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    Quote Originally Posted by fjrdoc View Post
    Here's a pic of my brace of hog legs.
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    I am going to guess those are reproductions.

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    Interesting. And yes, my .45 Colt boolits are cast of soft lead.

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    Yes, they are Uberti's. Originals would be chambered in .44 Russian. Excellent shooting revolvers that I'm able to consistently shoot very accurately. The 45 Colt really knocks down steel plates with authority.
    I have a shoulder holster from River City Junction. I'm probably going to take one of them along during antlered deer season in PA this year.

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    I own a couple originals but then I am more of a collector, and I don't shoot SASS or whatever comps.

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    The pen is mightier than the sword - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

    The tongue is mightier than the blade - Euripides

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    Nice pair of original Smiths.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fjrdoc View Post
    Nice pair of original Smiths.
    If I had run into a reproduction before I got these I would have bought it.

    I have almost a dozen top break smiths. All three sizes in both double and single action.
    Words are weapons sharper than knives - INXS

    The pen is mightier than the sword - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

    The tongue is mightier than the blade - Euripides

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    Quote Originally Posted by HWooldridge View Post
    Elmer Keith remarked in some of his writings (I don’t recall where), that the old .36 cap and ball pistols were good man stoppers with a round ball
    That was in his book, Sixguns by Keith. He related that the "old timers" considered the round ball a much better killer than the conical bullets available to them.

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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