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My newfound trap hobby is getting... ridiculously expensive. Mind you that's while working on league day. Solution is obvious enough, 12 gauge reloading isn't hard and I'm even willing to experiment with shot dripping. Question is what reloading press to buy, preferably for under $100. Through...

Purchased four boxes of Federal Field & Range from a big-box store in town. Three of the four were fine, one had an issue: I inspected all one hundred shells at home. The five shells you see above all came from the same box, though I know not exactly where in the box as I dumped the whole...

When I purchased my 1999 Mossberg 500 I found it extremely difficult to remove the trigger group. This, I found, was because the mainspring retaining pin had moved from it's hole and was catching on the stock. Pushing the pin back into place resolved the issue. Until Sunday's four rounds of...

Quick trip to the trap club produced three difficult extractions in two boxes. In all cases the action was difficult to impossible to open for ten or fifteen seconds, then cycled as normal. My first impression was that the shells were partially melting in the warm barrel, efforts to keep the...

Purchased a well used but perhaps neglected Mossberg 500A in 12 gauge with a 28" barrel, made in 1999. Wood is nicely dinged, paint on the receiver shows obvious wear from being held against the body, and all the wear surfaces inside have a nice shine. This gun probably put a few meals on the...