quick question

perry shooter

Hey everyone, our firearm deer season opens in two days, I have been doing a lot for out trip, have class tomorrow, today I sighted in my muzzleloader, it is a x-150 winchester with 3-9x bushnell banner scope on top, i cleaned it afterwards really good, probably the best ever, well in the cleaning process I left the stock attached, afterwards i was making sure everything was still torqued down good, and the action screws were tight, but i tightened them a little bit more, my question is, after tightening the action screws, PROBABLY not even a 1/2 turn more, will this significantly throw off my poi?...or should i be set and not worry about this?...i really don't have the time to mess around resighting it it, at 50 yards i set it so it hit 2" high so it was pretty good out to 100, is this going to screw me up or no?

perry shooter

can any of you guys determine what type of gun a person should buy or help correct problems with accuracy just by looking at pics of targets?

problems not so much with the gun itself but with hand position, control, etc.

perry shooter

The Michigan opener for deer is monday, i recently made sure my ultra slug hunter was sighted in, i shot it, then took it apart and cleaned it, would removing the barrel from the frame and the forearm change the point of impact, i didn't mess with the sights, but will it change it significantly? I never noticed a change in where in hits before when I took it apart...should i be fine for the opener?

perry shooter

What year did they make the first 3inch magnum. 20 Ga. shot shell
Thanks Karl

perry shooter

About how much is 60 inchpounds, I ask because that is how much the HS precision stock should be tightend down from what ive seen. Just wondering, is that just barely hand tight, or real tight...i dont have a guage and want to shoot. Thanks

Knifecollector

I've read that they became available to the public in 1954. There had been experimenting with a 3" 20 gauge for some time before that though.

CapnMidnight

That is pretty close to what I've read.
I remember as a small kid, a lot of family and friends shot 16 gauge, it was a real popular gauge at that time. By the mid to late 60s, the 3" 20 was the thing, 16s where sitting in the closet.
W.D.

TRAP55

UMC offered it in May of 1900.
Their catalog offered 20-gauge shells in 2 1/2, 2 3/4, 2 7/8 and 3-inch.

laxcoach

1900 is correct--- slightly newer than the 3" 16, but neither were what was classified as a "magnum".

perry shooter

THANKS ALL I purchased a little Combo gun last night Trying to figure what time frame it was made Cheers Karl

machine gun moran

Wouldn't the guns they were used in have required their chambers to be deepened so the crimps could open?

perry shooter

Yes the chamber would have to match the shell I was asking the question because Then I would know the gun had to be newer than the first 3 inch magnum shell made because the gun was marked 3 inch

laxcoach

Both the 20 and the 16 had 3" chambers---and-- I have 2-3" 16 ga shells, one Peters and one Ajax---and--- a 3" 16 ga L C Smith!

Bert H.

Winchester's first shotgun chambered for a 3" 20-ga shell was the Model 1885 Single Shot, in 1913 - 1914.

perry shooter

Wow thanks all I never knew it dated back nearly that far . I thought maybe i960'S