I use the Ranch Dog 359-190-FNGC out of my .357 Max at a shade over 2000 fps with AA1680 for Iowa's late muzzleloader season when they also let us use pistols. I have yet to catch one in an Iowa...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
I use the Ranch Dog 359-190-FNGC out of my .357 Max at a shade over 2000 fps with AA1680 for Iowa's late muzzleloader season when they also let us use pistols. I have yet to catch one in an Iowa...
I used the Speer 180 gr. FNSP out of my .350 Rem Mag XP-100 this year on a big Iowa whitetail doe at 189 yds. 2400 fps at the muzzle. Perfect performance. Daughter used it out of the .357 Max on a...
Selmer saxophones. :). My undergrad degree is music education with saxophone emphasis. Still teach privately and play as many gigs as I can. I taught in public schools for a short time and then...
Why not just load it up with a WFNGC in the 190-200 gr. range? That's what I started out using in my .357 Max with 16.5" barrel and it works dandy. No expansion needed. Just drills a nice hole...
Forum: Factory Rifles
You took the words right off of my fingers. Then again, I haven't met a gun with synthetics as a primary component that I think is pretty. Give me a nice wood and deep blue any day over the latest...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Remington M700 BDL Custom Deluxe .30-06 from the 1970s in pristine condition. Beautiful rifle. Don't really need it. But decided I wanted to own it.
I didn't own a chronograph until about a decade ago. Which means I was handloading for two decades without a chronograph and relying on manuals alone - plus shooting targets at actual range to...
Same here. I got into the single shot game in 2002 when I moved to Iowa from South Dakota and the geniuses setting regs here didn't (don't) permit the use of rifles for deer hunting. But I could...
PS - the .30-40 Krag BARELY fits the 44 1/2 action because of case length and diameter in relation to the breech block - the rim just barely fits past the top of the breech block. But it works.
Caveat - I do NOT shoot competition. I shoot for fun. I have an original Stevens 44 1/2 (not a CPA repro) for which I had CPA make a .30-40 Krag barrel that I have used exclusively with cast...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I'm in Iowa and hunt the late muzzleloader season with single shot pistols. I haven't shot a deer in the morning since 2015. Every other tag that we've filled has been in the afternoon up to...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I've killed a bunch of Iowa whitetails with the Ranch Dog 359-190-RFGC out of a .357 Maximum, ballistically a basic twin to the .35 Rem. My load is pushing them out at 2000 fps from an 18" MGM...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
All I need to neck turn is to get the .35 neck turning mandrel for my Forster trimmer. I’ve turned necks before. It’s one of my least favorite case prep tasks. I don’t have a good way to measure the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
So, after several years of focusing on parenting five kids, the youngest two being now four and a half year old twins who were born at 24 weeks gestation and we adopted. I'm finally getting some...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have an original 44 1/2 frame that CPA built me a .30-40 Krag barrel for. It is definitely maximum diameter for loading cartridges.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
My best .30-40 Krag load with cast boolits is 32 gr. Varget under a gas checked 311299. Not in a bolt gun - single shot Stevens 44 1/2 barrel.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
If I can only have one, it's my great-grandfather's Stevens 44 1/2 that I already own. I've got the original .22 LR match barrel for it, plus a .30-40 Krag barrel built by CPA rifles. If I retired...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
There really isn't much practical differenc between your .45 Colt and your .270 Winchester when it comes to killing deer. Max range is max range - if you can hit a volleyball at that range you're in...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I use the Ranch Dog 359-190-RFGCTL out of a .357 Max at 2000 fps. It's fantastic on whitetails and I haven't caught one in a deer yet, from 70-225 yards.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yes - the straight expansion is what I'm looking for. I've got a short M die body and I assumed the .350 Rem Mag was to wide in diameter for it. Maybe I just need the mandrel? I'll have to go down...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
So...I'm playing with this new-to-me XP100 chambered in .350 Remington Magnum with a 16" bull barrel. I'll be using both cast and jacketed, and it occurred to me that I should probably have a Lyman...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I've considered getting one of the oddball .22 caliber barrels built by CPA for my great-grandfather's Stevens 44 1/2. I've got the original .22LR match barrel that came with it, plus a .30-40 Krag...
Forum: Cast Boolits
20 gr. 2400 with the 311299 is money for me in my .30-06. I love that powder with cast boolits!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Just ordered up this mold from NOE, there last one in stock. Hoping it performs well in the .350 Rem Mag XP-100 pistol I also have on the way. 2 PB/2 GC 4 cavity mold. Wish me luck! ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Amen to all of this. My brother in law hit a big muley buck about 15 years ago when we were hunting West River SD and I had to help him track it. "My shot was perfect. He should be down." .30-06...
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 |