My maternal GM used the .44xl cartridge in her model '92 carbine, the shot chamber was a blue paper container and it did well on snakes, cats and skunks at the short ranges
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
My maternal GM used the .44xl cartridge in her model '92 carbine, the shot chamber was a blue paper container and it did well on snakes, cats and skunks at the short ranges
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Jack rabbit, not a rabbit but a hare, is tough when mature, I have eaten and enjoyed young ones, the adults require a pressure cooker to get them ready to eat.
Cotton tail and swamp rabbit are very...
Forum: Leverguns
There is no Marlin co.
It was sold down the river to the great big gun group.
:x
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Cyanide is bad stuff, I would not use it.
There is an alternative, put a small metal container of sulfur from the feed store, light it and place in the hole entrance, put a cover over the hole, you...
Forum: AirGuns
Yes, a Sheridan 5mm/.20 caliber air rifle will do the job nicely.
I cannot shoot squirrel with anything that is not a firearm, as the game laws require a firearm for all game animals.
No, rabbits/...
IF, anyone can find some, Aguila in Mexico makes a sub sonic .22 rf with a 60 gr bullet, BUT it really requires a faster twist than the usual 1/16 .22.
I use it in my 1/9 Handi ,.223 with a chamber...
Forum: Our Town
Young, corn fed coon is good, IF you remove 90% of the fat, old, mature coons are tough and sorta strong.
As to having a coon for a pet, a friend who had one advises to NOT have a pet that is...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If all else fails, try a mixture of 50-50 bees wax and peanut oil for a lube.
I knew some old timers who used nothing else and were quite happy .
I use an alloy of 12-14 BHN even in my 405gr HB...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Someone,I know not whom, gave me a subscription, I have tried several times to cancel the magazine as, in my opinion, it has almost no value.
I certainly shall not renew.
Forum: Swaging
By, Arronraad you are just getting too wound up for me.
Forum: Swaging
That was a generic statement, we all had to learn, somehow.
Of course, I have 12 years of age on you and started making little metal chips in 1959 about 50+ years before you did .
MAN, I am getting...
Forum: Swaging
I hope the people here know a small lathe is available for a very reasonable price and with a bit of practice and a good book or 2 can do marvelous things, including making dies, reamers and other ,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The roof flashings I have found were soldered together and when I tested an ingot, got a BHN of 7-8.
I suppose it is the tin from the solder that raised the BHN
He really needs a hardness tester....
Forum: Leverguns
There has been one in the family since 1903, everyone has used it.
It is slightly more effective than the .30-30 as you would expect with the larger diameter bullet.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Jonp, do not even THINK about using your wife's oven. She WILL find out and you will be in deep do-do!
Forum: Hunting with CB's
When we lived at Beeville, TX, there was a hen that came by now and again, could stand flatfooted and drink out of the waist high bird bath.
MIGHT have weighed 5-6 lb after drinking.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I do not like the AR 10- AR 15, reasons, in my opinion,too high priced,second,( or possibly first) UGLY, 3rd the unfortunate AR part of the name, seems very few people realize it is Armalite Rifle,...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Hard to tell from the picture, but is her grin bigger than the pig's head, or just close?
;<)
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Check Rotometals site, they may have an alloy containing copper that would do for what you want.
I would prefer a BHN of 16 or less, you really do not need a lot of hardness, the mass will do most...
Forum: Our Town
I am really having a hard time telling the difference between demonrats and republicraps , what happened to Americans who believe in a constitutional , representative republic?
We are NOT supposed...
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 |