First off, hello and I hope everyone enjoyed their Turkey Day weekend.
I bought my first gun in a long time and picked it up 10 days ago. I have been getting back into shooting and wanted something fun..............like a pump shotgun I can blow slugs and buckshot through. I have enough rifles. So after the fun CA waiting period I got me 51517, short barrel regular stock ghost ring sites, regular stock 5+1. Out of the box I was pretty excited, what a nice gun and I am glad I spent the extra dough on the metal guard etc. Immediately you can feel how fast this little guy is with the short barrel. Thanks to this forum I wasted no time swapping to the limbsaver which I had before even picking up the gun.
So I bought a bunch of hollow point slugs and buckshot and toted it along to my in-laws house so we could shoot at their local range. Truthfully, I probably blew 30 rounds before really getting the feel of the sites and then started dialing in. With the federal 2-3/4 hollowpoints I had to dial up the elevation to about 2 lines below the top on the side ears. But then it started hitting very well at 50 yards. I suspect there is a good amount of variance with the slugs, but 6" groups seem pretty reasonable at 50 yards with a stray here and there. For kicks I aimed at a spot 100 yards away on the bank and after seeing the drop I kind of guesstimated elevation and hit the spot no sweat. WOW!!
Last weekend I shot with the sited dialed and my buddy picked it up and put a slug through a quart sized gatorade bottle first shot. I took it up to the local shooting spot and blew apart some pine half rounds. Again I was very happy with the accuracy in that 40-60+ yard range. But I did note some strays here and there. My son enjoyed shooting cans with the birdshot target loads, but I think his first buckshot round might be his last for a while.
So thanks for all the foresight on this gun, the info here helped a great deal in my decision and there are no regrets other than I probably should have bought a 930 SPX so I have the set, but later for that, I need a reloading press first, those slugs are costly.
A couple questions:
I got a pretty good lead build up near the breech from the slugs. Best way to clean that up?? And I suppose I am gonna have to run a lot of patches through??
I have only sprayed the interior with remoil but need to break it down and clean it. Any parts need grease instead of oil??
What's the best cure for the big bruise on my shoulder and upper bicep??
My boy gives it a go:
I bought my first gun in a long time and picked it up 10 days ago. I have been getting back into shooting and wanted something fun..............like a pump shotgun I can blow slugs and buckshot through. I have enough rifles. So after the fun CA waiting period I got me 51517, short barrel regular stock ghost ring sites, regular stock 5+1. Out of the box I was pretty excited, what a nice gun and I am glad I spent the extra dough on the metal guard etc. Immediately you can feel how fast this little guy is with the short barrel. Thanks to this forum I wasted no time swapping to the limbsaver which I had before even picking up the gun.
So I bought a bunch of hollow point slugs and buckshot and toted it along to my in-laws house so we could shoot at their local range. Truthfully, I probably blew 30 rounds before really getting the feel of the sites and then started dialing in. With the federal 2-3/4 hollowpoints I had to dial up the elevation to about 2 lines below the top on the side ears. But then it started hitting very well at 50 yards. I suspect there is a good amount of variance with the slugs, but 6" groups seem pretty reasonable at 50 yards with a stray here and there. For kicks I aimed at a spot 100 yards away on the bank and after seeing the drop I kind of guesstimated elevation and hit the spot no sweat. WOW!!
Last weekend I shot with the sited dialed and my buddy picked it up and put a slug through a quart sized gatorade bottle first shot. I took it up to the local shooting spot and blew apart some pine half rounds. Again I was very happy with the accuracy in that 40-60+ yard range. But I did note some strays here and there. My son enjoyed shooting cans with the birdshot target loads, but I think his first buckshot round might be his last for a while.
So thanks for all the foresight on this gun, the info here helped a great deal in my decision and there are no regrets other than I probably should have bought a 930 SPX so I have the set, but later for that, I need a reloading press first, those slugs are costly.
A couple questions:
I got a pretty good lead build up near the breech from the slugs. Best way to clean that up?? And I suppose I am gonna have to run a lot of patches through??
I have only sprayed the interior with remoil but need to break it down and clean it. Any parts need grease instead of oil??
What's the best cure for the big bruise on my shoulder and upper bicep??
My boy gives it a go: