Target Shooting

20 ga = 650.00 dollars in good condition

There is no date we know of nor could it be reasonably narrowed down.

What we know is that the Chinese developed black powder in the 10th century and the fire-lance and hand cannon in the 13th. Middle Eastern culture acquired the technology in the 14th century, followed closely by the Europeans. Arab alchemists refined the black powder recipe to near perfect explosive potential. Europeans developed gun technology through the harquebus, blunderbuss, musket, and finally the rifled barrel, and projectile technology from scatter-shot, ball shot, ball slugs, minieball, through to modern bullet/ball configurations.

Likely as not, firearms were used for hunting from the first military deployment. Early armies relied on hunting and gathering to feed the troops.

That depends on how many grains the round is. If you find the number of grains and do this math you can get the number of ounces.

Number of Grains = Y

Y x 64.79

_________ = ounces

28349.5231

@7.5 lbs

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It depends on which target. There are hundreds of different types of targets available.

Mossberg does not have a site for determining serial number/date references.

The trajectory is always straight out the front of the barrel. If you are referring to the velocity of the projectile at 50 yards, that would depend on the charge in the round, the length of the barrel, and the grain weight of the projectile. In any event, a good book like Lyman's Handloading would give you that sort of data. The range, however, is generally between 2500 - 3200 feet per second.

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H&H Zehner was a a postwar Frankfort gunsmith firm, engraver, and custom rifle builder apparently beginning in the early stages of the occupation and continuing at least as a gun-dealer/shop in Frankfurt until at least the fairly recent past. Here are some few facts and my opinion based on what I have seen. It would be wonderful is someone familiar with the shop as it existed in Frankfurt could correct any errors of mine and add details.

As a name, "Zehner" may be the family name of a guild maker or a reference to to a "10" score for a target hit. Evidently, H&H Zehner was also associated with a target range in the Frankfurt area.

I think because a lot of work was done to order for American GI's, quite a few examples appear in the American market. Immediately post-war, it appears that bolt action rifles were built on GI-provided "liberated" Mauser military actions and M1903 Springfields bought cheaply as surplus by officers. I have seen later bolt-action rifles that are built on FN or Sako commercial Mauser actions. All in all I have seen about a dozen Zehner rifles and own one.

A "top quality" rifle from Zehner is heavily and skillfully engraved with an oak-leaf pattern on the receiver, a stereotypical elk-like stag on the floor plate, and with the owner's initials ornately rendered over the trigger and is marked in some variation of "H&H Zehner Gunsmiths Frankfort" as part of the floorplate engraving. I have seen plainer, less ornate examples that seem to date from the later 1959s or 1969s (when skilled hand-work was starting to get expensive). I have seen close to identical engraving and stock carving patterns on several different Zehner rifles. Thus, I suspect in most cases a Zehner customer selected "embellishments" from a choice of several "standardized" patterns rather than getting truly bespoke work.

Stocks vary substantially but usually include carved animal scenes in keeping with engraving stereotypes and filligree in addition to checkering. Many of the pre-1950 examples include a top quality pre-war commercial Hensolt or other Wetzlar scope. I suspect these were "used" scopes kept by their German owners when they were forced to turn in their private fire arms for destruction by allies early in the occupation.

I do not know if early Zehner rifles can properly be lumped in to the category of "Cigarette Rifles." If this is the case, then Zehner was certainly one of the more skilled.

Some Zehner examples are over-the-top cookoo clock like in ornateness and awkward in the hand. Maybe these were "apprentice work." Others are are beautifully balanced, and styled in the lean tradition of a high-grade English magazine rifle or a pre-war custom Springfield from Griffin and Howe. This has caused me to wonder if the "H&H" is perhaps an intentional allusion to "Holland and Holland." On these examples, the Zehner-typical engaving and stock carving seems elegant and tasteful rather than a bit garish.

I suspect this (clunky vs. graceful examples) has to do a lot with the sophistication of the person that originally ordered the rifle. Those who knew enough to appreciate a Griffin and Howe or Rigby-like rifle and clearly describe its attributes, got that.

My example is on a wonderfully smithed and polished M1903 Springfield action, has 100% hand engraving coverage, and engine turned bolt, probably dates to between 1945 and 1948 and includes a scope that dates to the late 1930's with claw mounts engraved as the receiver. A game scene is carved in shallow relief on the stock which from 10 feet you would swear was Griffin and Howe. The rifle is light (just under 7 lbs without scope) and balances superbly with weight between the hands. The action is velvet smooth and the trigger is as good as it gets. The rifle is superbly accurate.

You shoot at what is called a "patterning board" to determine the shot density at different distances (assuming that you are shooting shot and not slug). Your best bet is to buy a book. Check out Amazon.com or DBI books.

In NRA terms, this is Air Pistol and Standard Pistol. These are types of pistols used in International style pistol matches. Air Pistol is usually a 60 shot slow-fire match. Standard Pistol generally consists of 20 slow-fire, 4 x 5 shots in 20 seconds, and 4 x 5 shots in 10 seconds (rapid rife). In addition, on my collegiate pistol team we also competed in Free Pistol (FP). That is for light trigger, single-shot pistols with advanced grips. SP and FP use .22 rimfire ammunition.

Its the weight of the ammunition

I suggest you contact Crosman directly and ask them. If it's available they should know. 1-800-7AIRGUN (724-7486 )

Can't really be answered without knowing the type of weapon, rate of twist, barrel length, and sights.

Actually, since bullets follow a parabolic arc when they leave the muzzle, they pass through the sight plane as they rise to their highest point and then they drop back through it on the way to the ground. That said, the correct point of impact at 25 yds for a perfect 100 yd zero is dead on.

depends on the rifle old M16s used to have 1:12 this was designed to stabilize 55gr projectiles in arctic conditions, or regular conditions for that matter. Now-a-days....were using heavier bullets. 55 and 69 grain projectiles. m193 and m855. The military commonly uses 1:7 twist rate. My RRA rifle has a 1:9 twist rate and I haven't found a bullet it wont stabilize. I have shot 75 gr. (too big to feed from the mag) and a 40 gr v-max. I dont want to go heavier or lighter...so 1:9 is perfect for me.

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In the game of darts, a player has approximately a 36 percent chance of hitting the bull's eye. However, skill level influences this probability.

The "First model Rifle" was made in 1923. The first gun was around 1947.

Your gun is valued at $90.00

Any spent plastic shotgun shells (hulls) should be reusable, as long as the brass is re-sized before reloading. Paper isn't recommended, and brass casings are practically non-reloadable.