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I do not even have stimulus money at all yet, just had leftover christmas bonus money so I did what any sane person would do, buy a new crossbow, and a double barrel shotgun!
I ordered a 1850's percussion english damascus double barreled shotgun which should arrive next week(unless usps screws me over again) and I went down to walmart to buy a break action single shot hatfield shotgun, so my mossberg can have a break during dove season so I can fix the cracked stock, well they had zero of the break action cheap guns but well they had a 180lb crossbow, only one they had in stock in months, and just landed on the shelf.
Of course being a dumbass I wanted to test this compound 180lb crossbow to my 150lb recurve crossbow, the recurve xbow went 4 inches into wet compact dirt, the compound xbow went 16 inches into the same compact wet dirt, no way 30 extra pounds of draw did that, there has to be something different with the cams making delivered energy way higher than the other one.
On the percussion shotgun I will see it when it gets here, it was ordered out of new york from someone I dealt with in the past for antique firearms, if the barrel passes the test I might use it for dove hunting, if the barrel shows defects I will refinnish it by browning the barrel and redoing the stock to be a wall hanger. The exterior seems to be in fine shape for being around 170 years old, however those old barrels are a crapshoot on whether they are good or heavily pitted near the breach.
I ordered a 1850's percussion english damascus double barreled shotgun which should arrive next week(unless usps screws me over again) and I went down to walmart to buy a break action single shot hatfield shotgun, so my mossberg can have a break during dove season so I can fix the cracked stock, well they had zero of the break action cheap guns but well they had a 180lb crossbow, only one they had in stock in months, and just landed on the shelf.
Of course being a dumbass I wanted to test this compound 180lb crossbow to my 150lb recurve crossbow, the recurve xbow went 4 inches into wet compact dirt, the compound xbow went 16 inches into the same compact wet dirt, no way 30 extra pounds of draw did that, there has to be something different with the cams making delivered energy way higher than the other one.
On the percussion shotgun I will see it when it gets here, it was ordered out of new york from someone I dealt with in the past for antique firearms, if the barrel passes the test I might use it for dove hunting, if the barrel shows defects I will refinnish it by browning the barrel and redoing the stock to be a wall hanger. The exterior seems to be in fine shape for being around 170 years old, however those old barrels are a crapshoot on whether they are good or heavily pitted near the breach.