So you have Woods made out of wood!
Yes! And forged irons. 1974 Wilson 1200 full set with D0 swing weight. Also have my mom’s identical set with D2 swing weight. And my mom’s 1964 set of Patty Berg clubs with the woods made from persimmon wood which I’ve kept in case any of my grand-nieces grow up to want them.
When I was shopping for the car I presently own, one of the things I made sure of was if my radio control airplane would easily fit in the back.
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Did he assemble it leaving out the brass friction ring?
A lot of trap shooters use a semiauto 12 gauge because of the soft recoil, even though they can only load a single round. However, nothing seems to slow down a trap squad like the guy with a semiauto. They constantly seem to have problems with them. A good old Browning BT-99 break open single shot trap gun doesn’t even have a safety that you can forget to switch off. Forgetting the safety does not count as a gun malfunction and the bird is lost.
I don’t remember why I borrowed her Browning, but if I were to get an automatic I think I would go for a gas operated rather than recoil (inertia). But I no longer hunt.
I stopped hunting many years ago myself. However, since the year 2015 when I started competing in ATA trap, I have shot at 19,000 registered targets and God only knows how many unregistered practice targets with that single shot Browning BT-99. Zero malfunctions, except for ammo malfunctions so far and the gun still locks up tight. When you consider the cost of all that ammo and targets, the $1,400 price tag for that gun seems trivial by comparison.
There’s a Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica MA that has a Radio Controlled Air Strip. Even has a wind direction sock. First radio controlled air strip I ever saw. I’d stop by every now and then and watch.
Hmmm. I’ve got my dad’s Browning automatic and the barrel recoils to reduce the kick. I haven’t shot it for years but the kick was nothing like the bruising I’d get from my pump or single shot.
The entire barrel recoils, like on a howitzer, this is what reloads the gun. There is a bronze friction piece that acts like a brake so that the barrel does not hammer the receiver at the end of the stroke and then hammer it again as the spring pushes it forward. Properly installed, the gun is a very pleasant gun to shoot. Leave it out and it kicks like a mule.
