The Horror!

:)

I owned my Magnum-10 for sixteen years and the only time I shot it was at high house skeet targets at the old Potomac River Gun Club standing about 60 yards back from the crossing stake with 2 7/8-inch loads. Finally sold it to the Hartmann brothers and later that year I saw it in Steve Lamboy's (ICD) tent at The Vintage Cup at Sandanona.

I shot it this morning. Didn't have an issue with bruising my finger but Damnnn….. did the 3 1/2 inch shells kick.i forgot i had some 2oz #4’s. Shot a card board box at about 70 yards. It shoots really tight and flat hammered that box.
A duck or goose could not fly through that pattern.

A little off the topic but where was the “Potomac River Gun Club” I thought myself pretty knowledgeable of the mid Atlantic skeet clubs , but I can’t say I’ve heard of that one or either forgot I’d heard of it :whistle:

I'll get my new stock on the S Fox, maybe we can try out both guns on them ducks during a Mearns hunt this year. Seems I remember a water hole near P Canyon lake?

It was on the Stump Neck Annex of the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head. The original range where I shot my Magnum-10 was on the flat right where Mattawoman Creek emptied into the Potomac. When Ed Nicholson became commanding officer he ramrodded building a new club a bit to the east-northeast on Rum Point where we were in the woods and not putting shot in the river. Two of the most perfect skeet/trap fields with cement block houses with concrete floors and bases for new Beomat machines that threw targets like they were on railroad tracks. About three or four commanding officers later and 9/11, we were shut down and thrown off the base. Held an auction of all our inventory and machines at Walter Golden's farm and divided the proceeds among the members. Larry Buckley the club president who's name was on the club's FFL kept that.

In reference to the articles that Dave mentions, does anyone know if there are websites where these articles can be read?
I also ordered a letter from Cody this morning. I am hoping the letter will provide the LOP as well as what pad may have been installed.
The letter will take about 6 weeks.

Doc Drew posted links to a couple of Super-Fox/progressive burning smokeless powder Outdoor Life articles this morning --

https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...t=36489&page=9

Perhaps that source has the articles.

Great idea. I opened an account. Lots of access to many magazines but none with the date I needed.

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Phil what in the world are you going to use the behemoth on! Must be those Indian Reservation turkeys!! I'm worried about my 76 yr old legs for our Mearns excursion in Jan so I hope your rotater cuff and shoulder will have good attention from the orthopedic man!!! We will talk soon. Best to you.