So happy to have a pawn shop that doesn’t gouge you on firearms.

I get that this is more in line with something most people use a sporting setup for, but still, it seems like it would be a very practical way to train a bunch of different skills at once on the dedicated platform you actually intend to use in a defensive situation.

If not, are there any comparable drills somebody could do that offer comparable benefits?

New here, enjoy a few peanut butter blasters fellas.

I recently bought a pre-owned and very well used saiga 12 (likely already broken in). Totally new to shotguns and guns in general. First time shooting it I put about 50 12/76 high brass shells through it, I had read that low brass would have trouble ejecting. After I was home I did some more reading to find out about the high brass/low brass differences only to find out there was an adjustment for the gas pressure. When I checked it I realized there was an aftermarket dph knob that was set to 6, which is the highest pressure setting meant for low brass. Should I be worried that I fired 50 shells of high brass on the highest pressure setting? I haven’t checked the trunnion or anything yet but I didn’t notice any issues or differences in the gun through the session. Are there any symptoms or issues I need to look out for now?

I'm looking to buy some steel targets to setup for drills and wanted to see what people use

Also, what kind of regular target setups do you guys use for drills?

Last month, I posted up that I was struggling with the difference in recoil between two different types of buckshot that I had intended for home defense (Federal Flite Control #00 Buck 8 Pellet Managed Recoil and Fiocchi #4 Buckshot). Ya'll ripped me apart and told me to hit with my purse because I said the recoil feels different between these two shells.

I'm back again and here to improve. I've realized that I really need to to the range with a goal and today's goal was practice emergency reloads (tube is empty and I'm throwing one in the chamber to reload) on my A300 Ultima Patrol. I don't think I'm at all fast per se, but I do feel like I'm benefiting by a plan and a drill to focus on before I go to the range.

I still am struggling with push-pull, but I bought a Lunar Concept Hot Pocket, which is letting me get a finger over the barrel that does seem to help me stay on target faster/control recoil. I managed to convince my wife to sew on some industrial velcro on a Mystery Ranch fanny pack to produce my tactical fanny. It can hold about 35 shells, and has a place on the front for a 7 round esstac card.

Again, when I bought this last year and I think underestimated the skill/practice it requires, but I think I can get there with some help/advice!

I'm looking to buy some steel targets to setup for drills and wanted to see what people use

Also, what kind of regular target setups do you guys use for drills?

I want to mount this in the bedroom closet but I have children. A safe is just not practical.

This would be for both tactical shotguns and normal pump actions.

Any suggestions?

Finished up some shotgun builds and started some new one! Also picked up some new stuff.

From left to right!

14” agency arms m4 tradesman SBS

14” Mossberg 590s shockwave SBS with sga stock

11” agency boomstick m2 with Tony systems stock

18” beretta 1301 with full Aridus industries handguard and stuff

14” Mossberg 990 aftershock SBS with Chisel Machining foldy boi

11” agency tradesman m2 with wood handguard

18” Beretta A300 ultima patrol with chisel stock and Langdon tactical heatshield

Had fun putting these together. enjoy !

I’m doing too much for a gun that will live most of its life on the bedside.

Picked this up for $700 yesterday, can’t really find any information on it. Anyone know anything about it?

I just got one of these. Mostly for long term storage to replace just storing loose rolling around in an ammo can. I'm fairly impressed for $60. It does seem really tight. I pushed the 12 gauge shells in the slots as far they would go. I think removing them would be easier if you left a 1/4 inch, but wasn't sure I wanted the foam on top pushing the primers too tightly. Perhaps I worry too much about unintentional firing??? Is that even a thing in storage? Most of my ammo I keep in the original boxes in small new MTM cans with dessicant and O2 absorbers. I would think they're safe and good for the next 20 years at least

I keep seeing the comment that whichever optic you mount on the rail is too high. Every recommendation points to immediately replacing the rail with an adapter plate, sometimes a very expensive adapter plate, so you can install pistol optic. I'm also kind of surprised that people recommend pistol optics for a shotgun instead of some kind of rifle optic. It makes me think that Beretta maybe just threw on a rail instead of an optics plate to cut cost, since no one seems to actually use it.

Are there any optics that work well attached directly to rail? By which I mean that the red dot isn't so high that you have to tilt your head uncomfortably or even lift your head off the stock?

Working with new materials and trying to match the texture of fabric but with all the benefits of thermoplastics. Can be left loaded for months on end and will keep their retention. More flexible than any card on the market.

I wanna turn my standard 870 to a shorter 18.5 so I it can be a bit more modern, better sling set up, light all that stuff. How would I upgrade my capacity while also shorting my barrel?