My latest was a .357 Ruger Blackhawk with a 4-5/8" barrel. I've wanted one of these since I was a kid. Remember the old Ruger ad showing a mountain lion in a tree and a hand cocking a Ruger .357...
Type: Posts; User: DRSLYR
Forum: Factory Rifles
My latest was a .357 Ruger Blackhawk with a 4-5/8" barrel. I've wanted one of these since I was a kid. Remember the old Ruger ad showing a mountain lion in a tree and a hand cocking a Ruger .357...
My Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Mag with 7-1/2" barrel would be my Number One. My Number Two would be my Ruger Blackhawk .357 Mag with 4-5/8" barrel. Both wear Pachmayr Presentation Grips. I love them...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I shoot 80 grains of fffg in my .50 cal. TVM Southern Rifle. I have killed 7 deer with this rifle. I also use fffg in my .32 and .36 cal. squirrel rifles.
DRSLYR
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
WOW! My advice would be to get rid of it. I paid $300 for mine & sold it for $200. They don't call them "Jam-O-Matics" for nothing!
DRSLYR
Forum: Factory Rifles
I have my Dad's 1953 Model 760 Remington in .30-06. I killed my first deer in 1969 with it, and thru the years, both of my sons have killed their first deer with it. My grandson will be 4 in November...
My favorite is my Dad's old Marble's brass cleaning rod. It has a wood handle & dates from the late 40's orearly 50's. I'm 63 and I still use it.
DRSLYR
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm 63, new to Cast Boolits, and have cast bullets for the first time at my buddy's house a few weeks ago. I'm hooked, and I'm slowly acquiring equipment so I can cast my own. I have lead, an...
The only handgun I own that leads up is my Ruger Super Blackhawk. I use Red Dot & Bullseye.
DRSLYR
Unique Powder was the first powder I ever used for reloading. I loaded for my .44 magnum--did not work well in my Ruger Super Blackhawk. I didn't shoot groups, I shot "patterns". Anyway, I gave the...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I used the Lyman lubricant & pad for years. I kept getting too much lube on the cases & denting the shoulders of the brass rifle cases (.30-30 & .30-06). I read about Imperial a few years ago &...
Good advice for the inexpensive push through sizer. Thanks for your help.
DRSLYR
Thanks for your advice. My buddy uses the 45-45-10 lube on his bullets & gave me some to use on the bullets I cast with him a few weeks ago. It seems to work well. I want to start this slowly with...
Thanks for your quick reply & the advice. It appears I have more research to do before I buy any moulds. SEMPER FI!
DRSLYR
Forum: Sights and Optics
I love the 4X fixed power scopes. Every time I use a variable power scope, it seems they are set on the wrong power for what I need!
DRSLYR
Hello Everyone--I'm a new member from Missouri. I've been shooting cast bullets in .38 Special and .44 Mag for many years, but l always purchased them at local gun stores or gun shows. I always...
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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 |