In near 40yrs of Pro Shooting , I've been horned & tap danced on by a Water Buff & kicked by a camel that I was sure was dead ! Both times it was my carelesness that near killed me ! I have learnt...
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Forum: Leverguns
In near 40yrs of Pro Shooting , I've been horned & tap danced on by a Water Buff & kicked by a camel that I was sure was dead ! Both times it was my carelesness that near killed me ! I have learnt...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use a 185 cast out of my enfield & have found that 22.8 gns of H4895 works well:bigsmyl2:
Dave
Forum: Casting Equipment
Thankyou kindly for that advice everyone ! I've had the Old Pot for years know & it was starting to worry me as it had just started recently to play up ! Now I have the solutions (hopefully )
Dave
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I still own & shoot a martini cadet in it's origianal form .310 cadet ,as well as one converted to Hornet . Over the years I've owned them in .22lr,.22mag,25-20,32-20,357mag (I'm looking at one at...
Forum: Casting Equipment
G'day .Look I know there's probarly a simple answer to this problem but I'm Buggered if I can work it out ! I have a Lee 20lbs Bottom pour Furnace ! It has a nasty habit of not sealing from the spout...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I go to the range & reclaim old bullets & then add a little 50/50 soldier to my mis to harden em up a tad ! I do'nt know if you can do that over your side of the Pond ? Some one told me that it had...
Forum: Leverguns
Bullshop Cast Bullet Engineering can be found at www.castbulletenginerring.bigpondhosting.com They're a Australian firm who make brass blocks of a very high quality & standard .
Dave
Forum: Leverguns
Not wanting to hyjack this thread but methinks this croud can help out on this, so just a simple answer and I will go away. I have a customer asking for heeled boolits for a 310 cadet. Is the RCBS...
Forum: Leverguns
The 310s that were rechambered to 32-20 just had the chambers reamed so the bore tends to be 311-314 (I once saw one that came in at 316)! 32-20 loads with a slightly over size bullet work just fine...
Forum: Leverguns
Dan. The CBE web site is to be found at www.castbulletengineering.bigpondhosting.com & his E-mail adress is JIM.CBE@Bigpond.com.au
you can also obtain 310 brass through Bertam brass & I use ADI...
Forum: Leverguns
Long gone are the days when you could'nt give a Cadet away ! I love em & normaly have one or two stashed for convertion jobs these days! Not at the moment though ;) My first "Big Game rifle" was a...
Forum: Leverguns
From memory The kangaroo stamp inicated it was For export & then use in Australia Most of the Martinis I've owned & seen over the years have this marking !
I can attest to the CBE 120 gn mould...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for that Fellas It has cleared up the problems I was having! I Know were to start now
Forum: Cast Boolits
I know this is going to sound like a stupid question ! But I've just got some Lee Alox lube & even after reading the instructions ! I'm still none the wiser on what the desired coating is ? Ie how...
I love my super blackhawks in .44mag ( I had to put oversized grips due to large hands ) They're indestructable ! I aso have the single six .22lr/mag
Dble action 686 every time & John Browning...
Forum: Leverguns
Thanx for your questions Gents !
Well first up the camel incident was my own stupidity ! We tend to work alone ! I was doing a spot of Camel work as my quota For Roos hasd been cut.due to the...
Forum: Leverguns
Gent's I'm happy to report that,the largest preditor we have in OZ is the dingo (wild dog ) Now at the risk of upsetting the Scienctists over here! I do not belive there is such a thing as a Pure...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Cheers
for that Over here ther aren't many casting any more which is more the pity! I have been trying to convert as many shooters over as possibe but as we live in a throw away society .Where...
Forum: Leverguns
G'day .Over the years I have used a number of Rifle bullet combos at work .As this is all I do for a living .It has been said that The Ph in aus is the last of the traditional Pro Hunter's in the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've been casting for more years than I care to remember & I must admit this water quenching idea! Is new to me! Just a quick question ? How often do you change the water or to be more presise how...
Forum: Leverguns
The problem is that they can only run 4 sheep or one beast to the squr mile out furhter than us!Uor family find it hard growing wheat & running 800 sheep (why do I hear Texian teeth gnashing when...
Forum: Leverguns
Buckshot let me explain ! As a Pro shooter I have acsess to around 20 large sheep stations in which I ply my trade ! Each is given a alocation of the Number of Roos they can destroy But they can...
Forum: Leverguns
I wandered down to my gun dealer today to pay for a Rossi 92 in 44-40 ! I was going well until he opened the safe to get it out .As he did I noticed a Trapper in 30-30 in almost new condition ! I...
Forum: Leverguns
92's keep keeping on! They are built like a brick out house! :wink:
Why do we love leverguns? Well to begin with Us left handers are right at home with em ! Their quick for a follow up shot...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
ever try to push a golf ball though moose hide , it aint easy ) :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: !
Back in the dark ages of my shooting career I hunted Water buff as a Pet food shooter I...
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