I have always sprayed my boolits . I went that way because I also wanted to powdercoat motorcycle parts. I stand my boolits up by drilling hole in a scrap piece of sheet metal that corresponds with...
Type: Posts; User: dnepr
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have always sprayed my boolits . I went that way because I also wanted to powdercoat motorcycle parts. I stand my boolits up by drilling hole in a scrap piece of sheet metal that corresponds with...
Forum: Leverguns
Also have a 20” carbine in 45 colt , haven’t shot it lots but my first impressions are that it is accurate and fast.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have a CVA hunter in 44 mag , it does well with heavy boolits crisp trigger , great rifle for the money
Forum: Our Town
I am doing head gaskets on my 1992 Toyota , I am getting it done but not like the old days, I used to be a mechanic at the local Toyota dealer so I have done this before , I got out of being a...
Forum: Leverguns
A link to my post about my experience with a .357 rifle taking deer
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?217224-Rossi-357-makes-meat
, It sounds like our NWO deer run a bit bigger...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Fairly new to powdercoating but so far I am happy with my basic Eastwood gun , I read too many bad reviews of the Princess Auto guns (Canadian equivalent of Harbor freight ) so I went for the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a CVA hunter in 44 mag , trigger is great , it shoots well with the lee 310 gr , I am quite happy with it
I kinda thought the slugs might be light on penatration, I have no experience on game with them , I did shoot an aluminum casing with on once , it went through 3/16ths aluminum no problem but how...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Congrats on the deer . Going to a flat point and/or a softer alloy would help , I am wondering around the woods of northwestern Ontario with the same rifle loaded with a lee 310 gr flatpoint , if...
Yes I am a proper Canadian there is a 303 British in the gun safe , but being a lefty I would take my left hand Ruger scout in 308 with a 10 round mag if I thought I needed 10 rounds
The link to the story of the bear attack
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bear-attack-survivor-1.5303835
Yes the 410 is a poor choice for bear defence , and if I knew I was going to run into a bear I would have my 444 marlin over my shoulder and a 12 gauge in my hands . I am in Canada so handguns are...
Just to clarify I am talking black bears not Grizzly
A 410 for bear defence... nor a good plan .
A little back story is needed here , a couple of days ago I went to check a my deer stands , it isn’t deer season yet so I am carrying my Savage 24 410...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have more work to do with mine , but I am getting some decent accuracy with 25 gr FFF goes a a couple secretly box wads and a .457 RB
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Going ESPC is how I am going to get into powdercoating. It was an easy decision for me as I also play around with cars and motorcycles. After reading some bad reviews of Princess Auto guns (...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
The 357 mag can take deer , worked well for me I don’t remember if I mentioned in this thread but the pic of it hanging was taken in a shop with 10 foot ceilings , just to give a size reference
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Forum: Leverguns
I haven’t made it out shooting yet but I cycled a couple rounds through the action , all fed no problem , but I will see when I get out shooting
Forum: Leverguns
I agree about the looks of the Burgess, the more I check out my copy the more I think it was a shame that colt stopped making levers. They were off to a good start . What I would give to be a fly on...
Forum: Leverguns
Congrats on the new rifle and thanks for posting the article , quite informative
Forum: Leverguns
Dr Ducati both Taylor’s and Company and Cimarron list the Burgess on their website
Forum: Leverguns
The 1858 carbine is my first cap and ball so there has been a learning curve , getting ok plinking accuracy but still have some fine tuning to do , sure is a lot of fun though
Forum: Leverguns
While I wait to try out the new rifle I got antsy and slugged the bore . .450 groove and .442 on the lands . My other Uberti 45 cal is my 1858 carbine, it is .450x.444 . At least they seem...
Forum: Our Town
I think I should stop complaining about wood ticks and blackflys
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 |