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- Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: load development for my 32/40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 978
Re: load development for my 32/40
I did not know that the first three digits on a mould had to do with the diameter of bullet it throws. You certainly may have something. Thanks.
- Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: load development for my 32/40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 978
Re: load development for my 32/40
I have tried 7.7gr. Unique and the first 3 went almost in one hole at 25 yds. I put the gun down, checked the target, and fired 2 more. These 2 rds. opened the group to a pattern of 4 inches. I noticed the butt stock has a slight movement, and I am wondering if this has anything to do with the last ...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Death Of A Lawnmower
- Replies: 52
- Views: 5337
Re: Death Of A Lawnmower
this is guy stuff on steroids. I would live next to you.
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: load development for my 32/40
- Replies: 13
- Views: 978
load development for my 32/40
Old Winchester 1894 rifle, 26" bbl, made in 1919(I think). I am using Lyman #319247 165 gr. that is weighing in at 159 gr., so they are a little hard. I am shooting as cast with lee alox. I started with 16.5 gr. Rx7 and thought I had something promising. Out of a clean barrel, the first shot ke...
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: load selection winchester 71
- Replies: 3
- Views: 368
Re: load selection winchester 71
Correction, correction! I am using 4350, not 4831. I should learn to read better. Velocity with the IMR4350 is 2340fps.
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: load selection winchester 71
- Replies: 3
- Views: 368
Re: load selection winchester 71
I have used that powder in the 348, but 58.0 gr.. I like it. I would check that powder charge again just to make sure that is correct. It sounds a little much to me.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: old double rifle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
Re: old double rifle
I'll see what I can do about pics. It really is a nice piece.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: old double rifle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
old double rifle
I know it is not a lever, but I have an underlever hammered double rifle in 500 Black Powder Express made in 1878 by Frederick Baker in England. The gun is in great shape, it shoots good, looks great, and has been lovingly cared for these 130 plus years. I know Westley Richards bought out Frederick ...
- Tue May 06, 2014 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sig Sauer 1911/45
- Replies: 10
- Views: 881
Re: Sig Sauer 1911/45
Is 10 too many?
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington 141/25rem with pics
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1526
Re: Remington 141/25rem
I believe the .25 Rem is a necked down 30 Rem.
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone know who this Logo belongs to
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1412
Re: Does anyone know who this Logo belongs to
Isn't that the same logo on the front of a communion table?
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3886
Re: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
Glad so many of you chimed in on this subject. Good social intercourse always benefits everyone involved. Many good opinions, I did not mean to sound elitist with the title. The 'real' shooting is quality practice that produces better shooters. Then we can all go out and have fun, rest or not. Blain...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3886
Re: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
7.62, that's a ninja philosophy. Do whatever it takes to win. If the object is to hit, do what you can do to hit. I just hope we can remain a country of riflemen, and not bipod shooters.
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3886
Re: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
Chuck, I like your style. When I did that shooting I was in my twenties. Today, it would take me a little to get back to that. When I was shooting with my younger friend with the 10/22 last week, I was shooting 5 shot groups at 50 yds. with my CZ .22 an inch and under. One group was about the size o...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3886
Re: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
Chuck, you're right; however, after the load development, start the real shooting. When I found the right load for my .270, I started shooting from sitting at 200 yds. My first groups were 9". Not very encouraging. But within 2 months, at the rate of 30 rds a week, I was shooting 4" groups...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: slugging a barrel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1361
slugging a barrel
How would you suggest slugging an old win. 94 32/40. I thought about filing all the driving bands off a cast bullet and pushing it through. What would you push it through with? Got any suggestions?
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3886
Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
I have been working with a 16 year old young man and his shooting. He has a 10/22 with new barrel, good synthetic stock, 3-9X glass. He came out to shoot and when we started shooting from sitting position, he told me he had never shot without a rest or bipod. I was shocked. It was his first time to ...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Using a sling to steady an offhand shooter?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1844
Re: Using a sling to steady an offhand shooter?
I have used that left shoulder carry, and it is a good method. I ain't no Herb Parsons, but the sling will help. A carry sling with a wrap on my CZ or Rem. 541 .22 will decrease my groups 1/2 to 3/4 MOA from sitting (obviously unsupported, that is, real shooting).
