I watched a gent blow up a beautiful nickel plated Colt 45 SAA with an undercharged round at a SASS match in the late 90s. IIRC, his "standard" load was 4gr of either Titegroup or Trail Boss under a...
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Type: Posts; User: Woodcarver
Forum: Our Town
I watched a gent blow up a beautiful nickel plated Colt 45 SAA with an undercharged round at a SASS match in the late 90s. IIRC, his "standard" load was 4gr of either Titegroup or Trail Boss under a...
Forum: Leverguns
Like these trappers. Had to embellish mine a bit, but it has always shot well. Killed my 1st bull elk with this one, many moons ago. 30-30, 1973 vintage
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks. I thought the bigger bores could handle more velocity before a GC became required, but it has been really hard to find any specifics. Have some 300gr & 350gr, Hi-Tek coated, PB bullets headed...
Forum: Gas Checks
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He did have a backlog earlier this year. Think it took 3-4 months to get mine. Work great. Very reasonable cost.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This is as close to an answer as I've found after spending a day reading (most) of this thread. With plain base, how fast have you pushed this Hi-Tek in big bores? Is this 2050fps load it, or just...
| 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 |