October 2015 Newsletter

Inside Information
Page 2-3 World According to Me
Page 4-5 DeVault Perazzi Gun Raffle
Page 6-7 DeVault Rifle & Pistol Raffle
Page 8-11 Kirby Schupp
Page 12 Dean DeBow
Page 13 DeVault Winners Box
Page 14-15 Cindy’s Corner
Page 16 Closing Page
October 1, 2015
Hello to Everyone and welcome once again to the DeVault
Newsletter. We have our gun raffle in full swing and ready
to send out tickets. Remember there are limited quantities
of tickets for both raffles. We are donating (5) great
prizes, Perazzi MX-200-S flats of shells, leather products
from Brunson Leather. A .243 Savage custom rifle and a
Colt 1911 Custom Pistol. Click on the link below to go to
the right page for your ticket purchase. The weather for
North Eastern has been great. Not much rain, warm
temps and cool but comfortable nights. Just right for
fires, marshmallows, hot dogs & hard cider.
www.devaultind.com/DeVault%20Pictures/Newsletters/2015/Raffle_newsletter.pdf
T h e W o r l d A c c o r d i n g t o Me ~ “ D e n n i s D e Va u l t ”
2-1/2 Years and it’s Complete
Welcome to the October newsletter. It has been a very busy month and everyone in the shop
is feeling the pressure. After two and a half years we have completed are over under, combo shotgun design. Two and a half years of design and testing has lead to what I think is going to be the ultimate in shotgun design.
The Trigger:
The new trigger is a swing hammer design. The trigger timing will be suitable to most shooters and closer to what everyone expects. The trigger design features coil springs. We toyed with the
leaf spring design but just did not feel comfortable with the reliability of the leaf springs. All the triggers will include the release parts at not extra charge. The triggers from the factory will be produced
with a 4 pound pull and 24 ounces on the release. It is a very simple design and the release can be
installed with one screw bolted to the top of the housing. The release can be installed as a releasepull or double release, your choice. The trigger drops out by removing one screw in the back of the
housing.
The Receiver:
The receiver is 17-4 PH stainless that is heat treated and solution conditioned. The receiver is
all machined from solid billet, stock no castings or stamped metal parts in any portion of our gun.
The receiver is made with removable engraved side plates. We are working on the designs that will
be offered as a standard feature when the gun is purchased. The receiver has a hardened insert installed in the breech face. One screw holds the plate into position and if for any reason a firing pin or
return spring should be damaged the repair or replacement of parts is very simple. The insert is hard
enough (Nitride coated to 70 Rc) to withstand many years of punishment from all the steel based
ammo that we use today. If the insert should ever go bad it can be replaced. The hinge pins are heat
treated tool steel and are 1/2” in diameter. Again a design to provide many years of worry free shooting.
The Barrels:
The barrels are as they were in our single barrel model. 4340 Vac Melt material heat treated
and stress relieved. The barrels go through a very special machining process that will assist the material to remain true and accurate in the gun for many years in the future. Our assembly method is
the same process that we have used for 25 years. It has been time tested and proven to give a
shooter the most accurate barrel ever produced. Briley choke tubes will be supplied with all the barrels. The chambers are 2-3/4” with lengthened forcing cones. The o/u barrels will be available in 30”
& 32” 33” Our un-single barrel will be 33” for our combo set.
The Mono-Block:
Our mono-block has been produced from heat treated 4340 billet material to continue with the
best material we can choose. The block has plenty of metal to surround the barrels. This was done
to reduce the possibility of a failure created from potentially over loaded high pressure ammunition.
The Wood Set:
The forend features a smooth and rounded design without any exposed metal to heat up and
burn your hand. One wide push button in the front of the forend removes the forend from the barrels.
The last item to discuss is the stock. The best walnut is used and the stock hooks up to a
massive flat area in the rear of the receiver to provide the best in strength and prevent the possibility
of cracking. The insert on the top of the receiver has been machined and installed into the stock.
Unlike other stock designs where the ears tend to be weak and crack or split, this design will provide
a stress free fit and if it should ever break it can be removed and replaced without damage to the
main body of the stock.
This is a good over view of what we expect to be the best, most technologically advanced
shotgun to come along in many years. Below are a few photos, but the full photos of the entire gun
will be shown sometime in November.
The standard gun will have a price of $ 13,800 for the over under and that includes custom
fitting and your choice of “our” selected English, American Black or Claro Walnut. Turkish Walnut
will have an increased price due to the cost of the wood in recent months. The combo set will be
priced at $ 15,800 with the same features as above in the over under.
Until Next Month
Rodeo Man Out
DeVault Perazzi Gun Raffle
To benefit UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center
The raffle prizes consist of the following:
1. First prize drawn, Perazzi MX-2000-S Sporting over under. New in the box a right or left
hand model (the winner's choice of one gun.)
