From a guy who owns both. If you want pretty buy S&W. If you want a better designed workhorse buy Ruger.
I only buy and shoot Ruger now-a-days...
Type: Posts; User: knuckleball
From a guy who owns both. If you want pretty buy S&W. If you want a better designed workhorse buy Ruger.
I only buy and shoot Ruger now-a-days...
Can't tell you how to calculate it on the install spring, so just buy a new OEM or better to replace it.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Putting a drain hole in an elk is going to kill it most of the time. It's WHEN and WHERE... :D
That's a very nice gun for its day. My Ruger Super Redhawk will shoot the X-ring out at that range all day long. Thanks for sharing it.
Forum: Leverguns
Neither. The best of both 357 and 45 would be 44 Magnum. Oh wait that's what I have! :D
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Cast bullets are fun, but when it gets a little more serious go to a bullet made for hunting that is why we have them now-a-days. A Nosler AccuBond or Partition will work very well...
The Bisley grip will fit your hand more like a DA revolver grip does but without the nub at the top used during fast double-action so the hand doesn't slip up into the hammer bite area.
If...
I recommend a Ruger Redhawk 5.5" or Super Redhawk 7.5" :D
Hello Three-Fifty-Seven, Nice Ruger revolvers you have and great informative thread!
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Mostly 30-06 and some 270 Winchester. :D
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use both the bullet & powder manufacturer data, but some manuals don't list pressure like Hornady and Sierra in that case powder manufacturer data psi/cup override for min./max. loads.
44 Remington Magnum is a Trademark and 44 Magnum is not. Companies have to pay for the use of a trademark so they drop the Remington to avoid lawsuits and payment. The names however refer to the same...
Oehler's patent's and chronographs showed up over 30-40 years ago with the same accuracy/precision they have now. All these budget chronos were not around back then and the few that were did give...
Forum: Our Town
How to Remove the “Get Windows 10” Icon from Your System Tray
http://www.howtogeek.com/218856/how-do-you-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-tray/
Go all the way to the...
I bought my Oehler Model 35P Proof-Channel Chronograph twenty years ago and never have regretted it.
But it does cost some money to get quality and precision.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
A little older thread on Lil' Gun powder:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?102360-Lil-Gun-powder
I don't use it. It's as bright as a atomic bomb and they say "it's not hotter"?
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use HS-6 and it meters very well.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
LGS had 8 pounds of Varget and it came home with me! :D
Forum: Our Town
Thanks for all the welcomes! I live in the Everett area and travel to Eastern WA and Idaho also to shoot.
Mostly into handguns, but enjoy my rifles and shotguns too. Been doing this since the '70s...
Forum: Our Town
Hello,
Been looking to join for sometime now. Shooting and reloading I enjoy very much with a focus on accuracy. :-)
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |