are there any notches on them? they came with 3 chokes. ic mod and full. they use the notches as browning. colonial and carlson are the only two i know of that make the tru-chokes
i look at the bead when i mount the gun but i dont see it when i am swinging. i dont use it to aim. the bakail is threaded but its probably seized. i use a hi-viz that clamps on the rib. go pattern the shotgun and find out where its shooting
depends on what you are reloading for. i cant buy 3/4oz 12ga. and even at 1oz i am reloading for just above 4 bucks a box. if all you shoot is a case a year then makes sense to buy. if you shoot a case a week it always makes sense to reload and buy in bulk. just ran the numbers and its 4.50 a...
then consider getting the lee pro 1000 is you are only going to be doing a single round. for the price of the sdb you can get 2 pro 1000's setup ready to go in your caliber with shell feeder and for a little more a bullet feeder.
lee makes great presses. and dont shy away from a turret press. all presses can be ran single stage as well. you just only put 1 shell in at a time and instead of running a batch of shells for each stage you do all stages with 1 shell. the price difference between a single stage and a turret is...
standard 1 oz load for practice.
17gr reddot/promo
aa/universal/remington(any color)
cci 209/winchester 209/remington 209 primers
cb1100 wads.
this works great for all three.
for us skeet though more and more are dropping down to 3/4oz loads using Claybuster 0175
i use a caldwell balistics chrono for about 75 bucks. magnetospeed is great but is limited to a firearm with a rail or a barrel long enough to strap it on to. cant use it with a ton of semi automatic pistols or any archery.
sand springs sportsmans club charges 125 first year and 50 a year after. has a covered 225 yard rifle range. trap and 2 skeet fields. trap and skeet is 2.50 a round. no charge for rifle and pistol shooting.
north american is like oil capitol in they have a ton of people who want to be members. difference is oil capitol can sell their membership.
if you fail to make payment by the time you are supposed to and if you didn't make previous arraignments its understandable the membership was dropped...