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: L.C. Smith circa 1911 Damascus
- Replies: 7
- Views: 764
Re: L.C. Smith circa 1911 Damascus
Some time back, perhaps in the double journal, there was a fella testing high quality damascus shotguns. His tests showed that if one had a high quality double, they were safe to shoot modern ammo in. He shot an L.C. Smith damascus with a modern proof load to prove his findings and everything held t...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beech or Beach?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1621
Re: Beech or Beach?
Beech doesn't make airplanes. Beech is a tree, Fagus species; and their seedlings are sons of beeches.
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The "well armed" -- "well trained" soldier
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3938
Re: The "well armed" -- "well trained" soldier
We have more than adequate equipment. Equipment is not the limiting factor. Training for the regular GI could probably be tweaked, but the real threat to our brave men out there is a govt. that gets in a war and has no stomach for killing. Put them in, and they will win. Micro manage them with polic...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request for 2/26 please
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3146
Re: Prayer Request for 2/26 please
I have prayed for you and will continue to do so. Chris
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fooling with the .41 ...
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4519
Re: Fooling with the .41 ...
I have had .41's since 1967. I paid $90 for it with a belt and holster. It was second hand. It was a ruger blackhawk, serial #597, I have shot over 300,000 rds. (you don't have to believe it) through that one gun. Lyman used to make a 199 gr. button nose wadcutter. With 3.0 to 3.5 gr. Bullseye, I us...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Not leverguns but still shooting: .22's at 100 yards.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1962
Re: Not leverguns but still shooting: .22's at 100 yards.
Very, very good shooting. That is top notch shooting. Any woman that shoots like that is marrying material.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington moving some operations to Bama
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3134
Re: Remington moving some operations to Bama
If one state doesn't want their business, another will be glad to woo them south. Hooray for Remington. By the way, what was wrong with their teeth?
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New gun new gun new gun.....
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2494
Re: New gun new gun new gun.....
Its a Weatherby!
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 99A 250 Savage bbl length: 20" vs 22"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1146
Re: Savage 99A 250 Savage bbl length: 20" vs 22"
Had a 99 made in 1920 with a 1/14 twist. It shot all makes of bullets from 60-100 grains. I shot a 7/8" group with factory Win. 100gr. OPE(open point expanding) ammo. Everything else was usually 1 1/4" at 100 yds.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rifle wont hold Zero
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1483
Re: Rifle wont hold Zero
I don't know about you, but it seems as though he has his priorities right.
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carrying Concealed
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3172
Re: Carrying Concealed
I carry a full size 1911 45 in a Milt Sparks IWB at that 4-4:30 position. I can wear a T-shirt untucked and it is hard to tell its there. I use a real gun belt of unknown make, but it is 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick. It stays where it is put. If you carry long enough, you get used to the weight. I used to ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter video
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1078
active shooter video
I saw in Guns and Ammo Handguns magazine April/May issue, an article on a video of Paul Howe's 'active shooter' course. Page 26 is where it starts. The bad looking dude in the pic is Paul Howe. He doesn't try to look bad. He just is, when it comes to servicing bad guys. For the good guys, he is a ge...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Split a bunch of Firewood today
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1442
Re: Split a bunch of Firewood today
I will use the easy way if I have to, that is pressured by time to cure. I split 2 1/2 cds. the year before the old fashioned way, with an ax, wedge, and maul. I thank God I can still do it if I have enough Aleve. I am only 65 but my shoulder talks to me a lot when I do such.
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ammo Problems?--No Problem..................Picture Heavy
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4346
Re: Ammo Problems?--No Problem..................Picture Heav
Ooh, that Allen and Thurber. That is nice !
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 25/222 Sako L461
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3402
Re: 25/222 Sako L461
Blackhowk, I stand corrected
- Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 25/222 Sako L461
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3402
Re: 25/222 Sako L461
I believe it was in the 1970's, Jim Carmichael wrote an article about a wildcat he developed. I believe it was a .222 necked up to .25, and he called it the 25/222 Copperhead. It was a dandy little cartridge. That article can be found in annals of The Handloader magazine. Say, if you really don't li...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carry of a j-frame for ccw
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4540
Re: Carry of a j-frame for ccw
IWB is good unless you carry a little too much around the waist. Castable, you remarked in the picture of the woman carrying, 'nice one'. I saw two.
