lets see a pic of your toys

[bisley45]

now thats what I was talking about nice guns guy and Wills do you smelt your ww in the bucket of that thing

[Lloyd Smale]

im lazy you can find some pics of mine here http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/php...ic.php?t=76716

[wills]

now thats what I was talking about nice guns guy and Wills do you smelt your ww in the bucket of that thing

I never thought of that. That's the advantage to this place, a lot of good ideas around here.

[doghawg]

A Smith .41 mag from the Performance Center. It's got a 6" barrel and factory porting. Sweet trigger and action but I haven't shot it yet. Traded the Ruger .41 Bisley Hunter in another thread for this.

[BFRmaster]

Well, I'm new here, so I'm going to give this a try. Hope I don't break any rules, and I apologize for the picture quality, I'm a "novice booliteer", not a photographer!

Hmm, not quite sure how to work the text out with the pic, so I'll just list them. We're all experts here and I'm sure you can figure out which one is which!

Magnum Research BFR in 45-70 and 450 Marlin (waiting for scope that it destroyed to come back from Simmons)
Magnum Research Lone Eagle in 30-06 (With Simmons ProHunter 2-6x scope)
Magnum Research Desert Eagle in 44 Magnum
Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 454 Casull (Stainless with 2" barrel)
Ruger Super Blackhawk in 44 Magnum
Ruger Blackhawk in 357 Magnum
Ruger Single Six in 22 LR and 22 Magnum
Taurus Model 450 in 45 Colt and Taurus 445 in 44 Special, both Titanium
Taurus Model 58 in 38 Special
Taurus PT-92 in 9mm and PT-100 in 40 S&W (both Stainless)
Taurus PT-111
KelTec P3-AT in 380 Auto
HiPoint C9 in 9mm
Colt Frontier Scout in 22 LR and 22 Magnum
Crosman Tempest in (whatever caliber the rock is)

Hope I didn't miss anything!

[bisley45]

hey doghawg that sure is a purty thing my dad had a 44 mag Performance Center nice guns what load do you run in the slingshot BFRmaster

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet Krag. I need to figure out how to post some pictures of my sharps, hiwalls, 44 1/2 and '86 50-110.

Rich

[RalphH]

Greetings, Gentlemen,

Ran across this board, and recognized some familiar names. Wondered where they all went.

This is my latest addition to my collection of 19th century large caliber centerfire revolvers. It was made by Gilon of Liege, Belgium in the 1870's, and restored by me in 2005. Caliber is .600. I use 24 gage brass for the case. Lee Precision made the boolit mold. Casts a 457 gr. hollow base. Charged with 42.5 gr. of Goex fffg for a velocity of 680 fps, making it the most powerful 19th century revolver in my collection. I call it "Thumper".

[redneckdan]

you are freaking nuts! you do relize that don't you? well, what ever floats yer boat I guess. Heres my cast bullet toy; sorry, don't have pics yet of the S&W 19

[doghawg]

RalphH

That is an interesting beast you've got there! Must sound like a thunderclap when you lite it off. What was the intent for that revolver? Hunting or defense? I'm sure it attracts a crowd at the range!

Randy

[RalphH]

Greetings, doghawg,

The .600's were made so that 130 years later people like me would have something to play with. Seriously, they were made during the period when Britain was doing their thing in countries like Afghanistan, India, etc. There were people known as dervishes who would leap out from the bushes and whack off a head or two. Not enough time to bring a rifle into play, so the revolver was the quickest defense.

The 450 revolver Britain was using at the time was too anemic to stop a dervish in his tracks. So the British started developing larger cartridges and revolvers to fill this need. The .476 and .455 were developed for the military. Other large calibers were made for private purchase. Britain made a few .577's. Of course anything that might sell was also copied by the gunmakers in Belgium.

It is my belief that the .600 was primarily for defense against human threats, but may have also been used as a howdah pistol against tigers in India. This particular revolver was shipped to Uraguay where it remained until recently. Judging from the holster wear present, I would think it was carried for a long time by a soldier or a police officer.

This is the best explanation I can give without consulting my reference books.
I am at work right now, and must get back to it.

[doghawg]

There were people known as dervishes who would leap out from the bushes and whack off a head or two. Not enough time to bring a rifle into play, so the revolver was the quickest defense.


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No doubt the dervish regretted his choice of pastimes as he looked at that 6/10" hole just prior to ignition! Thanks for your response. Interesting gun.

[wills]

May I ask if there is a reliable source for those revolvers?

[RugerFan]

This is my favorite cast bullet shooter. A .41 mag Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley Hunter topped with a 2X Leupold M8 scope.

[44 magnum]

Here are a few of my favs:










Paul

[azcoyhunter]

Desert Eagle .44 magnum.....the only gun I own that won't shoot cast boolits!

Why not??

Clint

[454PB]

The D.E. is gas operated and has a polygonal barrel. The lead and lube plugs the gas passages. Polygonal barrels don't play well with cast boolits.

[StarMetal]

The D.E. is gas operated and has a polygonal barrel. The lead and lube plugs the gas passages. Polygonal barrels don't play well with cast boolits.

That's true about the gas system but baloney about Polgonal barrels don't play well with cast bullets.

Joe

[azcoyhunter]

That's true about the gas system but baloney about Polgonal barrels don't play well with cast bullets.

Joe

My Glock 30 has a Polgonal barrel?

Clint

[StarMetal]

azcoyhunter,

No, your Glock has either an octagonal or hexagonal barrel depending on caliber. 45 and 10mm have the octa's and the rest have the hexa's....and they ARE different then HK's Polygonal.

Joe