Thank you for the heads up!
I ordered some 32-20 - can never have enough of those thin little cases.
Type: Posts; User: HWooldridge
Forum: Leverguns
Thank you for the heads up!
I ordered some 32-20 - can never have enough of those thin little cases.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
FWIW, I use 5-7 grs of 700X in lead shot loads (41 mag through 45 Colt). Rice will obviously take less powder but any amount of lead shot probably needs a bit more ooomph.
Forum: Our Town
It all depends on the woman's character - which none of us can know; you are the one closest to the situation and the people who are involved.
My second son's girlfriend was thrown out of her...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've been threatening to buy one for the last 6 months - just haven't pulled the trigger (pun intended). Looks like you are having fun with it.
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
I don’t know where you live, but those big Asian hornets are now in the far Northwest part of the country.
And if you live in the South, it might be a cicada killer - those will not bother a...
Forum: Our Town
Spring is over. We hit 97 yesterday; it will be like this until September - unless a tropical storm wanders in from the Gulf.
As one of our old weathermen was fond of saying, “Hot and dusty…”
Forum: Special Projects
Hi James…we all get by with a little help from our friends (was that a song?).
Very nice cloth laminate can be made from old Levis. Glue, clamp, cure and cut to size…
Forum: Special Projects
Micarta makes a good handle and is almost indestructible. A lot of people also wrap handles in paracord using interesting patterns then seal with hard epoxy. I generally used mesquite or osage wood...
Forum: Our Town
I doubt a 2016 car will have a clogged catalytic converter. Maybe if it was 20 years old and you were running leaded fuel.
On the other hand…
If there’s a recall, drive it around for a day or...
I have some Federal 44 mag brass that dates to 1977, when I bought my first Ruger Super Blackhawk. I lost a few pieces (less than 5) to poor collection methods, but have never split one of those...
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Steel will spark against something like flint because small fragments are "burned" off the surface by the rock striking the surface. The bullet is doing the same thing - I suspect if...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
There are quite a few 50-70 rifles on Gunbroker right now - one of the Remington rolling blocks looks nice.
Mine is either Winchester or R-P - I have zero Starline brass in 45 Colt (and probably no need to buy any in the future).
Forum: Testing Area
They will probably shoot low. I tried some of those from Matt's in my Ruger Old Model 45 with 7-1/2" barrel and ran out of elevation adjustment. However, it might not be as noticeable from a...
Forum: Leverguns
A buddy of mine owns one and hunts with it regularly. He uses a 265 gr JSP, but I'm not sure of the powder or charge weight. I'll ask and post the data if he's willing to share with me. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Haven't tried this but I would likely stack a bunch of boolits in a biscuit pan, fill it with water until the bearing surfaces were covered, then hit each one with a propane torch. Heat the first...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A friend of mine owned a .40 with a GM barrel, while I had a .45 ball shooter. I used 70 grs FFFg in my rifle and he used 60 grs FFFg in his .40. Both shot comparably and would stay on a playing...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use a brass piston in an aluminum housing and have never seen any swelling or distortion. It’s difficult to see how a piece of steel pipe would be affected but stranger things have happened, I...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
With access to a lathe, one could turn any size capsule from plastic rod and also make caps. Most folks don’t shoot huge amounts of small shotloads so the production time would be minimal.
I load #4 for my son to use on snakes and varmints. IIRC, a standard shell takes 15 pellets.
Forum: Our Town
CLR works well, especially with agitation. The process needs to be “killed” with baking soda and the bare metal must be protected with some sort of barrier.
I used to produce thousands of small...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
I remember it was a plain round barrel but I didn't pay much attention to how it was mounted - this was over 40 years ago when we were shooting that rifle.
It might have been a clamp-on mount for...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
That's the guy - I recalled he was killed by the cobra but apparently not. Maybe all that snake venom helped him live to be 100!
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
People can build up tolerance to snake bites - it's just that most people don't get bitten more than once. I had a blue heeler dog which I know for a fact was bitten four times in the course of her...
Forum: Vintage Rifle & Range Scopes
A buddy of mine had one of those Tasco scopes mounted on a model 700 bolt gun in .308. We used to shoot varmints with milsurp ammo - lots of fun!
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 |