I somehow traded into a Savage 23B 25/20. The best part (I didn’t realize at the time) was the two 50 round boxes of recent manufacture Winchester silver box ammo that came with it. Then... a friend...
Type: Posts; User: Alan in GA
Forum: Factory Rifles
I somehow traded into a Savage 23B 25/20. The best part (I didn’t realize at the time) was the two 50 round boxes of recent manufacture Winchester silver box ammo that came with it. Then... a friend...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Well you don’t want a 35, but a 223 would probably clean up to make a nice 357 MAXimum. Then you could also shoot up any 38 Spl & 357 Magnum ammo that we all seem to accumulate, as well as 357...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Ruger No.1S in 358 Win, 444 Marlin, 25-35 Win, 357 Rem MAXimum. Also same in 22” barrel full length stock RSI version.
Forum: Factory Rifles
WHAT?!..... describe what you saw a little more please.
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Well the Ruger No.1 was acquired with dies and brass included at a price that I just could not pass up. Factory ammo was on sale so 40 rounds were purchased in case an opportunity to shoot came along...
Forum: Military Rifles
I enjoyed loading 7.63x39 for a couple rifles, one a Chinese SKS. It was surprisingly accurate, getting right at 1 moa. When loading expensive brass such as Lapua I would remove the op/gas rod and...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Picking mine up tomorrow. My RAR in 300BO will go out for adoption and this 358 will do almost everything the BO would have done. I want to hear from anyone that suppresses their 358.
Forum: Rimfire Area
Years ago.... I took a half dozen 22 rifles to a friend’s range and enjoyed unhurried bench testing them with the SSS ammo. Most rifles had 1:16 twist. Each rifle was shot at 50 yards off benchrest....
Forum: Factory Rifles
250 Savage and 358 Win. Own both as well as several higher powered rounds, but these are favorites that most pass by.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Good fantasy. I still Hunt deer as often as possible, but for 10 years have only bow hunted a few miles from my house in my ‘archery only’ county. Previously I hunted a LOT with firearms as well but...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Wiping the dust off this post..... because a No.1 in 9.3x74 is available for a good price near me. Any of you still enjoying your 9.3x74 Rifles? Looks like I just might....!
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Looks like cast .358 bullets might work easily for PP’ing to 9.3... (.366”). Anyone taking this easy route with any success?
Looking at possibly aquiring a Ruger No.1 in 9.3x74R and this might be...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have had about 20 Ruger No.1 rifles in last three years. Have not shot a one yet. Going to change that very soon, most likely with this 475!
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Sold the extra nice wood 475 No.1. However I refilled the empty slot with another No.1 in 475 Linebaugh just yesterday. This one is a 20” version with plainish walnut and I will SHOOT it!
I can...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have a 23B 25-20 Win. It came with two full boxes of Winchester silver box ammo. I researched and discovered that at the prices of 25-20 ammo, what I actually had purchased was the AMMO, with a...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Speer 250 gr. SWC swaged lead. It's about a .451-.452" bullet meant for the 45 Colt. Patch it up to .458-.460". Have fun.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Hey! I've got one of those! It's very accurate with Winchester factory 25-20 ammo, and I have a set of dies, too. I have bullet components, but I also have 25 cal air rifle pellets left over from a...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Don't forget about these easy to pp ready made 0.452" bullets! (first three from left in picture).
Expanded bullet in picture went through a nice buck and was recovered in front leg after full body...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
IMO the extra $30 one can pay the blank / barrel maker to contour it is well worth the cost. Buy it in the contour you want and then just have the surface finish you want to do on your own lathe....
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
".....he apparently had his finger on the trigger." (Regardless of all that led up to the shot...... this is a no-no.)
I and many of my friends have 'proved' (discharged a firearm) this before, with...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I would cut it to 22" or 24", or leave it longer for muzzle blast reduction when hunting. My Ruger 77R .358 was 22" which is plenty long enough for the round.
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
[3 bullets on left] --- 45/70 Handi Rifle. Commercial Speer swaged 45 Colt 250 gr. bullet patched up to about (?) 0.460". Angling away shot into right rear of rib cage, traveled across chest through...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Well I JUST got my Ruger #1 S in 35 Whelen. My favorite 35 round has been the 358 Win but since looking at a 35 Whelen round I noticed it has a longer neck than the 358 Win so it may be a touch...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
That makes sense! Never thought about the space where the GC usually goes giving the flame/powder granules a chance to destroy the paper tail before the bullet can 'upset' in the bore.
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
Are there better smokeless powders for 'snappy' loads that at least come closer to 'bumping up' a soft PP bullet?
Loading for a 45/70, I have soft cast 320-325 grain FP bullet meant for 454 I...
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 |