Well I built a 6.5 Grendel and for Pure accuracy and distance it will surgically plant a bullet in any animal out to 300 yards quite comfortably. But I also recently bought a 450 BM upper, and I have...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Well I built a 6.5 Grendel and for Pure accuracy and distance it will surgically plant a bullet in any animal out to 300 yards quite comfortably. But I also recently bought a 450 BM upper, and I have...
Forum: AirGuns
I started out with a Crosman when I was 8, it was .177, had a smooth bore and for me was useless. When I was 10, I bought a Sheridan Blue Streak and "oh my God, my life changed." At the end of the...
Forum: AirGuns
I guess I was just lucky when I chose a scope for my R-1 back in the '80s. I put a tasco 4x12 w/target turrets on it and it has held up to 34 years of recoiling. It was made in the good old days when...
Forum: AirGuns
I have a Sheridan Blue Streak that I have had for some 25 years (I have owned 4 of them over the span of 50 years), an R-1 that I rebuild that's 34 years old, a Feinwerkbau 65 with the barrel weight...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Thank you gentlemen for all of your input. I bought a Redding form and trim die and after annealing only lost about 4 out of 150. I slugged the barrel and it reads .2545". Thank God it's not...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Gentlemen,
I have made .17 Fireball brass from .223 and .222 brass, I have the forming dies and it's no big deal. I have made .32-40 brass from .30-30 and .32 spl from .30-30 and even .38-55 from...
Forum: Leverguns
I have had the sad duty of putting three horses down on the farm and I used my 336/.35 Remington to do it. A 200gr RCBS boolit ahead of a charge of BLC2 and it was instant each time, not a kick,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I recently drove air cooled COWW 175.5gr GC saeco .30 cal tapered boolits in a .308 bolt gun at 1800 fps with 17 grains of 2400 and 7 shots went into .339". Even at 23.0 grains and some 2200 fps I...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
.222 rem to .17 Fireball (when you couldn't find brass)
.223 to .17 Fireball (when you couldn't find brass)
.22 hornet to .17 ackley imp. hornet
.30-30 to .38-55 (when you couldn't find brass)...
I really like the Saeco 315 tapered G/C'd boolit sized .311. It should be named the "ruiner" as it shoots like a house afire.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Perhaps a year or more ago I loaded some .308's and there they sat in the box until last weekend. It was sunny, bright, little to no wind and according to some gun writers I should have never gotten...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I got rid of the bell mouth on my shortened .38-55 using a lyman neck sizing die. I adjusted the die just enough to straighten the case out but then again I am using a Win/jap 1885 (that shoots like...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I put together a .375 H&H, some 30 years ago using a Mark X action, an Interarms stock and a 26" medium heavy barrel. I have never hunted in Africa but with a G/C'd 255gr cast boolit @ 2000fps, it's...
Forum: In Remembrance
Christ said he would go and make a place for each of us. Heaven for me will be a nicely kept rifle range, slight breezes, sunny days, accurate rifles and fine ammo. Felix, though I have never met you...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have owned a 77/22 hornet for 14 years and when I got it, the very first thing I did was to make up shims for the bolt and a new bolt pin. I guess Ruger doesn't understand the concept of holding a...
Forum: Leverguns
I have a Marlin in .32-20 and for small game...hands down a great cartridge and yes you can take a deer with it.
The Federal 10 slug is actuall a long 12 gauge dia foster slug. I cut one open years ago and was disappointed when I measured the diameter. I made up a double cavity RB mould, it drops a 660gr ww...
Yes SBS I am using a rifled barrel, will filling the base of the slug with a hot gun gun also work in place of the nitro wad card?
I finally got a Lyman mold for the sabot slug, cast up 50 of them out of ACWW and using 23 grains of Unique loaded up 30 of them. At 50 yards I get three holes touching and all is well. At 100 yards,...
Forum: Factory Rifles
When at 18 years old I lost a 10 point standing buck at 200 yds using Sierra 180 SPBT in a Mauser mk10 .30-06, I decided to get a stopping cartridge. Three years later, I bought a pre-chambered...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I would have to say that it was either a very, very fortunate group for him or it's BS. The very best I have ever gotten from a .22 was from my Winchester 52b(repro) using Federal UMB ammo on a dead...
Forum: Rimfire Area
[QUOTE=BruceB;2269094]A true, QUALITY .22 (rifle or handgun) is a joy forever.
I must admit, there isn't much that is more rewarding than a fine adult sized .22. I bought a Winchester 52B (repro)...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wrinkles on the nose, no sharp corners on the lube grooves and the hole in the base....try casting at a higher temp, perhaps 720F to 750F. I use a cheap hot plate that I picked up at Walmart to...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have a Marlin CL, I shot the RCBS 115gr SWC w/GC sized .313 over 10gr of 2400. I get 1.75" groups at 150 yards. I keep my shots to 100 yds on slow moving or stopped animals. The .32-20 leaves them...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I haven't heard about it being phased out, I have a Remington SPS in .17 Fireball and I'm pleased as peaches with it. A manth and a half ago I capped another woodchuck with it and as usual...no exit...
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 |