Are some of you confusing bumblebees with carpenter bees?
Type: Posts; User: Yellowhouse
Forum: AirGuns
Are some of you confusing bumblebees with carpenter bees?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
43 Spanish by Jameson has too thick rim for my Shiloh 44-77
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
If you think you need more horsepower use a paper patch bullet seated out in the 50-70 That way you can stuff nearly 75 gr of powder in a modern case. I promise thats all you need. Secondly,...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
It ain't rocket science! For ML use volume. For cartridge guns figure out the amount that fills the case to the base of the bullet, factor in your wad column and compression , if any. Then weight...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Don't waste ammo on male cowbirds! Take out the females!
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Remington way back when put the hurt on the 40-70 as a bit light for Buffalo. All they had to do was up the bullet weight from 330 to 370. Worked for the 40-90/
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Somewhere on a range up north they are going to wonder why all those careless weeds (Amaranth) appeared after Val showed up to shoot.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I imagine 12.17 is the bore diameter. Europeans tend to measure their rifles that way....Americans began using groove diameter about 1873 or so .
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'm with Don......somebody went wild with a reamer.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
You could always dry brush the chamber to help in loading another round. Speaking of, if you shoot wet I'd think you'd at least want to dry that chamber.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Purported to slick barrels up and reduce leading/ copper fouling in needle blowers. I have a few SSR that aren't exactly pristine....salt and pepper pitting that are hard to clean sometimes after a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Seems like John Boy did some testing on this very subject.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
24 grains of that powder get you blackpowder velocities. 47 gr is in the realm of stout upper end Ruger #1 loads I'm thinking. Not even close to what Bodine used.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Get the 40/70 SBN! It got a bad rep from Remington as a buffalo killer despite a lot of peop using it. If it had more offerings using a heavier 370 gr bullet like its big brother then i suspect we...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Sorry you had a bad experience. Check your spam folders for messages. Anyway, John Walters is one of the best ive ever known....cant imagine whats happened
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
For those that wish for original rollers in 44-77. It just about has to be in the Sporting model. If its military its going to be something else. There are a few rare military trial types around...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
In BPCR we use paper patch bullets patched to bore diameter. I was under the impression that for smokeless powder they were patched to groove.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Magnum or standard primer? Shootem and let the target tell you which one.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
What Kootne said. 45ish is exactly what it should be for most originals. In those days before smokeless powder Remington referred to their calibers in terms of bore diameter and not groove. So...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Have never seen a C Sharps equal to the fit and finish of a Shiloh when all options are equal. My last was a C Sharps and there won't be anymore.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Perfectly normal! See, there were/aren't any SAAMI standards for this ole hoss. Besides that, Remington and Sharps chambers were different enough that the shoulder was necessarily set back on new...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I bet that load gets your attention. I loaded 85 gr behind a 520 ppb and it sure got mine even in a 12 lb gun.
Forum: Our Town
Whole lot rather have quail than blue jays.
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 |