wow.... i am sure srry i did not vist the boards last week... been busy as a cat on a hot tin roof, but i would found time to head down to manette... looks like u all had a blast, ill make it next time for sure...

fridays at manette works for me... let me know.. im planning a trip soon... feb looks good for me.... ill post when i go, ill bringing some long range guns, levers ect... just so u all know.. u can shoot at anything there, if u have steel, bring it, frozen water bottles, full pop cans, old propaine ...

i just finshed loading 300gr jacketed hp ontop of 19gr of 4227 for my blackhawk for .45colt, and my hartford m92.. and those are not even max loads in my books... around 950 fps out of the pistol and around 1200 out of the carbine... with this in mind i do not think you can cram enough powder in an ...

you beet me to it rusty.. i shoot down there every couple of months... i just wish it was not such a hike... im in for manette if we are doing... i work weekends so lets plan it out a aways so i can get time of... thursday or friday and im in like flin...

i have learned alot and my skill are improving... there are great tutorials w vid and pics over at paleoplanet... great forum covers everything from bow building to basketweaving.... thx 4 the other links guys... op start ur practice with t.v. and old computer screeb glass and john stone... very for...

tampa bay area here... i like to shoot at manettee gun club... 1000 yrds there... also cas shoots, myaka misfits i believe...

im in the same camp as buck... my pistol is norm a 45... been an acp, but like just carrying one main round, and am pleased as peaches to be putting a bk together with my 92... my primary game is hog so i like having a hard hitting pistol on my hip... works just as well for 2legged varmits... but i ...

i have a pietta 1858 that i converted to .45colt.. as the above poster stated these are not drop-in coversions.. if you like working on your guns get a krist... i dont have any time on an r&d but i have heard they were very good... if you do not want to do the gun plumming your self buy the fact...

1858 pietta repro... was someone's kit gun the shop put in the back knowing my bp sickness... i run std cowboy lead loads with it... just wanted to know if i could run my 250 copper plated ft through it... not planning on hot rodding it, thats why i picked up the bh.... thx for the info gents, ill t...

thx u gents.. i will be moving the .458's into the trade box...

i started this question in a different post, i converted and 1858 bp .44 with a krist kit to .45colt... btw these are not drop in kits, and took a bit of fitting and tuning, but i have always enjoyed this being an amuter gun monkey... thank you again charlie for the volc thread... if you have not re...

thank you gentleman... i was planning to off load the bullets at my next trip to the reloadign supplier... and the it is nice to have such a knowlagble resorce at my finger tips... i am loading the hornady 300 gr .452's as we speak, just waiting for the second tumbler run... heading out for hogs and...

just the info i was looking for... two more questions... what is the bore/ bullet dia for your 300 gr hp... i have two boxes, one is the xpt with a bd of .452, the other is 300 gr hp w bd of .458...? is anyone running 4227 under the 300 gr hp... found the load data in my speer manual, but look for p...

i love watching this beauty grow charlie... it makes amuater gun monkeys like myself get movtivated again... but then again my ak almost got tossed down the driveway a few times during the build... it frustrates when 12 year old somilis can build a gross in a day... but then the challenge was to use...

i came across bullets from an old timer for .454 cas... sold the dies but kept the bullets... i am loading and shooting the 300gr xpts that are listed as .452 in my rossi and will be shooting them in my blackhawk... my question to the hive mind is if the bullets listed as .458 will be safe to shoot ...

bravo zulu to u sir.... u inspire and inform, the two things need to transform information into knowledge. i can not wait to see this project completed..

ill be putting a tech sight on my cz452 lux come tax time

i like... now i just have to decide which sight upgrade im doing first.. my tech sight 4 my cz452 or this 4 my .45 trapper... o to be made of money and to have the time to spend it... lol... bravo zulu on a great job