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Bruce (http://www.facebook.com/rild99) shared several photos with zombie targets which he uses for archery class: Those zombie targets looks great in real life. Bruce thanks for sharing! Download free printable zombie targets
I have found this information somewhere on the web: Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington rifle [or shotgun] on the left side, just forward of the receiver; the first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture. For shotguns with…
Thanks to Eric for sharing his customer service experience with Remington company. The ejector on my new Remington 870 Tactical broke after only about 200 rounds. Vitaly helped me to diagnose the problem. He sent this very helpful email advising me of what I needed to do. Since I’m a new shooter, I felt like this repair was a bit over…
Thomas sent me pics of his new shotgun: 1970′s model with vented rib long barrel and wood stock/forend. I am happy to share them with you. Special thanks to Thomas for the photos.
Remington 870 is affordable shotgun, it is not expensive and it’s one of the reasons to get it. The price of the Remington 870 differs from state to state (in US) and from country to country. Also, the price of Remington 870 can be different for differemt models: Express, Police, Marine, Tactical etc. Remington 870 price can be different in…
This post is about Oz Kara slug for 12 gauge shotguns. OZ-KARA 12 Gauge slug is a Brenneke-style solid lead slug with copper ball inside. This ball fragments slug into several parts when it hits the target. Also it allows better penetration of the target. OZ-KARA slug has fins cast onto the outside and a plastic wad attached to the…
This is frontal shooting stance which is used by most competitive, law enforcement and military shooters. 1. Lean forward. This is very important and enables you to control recoil even after numerous shots. 2. Cheek weld. Put your face down on the stock. Shotgun should be placed between your eyes and target. That means that you need to learn how to put…
I’ve just found list of differences between Remington 870 Express and Remington 870 Police. Most of the parts which are used on Remington 870 Police are easy to get and install on the Express version of a shotgun. 870 Police shotguns go thru a special 23 station check list – ranging from visual inspection, functional testing, test firing, and final…
Today I have spent several hours on a shooting range on a shotgun tranining with Sergii Streltsov, Champion of Ukraine (standard-manual division). Sergii is a very good instructor. He shares his experience and helps shoot faster and more accurately. Also, he gives a lot of advices about shotgun shooting and reloading techniques. Other important parts he teaches are tactical and…
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I have already published first free zombie target here: http://www.rem870.com/2011/03/16/free-printable-zombie-targets/ Feel free to download, print and shoot as many of them as you need! Here is one more free printable zombie target: Zombie shooting target is 90×60 cm (approximately 35″ tall and 23″ wide). Download free print-ready PDF file of the zombie target using following link: Download Free Printable Zombie…
Movies about zombies are very popular. My favourite one is Resident Evil with Milla Yovovich killing hunderds of different zombies. I think that movies made zombies interesting to large amount of people and now there are a lot of forums dedicated to fight against zombies. People talk about zombies and their weak points. Everybody want to shoot one… And it’s…
Lots of good photos from IPSC Ukraine shotgun, rifle and pistol competitions: http://palermo.io.ua/album
Nice and funny song about the IPSC: From Wikipedia: The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is a shooting sport based on the concept of practical shooting. Accuracy, power and speed are all required to achieve a maximum score. IPSC website: http://www.ipsc.org/
Shotguns keep surprising me. Today, I have found out about the Balle Blondeau slug. This shotgun bullet was designed by Pierre Blondeau (France) during World War II. The main purpose of the Blondeau slug was to disable vehicles by firing in the engine compartment. French resistance have used it because they had shotguns but traditional slugs were unable to stop…
