unless we are huntng with a guage of 20 or less and I prefer to use lead shot rather than steel. If we are shooting upland game in a stream bed using a 12g with lead and a duck pops up we are not allowed to shoot it unless we first exchange the lead ammo for steel, where as with a 20g or less I can just shoot it. Go figure
Cheers for the replies
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This was sent to us just after we lost both our "girls" within 5 weeks of each other, both aged 14 years.
We have no kids so they were ours, In the 14 years they blessed us they always had my wife or me with them
Although we now have a new "boy" we still miss them every day.
Seemed like only yesterday we picked them up as puppies.
Anyway here it is
The Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor.
Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.
His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers.
Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
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Can you get ADI Powder in the US
Many of the powders sold under the Hodgdon brand in the USA are made by ADI Ltd. in Australia. If you can’t find a recommended load for a particular Hodgdon powder in your caliber, download the latest ADI Smokeless Powders Handloaders Guide, a 2.8 megabyte Acrobat file.
Here’s a list of ADI to Hodgdon Powder equivalents from another website (ADI Hodgon Powder Comparison)
ADI / Hodgdon Propellants
ADI Powder/Hodgdon naming
AS30N.................Clays
Trail Boss.............Trial Boss
AS50N.................International
AP70N.................Universal
AR2205...............H4227
AR2207...............H4198
AR2219...............H322
BM2....................Benchmark
AR2206H.............H4895
AR2208...............Varget
AR2209...............H4350
AR2213SC...........H4831 / H4831SC
AR2217...............H1000
AR2225...............Retumbo
AR2218...............H50BMG
AR2217 = H1000
AR2225 = Retumbo
AR2218 = H50BMG
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We lost both our dogs within 5 weeks of each other too old age. Vet came to our house so as not to cause them any further stress. Cost for us was irrelevant.
They were our babies and our house is a lonely place with out them.
Then this arrived from a friend via email, made us cry all the harder
I feel for you but good on you for being there when Corky needed you the most
RAINBOW BRIDGE
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.
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So, I'm not a big fan of the IPSC world matches and skipped Bali. Instead I went to New Zealand right after Area 2 with my girlfriend Emma and buddy Eddie (visiting from Norway and also shot Area 2).
We're in Rotorua which is in the center of the North Island. If you could ever pick a beautiful place to hold a match, this is it. Lots of lush vegetation, nice spring temperatures and not too hot. It's a small turn out by US standards, about 115 shooters total with a few from Australia and Asia plus me and Eddie. It's super laid back down here, everybody is nice and we're having a blast.
The quality of the stages are outstanding. They've put up 18 stages and about 350 rounds. It's a three day match, with 6 stages per day. A couple of quickie stages today followed by 32 round house clearings and a massive jungle run. All very high quality and a blast to shoot. Been shooting pretty good. The funniest thing was on the jungle run where I lost my footing on a 180 turn and was super close to falling on my face (shoes gave in to the loose gravel). Blasted 4 shots at the 2 close targets while trying to regain my balance. Shot the targets while holding the gun nowhere near my line of sight. Got the shots off in general direction which resulted in 3 D's and a Mike, ha ha. Just glad I didn't end on my face.
Tomorrow we're shooting several speed shoots and when the day is over we'll have a BBQ and do a paintball battle.
When we're done Sunday we'll start a week n half sightseeing. Lots to see and do in New Zealand. We want to go swim with the dolphins, scuba diving, kayaking and drink lots and lots of margaritas on the beach.
If there's any place they SHOULD have the world shoot, this would be it !
Great except you are in the Wrong Island but then I am biased
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Many thanks for the replies. I am not looking to spend a fortune so will try to locate a Simmons Pro Diamond.
many thanks
Mike
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Just like the title says guys. I have been looking at a Leupold VX1 1-4x 20 "Turkey Plex" Reticule but wondered what the replacement for above optic is as seem to be out of production. I don't want to spend a lot on an optic if it's not necessary. I know you get what you pay for I already have a VXIII 4.5 - 14 x 40 LR
Mike
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Hmmm...could be the same as a Limcat turbocomp except that the little front holes blow up instead.