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ammo preference for ccw
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6312
Re: Ammo preference for ccw
For those who talk about killing; that is not the reason for shooting someone. Some people need killing, thats a fact. But we never shoot someone to kill them. We shoot someone because they are doing something that is unacceptable and deserves the use of lethal force. We may shoot them 1,2, or 5 tim...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Zastava Arms? Anyone know about them?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 834
Re: Zastava Arms? Anyone know about them?
Years ago I had a .250/3000 built on a Mark X Zastava action. Nothing but praise for it. 3 shot groups 3/8" to 1/2" at 100 yds.
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter course completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 497
Re: active shooter course completed
Google CSAT and there you will find his e-mail address. E-mail him and he should get back to you within 48 hours. He says the course needs 400 rds., but it will probably not be that many. You will need to complete another defensive course from a known instructor. He also teaches a level 1 tactical p...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are we witnessing a changing of the guard on levers?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5058
Re: Are we witnessing a changing of the guard on levers?
I used to pick up occasional boxes of 30/30 ammo for $5 to $9 box at the gun shows, same with 35 rem., but you don't see it anymore. I'm glad for the dozen or so boxes I now have.
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter course completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 497
Re: active shooter course completed
This is a course given, designed, and taught by Paul Howe at his facility in Nacogdoches, Texas. If you have seen Blackhawk Down, then you have seen an actor playing Paul Howe. Google him for his bio and credentials. He teaches mostly military and LE, but does some work with civilians. He knows what...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter course completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 497
active shooter course completed
Completed the active shooter course today. This was not a course about shooting, but but about tactics and mindset layered with shooting. When you take this course, you should already be able to shoot. Lots of partial head shots at close range, and targets out to 65 yards, i.e. a school hallway. If ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter course
- Replies: 7
- Views: 403
Re: active shooter course
This is a course for private citizens. There is a pre-requisite, and that is already having completed a defensive or tactical pistol course from a recognized national instructor. Fortunately, I have successfully completed Paul Howe's 'Tactical Pistol" course, as well as Clint Smith's Thunder Ra...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: active shooter course
- Replies: 7
- Views: 403
active shooter course
This Friday, the 31st, I will be taking Paul Howe's 'Active Shooter Course'. This is a course designed to meet the needs of today's enviornment by training people to tactically respond to an active shooter situation. Paul Howe's range, known as CSAT, is located here in Nacogdoches, Texas. If you don...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1911s you will never own.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1675
Re: 1911s you will never own.
Pete, that's a nice gun. Lots of opinions of engraving on guns. I like the idea of blued steel being the canvas for a tasteful piece of art. I also like the smell of Bullseye in the morning. Keep those pics coming. Sig makes a great gun, but my heart is with the 1911.
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22s today
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1519
Re: .22s today
Ammo situation here in Texas is better. Academy in Tyler Texas has 9mm, 223, available without restrictions. 9mm is $15 for a box of 50. 22's have loosened a bit. You can buy them but with a 2 box limit.
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Minimum scope power for hitting small targets?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5590
Re: Minimum scope power for hitting small targets?
4X or a 6X, that will make you happy.
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: paging Mescalero and others re: the 5.7 Johnson
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1874
Re: paging Mescalero and others re: the 5.7 Johnson
I am so sorry. Just recently I gave a fellow about 250 rd. of brass and loaded ammo for the 5.7mm Johnson Spitfire.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1810
Re: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
I am green with envy
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1810
Re: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
6 pt, I am so sorry you didn't get either one or both. That is a real part of 22 varminter history. You would be a stand out anywhere you would go.
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1810
Re: 22 Marciante Blue Streak
One of the ways they estimated velocity was to check trajectory with a known round, i.e. the 220 Swift. Trajectory was similar, so they say. Bear in mind a great group from a varminter of that year was 1.2". Take the dispersion and apply that to a trajectory at 300 yds. (which was really long r...