Way to go! I love to eat squirrels and hunting with round ball loads. I've used .44 Special, 44-40, .45 Auto Rim, and 30-30. I have some in 38-55 waiting for cooler weather.
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Got one or 2 with a 358495 out of a Blackhawk and another with a Ruger No. 3 in .30-40 using a single 0 buckshot rolled in alox over 3.0 of red dot.
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No "brains and eggs" with those shots. Brunswick stew though!
ChuckJaxFL, any chance you could post a photo of one of your loaded rounds?
That's pretty cool. Do they feed from the tube magazine? I like the way your rifle is set up.
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Heck of a shot. It even took his socks & shirt off too!
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Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
That's some fine shooting!!!
Appreciate you sharing your information
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I’ve been thinking about a lever action 357 for a while now. Now I want one even more.
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Also have anyone done this with 38 Spl. with a round ball?
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This is a perfect example of how versatile the .357 Magnum carbine is! Mouse fart round ball loads, .38 wadcutters, 200 gr. stompers, it'll handle them all! And, in a slim, lightweight, quick handling 6 lb. carbine! Love my 1894c! Nice job on your squirrel hunt Chuck, you've got some good eatin' ahead!
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I wouldn’t hesitate to try with bullseye or red dot.
I’m without actual knowledge, but my prediction for unique & 2400 is that you’d have a really high SD until you got enough pressure to strip the tiny ring of actual bearing surface, at which point you’d have lousy accuracy.
That’s an uninformed guess, though. Give it a shot!
I wish I could try that, or something similar. But in Louisiana it is illegal to hunt squirrels with a centerfire.
Nice shooting. Fun and food. Round balls are fun but I shot myself in the chest with one out of a 45 Colt. I was playing around getting smaller and smaller amounts of Red Dot. I was pushing the ball slow enough that I could watch it fly. I wandered how far it would go into a willow tree. Not even a good dent in the tree but the ball hit me in the chest. Didn't break the skin but it hurt bad. Only did that once. Becareful how small of a charge of Red Dot you use.
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i use a 17in 265R works very good tenderized too. got 3 last week.
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 |