I love my Redding dies for my 4-70SS, perfect match to my Shilo barrel. Now if Forster would make some dies for BPCR,then we would really have something.
Type: Posts; User: highwallbo
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I love my Redding dies for my 4-70SS, perfect match to my Shilo barrel. Now if Forster would make some dies for BPCR,then we would really have something.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks for all the suggestions and I have tried some with various results.
So far the most accurate for the 32" .458cal 1-18" is 85gr. Swiss 1.5 with no wad 405gr RNFP Saeco/Redding. these will...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Napa Auto Parts sells 1qt. contaniers of water soluble oil for $6.00
Forum: Cast Boolits
I cast Paul Jones Creedmoor 540 gr. that cast a .464 dia. bullet for my Shilo #1 45-70 . I shoot these as cast in the 45-70.
I take the exact same bullet and put it twice through a Lee .448 size...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I add Alox to my B/P lube which is equal parts olive oil and bees wax. It is very stable in the hottest weather and really stays soft in the barrel. I have seen an improvement in accuracy and...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I just received a M/L elk tag for here in California, only took twenty years!:drinks:
My question is this : Is anybody out there shooting a T/C Renegade with the Green Mountain 1-18" .458 barrel...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
UPS has those big delivery vans and the drivers load their own vehicles.Big vehicles give the high school drop out driver lots of room to throw your packages around.
Fed EX has mostly little vans...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Buffalo Arms has them ,$495.00 for shotgun $795.00 for center fire rifles.
I just built one for my son,fitted it with a 32" Badger half/half .40-65 Win.
Billings Gunsmiths in Billings MT. did the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Did the 45-70 have a crescent butt plate or was it one of the ugly red rubber jobs?
If it has the crescent butt plate it was one of the comissioned rifles by Davidsons before Winchester shut down...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I shoot 215gr. semi wad cutters out of my 40-70SS. I like using Swiss 1.5,.30 LDEP wad,lubed felt wad for filler.Use the felt wad to help keep the powder charge reasonable with a short bullet.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I received my first Shilo about one year ago(Sporter #3 .45-2.1)Finest rifle being built in this country bar none.Ordered my second Shilo 5Nov05, on it's way to me now(LRE 32" half/round .40-2.5)
I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The long range muzzle loaders Folks shooting Gibbs, Rigby and Whitorth rifles shooting the 800,900,1000 yard events wipe after each shot. and by all accounts these rifles are consistently accurate at...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Buckshot,
Thank you for the great information.
Can ask you what sight you have on your Gibbs?
If I remember correctly,you built that rifle from one of Pecatonica River's kits and had to do...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Bill Goodman out of Bozeman MT can get you a new Shilo, your choice of enhancements for $150.00 over Shilo's posted price. Really not a bad deal if your not up to waitn' for Shilo to build your...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I recently assumed ownership of a Pedersoli Gibbs rifle and now have had a chance to play with it .
In the course of learning to shoot this rifle the one thing that absolutely stands out about...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Definately Swiss is better, I have used the Graf and Sons 2F and 3F and my testing showed: Swiss,Graf and Sons then Goex in that order.
The Graf and Sons is made in Germany it's cleaner than Goex...
Forum: Our Town
Yes, It is the range out by Ione,CA . It has Rimfire silouhette,Pistol,100,300,Silouhette out to 500 meters(Rams) and 1000 yd.
Local Law Enforcement has there own range and very under utilized...
Forum: Our Town
I just turned the big 50, 28 yrs. in the Fire Service (nobody gets out healthy) retired now on disability(bum knee).I have bought more guns and shoot more boolits now than I ever did, even on a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
NO,
Armi sport guns are for pointing in the air during re-enactments not for hitting any kind of target.
Oh and cowboy shooters love them,they can hit things the size of 55gal. drum @ 50yds.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
All you Pedersoli shooters out there have all but a few hundred bucks less than a C.Sharps or a Shilo cost.
It's not even debatable as to fit and finish.I have Pedersoli,Uberti,Winchesters and ...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Buckshot,
Did I understand that you have built one of the Pecatonica River English Rigby Sporting rifles?
Do you have any pictures posted? How short is the tang ? Is there enough room to mount...
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 |