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I discovered this during an extended session of prepping brass and reloading. I had approximately 2500 fired 9mm cartridges and had spent weeks sorting them by headstamp and then resizing, depriming them, neck expanding and then priming. Then I loaded them all. It was a massive undertaking using my ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:31 am Jim, my hat is off to anyone who can plink rabbits with high-end handloads from a Raven!

You should take note that I never mentioned how many I shot at or the distance for the ones I connected with.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:39 pm You sure you’re not related to Elmer Keith…???

Yes, pretty sure. But I did communicate with him and still have his letters, if that counts.

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Nice shootin' Bill.
I spent several hours shooting today.
Was reminded by the targets that I need to practice more.

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I have not used anything on game but flat nose bullets when using cast bullets. The Keith SWC or LBT LFN mostly. Before heavy cast bullets were available for the heavy .45 Colt loads I used Lyman #457191 45-90 rifle bullet sized down for the .45 Colt. It is a flat nose but the meplat is smaller than...

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Jim, Those swaged bullets were soft and I image the were flat real soon after hitting flesh. I used to buy them real cheap (Remington)and they did shoot real good. I remember reading a article by Brian Pierce years ago where he mentioned shooting a Black bear with a 454190 Lyman over Red dot and th...

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I am not sure this will count but I had several .25 ACP Raven's when I was younger. Raven_25.JPG My Dad made me a truncated-cone flat nose bullet mold and I experimented with heavy loads, getting over 1000 fps from the cheap little guns. The heaviest loads blew the primer pocket clean out of the cas...

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YESSIR!

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I won't laugh but I will say my .32-20 rifle loads gave right at 2000 fps with 125 gr. Spitzer and 1800 fps with 140 gr. LBT cast bullet. The 100 gr. Speer JHP ran over 2100 fps. Now 1100+ fps from the little handgun is pretty durn hot and nothing to be sneezed at as long as it is reliable and accur...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:26 pm Jim, do you cast those .22-cal round balls or buy them?

I bought them from Midway.

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I shot .44-40's out of my 410 when I was a kid. Made a really neat slug load.

EDIT: I also shot .30-30's. Pointed straight up the bullet would go about 15 feet or so. Big boom. If the brass didn't split I reloaded them with shot.

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:47 pm Perhaps you all have wives that can easily handle a 12 with 3" buckshot loads. Mine can't do it comfortably. So we have a 20 ga Mossberg for the house.

We have 12's and 20's. My daughter likes the 20 and we keep a couple in different handy spots.

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When I was in Corrections we carried the 870 with a 20 inch barrel. Our issue load was #4 Buckshot.
I like a shotgun and have several.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:07 pm Jim you need to find the correct number drill and make a sizer for the skirt and get them down to case id. Maybe add a little bit of powder just for kicks?

I probably have it ... the round balls are just so easy to use.

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Messing around with some .22 caliber round balls in the air rifle, I hit upon the idea of loading and shooting them in my little .22 caliber Bearcat Shopkeeper. No powder charge, just the priming. And it worked pretty well! So from there I decided to see how they compared to the Colibri .22's loaded...

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Well done! My Dad gave me one like that when I was 10 years old. He had cut the barrel to 16" and shortened the stock so it fit me. I learned to hunt with it .... being a single shot I learned to make the first shot count. i had that gun til I was 16 or 17 and discovered girls and hot rods .......

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.45colt wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:59 am That's pretty interesting Jim! We only saw the sun four times in the last month. now they are saying it all sunny days till next Friday. just crazy. .

Yep. The sun just popped out here and we are supposed to be able to see it through next week. I am happy!

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:49 am Now Jim, you'll shoot up all your Russian primed brass!
Be interesting to chronograph them vs. the Colibris.

Yeah.. I was thinking the same thing. Gloomy and rainy ... I will probably start with penetration comparisons.

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Nice idea for rainy days Jim, you now have a Parlour pistol... A gallery gun, Flobert gun, parlor gun or saloon gun is a type of firearm designed for recreational indoor target shooting. These guns were developed in 1845, when French inventor Louis-Nicolas Flobert created the first rimfire metallic...

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I bought a tin of GAMO .22 caliber round balls to shoot in the air rifle. They seem to do better than pellets, at least in the gun we have. Messing around this morning I wondered how the balls would shoot in a .22 handgun. And would they work with just the priming and no powder? So I got out the Bea...

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You could get an armadillo off the highway, depending on how thick you need it.

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Walt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:01 am Nice shooting and a beautiful gun, Jim!

Since there are 6 shots on the target, that must not be the Single Six with the one chamber in .22 mag.

Thanks for the picture!

Correct. This is the one my Dad remodeled ... I chamber for .22 Magnum

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Haha yeah I get it Jim! I have the feeling my boys are plotting my death. :D In reality, the last thing I need is another .22. That is a really great looking revolver Jim. Nice work. Thanks. I shoot it as much as I shoot any of the other calibers ... probably more. It was a 6 1/2" and I had pr...

