Loaded a bunch of 45 Colt with rice. Used it for 10 years every summer. Loads of fun.
Loaded some 444Marlin cases with Red Dot and rice for the Pedersoli Howdah. Going to really go after those big...
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Loaded a bunch of 45 Colt with rice. Used it for 10 years every summer. Loads of fun.
Loaded some 444Marlin cases with Red Dot and rice for the Pedersoli Howdah. Going to really go after those big...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have a Kibler Colonial in 58 and a Woodsrunner in 54. They don’t get any better for the money.
Have many others as well. My favorite is a Green River Rifle Works Hawken in 54. Worth a bit of $ now...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
Funny, I am eating some pickled herring right now. One of my favorites. My family is Swedish and I grew up eating Herring one way or another mainly with my Dad. He always had Blind Robins in the...
Forum: Our Town
Why would anyone celebrate a weapon they own as having been used to kill someone???
Even in war. This just sick "I hope it has".
Really, we are better than this.
Don
Yes, I have been in...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I got a full pound of 2F Goex that had a rust hole in the bottom. It had been stored outside and had clumped slightly. I gently, with my fingers, broke up the lumps. Dried it on a paper towel in the...
Forum: Our Town
Had an uncle that owned a restaurant in Western NY state. He plowed snow for several large stores as a side job. He always kept a 5 gal can of gas in the truck bed. It started to disappear so he...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Have had a 458 Win Mag since 1975. One of my favorite calibers. Shoot a lot of cast at various velocities.
Don
Forum: Our Town
We always had a pot of tea on the table growing up. Salada brand. Still drink it often.
Don
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I shoot a Browning BPCR in 45-70. I have used all the bullets you have shown. Hands down for me the most accurate has been the RN Lyman 500 grain.
I really liked the pointed Lyman but it was not...
Forum: Our Town
My wife of 24 years died of cancer in 2007. I was in my mid 50's, we have 3 daughters. The 2 youngest were still in High School, I put them thru college on a mechanics salary. Very rough time, had to...
Forum: Leverguns
Shooting BP in my Browning BPCR is an eyeopener. Over the chronology the loads were very consistent. If I remember right some where around 6-8 fps variation. Slow at 1100-1200 fps but very...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
It resides in a museum in Louisville, KY. I have been there several times to drool over it.
Always told the family if I was to take on a life of crime, this would be my first endeavor . Just too...
Forum: Leverguns
I find myself shooting more BP than smokeless nowadays . I have plenty of modern guns, from 22 to 458 Win Mag, as well as a couple dozen pistols. Lately the muzzle loaders have been getting most of...
Forum: Our Town
Several years ago while at lunch from work I stopped at a big gun shop. There was a rifle I wanted and had decided to buy it. The shop had a lot of people standing there, turns out NICS was delaying...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have the Teslong with the included screen. Avoids all the issues with the app. Works very well.
Don
Forum: Single Shot Guns
45-70 is a very versatile cartridge. it is easily loaded. down with just about any bullet weight.
If I remember right, IMR 4895 powder can be downloaded without trouble.
Check the loading manual,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Plain water works if you so desire. Baking soda or dish soup does as well.
Don
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Those are from forklift batteries. I repaired forklifts for 40+ years. I have and have fired 2000 or more pounds of these . They are about like wheel weights and have no zinc in them. I add a little...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
2F or Cartridge Goex is what I have been using. Goex not available right now, I have a decent supply.
Don
Forum: Our Town
Shooting buddy passed away several years ago. We would shoot almost every Saturday morning. The sun was behind us early in the day. We got into a silly competition shooting 45 Colt levers at 150...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
It is a Badger barrel, I have one. DO NOT "break it in". They are precision lapped from the factory and extremely smooth.
In my opinion only put lead bullets thru it. Jacketed will work but...
Excellent!!
I have a good supply of these and like them.
Best of luck.
Don
Forum: Special Projects
Drill and tap the primer pocket. Use a threaded sling fitting. I have done this for key chains and a BP powder measure.
306099
Don
https://web.archive.org/web/20051230075351/http://beartoothbullets.com/tech_notes/index.htm
Don
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have an XLR in 444 Marlin, it is very accurate as well. Currently have 44 mag, 45-70 SBL, and 450 Marlin Guide gun. All Jm's and well made. Traded the 45-70 LTD V for a Colt single action...
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 |