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  1. I read the answers Poppy. Yours included. This is...

    I read the answers Poppy. Yours included. This is a forum, intended to make conversation on the topics at hand and that is all I was shooting to do by making thiis Thread Post. To start a...
  2. That's interesting either way. 45-70 should damn...

    That's interesting either way. 45-70 should damn near knock one off its feet, smash every bone in the way and still kill another one behind that if there was a couple lined up. That's a big hunk of...
  3. Appreciate the comments so far. Gemsbok & Kudu...

    Appreciate the comments so far. Gemsbok & Kudu are pretty tough animals. Those bullets were probably around 10bnh if any of my tests were accurate on my own air cooled wheelweights.. I don't think...
  4. Big Heavy Bones, Bullet Alloy & Powder Coat

    I started casting and powder coating my own bullets a little over a year ago now. Up to that point I had a fellow nearby casting & lubing the traditional way for me (but he sold out, retired and is...
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    Generally, I find 25 yards is best for a zero....

    Generally, I find 25 yards is best for a zero. Myself.
    That way ammo at 15 yards will still hit pop cans & such for playing and practice. And 50 yards (should) be just a couple inches low if you...
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    About the comments on arrows, I'd agree that the...

    About the comments on arrows, I'd agree that the indians had to have known where to put them and probably had more than one brave slinging arrows at them at one time to get it done back in the early...
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    What were your velocities chronographed at vs...

    What were your velocities chronographed at vs what Larry's data showed through the long contender barrel?
  8. Thread: Freedom Arms

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    Don't feel too out of place Bisley.. I have a 97...

    Don't feel too out of place Bisley.. I have a 97 44special, and have put every load in the book through it, proven ones from other guns and new ones trying to tailor the thing specifically for that...
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    My post #14 was made with stronger guns in mind,...

    My post #14 was made with stronger guns in mind, certified for 21,000psi ACP pressures. The original post said n-frame and I assumed the n frames being done as mag's and modern chamberings. So keep...
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    Ryan, I shoot 6.5gr Unique with the RCBS 230cm...

    Ryan,

    I shoot 6.5gr Unique with the RCBS 230cm in cowboy special brass for 950fps through a 5.5" Colt. Goes 1000fps through a 7.5" barrel. And I understand that to be a standard pressure load...
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    Wile & Scrum.. Appreciate your comments....

    Wile & Scrum..

    Appreciate your comments. There was a time about 10 years ago that I was in the same boat as you guys, no available 2400 to be found, but a similar burn-rate N110 in ample supply....
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    https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?41...

    https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?410374-44-SPL-the-RCBS-44-250-KT-and-VV-N110

    N110 is a terrific powder for high end 44-special.. take a look at this previous thread about...
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    There's been more 41mag ammo regularly stocked in...

    There's been more 41mag ammo regularly stocked in the stores I frequent than 44mag, or 44special. Been that way for years. Believe it or not, some places its as easy to walk in and find as what...
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    Sticky: VvN110 is the very best unsung powder there is in...

    VvN110 is the very best unsung powder there is in 41's & 44's... it's cleaner, faster and makes a lower pressure max-load than 2400 by a sizeable margin.

    16.0gr in a 41special with an NOE-255 wfn...
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    Power Pistol is an awesome powder.. might say...

    Power Pistol is an awesome powder.. might say it's the modern day new & improved version of what Unique was back in the day when it was somewhat new. Except Power Pistol does the same thing, in...
  16. Thread: Out of africa

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    I'll mirror what most others have already said.....

    I'll mirror what most others have already said.. awesome hunt

    One day if the funds are ever there, and Covid ever clears, I'd love to do a handgun trip to Africa "much" like yours. Great to be...
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    Single action Colt barrels are absolutely better...

    Single action Colt barrels are absolutely better designed for handling recoil exertion than Ruger.. several smith's in the States have added a recoil pin underneath the ejector housings to assist in...
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    Been a number of weeks since I started this...

    Been a number of weeks since I started this thread, and I've since settled on a great load in the SA I was referring these measurements all to. Larry as usual was onto something with his discussion...
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    I don't know how it would compare to your...

    I don't know how it would compare to your specific 255, but I just finished some load development in cowboy brass with an accurate moulds SWC weighing basically 250grains that's very similar to the...
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    How fast do those 8.0gr unique loads with...

    How fast do those 8.0gr unique loads with 250/260grainers shoot over a chrony?
  21. Rock Island had one of the 13 Winchesters...

    Rock Island had one of the 13 Winchesters available from an 1876 centennial presentation, upon which Winchester wished to enter the revolver market. This sale was from 2019 if anyone wishes to look...
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    Points all taken.. Larry & Outpost alike. I...

    Points all taken.. Larry & Outpost alike.

    I hadn't considered the old balloon head brass likely playing its part in that old '58 cast manual that says 7.5grains unique. That point makes good...
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    I tend to agree with the reach for 41's & 44's...

    I tend to agree with the reach for 41's & 44's when "big business" loads are on the menu, exactly the same as most here have also said. And I certainly don't mean to come across as desiring...
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    I would presume the 45acp +P pressures would be...

    I would presume the 45acp +P pressures would be about the safest numbers to go by, as you guys are pointing out. I haven't got a cylinder handy to measure chamber walls vs a Colt at the moment...
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    Uberti/USFA single action 45's top end?

    I've read several articles where cylinder diameters on USFA & Uberti single actions have been mentioned to be approximately 20-thou thicker diameter than an original Colt. Basically the same...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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