I get the "cool kids" to drag my deer out of the woods to my truck.
most of them have never been hunting before so I mentor them
and get my deer loaded. Good trade off.
Type: Posts; User: william l evans
I get the "cool kids" to drag my deer out of the woods to my truck.
most of them have never been hunting before so I mentor them
and get my deer loaded. Good trade off.
I love my ugly super redhawk (stainless 44mag7 1/2in bbl and ultra dot 30 (in satin)
People say they would be ashamed to be caught with this combo, then they see my shot groups, they just shake...
Forum: Leverguns
B a bore on this site made the mold for me prior to 2008. He also made a 330 gr wfp gas check in the same mold block. I don't have anymore info on him, sorry
Forum: Leverguns
my browning 1886 45-70 is my fun gun with my reloads. Deer and antelope hunting goes to my win m88 in 308.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have seen a couple of those rifles that were modified by replacing the clean out screw with a screw in vent to help relieve the pressure.
if you do this, warn the guy to your right before firing.
Forum: Leverguns
standard sights,peeps,or scope for those 200 yard groups?
Forum: Muzzleloading.
For me it is a Iassic Hanes Pen long rifle with a Rice 42 inch 50 cal swamped barrel and a Chambers flintlock.
It was built by Jim Turpin of Overland Park, Ks. It is very accurate if I do my part...
Got the six cavity Lee 158 rf mold to keep my wife happy shooting her two rugers and rossi 357. I just use 357 cases.
She will go through between 100 and 150 rounds in a session. That 6 cavity is...
Forum: Leverguns
I was getting basket ball size groups at 100 yds. I will probably stay with the win brand of J-words for the brass
to reload lead. Maybe shoot some more J-word loads to smooth out the bore before...
Forum: Leverguns
solid rest, stock sights. I have other open sighted rifles that I can shoot real good.
Forum: Leverguns
I have a 1962 Win 94 in 32 spl that was unfired until last year. It belonged to my uncle and was handled but not shot.
I bought two boxes of win 170gr j-words and fired three groups of five shots...
Lots of guys at the range think my Ruger Super Redhawk 44 mag is ugly,
but they just shake their heads and walk away when they see my small groups.
Forum: Leverguns
NSB look on the Skinner web sight under apertures and there is a picture of the Merit #4 aperture.
Forum: Leverguns
veeman is right. the browning src is not drilled or tapped for any receiver sight.
nsb the Merit #4 hunting aperture should be an adjustable iris type that would fit
in a lyman #2 sight (12X40...
Forum: Leverguns
After looking on this and other forums for a while, I have ordered the Skinner 1886 sight
for my Browning src 45/70. The src will be used for hunting and informal target shooting.
I know that I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Check out Jim Chambers Flintlocks and their pistol kit.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a armi sharps 45-70. I set-up two dummy loads using a 405gr wfn and the 535gr. postell boolets. I seated them long and
loaded them in the breech. I then seated them a little at a time...
Forum: Leverguns
Marlin 39M
marlin 336 35 rem
marlin 336 38/55
marlin 94 45 colt
win 88 308
win 94 32spl
rossi 92 357
browning 1886 src 45/70
Forum: Leverguns
Browning 1886 45/70 SRC, 335gr WFN 15 gr. Unique. Easy on the sholder, deadly on deer and elk.
Forum: Leverguns
The gunsmith school in trinadad col. was teaching students how to convert lever guns to takedown models in the 2008 era. That could
be one of their designs.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
koger maybe right on the nickel finish. I called Taylor today and the rep could not tell me what the finish was.
He has only worked there for a couple of years and this gun came through prior to...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The front sight has been changed to a lyman globe , but the original sight was in the box, I will
probably change it back. I am not too fond of the ladder sight either. This is stainless? (right)...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yesterday, I made a trade at my lgs. for an armi sporting 1874 sharps in 45/70. It has a 32in, octagon deep blued barrel.
The action,lever,patch box, and butt plate looks like stainless. It has...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have a CVA Electra that I use in severe weather (rain and snow) It never fails to fire and is very accurate with powerbelts.
Most of the time I use a flintlock.
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 |