I have been doing my own alloys for many years long before wheel weights ceased to become available in my state. I have used my alloy for deer, elk, black bear, and putting down particularly unruly...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have been doing my own alloys for many years long before wheel weights ceased to become available in my state. I have used my alloy for deer, elk, black bear, and putting down particularly unruly...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Don is , of course right, to an extent. The mold doesn't have to be that expensive. My Hornet and two of my .222's shoot beautifully with CB's from a Lee mold and sizer. Another one of my...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
My experience with a mini-14 has been that the action wouldn't work properly to eject at MV's below 2450 which is faster than I like to push CB's. On the other hand, my bolt 223 with a 1/12 twist...
Forum: Our Town
If you do head up to Zion from Hurricane, Ut., Keep an eye out for the community of Grafton. The movie scenes in Butch Cassidy and Sundance... where Paul Newman and Catherine Ross were riding the...
Forum: Our Town
As long as schools are in session, Zion isn't at its worst for crowding so May might be a little better. Nevertheless, due to its proximity to Las Vegas, the main valley of Zion will always be a...
Forum: Leverguns
Have you looked at Skinner sights? I really like mine on either my 444 or on a Mossberg 464.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I P.C. some of my fishing jigs and did a few of my boolits to test. I have so many containers of the Lee Alox (aka Mule snot) bought over the years that I don't bother with P.C.'ing boolits yet. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My experience with that boolit in a .444 was that it hits just fine out to 200 but I never pushed it any farther seeing no need. Stay tuned since I will be taking it to NCBS for the first time in...
http://www.alertwildfire.org/blmnv/
This is the address I use. If you can get to it this way you will see about 45 thumbnail pictures from the various mountain tops. If that doesn't work...
If you want to see what Winnemucca country looks like, the Bureau of Land Management in cooperation with several universities has mountain top cameras all over Nevada to monitor wild fires. The...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Lead is often associated with the silver in solver mine in Nevada. I once visited a ghost town with silver mines and in the tailings many of the rubble seemed like almost pure lead.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I agree with Bigslug who suggested looking at the NOE 185 gr WFN. I hunt with a rifle using it with no leading at an MV of 1400. That is one serious hunting boolit out to 75+ yards even on medium...
Forum: Our Town
At NCBS we have been using the rebar for a while but instead mom all the welding, we just use iron plumbing pipe "t's" to make them even more portable, a bit cheaper, and easier to store.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have gotten good results with both Red Dot and Green Dot in my 308 using a 196 gr plain base CB.
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want to try a little bit of extra tin to see if it does what you want, just go down to Walmart and pick up a small bag lead free tin splitshot sinkers. Just a couple size #7's added to a pound...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Of all the Contender barrels I have (both carbine and 10"), the 32-20 is far and away my favorite. It is my "walking-around" barrel for the wide open spaces of the desert and once my...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am entering that age where I may not live that long. Fortunately, I already have half a dozen old frames but always wanted an extra stainless frame to try a particular carbine barrel. BTW - I...
Forum: Our Town
Yesterday, I talked to an old friend who wanted to return my Martin 45# longbow to me. I loaned it to him some years ago for the Nevada bow season but he never used it or the dozen fine cedar...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
How long did it take each of you to get yours and where did you get it???
Forum: Leverguns
I have had my 464 for about ten years and have shot it quite a bit with no difficulties. Mostly what I shoot is loads that are quite light, usually 130's at 1300 fps. I wonder if that makes a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Having just read the article in GUNS Magazine about SSK bringing back the T/C Contender (renamed the SSK 50), it's exciting! The article says it will accommodate all the old Contender barrels. Nice!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have three 22 molds, two of them Lee molds. My Hornet likes the old style Lee soup can mold as does my Contender 222 but my single shot and bolt rifles prefer the new style. Since I have many...
Forum: Our Town
I used thicker fishing rod winding thread for my knocking points and sealed it with clear nail polish. I made my knocking threads long enough that all three fingers were on the rod winding thread. ...
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 |