I have one of the cva scouts in the Whelen. If you don't get crazy it's not bad. Cast 200 gr. RCBS clone running just about the starting load is fun. For just banging around, pistol bullets around...
Type: Posts; User: geezer56
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have one of the cva scouts in the Whelen. If you don't get crazy it's not bad. Cast 200 gr. RCBS clone running just about the starting load is fun. For just banging around, pistol bullets around...
Forum: Our Town
I used the Lee whack a mole to load a 6.5x55 Swede that I bought for $39 out of a barrel in the local five and dime when I was a kid. I picked out the best looking bore and then searched through the...
Forum: Our Town
NC is a lot like Texas. Show up, hand over drivers license and CCW permit, along with cash, then pay and fill out the paperwork. Not even a phone call needed.
Forum: Special Projects
You should check out the 376 Steyr. It checks your boxes with off the shelf availability of tools and components.
Forum: Our Town
I had lunch yesterday in the small town of Warrenton, Georgia. The restaurant is right in front of the Court House. It's in an old hardware store building. The floors run every direction except...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I can't speak for it's effect on deer, but the 35 Rem. in a CVA single shot has been quite effective on several pigs for me. Sizes from 50 to 250 lbs. I use the Lee 200 gr. RCBS clone, gas checked...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have a fat, lazy Jack Russell/Feist mix that I spent 6 months trying to train to blood trail. She was not interested. Then I took her with me when I was helping my son track a deer that he had...
Palmetto has a single stage drop in for under a hundred bucks. I bought one to try, and so far I love it. Online reviews are up and down, but so far mine is great.
Forum: Our Town
Jandles, per Google fu, are flip flops worn with socks.
Forum: Our Town
I have four months left until I hit 2x36. I'm getting old, and I swear that I don't know how it happened.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I'm 72, and pigs get heavier every one I shoot. I've figured out a way to hoist them up in the back of the mule without lifting much or dragging far. I use a 350 Legend AR or something in 375 to...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
You could go the used route. Ed's TC is a good place to start.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I once shot a doe in the back of the head that was standing under a box stand. The stand was about 15 feet tall. I shot her through a gap in the floor boards. I was using a 45-70 loaded with some...
Forum: Our Town
Turkey also makes most of the affordable, translate as cheap and usually pretty rough, shotguns on the market. Not things of beauty, but functional tools. I have several of them.
Forum: Our Town
Don't rule out the 350 Legend. I built an AR in that caliber, just for grins and giggles. I have been surprised. I killed a couple of pigs, one over 200 lbs, and 2 does. Very effective round. ...
Forum: Our Town
If you can find or fabricate enough space, a 250 cca or so lawn mower battery is the way to go. Instead of a $100 plus battery with a 90 day warranty, you get a $30 battery with a 12 month warranty. ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have had probably 50 handi rifles of various and sundry calibers over the years. I never had one that liked a clean bore, at least not on the first couple of shots. If you are starting with a...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I use the same caliber in an AR 15 hunting pigs in Georgia. I found the same thing happening with the steel case ammo not lighting off with weaker springs. The grendel and 5.56 don't have enough...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I hunt them in Georgia. I will be back next week. Killed 2 last week, if I get another one I can help you out. I've killed 59 in the last 2 years.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a 45-70 Shikari. Light, 28 inch barrel makes it great to carry. Mine was drilled and tapped for a scope before I got hold of it. I shoot the Lee 340 gr. RF boolit, or the 300 gr jacketed...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
The FTF issues in the Handi rifles is caused by a too deeply reamed chamber. I have owned 3 of the handis with 2 having the issue. The quick and simple fix is to use a 375 caliber die to expand the...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
The NEF Whelens had some headspace issues. If yours is one of those, it will have a lot of FTF issues. I've had 3 of those, if you have that problem, PM me. I Know what will get it to work and can...
Forum: Factory Rifles
ATN has worse than zero customer service. I have a Pulsar thermal and a Wraith. The Wraith is a great piece, but for close range get the 2 power for the low end. Mine is a 4x and it's too much...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Guys, fwiw, Deadshot barrels makes a 358 legend barrel that is correctly sized with a bore that is made for 357-358 diameter boollits. I'm cheap, and my cmmg barrel shoots jacketed so well that I...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I'm on a deer lease in Georgia. We have hogs. Out of 14 members, I am the only one who actively hunts them. Feeders run year round, I'm old and retired. I've killed 60 in the last 2 years. I...
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 |