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Old 11-08-2011, 06:59 PM   #21
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Now thats funny..... But how do ya explain the lead shot?...
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Old 11-08-2011, 07:42 PM   #22
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Now thats funny..... But how do ya explain the lead shot?...
No need to explain, the overshot card is stamped Bismuth!
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Old 11-08-2011, 08:47 PM   #23
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Hmmm... let's see, a warden with a bore micrometer and a degree in metalurgy... what are the chances?
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:04 AM   #24
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My stash of Bismuth eights is up to 130 now. That is more than a lifetime supply for me. Mr. Gary Herman still has some of the factory loaded Eley Bismuth eights available. He isn't real good about shipping them, but he takes a few boxes to gun shows.
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:09 AM   #25
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Wardens don't need a degree in metallurgy or a bore mic. Many of them carry a small device that passes electrical current through a shell when it is inserted in the device. The device measures the resistance and indicates lead or steel. Niceshot and other "hevi" metal shot can fool it and register "lead". (Ask Destry, he was glad he had his lawyer at his side for that one). I think it takes up to a 10 bore shell. Now if an 8 bore doesn't fit in it, one might be prepared for some questions...Sir, what gauge shotshell is this?
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:15 AM   #26
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Ok Dean you've did it again surpassed the memory in my grey matter. What in sam hill is metalurgy (study of metals?) Nice shot is safe in extra tight chokes no? ch
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:57 AM   #27
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Niceshot is safe in tight (Parker) chokes and tighter Fox ones too...
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Old 11-09-2011, 09:18 AM   #28
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And 1 & 3/8 oz #2 Nice Shot in a short ten is known to have put down up at least 5 Canada Geese in a single shot from a trusty ol' Parker...
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Old 11-09-2011, 04:37 PM   #29
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FLOCK SHOOTER!
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Old 11-10-2011, 08:09 PM   #30
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Just returned from the Easton, MD prelude to the Waterfowl Festival ("Decoy Swap & Sell Meet" held in the parking lot of the Talbot County MD Community Center). Just like Woodstock; 3 days of decoys and gunning paraphernalia instead of peace and music; where the big 8's scarcely cause an uproar any more. The big Guyette & Schmidt auction held yesterday and today featured 4 or 5 documented and provenanced punt guns, which went for big bucks. These babies make an 8 ga. look like flavor straws next to large diameter PVC plumbing pipes. The best of the lot was a behemoth 2 1/2 -inch bore gun with a barrel about 6 ft. long and a stock fitting for securing into the stern of the punt that reminded me of the ship cannon's cradle and mount for the standard Royal Navy 12-pound gun (watch "Master and Commander; The Far Side of The World"). Complete with hand-forged hinge loops, turnbuckles and restraining rope harness anchors, it was truly awesome! I've been thinking about building one for years; put me back thinking about the hunt for a 37 or 40MM Bofors or Lhatvi anti aircraft cannon barrel, recommended to me years ago by the late Alfred Gallifent of Warminster PA, who in his apprenticeship began service by cleaning and "tightening" many of the still-legal punt guns in use in Great Britain. Makes me want to smoke a fine imported cigar, just thinking about it.......
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