Yup looks very similar although I've never seen / shot or even held onto a Limcat of any sort. Way down here in the bottom of the world good things never seem to come in a hurry or great numbers. Hell NZ only has 3000 B Endorsed (Pistol Shooters) in total, (all firearms users must hold a current firearms licence or be under the direct supervision of someone who does) and of that number probably 600 shoot IPSC regularly. The numbers are so small my gunsmith says he could never make a full time living from it.
However I digress
Mike
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Difficult to explain but I'll try
Directly in front of the barrel at the very begining of the comp there is a hole which leads to a chamber under the comp proper, this in turn leads to two small exit holes in the front of the comp, sooo the some exhaust gas is deflected down under and then up while the rest goes thru the normal top part of the comp. maybe someone else can explain it better. Theory is that gun shoots "flatter" and certainly seems the case in my limited experience. As I said I'll try and post some pic's next week of the comp if anyones interested? A pictures woth 1000 words as they say
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Well good news, gun is fixed. Problem was with the Underport Comp system, I asked for a threaded plug so I can clean out the Under Port. This for whatever reason had backed out far enough to contact the guide rod thus causing my problem. Gunsmith managed to get the slide / barrel off. Cut the thread in the comp deeper . Reinstalled the plug with a different type of locking compound. Shortened the guide rod by 2mm
And shipped it back. Hope to get it back tomorrow, test it in the weekend and If others still want photos I’ll post some next week.
Thanks for all the advice
Mike
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Why did you switch from the JPoint to the C-More? Was it harder to track the JPoint? Please advise. Thanks.
JPoint was absolutly fantastic but I really wanted it for a saddle mount on my AR.
Swapped to C-More for pistol as I got one cheap, Also C-Mores are readilly availible in my country where as JPoints are not so If my C-More fails I can get one tomorrow but have to have a JPoint shipped from the USA 3-4 weeks
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can u share pics of ur comp?
thanks btw, who's ur smith, does he have a website? thanks again!!Regards,
infinity
Infinity
Unfortunatly my gunsmith does not have a website and I doubt you will have heard of him as we both reside outside the USA, way down in New Zealand infact. Complete gun cost $5850 New Zealand Dollars approx, $1NZ=.68US cents. Cost was approx same as STI Grandmaster. As for the comp, Alan tells me its machined from a solid piece of barstock and takes about 2 days to make as he uses a manual mill! Each comp is custom built for each gun and he will customise it further if you want something different. Cost for the comp is $550NZ Dollars + fitting, I'll let you work out the conversion to Real Money but I think maybe approx $350US. As for Pictures I'll Post some but you'll have to wait until the gun comes back in its unjammed and working state!!!! May be next week.
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Thanks for all your input guys, I'll let you know how it turns out
For the record the gun is in 38SC, has STI frame, barrel and slide, Konig hammer, C&S Sear and Disconnector, Comonoli Guide Rod and Underported Comp designed and Built by the manufacturing Gunsmith. He also built my STD gun which I have since sold to buy this.
Heres a pic of the finished article with C-More instead of JPoint, yes it is heavy but I'm not small either!!!!!!!!!!
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cock the gun, move the slide as far rearward as you can, then push down on the barrel through the ejector port.
this should allow barrel to drop out of lug engagement...hopefully. oncce the barrel is unlocked from the slide, the slide should be free to travel rearward...
if when the slide moves rearward, the barrel drops like it was being pulled from the locking lugs by the link and stops moving rearward when the barrels lower lug contacts the frame, what you have is a stuck case..
with the guns slide pulled as far to the rear as you can, insert wooden dowel into muzzle and tap the case out with a mallet.
or send it to gunsmith
As we speak its on its way back to it's maker, If I cock the gun I can only move the slide back 2-3mm, far enough to work the disconnector and no further. I have tried what you suggest and cannot get the barrel to "unlock" at all ie no movement.
I was really mainly wondering what could cause such a immovable lock up of slide and barrel.
