Thanks for the comments fellows. I have pictures but haven’t been able to figure out how to post them.Did talk to an elderly retired gunsmith who thought that when T/C made the plain flat side...
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thanks for the comments fellows. I have pictures but haven’t been able to figure out how to post them.Did talk to an elderly retired gunsmith who thought that when T/C made the plain flat side...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have inherited a 4 digest serial number Contender action. The left side is etched with a jack rabbit and the right side with a coyote howling at the moon. Both figures surrounded by filigree....
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I have read a lot of comments concerning wrapping cast boolits with plumbers tape. What I have not read, is after rapping twice running the bullet through a sizing die. I do that at the same time I...
Is it safe to shorten .44 Magnum to .44 Special? If so, I would alter the head stamp with my vibrating engraver to insure ammo went in the correct gun.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I think the popularity of in lines, scoped muzzle loaders or any devices to make a muzzle loader shoot at long ranges detracts from the joy of shooting guns that harken to the old days. What is...
Lots of good advice here. Have been blessed to have Elmer Keith as friend and down the street neighbor. I stoked my first first Ruger SBH. with 24 grains of 2400. Both the gun and I survived. ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Have hunted in Idaho for half a century - because I live here. Have been charged by black bears three times. They move incredibly fast. They cause almost numbing fear. If you are in heavy cover...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Here in Idaho's River of No Return country, the howl of wolves at night is not music, it just keeps you awake. Have lived in this country for fifty years. Always plenty of deer and elk.......until...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Big game, body kill zone every time. Have seen deer with shot off lower jaws, shot off antlers, holes through ears and neck wounds. Was friends with Elmer Keith, Bob Hagel and numerous old time...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Don't have a lead thermometer? Go to the local newspaper office and get scraps of newsprint that haven't been inked. Cut pieces 3" x 5" and fold a piece in 3rds the long way. BE SURE THE PAPER...
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 |