I shoot more 357mag loads than probably 98% of the people on here. I’ve been using small rifle primers for years with many different loads and have had ZER0 problems. One caveat: I don’t load to...
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I shoot more 357mag loads than probably 98% of the people on here. I’ve been using small rifle primers for years with many different loads and have had ZER0 problems. One caveat: I don’t load to...
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Shot at a measured 114 yards off my porch railing at camp. I was shooting a Win 1886 45-70. I doubt I could do any better with a scope on the gun. I was using a Burris FF3 with a 3 moa dot....
Some are worse than others. They all have it to some degree, but as you’ve already figured it out you can see you’ll still shoot better with the red dot than without it. Don’t get too hung up on a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
My Encore ML would shoot 1.5” five shot groups at 100 yards using Barnes 290g with supplied sabots and BH209. Might want to try yours out before selling
Forum: Our Town
So you live in Arkansas and can provide legal info to someone in NY? Wonderful. Mr. Yanda is 100% correct. I live in NY and have a number of pistols. You can own one, you just can’t load or shoot it...
That’s all I’ve been using for years now. I find no difference in ignition or performance. FWIW, Winchester now lists their large pistol primers as “magnum or regular”. Using “book” powder charges...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
For a fact, TC Encore barrels are .505 Maximum diameter. There are NO SAAMI specs for .50cal ML barrels. I’ve owned many over the last fifty years and they’re all over the map. The Encore is as tight...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Leupold quit doing this work a couple of years ago. There are stickies on rimfirecentral.com on how to do it. I can tell you for a fact that you won’t have a problem shooting your scope without doing...
Forum: Leverguns
Any of the ones you choose will take a whitetail deer. I have personally shot and killed over fifty whitetails using .357mag revolvers. Any hunting load you shoot out of a rifle will easily give you...
Forum: Our Town
It varies by season, school breaks, etc. Google will give you that info by month. I was there in Sept when the kids were back in school and it was just a tiny bit cooler than mid summer. It was busy,...
There is no worse place to get legal and medical advice than on the internet. How many of the people who responded are lawyers and and how many think they are? Call CA and speak to someone who...
Forum: Our Town
Those dehydrated meals they sell in places like Cabela’s have a 40 year shelf like. Stamped right on the bag. They also taste pretty good but are expensive. That stuff found in Antarctica was...
My “woods walking gun” is a Ruger SP101 with a 3” bbl. My most accurate load in that gun is a full charge of WW296 under a 180g Hornady JHP with a mag primer. Although 296 gives a little less...
I read it again. I got it right. Post #15, right? You were pretty specific.
Depending on YOUR gun, you may find one bullet/powder combination will shoot better than another. This accomplished by loading and shooting to make a valid comparison. Don’t ever think that any one...
If you’re loading them in a single shot you don’t have to worry about the cannelure.
Forum: Rimfire Area
You made a mistake here: Std velocity DOES NOT transition from super sonic to sub sonic between 75 and 100 yards. Std velocity is NEVER super sonic at any distance. It’s high velocity ammo that makes...
I’ve tried every powder you can think of. If you can get some 5744 give it a try. WW296 works “ok” but has never been as good as 1680 or 5744.
Forum: Our Town
I spent forty years working for GM, Ford, and the aftermarket making climate control products. Heater cores have been aluminum for going on forty years now. If your copper/brass heater core lasted...
My first SSK barrel didn’t shoot as well as I’d hoped it would. I contacted SSK about it and was told that the barrel I had was sold as an SSK Hunter barrel. Those barrels were actually made by Green...
Forum: Rimfire Area
If you’re shooting rimfire sized silhouettes any std velocity will knock them over. I shot rimfire silhouette for years and it was very rare to hit a target that didn’t go over. Any full bullet...
I’ve been loading and shooting several different .357max rifles for several years now. I have a LOT of data using different powders and bullets. I’m sitting on several pounds of 1680 powder right...
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 |