2. Second prize drawn, (5 flats of Rio Elite Ammunition.)
3. Third prize drawn, One set of Brunson Leather items. In Burgundy Gator. This set consist
of (2) Clip- on low profile shell box holders, (1) clip on empty shell bag holder and (1) 4-box
shell holder
Employees and agents of DeVault Industries will not be eligible to purchase tickets.
There will be a limit of (275) $ 50.00 tickets offered. All tickets can be purchased at our on-line store and the stub will be
sent to you via e-mail.
You are permitted to purchase as many tickets as you like.
The drawing will be held as soon as all the tickets have been sold.
You do not have to be present to win. If the gun is won from an out of State person we will ship the item to an FFL license dealer in your state for you to pick-up.
If the shells are won by a person out of the state of Ohio we will arrange for them to be purchased and picked up from
your closest dealer.
Both guns have 32" fixed choke barrels with the low rib configuration. Oil finished wood in satin.
Please help us to support a great charity program. Purchase Perazzi Raffle Tickets.
DeVault Rifle & Pistol Gun Raffle
To benefit UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center
The raffle prizes consist of the following:
1. First prize drawn, Custom Stocked Savage .243 caliber Rifle, rifle was custom created,
barrel, bolt and trigger housing done in Hot Salt bath Nitride finish. No rusting, Wood is
Burl Maple. Supplied with Hard Case
2. Second prize drawn Colt Commander 4” Bbl. 1911 ~ Slide, barrel done in Hot Salt Bath Nitride, all accent parts done in TiN nitride gold finish, supplied with hard case & 4 magazines
Employees and agents of DeVault Industries will not be eligible to purchase tickets.
There will be a limit of (100) $ 50.00 tickets offered. All tickets can be purchased at our on-line store and the stub will be
sent to you via e-mail.
You are permitted to purchase as many tickets as you like.
The drawing will be held as soon as all the tickets have been sold.
You do not have to be present to win. If the gun is won from an out of State person we will ship the item to an FFL license dealer in your state for you to pick-up.
Please help us to support a great charity program. Purchase Rifle and Pistol raffle Tickets.
DeVault Industries LLC
Rifle & Pistol Raffle for 2015
Date Purchased: 08/12/2015
Ticket Holder’s name:_____________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________
Phone # __________________ E-mail: _______________________________________
Ticket # 001
Price per Ticket $ 50.00 Winner Need not be present
to win
The Shotgun Shop, P.O. Box 212, Arnold MO 63010 (636)-282-4379
http://theshotgunshop.net
Kirby 0209
Choke Safety is Your Responsibility
Some shooters will be satisfied to use a new purchase after giving the barrel a quick patch down
the bore and wiping the grease from the exterior. Everyone should familiarize themselves with the
operator’s manual and safety instructions, but a number of new owners will regrettably ignore that
literature as being unnecessary, at least in their case.
I wonder if they would act that way with a new bulldozer. That new shooting iron has a similar inherent power inside- useful in skilled hands, but hazardous when recklessly operated. We all should
be concerned with the safety of the operator, bystanders, and the surrounding area.
I have recently found several dangerous choke problems that could have been prevented and
wanted to share the learning experience. Some choke problems are caused by lack of regular maintenance. Other problems can be avoided by simple side-by-side comparisons that ensure there is
not a compatibility issue with the internal length or thread pattern, and some can be determined by
an end-to-end comparison to verify that the diameter is the same, as well.
Three tubes of different length and style .
Tube ends compared for diameter.
A damaged tube compared to a non-collared version.
The damaged tube in picture three was going to severely damage the barrel (at least) with the next
shot, and fortunately was prevented by a malfunction of the firearm that caused the owner to have
the mechanism repaired. What luck!
This condition was caused by installing a tube not meant to be fitted into that barrel, and the clearance was not there to allow the shot to safely pass into the choke tube entry end. Since the tube
was also not able to reach to the bottom of the hole, the shot column had more “grab” potential plus
that clearance problem. A real recipe for disaster nearly mangled a $500 barrel, and I would not relish being near that occurrence.
Shooters would probably not use a tube that fit below flush-
-or if the collar touched before the threads.
Some interchange comparisons are immediately obvious.
The real challenge comes when novice shooters pick the wrong choke (from the pegboard selection, for example) or if the wrong or mis-identified choke is on the peg. I believe that is how the danger condition shown previously had occurred. The tube was threaded down until the collar met the
muzzle. I do not know how many or what shells had damaged that tube; it is certain that one more
would have been the last.
2 bulged barrels with 2 peeled chokes
One has lost a piece, one is losing everything
There can be little doubt that having your shotgun barrel bulged is a ruinous end to a hunt, and that
was enough for one shooter to trade off his gun. The barrel with the smaller bulge was unaware that
he had any problem, but there is a chunk blown free of the tube and the external bulge was enough
evidence to conclude things were not usable in the present condition. That tube had not been removed for a very long time, if at all, and was only noticed when the shotgun had started to malfunction and was brought in for repair. A fortunate coincidence for another shooter, and after the installation of a new choke hole and mechanical reworking, the owner was ready for another 30 years of
shooting fun.
