waynewjw
CGN Regular
Got home last night with a package sitting by the door. Inside was a Winchester Flanigun 30" barrel and I think I might have bought the last one in the country. I had phoned a number of dealers, got online, and visited a few of the local gun stores, no one had any of these in stock (a few 28" barrels around) and Winchester wholesale in Canada didn't have any around, as the Flanigun has been discontinued (I suspect because Patrick Flannigan has moved over to Mossberg). They might have one more final shipment in a couple of months but that didn't sound definitive.
Anyway, I managed to track one down, 3 days of phoning finally got me thru to the right dept. and I got the shotgun I wanted.
Anyway, opened the case and there it was, beautiful. Everything in the case as per Winchester brochures, put it together, hefted it to shoulder and it lined right up, so I'm pretty stoked about taking it out to the trap range as soon as some decent weather shows up. Of course, I sat down and read the manual cover to cover and have now got to get the factory rust proofing stuff of the gun, reassemble and head on out.
I'm looking forward to finding out what kind POI is with the different chokes and then shooting some clays.
Anyway, I managed to track one down, 3 days of phoning finally got me thru to the right dept. and I got the shotgun I wanted.
Anyway, opened the case and there it was, beautiful. Everything in the case as per Winchester brochures, put it together, hefted it to shoulder and it lined right up, so I'm pretty stoked about taking it out to the trap range as soon as some decent weather shows up. Of course, I sat down and read the manual cover to cover and have now got to get the factory rust proofing stuff of the gun, reassemble and head on out.
I'm looking forward to finding out what kind POI is with the different chokes and then shooting some clays.
