I really like my Colonial .58 smooth bore. The quality is outstanding.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
I really like my Colonial .58 smooth bore. The quality is outstanding.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I just recently picked up a Traditions Crockett .32 and using 15 gr Goex fffg with .310 ball and 50/50 dawn and water dampened .018 cut patches I have been able to shoot twenty plus shots straight...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I just got my Kibler Colonial in .58 smooth bore they are top notch kits for sure. Can't wait to get into it and get it shooting.
Forum: Leverguns
My Marlin 32 H&R gets a steady diet of the old Lyman 311008 or 31133HP but also likes the RCBS 98 gr SWC. Had a lot of fun shooting this gun and a few critters have fallen to it.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
77/357 using MP 360640 penta HP 50/50 ww & pure powder coated with a stiff load of IMR 4227 has killed several Midwest bucks at under 75 yds. for me. I have also had great luck with the Ranchdog Lee...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Iv'e used them in my .357 mag shooting a Ruger 77/357 plain based powder coated sized .360 @ 170 gr. 50/50 mix. Shoot a large doe @ 30 yds. this year double lung behind the shoulder complete pass...
Forum: Leverguns
My Dad picked up a Classic 30/30 carbine back in the 70's for $100 and thought it would be worth something some day and I think he shoot it 3 times. I always liked the gun because of the extra fancy...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
My wife was a taxidermist years ago and we had a gentlemen bring us a deer he had just got and didn't know how to skin it for mounting so he asked us to do the skinning. He said that if we wanted the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I load the 31133 HP PC which is just the HP version in my 30-30 and have had great success in the 1700 to 1800 range. The accuracy I get is great and the performance has been good on deer, even with...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Missouri's first case was in 2010 at a fenced hunting ranch 15 miles from my house and that same year they had a kill zone set up around the ranch and let people along with conservation officers and...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Sweet, I've taken a few with my .357 with 175 gr flat point gc and it did the job just fine.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Great job, great gun, and a unforgettable hunt for the boy and Dad.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
That bullet design is my favorite also it's very accurate in my Ruger 77/357 and my rifle has taken several deer over the past few years.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I'm hunting with my Ruger 77/357 with a full load of AA#9 behind a Ranch dog TLC359-175 RF. Movement is slow but have seen a few and filled one of my antlerless tags on Sunday and looking forward to...
Forum: Leverguns
Picked up a pair of 1894CL one in 25-20 & one in 32-20 then I got a 336 Texan in 30-30. So far the 25-20 is liking Missouri Bullets 85 gr. Over IMR 4227 and Dacron, the 32-20 like the 311008 and...
Forum: Our Town
My mother is into the family tree really deep and tells me that I'm a distant relative to Richard Petty.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
This is my go to boolit for my 44 mag's. With the large HP and WW with some added tin the peddles will break off but your still left with probably a 240 gr wad cutter shape. The deer I have taken...
Forum: Leverguns
Mine is .431 also and I shoot .432 300 gr. with great success.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I shot hem from my Marlin and I have to seat them a little deeper than the crimp groove but I use a lee crimp.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
My .357 load is a 180gr FNGC WW over a stout load of AA#9 and the last two deer I was able to eat up to the hole. Good luck.
Forum: Our Town
My everyday boot is a pair of Wesco's they fit like a glove stand up to everything I can give them and still look like new after four years.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I was glad to get mine about 7 years ago and got it for $700, it would take allot of money to get it. I love this little gun and it shoot great also with the RCBS 32-98 SWC. I have a Ruger Bisley...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I used to have a 358 NM for several years and had no problems fire forming 338 WM brass into 358 NM brass, I used pistol powder with toilet paper wad and then corn meal filled all the way up and...
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 |