A damaged barrel shouldn’t be considered as a total disaster, since if some amount past minimum
legal length remains; a turkey hunter may have a use for the shortened version, anyway. There are
a number of times that a perfectly normal barrel is shortened for just that situation and has proven to
be able to pattern well with the proper load and custom choke installed.
Check for previous articles in the online magazine issues (available from 2006 onward) at asomagazine.com, and check the website (theshotgunshop.net) for extended information posted there.
Thank you,
Kirby Schupp
This is from the 2015 Kentucky State Shoot. Dean DeBow is a brother to me that I never
had and it is great to see him out shooting again. This is his set-up with a DeVault Infinity
Shotgun and the photo below shows another smashed target. Great photography work by
Mr. John Payne. Great to see Dean out there shooting again
The DeVault Winners Box
This is the area that I display everyone that has one of
our products. We post their scores and personal accomplishments whenever we receive reports. If you
have taken lessons, got a custom stock or own one of
our fine shotguns, then let me know how you are doing
so we can post the results in the Winners box. I look
forward to hearing from all of you.
Jean McCord ~ DeVault Custom gun & stock ~ 2015 Ohio State Shoot ~ Lady 2 HOA Champion
Bill McGuire ~ Blaser Custom Stock & Rib by DeVault Industries ~ Western Regional Championships Tied for Champion after shoot-off finished Champion Runner-up
Krista Peterson ~ Blaser ~ Custom Stock by DeVault Industries ~ photo from championship in Minnesota ~ Great style, heads up, eyes centered & level
Cindy’s Corner
for 2015
Happy Fall Everyone
Love this time of year, out come my scarves and I started to wear them already. Mornings are cool
as are the evenings but the days remain sunny. It’s wonderful. There is only about 12 weeks until
Christmas. Now that’s a scary thought, almost tax time. Didn’t this year just fly by? I have eight
weeks to concentrate on losing a 30 lb goal (baby steps you know), so I can eat everything on that
Thanksgiving table. I am 17 lbs into my goal and if I don’t make it by Thanksgiving I’ll just have to
use that day as my cheat day, hahaha, not going to give up that fabulous dinner. I love turkey but I’ll
make a turkey when we get hungry for it, it is all of the side dishes that I enjoy, you know the ones
I’m talking about, the rich, buttery, noodley (yep, made that word up) and cheesy ones. All the carbs
that Dennis and I have been trying to avoid. Did you pick up on that word “trying”? Dennis has done
so much better than me in watching his carbs. I do so well when I am at home and do my own cooking. My downfall is when I go away on my little excursions and my trips. I cannot go on a vacation,
go out to dinner and order a dried up old chicken breast or baked fish with green beans. Can’t be
done. I want the linguine with lobster sauce or the shrimp scampi with lots of garlic and butter and
Parmesan cheese on top of more pasta. So I am always up and down with my weight loss, I guess I
just need to stay home and not go on any more trips. Nope, that is not going to happen.
So my recipe this month is two of those rich, cheesy, noodley ones.
Cheesy Noodle Casserole
This recipe make two casseroles so cut everything in half if only making one. But for the holidays I
usually need two casseroles.
2 lbs. wide egg noodles
½ cup butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp onion salt
5 to 6 cups milk
2 lbs Velveeta cheese, cubed
Topping:
½ cup dry breadcrumbs (sometimes I use Ritz cracker crumbs, yum!)
2 tblsp butter, melted
Cook noodles according to package directions and drain. In a large saucepan, melt butter, stir in the
flour, garlic and onion salt until smooth. Gradually stir in the milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2
minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Add the cheese and stir until melted being careful not to
scorch. Stir in the noodles. Transfer to two greased shallow 2-qt. baking dishes. Toss the breadcrumbs with the butter and sprinkle over the casseroles. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 25-30
minutes or until golden brown.
Go to Next Page for second recipe!!
Corn Noodle Casserole
1 – 1 lb package frozen noodles (I always buy Reames frozen noodles but you can use whatever
brand you like, but they are a fresh frozen noodle not a dried one)
¼ lb chopped or grated American cheese (can use Velveeta if you like)
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp salt
¼ lb butter
2 (15 oz) cans creamed corn
Cook and drain noodles, add cheese, butter and sugar until melted. Add corn, salt and pepper and
pour into a greased casserole dish and bake @ 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
See you all next month,
Cindy
The fall harvest is in full swing. God’s splendor at it’s finest
DeVault Industries LLC
3500 12th Street NW
Canton, Ohio 44708
Voice 330-456-6070
Cell 330-936-5102
e-mail: dennis@devaultind.com
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