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OldWin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:36 am Now THAT is a good looking Ruger. 22! That's not something I usually say either.
Can I have it?

You will have to ask my kids after I am gone.

PS - don't get your hopes up too high ....

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Yessir! I put the XR3 gripframe on all my Rugers that had the redesigned gripframe. As you know, I put some Colt stocks on my old single six.

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Great!! Congratulations.

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- wet eyes -

Went through that with my Dad. 10 years.

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There’s a lot of truth here. How much do we really need or can even use? Years back most folk were raised with the idea of learning to use what you have. And they made do with what we today would never consider. My great-uncle killed 4 bears with an old .38 Long Colt and factory ammo. And they ain'...

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Yessir Gunny. As they say in Moazambique, "Estamos juntos."

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This post and the other about round nose bullets just made me think about ROUND BALLS from muzzle loaders. How many countless people and animals have been killed by round balls? I have a T/C Cherokee .32 and 15grs of 3F behind a 47 gr rb will destroy a squirrel, probably kill a deer( think buckshot...

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I like that bullet in the .44 ... something about shooting the old traditional bullets appeals to me. Especially when they are known to be accurate.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:23 am And we still tally 200,000 human cases per year; the fight is not over, but it is completely winnable with antibiotics.
Regarding dillo meat, I have now heard from three fellas who have eaten it and say it is excellent.

I met a few of the leprosy victims in Pemba. All were beautiful souls.

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While there have been major advances in the technology of bullet construction and performance, it would be wrong to overlook and completely dismiss the old roundnose lead bullet. Read the history of them and look how well the performed. Yes. There are "better" bullets available now, for ce...

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This year will be special in that the cicadas are going to be heavy. I love cicadas. When they are loud enough I get to have a new noise in my head to override the tinnitus. I have them all the time, day and night, no matter where I am. One nice thing, if the conversation is boring I can just liste...

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There is a base in Pemba that houses lepers. I met quite a few during the years we lived there. Not something we think much of here in the western world, but it is not uncommon in many place.

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I have shot Colt Bisley's. I do not care for the Colt Bisley grip shape. They are an interesting piece of history though.

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I was looking through some old files and there were some photos from guys on the old Sixgunner site. We all were young. Some are gone now. The rest of us are getting up there in years. Your grand-daughter is a beautiful lady. Funny how the kids grow up so quick. I have 4 beautiful grand-daughters an...

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It looked strange outside about noon. I went out to see what it was and there was this big yellow light in the sky that felt warm! It was kinda frightening but I think I could get used to it.

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Nice looking gun with attractive ammo, Bill!
I like shooting some of those old loads myself. I like the old slow factory .44 Specials also along with the old .45 Colt loads.

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This is an old newsletter from a cast bullet supplier we used more than 20 years ago. They are no longer in business. Leading Defined from the Mid-Kansas Cast Bullet Newsletter Used by Permission of Mid-Kansas Cast Bullet., Inc. Deposits of bullet alloy that have been smeared into the surface of th...

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That's a hard choice my friend.
I love the feel of the Colt SAA.
The Old Model Rugers have the same feel.
Either does it for me.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:51 am There’s a storm a brewing but it doesn’t involve the weather.

I have been watching that.
Feels a lot like 1860 - 1861 must have felt.

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I think Mr. Rhinehart is talking about a "crick" instead of a "creek." The eminent authority on such things .. Patrick McManus ... tells us that a "creek" runs through property with manicured lawns and golf courses, while a "crick" runs through woods and cow p...

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A SHORT & IMPROPER HISTORY OF THE LYMAN 310 TOOL The Lyman 310 Tool has it's origins in the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. In the early days Winchester made reloading tools for their rifles. These were sold with or given with the rifle at the time of purchase. The tools were of the "nutcrack...

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I learned to load on a Lee loader with a plastic mallet loading for a DCM .30 Carbine. I did occasionally set off a primer while seating it. Loud at the kitchen table! I had that problem also. Later I figured out that the military rounds had crimped primer pockets. But I was just learning that stuf...

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I still load with mine occasionally. Dad started me out with the 310 tool about 1956. I loaded thousands of .357 Magnums and .38 Specials with it up into the 1960's. When I got out of the Army in 1969 I bought a new loading tool .. the Lee Loader! I had just bought a then new Ruger Blackhawk in .30 ...

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An old saying, “It’s better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it”———006

FOR CERTAIN!

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Perhaps if Mr. Baldwin would have taken an NRA Firearms Safety Course instead of spending his time trashing the NRA and pushing for more gun bans he would have checked the gun the moment it was handed to him.

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You may be correct Jack. And that's what keeps people hunting for treasure!

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