Rocky1
New member
Well, I broke down and joined the black rifle club today.
Recently won a Maverick Hunter 12 ga. Over/Under synthetic, on a game of chance at the local tavern. Wasn't real impressed with the looks of it, and with the synthetic stock I didn't find it to be balanced well, at all. Already own 6 shotguns, and 4 of them sit in the gun safe all the time. Brand new gun though, only time it was ever taken out of the box was to see if it fit me and felt good enough to keep. That took all of about 2 minutes total, and I put it back in the bags, back in the box, and closed her back up.
Had to go visit the local gunshop today, so I loaded up the ugly shotgun, that didn't feel right, and took it along. Salesman got pretty close to what I wanted out of it, without even dickering too much. Picked a DPMS Low Pro Classic he had on the shelf to trade on, (only AR in the shop at the moment). Flat top - 5.56/223 - 16 inch Bull Barrell - with 1 - 9 twist. http://www.dpmsinc.com/LO-PRO-CLASSIC_ep_137-1.html
Topped it with a Tasco World Class 3 - 9 x 40. Ballisti-plex w/mil-dot reticle. Yeah, I know guys, I probably shoulda put better glass on it, BUT.... This is gonna be a truck gun, rattling around on the floorboard between the seats on the jeep, under the seat of the pickup, drug through the fields shootin old ugly coyotes, and whatever, so I really wasn't interested in putting any of the 6 - 7 hundred dollar Leupolds I looked at on it. I can abuse the [beeep] out of a $65 scope without remorse, but it would pain me seriously to treat one that cost me $600+ like that.
I was pleasantly surprised with it however... Threw everything in a box, tossed it all in the jeep, and took off. Salesman was trying to get to the cafe for the cheeseburger he'd ordered 45 minutes earlier, and I didn't want to hold him up any longer, by begging him to mount the scope and bore sight it. Went out to our little makeshift range, mounted the riser on the rail, put on my rings, mounted my scope, adjusted it to fit me, looked to be a little tall for the case, so I tried it in the factory hard case, and the SOB wouldn't fit with the knobs on the riser to the left; had to take it all apart, and do it all over again.
Went to 10 yards, laid it over the hood of the Jeep, squeezed the trigger and it was dang near dead center left to right, but about 7 inches low. Cranked it up close, as in really close at 10, in 4 rounds. Moved the jeep and backed out to 25 yards where the picnic table was set up, drug my tackle box out for a rest, I was 5 inches high! I shoulda just started at 25, I could have cranked it up a dozen notches and gone home after 2 rounds!! But what are the odds???
Backed her down in the center ring again, in 2 more rounds, went 3 clicks right, and 2 up, and it was scary. Hit an inch by inch bull, dead center. Couldn't have measured it and been closer. I then proceeded to print two 3 shot groups you could have covered easily with a quarter, shooting off my tackle box, sitting at a broke picnic table, in a 25 mph wind, with gusts to 30 - 35!! And, with exception of one stray, I jerked the trigger on, you coulda covered them with a nickel.
Not to mention I'm not moving or bending real good after exiting a ladder at work prematurely and landing flat of my back, on top of a pallet on a concrete floor, from about 5 feet in the air, last Thursday. Which just ain't cool at 54 years old, and 265 lbs. And, that's with a factory trigger that has just a little bit of creep, and takes about as much to pull, as my jeep in a mudhole!
To say the least I was impressed!! I think I'm reeeeeally gonna like this gun!!
Got 3 questions however...
1.) What do you guys in the know, recommend for a better (maybe adjustable) affordable trigger?
2.) What would you recommend for a sling on this thing? And...
3.) What is available for front sling mount for this model? There's nothing there to mount too, short of tying it around the barrel.
Recently won a Maverick Hunter 12 ga. Over/Under synthetic, on a game of chance at the local tavern. Wasn't real impressed with the looks of it, and with the synthetic stock I didn't find it to be balanced well, at all. Already own 6 shotguns, and 4 of them sit in the gun safe all the time. Brand new gun though, only time it was ever taken out of the box was to see if it fit me and felt good enough to keep. That took all of about 2 minutes total, and I put it back in the bags, back in the box, and closed her back up.
Had to go visit the local gunshop today, so I loaded up the ugly shotgun, that didn't feel right, and took it along. Salesman got pretty close to what I wanted out of it, without even dickering too much. Picked a DPMS Low Pro Classic he had on the shelf to trade on, (only AR in the shop at the moment). Flat top - 5.56/223 - 16 inch Bull Barrell - with 1 - 9 twist. http://www.dpmsinc.com/LO-PRO-CLASSIC_ep_137-1.html
Topped it with a Tasco World Class 3 - 9 x 40. Ballisti-plex w/mil-dot reticle. Yeah, I know guys, I probably shoulda put better glass on it, BUT.... This is gonna be a truck gun, rattling around on the floorboard between the seats on the jeep, under the seat of the pickup, drug through the fields shootin old ugly coyotes, and whatever, so I really wasn't interested in putting any of the 6 - 7 hundred dollar Leupolds I looked at on it. I can abuse the [beeep] out of a $65 scope without remorse, but it would pain me seriously to treat one that cost me $600+ like that.
I was pleasantly surprised with it however... Threw everything in a box, tossed it all in the jeep, and took off. Salesman was trying to get to the cafe for the cheeseburger he'd ordered 45 minutes earlier, and I didn't want to hold him up any longer, by begging him to mount the scope and bore sight it. Went out to our little makeshift range, mounted the riser on the rail, put on my rings, mounted my scope, adjusted it to fit me, looked to be a little tall for the case, so I tried it in the factory hard case, and the SOB wouldn't fit with the knobs on the riser to the left; had to take it all apart, and do it all over again.
Went to 10 yards, laid it over the hood of the Jeep, squeezed the trigger and it was dang near dead center left to right, but about 7 inches low. Cranked it up close, as in really close at 10, in 4 rounds. Moved the jeep and backed out to 25 yards where the picnic table was set up, drug my tackle box out for a rest, I was 5 inches high! I shoulda just started at 25, I could have cranked it up a dozen notches and gone home after 2 rounds!! But what are the odds???
Backed her down in the center ring again, in 2 more rounds, went 3 clicks right, and 2 up, and it was scary. Hit an inch by inch bull, dead center. Couldn't have measured it and been closer. I then proceeded to print two 3 shot groups you could have covered easily with a quarter, shooting off my tackle box, sitting at a broke picnic table, in a 25 mph wind, with gusts to 30 - 35!! And, with exception of one stray, I jerked the trigger on, you coulda covered them with a nickel.
Not to mention I'm not moving or bending real good after exiting a ladder at work prematurely and landing flat of my back, on top of a pallet on a concrete floor, from about 5 feet in the air, last Thursday. Which just ain't cool at 54 years old, and 265 lbs. And, that's with a factory trigger that has just a little bit of creep, and takes about as much to pull, as my jeep in a mudhole!
To say the least I was impressed!! I think I'm reeeeeally gonna like this gun!!
Got 3 questions however...
1.) What do you guys in the know, recommend for a better (maybe adjustable) affordable trigger?
2.) What would you recommend for a sling on this thing? And...
3.) What is available for front sling mount for this model? There's nothing there to mount too, short of tying it around the barrel.
