new member of the family...

**birddog** · 05-03-2004, 11:40 PM

Just picked up a new black 20ga. Nova tonight on an impulse buy and am itching to shoot the thing.

**shell waster** · 05-04-2004, 11:16 PM

Two words, "EN-JOY".

**M10144me** · 05-08-2004, 02:58 PM

Sweeeeet! Congrats!!!

**birddog** · 05-08-2004, 06:25 PM

Thanks guys! I'm not sure what I'll use it for yet but I'm thinking it's sole purpose is going to be a porch gun - tormenting gophers, chipmunks, cow birds, crows and the occasional racoon or opossum that deems it necessary to harass the dogs and tear apart the garbage.
I shot 150 rounds this morning w/o a glitch.... really operates smoothly on follow-ups for being a new gun. I think as soon as she's 'broke-in' she'll be even better. Now all I have to do is drop it in the mud, dip it in the water a couple ten times, and knock it against everything imaginable so it doesn't look so **** new yet. Looks too new and pretty yet ... no 'character'.

For you other Nova owners - I installed 2 strips of 3m velcro tape along the bottom of the barrel where the slide rides beneath to quiet the gun down and it works great.