I simply swapped out the birdshot for buck shot of similar weight.... 3x00 and 5 x000 FROM MEMORY .... they pattern well at close range... as long as your total payload weight is same or less than...
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I simply swapped out the birdshot for buck shot of similar weight.... 3x00 and 5 x000 FROM MEMORY .... they pattern well at close range... as long as your total payload weight is same or less than...
watching with interest.
the .303 british can also be blown out to use....Im led to believe the opposite is how the .410 came about in first place,straight walled case,pack in cordite sticks THEN...
try removing the wad petals...quite a few commercial loads dont have petals at all just an undershot card/wad.
I have a home made 45 calibre barrel chambered in 45/70 that lives in shotguns..... couple of points.
if you carry a short steel rod (I use the guts of one of them double ended screwdrivers that...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I have large pot and preserving pan bot about 15litres ...when kill a sheep I cut up the fat into small hunks and put it in pot and cook on barbeque outside...keep stiring it as it cooks,run sharp...
Forum: Rimfire Area
fixed 3 or 4x leupold a 2x7 leupold would be ultimate
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
if youve ever watched an episode of the flintstones...he probably had a team of "eager beavers" on hand(maybe thats where the term origonated) but in all seriousness we have lost far more skills to...
Forum: Shot Guns
oh and one more thing...a few larger shot will help get your shot colume height up easily if its too low in case,we always use mixed shot sizes in wee gun as it seems to work nicely for us
Forum: Shot Guns
watch your primer seating depth too..some of the older factory stuff were seated deeply and my old winchester single had trouble striking deep enough on half dozen rounds per box..no issue in another...
Forum: Shot Guns
you may find removal of wad petals is a good thing..when we played around with a H&R rifled 12ga years back plastic wads stripped off bits into the rifling something shockingly.
Forum: Shot Guns
yes...Ive used 00 and 000 the smaller ones are definately a better option as more wiggle room through choke and when you get one more in and do maths on toatal payload...yip better off....Ive read of...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
any update on how you getting on with this rifle???
Forum: Shot Guns
3-4-5 ball buckshot is a doddle to load in the wee cartridge.... if you poke in your normal smaller shot components and fill up cup with buckshot you will not go far wrong..double check the...
WOW that is just plain dumb..... like suppressor laws...
so will need to find shortest legally made SxS ...coachgun length deal....will be MUCH MUCH easier for shakey hands to use,even if used from...
Forum: Our Town
take the bulb you have into autosparky and get the best they have got in replacement..... and left field thought...maybe put a led lightbar??? inside the grill(can be fitted/removed with two bolts...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
sorry my bad...front locking,not mauser lol.... VS the rear locking lee enfields.
ok..so supposedly they are comfortable with idea of .410 and dont want a long arm...so dont use one.ASSUMABLY its legal to do so...saw off a side by side you get the reliability of two barrels.and...
Forum: Leverguns
if your load is..by the book...well down as its a starting load,you should be fine...if however its up near top pressure levels,all bets are off.
what your doing is not a lot different to 44 special...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
leadman...to put that into perspective,3-4" at a hundy was ALL the SMLE .303brits were expected to do from new..that was the spec. anything better than that is exceptional.....I believe the P14 which...
with a break open gun...you can get away with allsorts of not so flash crimps.....
with star crimps.you can redo them by hand without too much effort..try it with a used cartridge...then fill it up...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
awesome fun...but you neglected to video it so we could all share in the smoke cloud LOL.
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 |