je suis charlie
It is better to live one day as a LION than a dozen days as a Sheep.
Thomas Jefferson Quotations:
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
1# 338 bolt
2# 416 side by side
3# 45/70 lever
kids that hunt and fish dont mug old ladies
40mm Ak Ak
3" 50
105 Howie
I can't tell you why ,but what problem solvers they would be.
In the time of darkest defeat,our victory may be nearest. Wm. McKinley.
I was young and stupid then I'm older now. Me 1992 .
Richard Lee Hart 6/29/39-7/25/18
Without trial we cannot learn and grow . It is through our stuggles that we become stronger .
Brother I'm going to be Pythagerus , DiVinci , and Atlas all rolled into one soon .
375 H&H
45/70
44 mag
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson
"105 Howie" - can you imagine the press for that baby?
32-20 in a SAA wheel gun
32 Win Special in a Lever
257 Roberts in a High grade walnut stocked Winchester Model 70
.22 hornet
.38-72 95 Winchester
.32-40
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7.62 Tok in an AR SBR
458 SOCOM Bolt gun ( In Process ), 458 SOCOM AR is done.
357 B&D in both a lever gun and revolver
Also
8 ga metallic shotshell in an M203 shorty ( Think Hall way Blunderbuss )
300 BO in bolt gun ( In process)
9x39 bolt gun
50 BMG in a Barrett semi auto...with plenty of ammo, magazines, components, and a complete reloading outfit.
327 magnums...with a MARLIN 24 inch Cowboy rifle, a pair of S&W model 16s, and a pair of RUGER Blackhawks.
10 mm...replacements for the 5 inch S&W 610s I traded off and a pair of S&W 1006 autos.
I think I have done this before but it would certainly be the ..38/40 and the .32/20
Those are the two that I had in the past that I am longing for..
Maybe a .338 Lapua for a long range rifle .
Two different worlds..but I would love to have guns in those calibers..
I will probably settle for a nice 6.5 for long range work..
I am very interested in long range target shooting.
The old Sharps as well as modern day cartridges.
It is a fascinating art..
I would never bet against the Sharps..
Last edited by Clay M; 03-28-2015 at 09:54 PM.
Well, I got my .50 BMG barrel the other day, so I'm one step closer to a wildcat based on that cartridge. The barrel is not tapered and 1.625" in diameter, so it weighs enough that one could argue that it is closer to artillery than a "rifle".
357 mag in a Coonan platform
6.5 anything under 16 ga barrels in a Drillings
Original 35 Newton
I have or had just about anything I've wanted so the ones on my "to do" list are 338-06(being made) .460 maybe .500 in a lever action, 450 Alaskan built on a M71 action.
454 Casull
327 Federal
50 BMG with honorable mention going to 20mm Oerlikon
NRA Endowment Member
Armed people don't march into gas chambers.
1-.338 Lapua
2-.50BMG (not sure I could afford to feed this beast)
3*- .327Fed/mag CARBINE
*-I own a Taurus model 3272SS, 6-shot .327Fed/mag snubbie and I love it, but I would REALLY like it if someone would offer a lever gun in .327.
I'd be all over that.
I would love a 50bmg but can reload 338 lapua for half the price and not give up much for range or stopping power.
My .50 BMG barrel is going to have the first 3" rechambered in 12-gauge and then the cast bullet will be shoved into the chamber touching the lands separately. I'm thinking I can reload it for pretty cheap.
Using the Lee 450 gr mold, I'm looking at $1.29 per 20 rounds.
Using WC860, I'm looking at $56 / 8 lbs. Figuring somewhere around 200 gr per cartridge, that would work out to be $0.20 per round or $4 per 20 rounds.
Using shotgun primers instead of arsenal primers, I am looking at $0.03 each or $0.60 per 20. I might end up having to make it a duplex load by putting a couple of grains of a fast powder right above the primer in order to get the WC860 to start burning acceptably.
That makes it $5.89 per 20 rounds so far.
Not sure if the plastic shells can be reloaded after being shot at this pressure, so assuming that they can't, that would mean I would have to factor in the cost of the shells at $6/100 or $0.06 each or another $1.20 per 20.
That would bring it up to $7.09 per 20.
That's pretty cheap considering what the guys that shoot the actual .50 BMG end up paying, I think...
.25-222 Copperhead
.338-06
and .375 H&H in one of these:
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from poor judgment.
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 |