I load my .22-250 down below maximum also, but still fast enough to take ground squirrels at 40 yds. I use my shorter range cartridges down to .22LR for closer work below 200 yds.
I like...
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
I load my .22-250 down below maximum also, but still fast enough to take ground squirrels at 40 yds. I use my shorter range cartridges down to .22LR for closer work below 200 yds.
I like...
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I'd personally never waste any time trying to load and shoot cast bullets in my .22-250 either. Yes, you can drive a Ferrari slow, but why would you putt around town loading it up? Just get a VW bug...
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My favorite varmint cartridge, the .22-250! I've owned one since the late 1970's and shot thousands of rounds. Never had one on a Ruger though.
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I had an original Stevens 44 that was factory chambered in .38-40 WCF. A lot of people told me if it wasn't already loose, it would be eventually. It was very tight, and after years of shooting it...
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Headspace should never be determined by the relationship of the breechblock to the barrel gap. The fact yours is correct in relationship to a chambered cartridge rim is great, and what I'd want to...
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So far I haven't seen any mention of which .25-20 the OP's rifle is yet? No sense in choosing a chambering until he says which it is.
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It can handle medium level .38 Special, but what's to keep someone from chambering a .38 +P in it someday? I don't take chances when reworking old guns as no way to control how they're used after I'm...
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The #5 or #1 actions are plenty strong enough for most .45-70 loads. Not the crazy hot loads, but medium level smokeless loads are no issue. I load smokeless in my old BP #1 actions and my Ballard...
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Winchester did indeed screw this up, and did so when they came out with the .375 Win. which was a shorter case. So they just arbitrarily decided to make all their .375 W and .38-55 Ballard cartridges...
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Thanks again! I am tickled to death to have been able to buy this pistol!
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The bore of ,458" is much too large for a .45 Colt chambering. Why not just finish it as it was intended by chambering it to .45-70, and fitting some new stocks to it. If you can fit and finish semi...
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I use standard primers, but not an issue using magnums if you're not pushing the loads too hot.
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The question is which .25-20 is it? If it was the .25-20 Win. it would likely be marked ".25-20 WCF" so it might be the .25-20 Single Shot Stevens cartridge, and if so I wouldn't reline it and...
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I use a turkey seat for seated off cross sticks. They're just tall enough to allow me to get down and back up gracefully, but not so tall as to require taller sticks. I have a pair of very short...
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Looking forward to hearing how it shoots!
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I shoot my heavier single shots off the bench, or cross sticks. A rifle over 10 lbs. isn't easy for me to shoot offhand anymore. Bad shoulders.
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Which pistol action? The early 1865/67 or the later 1871 and newer? Does it have the hump on the back of the frame above the grips like my 1891 action pistol?
https://i.imgur.com/912ugt5l.jpg
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Which model? Is this the one based on their version of the #2 Rem. action?
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Looks like the perfect choice for a Remington carbine for a reline! Should be a really fun shooter that wont beat you up.
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That's always an issue when traveling far for a hunt. It's never going to be ideal unless your drive home is just one day.
Where we elk hunt is an 8 hour drive, and our biggest concern is the trip...
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Montana,
I'm a big fan of the .40-65 Win. with a 410 grain Snover bullet at around 1350 fps. It's very accurate for long range work, and pretty deadly on game at typical hunting distances.
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Although the .45-70 is a big cartridge for deer, it does well, and doesn't usually do as much damage as a .30-06 can do at equal distances. I expected more carnage and meat loss than what I actually...
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For a number of years after I stopped being a deer sniper at long range with my bolt action rifle, I started hunting with my old Marlin lever action rifles. I think the first was my 1881 Marlin in...
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??? My Sharps is a Freund Bros. built on an original 1880 Sharps delivered to Gove in Denver, not a modern Meacham.
That's a good looking rifle, and a great price you got it for!
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I've always thought that taking a bison with any old single shot rifle would be the icing on the cake! I've taken deer with mine, and tried to get an elk, but never got a shot at one.
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 |