My wife and I hiked to an old mine in the hills near Bisbee AZ this afternoon. I found an old green tarnished empty cartridge laying by itself on a hillside, it is 1 & 7/8" long, straight with no...
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Forum: Our Town
My wife and I hiked to an old mine in the hills near Bisbee AZ this afternoon. I found an old green tarnished empty cartridge laying by itself on a hillside, it is 1 & 7/8" long, straight with no...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I knocked a buck down last weekend with a 21" 7-30 Waters, Contender Carbine. Three point western count, eight point eastern count. I used Speer's 130 grain boat tailed with AA2520, this combo will...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I jumped on that bandwagon yesterday! The Contender is too innovative to let it go extinct. Bob Milek influenced me back in the early nineteen eighties.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
7 TCU is about perfect for a walk around rifle. I load up 130 grain cast, with a frugal amount of 2400, for my 10" pistol barrel and hit my 10" iron target at 200 yards just about every time....
Forum: Our Town
A couple of years ago I read an article about how (I think it was) Chicago was using dry ice to off rats, they would shove a tablespoon of dry ice into a tunnel and cover up the hole. The resulting...
Thanks for the advice guys, the powder coated bullets will hopefully help.
Recently I picked up a Smith and Wesson shield pistol in 45 ACP. I have a 230 grain truncated cone, Lee mold that I successfully use for my 1911, so I cast up 200 bullets, tumble lubed with 45/45/10...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have killed one buck with my 10" 7-TCU, using the 120 grain V-max. The bullet passed through with good expansion at 85 yards. They say that this bullet has the same jacket as Hornady used to use on...
I have never noticed a powder position sensitivity with these loads. They really just shoot great.
I use between 14.5 and 17 grains of 2400 for accurate reloads with 130 grain Lee cast, mostly 14.5. They are mild and great up to 200 yds. I use these loads in my Contender carbine. I tried unique...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Wow! you seriously have been holding out. I want one.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Does anyone know if the Lyman 7mm M die will work on the 7 TCU? I see on the product information that it works on the 7-30 Waters but wonder whether it will work on even smaller cases since it...
In 1980 I was 19 and had a Ruger super blackhawk. My brother had been to a metallic silhouette match and described the creedmore position to me. I wanted to try it so I cut the tongue out of a old...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Nice bunch of bucks!
You guys did great.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Now that my friend is a awesome story. You got it done.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Sometimes a lung shot deer won't take a breath after being shot. Sometimes they will take a breath along ways after being shot. It is the act of breathing that causes blood to squirt out. The shock...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
My President?
Whats Jeff Davis have to do with this?
Forum: Hunting with CB's
In Arizona we have been able to hunt big game with any centerfire rifle or handguns forever (as far as I know). People from states that tightly control their residents will always hyperventilate at...
My favorite Contender handgun barrel is the 7-TCU. It is versatile and shoots Lee 130 cast boolets quite accurately.
Midsouth shooters supply has the 7mm Lee soupcan mould in stock.
I once double lunged a mulie buck with a 270 win at less than 100 yards. The buck ran away at high speed. When I checked for a blood trail there wasnt any and assumed that I missed. I went back to...
I have been using 16.7 grains of 2400 with Lee 130 grain bullets.
It has worked well for me and seems accurate in my 10" contender barrel.
Use a rubber mallet as described in this thread.
http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php/topic,255754.0.html
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 |