Ducks don't know the diff between 2 3/4 and 3". They both shoot at the same power level, one just has more pellets. I've never felt under gunned with my 2 3/4 1100. It's killed just about everything there is to shoot in Louisiana.
When duck hunting in the swamp, I shoot 1 1/4 oz. #4's in an...
Your balls....eyeballs.....start "hardening" after 40. I had Lasik at 37 and had to get glasses (again) 6 years later. You may be different if you take better care of yourself than me. My diet sucks donkey balls.
I need to check with some more eye docs. These progrssive lenses suck.
As far as...
JB Weld. It'll fix anything.
I've got a 67 found during the excavation for some bridge work alonng the coast. Buddy gave it to me and it sat in my utility room for year. Got to finagling with it one day, cleaned it up, and I'll be damn if it ain't a shooter.
Jayd, sometimes the best thing to say is nothing at all.
Any competant gunsmith can take the rifle down as needed. The big thing is to get the chamber clean. One way to do this is remove the barrel and clean and hone the chamber. While it's at the shop, the barrel can be cut down and recrowned...
Skeetrdope and sweat on Saturday, 900mph winds on Sunday. But I wasn't at work.
We jumped one good deer Sunday, one beagle took off on him, but you could hardly hear him due to the friggin' wind.