"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
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The one I had was made in China. Chrome lined bbl. Very reliable,
acceptably accurate but the stock was too short for me. I had too many
toys to bother with it, so off it went.

The Chinese guns were okay, but not quite the quality or finish of the
Russian ones. Trouble is you can't find any Russian guns any more; only
Chinese. Same with AK-47s, which, by the way, are a more cheaply-built gun
than the SKS.

No, never been into shotguns. No real reason/prejudice, I just prefer
rifles.

95% of my hunting has been birds--ducks, geese, and quail, with a few
pheasant and grouse thrown in for good measure--so I've used shotguns
extensively. Also shot trap, skeet, and sporting clays for a while, but got
bored with that. My only current shotguns are a Ruger Red Label 12ga. with
26" barrels, and an 18" Mossberg Mariner (flat nickle finish) with a pistol
grip for carrying on the boat. We had a bad experience a couple of years
back, and now won't cruise unarmed. Beyond that, I mostly have
pistols--mostly target guns, but a few hunters as well and some personal
protection pieces. I like wheelguns, too, but a well-made semi-auto pistol
is hard to beat for target or plinking. I have a Hammerli .22 target pistol
with which I've competed for over 15 years and so far it's never had a
malfunction of any sort, beyond primer voids. It's a super gun, and you
don't have to scrounge brass.

Max

Ditto with handguns, except for 22RF I prefer revolvers. Tho
there it is prejudice; I hate looking for lost brass.

PDW