Cheers for all the advice though
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Another "DUH" moment for me... You only stated that TWICE in your post.
No Worries happens to all of us especially me. Yes I have tried to gently knock it out with a squib rod but no movement
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I have fired some ammo that was loaded to long for a short throated gun and had a problem that sounds just like what you describe. I tried clearing it by holding the slide and striking the grip - forward - a number (a bunch of times) with no sucess. I let my gunsmith buddy Dwayne have it and - after a few more of the same he cleared the gun in the same manner I was attempting. I would Not have believed the long loaded round was the problem... but it was.
Just to clarify the stuck case is a fired empty NOT a live round, fired OK and there were 6 holes in the target, equal to number fired. Also last shot was not louder or quieter than the previous 5. I suspect mechanical failure of some sort as primers on all the other fired cases are not showing pressure signs. Load is 9gn 3N38 behind 124gn CMP projectile. Problem is how to get the slide /barrel off to investigate, barrel is not unlocking from slide, not enough movement methinks but cheers for the replys guys appreciated
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The lug may be sheared off of the barrel.
the *&%&%* gun has only fired 250 rounds, only arrived last week. If this is the case how often does it happen??
Heres a pic but gun now wears a CMORE but dont have pic of it yet
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Help.
I have a new STI open gun and while training the other night I was doing Bill Drills. When I went to clear the gun after firing the 6th shot I found the gun had not extracted the last empty case. What I’m saying is there were 6 holes in the target and 1 empty case jammed in the gun. There is no way I can retract the slide more than 2.5-3 mm. Ie far enough so the disconnector operates but that’s it. I cannot obviously get the slide back far enough to remove the slide stop. Now if I cock the hammer and then for want of a better description shake the frame the slide moves back and forth the 2-3mm but there appears to be no spring tension on the slide and the barrel stays locked up in the slide. Any Ideas
I'll try to post pics later when I get home
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Beven Grams
Grams Engineering (949-548-3745)
His Docter with light-sensor mod and ONE 2032 battery is about 3x brighter than an older Optima another shooter showed me with TWO 2032 batteries. Outdoors, it's brighter than a new CMore 8moa dot at full blast.
If you insist, he'll sell you one without the modification.
Would love to get one unfortunately Beven can't ship intermationally and I know nobody in the US well enough to trust them to ship it to me.
Mike
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Thanks guys, anyone know who sells the latest model Docter I think is Generation 4 and is prepared to ship outside US
Mike
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Having a new open gun build in .38 supercomp, I have read the threads re C-Mores and Doctors/JPoints but none address preferance only reliability, what do other shooters prefer & why?
Cheers for the replies
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I am on my 3rd, but not because of any problems from the J-Point. My first dot was one of the old Tasco Optima 2000, on an open Glock, after about 3000 rounds the lens started to move (fore & aft), so I ordered a J-Point because I could keep the same mount as the Optima. It worked great for about 5000 rds. Somewhere along the line I developed some ejection problems and the brass scratched the lens, but thats my problem, not JP's. Recently I bought a newer 8MOA J-Point for the open Glockster (shooting a 171PF) and have been extremely happy with it.
I then took the 4 MOA 'scratched' J-Point and put it on my Advantage Arms .22 Glock Conversion Kit. It is so cool.
Even with the scratches on the lens I never had any 'issues' with the J-Point. It just kept working, and working, and working. I still won my class (B open) at many shoots, scratches and all.
I would love to have a C-More on my Glock but cant figure out how to mount it without any feeding problems.
J-Point .....Awesome ... Simple ... Dependable ... need I say more ???
Thanks for the Info I purchased a Jpoint for my AR on a saddle mount but never got arround to fitting it. Now I'm have a new open gun and wondered if it was worth fitting on it. I'm gona do it, I don't like the way the C-more type sit so high but was worried how long the slide ride type sight will last with the hammering
Cheers
Mike
thanks btw, who's ur smith, does he have a website? thanks again!!
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Use LM and Mod for everything. Not good enough for it to really matter yet. If I cant hit it with these chokes, won't hit it with full either. But I ONLY shoot sporting