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I ordered the LOP 1 " shorter than I usually shoot just in case this was an issue. I can deal with a little shorter, but not too long. Hmmmm, 60 grains. So does anybody use two different (or 3)...

I know that speed is a relative thing, but I will ask anyway.

I dropped the charge in my 45-90 from 80 grains to 70 grains in order to reduce my purple shoulder the day after shooting. My bullet...

I am still waiting for my CPA 45-90 that was ordered Feb 1. It is finished except for the Baldwin sight, which they will send when it arrives from Baldwin. I elected to save the $600 and finish the...

I have been shooting powder coated REAL cast in my CVA. They were not impressively accurate, but a couple of weeks ago, I happened to half charge my loads (40 grains) to reduce the kick and powder...

I shoot BP in my S&W 38 spl snubbie. It makes a gun that is not fun to shoot fun. Deeper boom, more push, lots of smoke. Mine is SS and I find cleanup quite easy. I havn't pulled the side plate to...

Nice! Meat in the freezer and a rug on the floor.
Just curious, how much meat does that put in the freezer?

If we had a "like button" I would press it. Nice article, sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Sorry Charlie, did not mean to offend. I am just a newbie practicing while I wait for my CPA 45-90. I have invested about 16 hours to build these 50 completed cartridges, and since they come from a...

I make a pin hole in the bullet base so that they can be placed on a pin tray for powder coating, not because they are imperfect. I need to modify them but try not to change the weight so I weigh...

It is said that differences in lead temperature will affect the weight also. I am lucky that I have a lathe so I bring all the weights to the same target weight by removing material with my center...

Thanks Charlie, I see it now on your picture, and also can tell what you guys are seeing on the original picture. Maybe the rifle was designed to shoot a 2 in bullet 2000 yds?

Could someone explain how the "freebore" is determined from a cast. I know the cast picture was not good, so maybe post a good cast picture with an explanation?

I am finally approved by the boss (the real one, not the one that writes me a check every week) to purchase a BPCR.

I have contacted CPA and discussed the options but have not confirmed the...

Hi Janet,
I noticed the the picture of the sharps collection on the wall was titled "small gun room" which leads me to wonder, was there a "large gun room"? Is so... WOW!

Froglube. A protective lubricant that is FDA certifed safe. Kind of expensive but when applied correctly prevents rust/corrosion while not attracting dirt. This stuff was developed for the the...

I would polish until the parts are mirrors, then heat and treat with Froglube. No more worries about rust and lubrication in the future. But that's just me.

I use 7 gns fff for my snake loads. They are built like little shotgun shells using closed cell foam wads and topped by a wire butt splice (holds everything in place) with the metal removed. Not very...

I am narrowing my choice down to a CPA long range (which is a heavier version of the description below).

Approved for Black Powder Cartridge Rifle (BPCR) competition by the NRA, the silhouette...

So how about the sights being marked on the left side? Most of these I see have sights that look like they are set up for right handed only and Texas Mac indicated that he had left handed sights...

I have been drooling over your Browning but if I "pull the trigger" on that purchase right before Christmas, the wife is liable to "pull the trigger" on a different gun.:-(

I think what I have to...

Thanks to all for the input, it was exactly what I was looking for. Somehow I had missed the CPA rifles, so now I have even more selections to choose from. One thing I did notice is

1. There...

Ok I am afraid I caught the bug. I enjoy shooting the SOCOM so much that I started looking at some of the other rifles and some history. Then I happened to be at the shooting club one Saturday while...

I use PC Lee REAL pure lead cast bullets in my muzzie with 2f 777. They are easy to load, and no leading, but make no difference as far as powder cleanup. I can shoot up to 20 rounds w/o cleaning,...

My second attempt a accuracy using PC 160 gn .312 bullets in my Mosin was disappointing. About the best I could do was 4 in groups at 50 yds pushed by 37 gn I3031. I have now tried loads from 35.5 to...

I use 312s just to be sure that the bullet is nice and tight. The PRVI ammo is 311, but the Hornady 312s group better than factory PRVI.