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I feel for ya one the cleaning part. My old Lee 10# production pot of 30 years quit working with the spot going belly up! No matter how I tried to get it clean, smooth, and right, it simply would...

Pietro,

That sound like a good move. When I install the sight, I'll trim out the factory hood as 6.5 Mike did. That should do the trick I hope. I sure hate seeing a scope on my GG. It...

Thanks guys. The front sight is/was a blur and my shooting suffererd from that. I'll get one of correct hight and give it a try. Who knows? I might be able to still shoot iron as our brother...

The idea of making a cap crimping tool was interesting. I went to the local hardware store and got a small nipper. With the tool being about 5" long and the blade being only 3/4" wide, it was a snap...

Aman!

There are a couple of Lee moulds in the shop. Love the bullet design. Hate the moulds. There are at least 10 Lyman and RCBS moulds in the shop. They cast better than any aluminumn mould made...

TD,

Before my eyes went, I used a peep with a gold bead as well. That gave me enough sight to see in low light as stated above. Diabetes has beaten my eyesight to a pulp (getting old didn't help...

I feel your frustration. Where I live it is a two hour drive, oneway, to get BP. Thus I now make my own.

Wade

My dogs refuse to listen to me as I try to keep them in the gate when it's opened. They blast out into the road and try to start stuff with the dogs across the road. I doubt that any of them would...

I have a 2009 GG that will not stablize with anything longer than a 350 gr. bullet. 385 and 405 gr will keyhole and shoot poorly. Using a 340 it will punch x's all day, if I do my part (which doesn't...

Well done on the slugging of the bore. As stated, this is not done often by most and the questions as to bullet sizing is really moot without slugging. Good for you!!!

In my case, the 1895G I have...

Dozens fo Whitetails, hogs, three Elk, and unknown number of other assorted varmits and such. Weapon: Kit built T/C .50 Hawken. Round: Patched .490" round ball with loads chosen for the game...

Ragnarok,

The only multiple dischage I ever had was with my old ASM 2nd Mod Dragoon. The nipples are smaller than my other weapons, and thus when I had a Rem #11 pinched into place, the weapon...

Gdbyrd,

My only 45-70 I have left is a Marlin Guide Gun. Super little cannon. I have a hard time getting this one to shoot long projectiles well, but gave the 405 HB from Lee a try. No great...

Welcome aboard!

Trail Boss is very bulky and thus is hard to get in trouble with. It fills the case and will not give you super velocity. A 405 gr. cast bullet will be easy to keep under 1120...

It's odd. I've cast for over 46 years with the same old Lyman ladle. I rarely had any scum form on it until about a year or so ago. That was when I was getting scrap lead from a co-worker that does...

Guide Guns are the coolest things Marlin has built in the past thirty years. They have the best pointing quality and are fast to get into action in the field. Further, I'm not sure what Marlin did,...

I shoot hogs weekly. Had run our of reloads (Gasp!!!) and was forced to buy some of that nasty J-word factory stuff. Rem 405's. They were nasty, dirty, and not so accruate loads that cost $43 for a...

Having a GG for over a year now (as opposed to the old Sharps and Trapdoors that were sold for house down payment......well, let's not go there).....but now limited to the GG, I've tried many cast...

A 405 gr. at or near 1800? OUCH! That sure is gonna give you some thump!

Yeah, and if you don't use the dacron atop RL7 in lighter loads you're gonna have a real loud boom, and wonder what the heck happened. Detoantion instead of powder ignition. Not a fun thing. RL7, or...

If limited to only ONE powder, then I'll have to go with Unique. Very cost effective. Makes tackdriver mild loads. Can, go up a bit to make a decent hunting load but the range is limited. However,...

In past years I hit several in the spine with a cedar shaft from my recurve bow. They drop right where they stand. There was a study close to my place that stated that when hit in the spine the hog's...

Made the mistake of using Tripple 7 in my 45-70 ONCE! I had loaded up a few to test. Was ok, but nothing great. Shot a bunch of smokless after swabbing the bore and later cleaned the weapon with...

I can remember using the old Prell shampoo tubes filled with crisco back in the 60's. The crisco was melted down and poured into the empty prell tubes while they were placed in a small tub of very...

Well all I can say is that testing different things with the weapons of our chosen sport can be fun. Sometimes these tests prove either a win or a bust. The time I tried shot capsules was just that....