In his book, 40 Years with the 45-70, Paul Matthews describes his "practice load" as a 300gr FN pushed by 16gr of Unique. I've adopted this as my so-called practice load as well and have often...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
In his book, 40 Years with the 45-70, Paul Matthews describes his "practice load" as a 300gr FN pushed by 16gr of Unique. I've adopted this as my so-called practice load as well and have often...
Forum: In Remembrance
Yes, he was a good guy. Wish I had his recipe for boolit lube.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Recommendations on your favorite mould...?
Or even your fav J-bullet?
I actually was using a magnum primer in this load. I went light on the charge as a veteran reloader told me to be careful about "spiking" the pressure..appreciate your input though.
Appreciate the input. I'll switch to Unique as I have plenty of that. Somewhere I thought I heard Blue Dot was the powder for .38 snubbies....apparently I heard wrong. thanks again
my carry gun is a Taurus 605. The load im shooting
for practice is a Lee 158gr swc backed by 5.8 gr of
Blue Dot. I always have some unburned powder when
using this load. Any suggestions?
Not sure what your specific rqmts would be, but I just bought a Taurus 605 in .357 mag. I will probably shoot nothing hotter than +P and it will be my carry gun. All of the reviews I read on it gave...
I bought the LEE 357-158 SWC 6-bullet mould. Lyman manual shows several loads..I have Unique & Red Dot so I'll start with those. Appreciate all the input...interesting thread to follow. Thanks all.
I appreciate this input. Yes, this will be a carry piece for me so I want to practice with the same loads. I'll pay attention to that hand issue also. Thanks.
I will use this for CC and will use factory +P cartridges. Figured I should practice with the same. I am correctable on this line of thought if you think I need to be...
Have a Taurus 605 and just want to load +P rounds for
practice. What size bullet & any particular mould recommends? Thanks.
Have a Taurus 605 and just want to load +P rounds for
practice. What size bullet & any particular mould recommends? Thanks.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
THAT is a great question...I do not know. It is one of the NEF replacement barrels made for the now-out-of-business-and-out-of-production NEF Handi Rifle.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Appreciate all the input. I really don't know much about any caliber outside of 45/70 & 45LC. But I just bought a .308 barrel for my handi rifle and thought I'd like to try it for critters other than...
I agree with this one. You have a big variety of loads in this caliber from very light to extremely stout.
For your rifle: a Marlin 1895, a used HandiRifle if you can find one or maybe one of the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
...like coyotes, groundhogs...anybody do this? What size CB and what mould recommended?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Recently bought a .308 barrel for my HandiRifle. Until now, the only centerfire rifle caliber I've ever owned is 45/70. So I know next to nothing about modern CF calibers and the efficacy of shooting...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hey, that looks great to me. Good on ya for a very useful & economical solution to your needs. I'd have no problem using one of those...I actually told my wife today I'd like to do my reloading...
I 2nd the motion on this one. That load is my practice load so I've shot more of it than anything else. It is also highly recommended by the late Doug Matthews, author of Forty Years with the 45/70....
Forum: Cast Boolits
He may no longer need anyone's input on the topic, but apparently enough of us are still enjoying the conversation. 8-)
Your load is fine for gallery shoots. But I'm with Hamish on this... don't use the filler.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks Longbow. Appreciate the clarification.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Please define "new" 1895....to what years of mfr are you referring?
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 |