The pre-WW2 Colt D-frames and non-heat treated pre-1929 Army Specials must be treated gently like the pre-1918 S&Ws.
An Official Police .32-20 or post-1920 Colt SA can handle heavier loads as...
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The pre-WW2 Colt D-frames and non-heat treated pre-1929 Army Specials must be treated gently like the pre-1918 S&Ws.
An Official Police .32-20 or post-1920 Colt SA can handle heavier loads as...
My S&W 4th change shoots to the fixed sights at 25 yards with the Accurate 31-105T and 3.5 grains of Bullseye for 850 fps from a 4-inch barrel.
For a heavier hunting I load 5 grains of AutoComp...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you go back and read Keith's book Sixguns, Elmer was no engineer, but knew what worked from his empirical testing and experience. He favored softer 1:16 or 1:20 tin-lead alloys for revolvers and...
I don't like either of those designs. We can do better.
SAAMI chamber shows 1 degree 30 minutes, Basic from forcing cone entrance.
Rather than trying to match two cast cylindrical diameters...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Bullseye has worked well in small game and gallery applications for over 100 years:
3 grains in .32-20
4 grains .455, 45 Auto Rimmed
5 grains in .45 ACP and .44 Special
6 grains in .30-30,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The scrap dealer I use pours out my 5 gallon buckets of jackets onto 1/4" wire mesh, agitated it to shake the loose dirt through, then runs an electromagnet over the pile to pull out any steel. ...
My Saeco #441 drops .433" diameter and weighs 266 grains in Wheelweights. It is an older San Diego. CA mold from the early 1970s. If you want a true 240-grain mold which is lever action friendly with...
Larry Gibson pressure tested .45 Colt loads for me. Factory velocity with standard pressure are closely approximated with 6.5 grains of Bullseye and a 255 lead conical similar to #454190. Accurate...
Older pre-1920 .455 elre lovers are not heat treated. Keep loads below 13,000 psi. Not to exceed 3.5 grains of Bullseye or TiteGroup in Fiocchi, Hornady or Starline 0.76" length cases with...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Vietnamese pumpkin soup seasoned with olive oil, lemon grass, onion, soy sauce, red pepper. Liberal addition of fish sauce also if allowed by your leftist social engineers...
Forum: Leverguns
The 1:38" twist was a carryover from the .44-40 and works fine with normal pistol bullets from 240-260 grains.
Forum: Rimfire Area
The 580 single-shot is a great platform to convert to center-fire, fitting an M16 extractor and relining to produce a carbine in .32 ACP, 9mm Luger or 7.62x25. I have one in .32 ACP.
Accurate 43-240F is my design for a general purpose bullet which feeds smoothly in lever actions and also has a large meplat for good game performance. I load 6 grains of Bullseye or TiteGroup in...
Forum: Shot Guns
Snake oil. Best .410 defense load is 5-pellet 00 buck.
Forum: Leverguns
Overall cartridge length cannot exceed 1.61" to feed. In mine I load Accurate 43-240F with 20 grains of IMR4227.
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Carhart barn coat and Duluth Trading fire hose work pants.
When you pay twice the cost of the donor gun for the work, you gotta really want it.
But trying the current smaller .45 S&Ws they held no magic for me. This one does.
Sandy Garrett at Nova Gun Works rebuilt a basket case .455 New Service for me to make my "Pocket Blaster." NOT a Fitz "mutilation", but a modern build to duty gun standards by a Colt factory-trained...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The .32-20 brass fire-forms to a rimmed .30 Carbine case which I can also use in my .30 Carbine Ruger. Its cylinder throats are honed to .312 so I can use either cast or jacketed bullets of that...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Concur. I was the customer. I use the .312 bullets in .32-20 brass and .309" in the thicker-walled .30 Carbine brass where chamber dimensions require it for release clearance.
Forum: Leverguns
That rifle is described in the Brophy book.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Latest project with John Taylor. Another Green Mountain Gunsmith Special, 10-inch twist, 16-1/2", chambered 9mm NATO spec, muzzle threaded for can. Integral bases machined in barrel for M1 Carbine...
I went onto Gunbroker and bought early 1970s Colt Agent with true 2-inch barrel and shrouded ejector rod and heavy barrel, Parkerized as my EDC. Weighs a pound loaded.
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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 |