i think im going to try a single .433 ball in a .44 special and see how that works out for small game

i should try a .433 ball then, any idea how many grains weight in a .433 ball?

malamute, you gave me an interesting idea.. of stacking about 3 lead 45 caliber balls smoothed down the .430... stack them inside the case... wonder if a 410 wad would fit inside to hold them all stacked behind the mouth of a standard 44 magnum case... wonder what id get for a pattern with that and ...

im going to experiment a bit when i get my new marlin 44 magnum.. should be next week or the week after... im going to trim .444 shells to the overall length of a loaded 44 magnum cartridge, and see what i can get for patterns using bird and buck shot.. just a test for curiosity... also, ive seen so...

im not worried about ammo costs.. i dont even price factory ammunition anymore because i reload everything i have a firearm chambered in... wouldnt even buy 9mm if i had one

ive decided to go with 44 magnum though.. for reasons previously stated.. also i can find a wider variety of loads and make a wider variety of loads for small game, even flare loads to carry outdoors, and when i handled a single action army last, i was about 13, my hands are much larger now that im ...

while im confident these hotter 357 loads would kill elk or moose, i think im going to go for the .44 for the unknown factor... to have something bigger in case i do get a charging moose or a grizzly while im hunting in other states.. would rather have a 44 to defend me

last time i handled a single action army was 10 years ago.. i was 13-14.. so my hands were a lot smaller, im not confident itll be as good of a fit anymore to be honest... so im considering the 44 magnum super blackhawk with a 44 magnum lever 357 can kill anything on this continent out to 100 yards ...

actually.. i think ive decided on the marlin 1894c lever action with 18.5 inch barrel in 357 magnum

im still looking into 92 clones, might get an cimarron though.. those are true to the origionals, no safety i believe

well, that was my biggest concern about the beretta.. that it wouldnt "feel" like a colt when it comes to cocking the hammer or operating the trigger... either model aside, i can easy tune the trigger... shouldnt make much difference on feel then

it always seems to turn out that way.. never have something around when you dont need it, then its not there when you do... a common quote for the support of owning firearms for defense too so... what about the uberti 92 clones? i was looking to get one of these from cimarron, was also wondering how...

30-30 energies out of a lever action i cant complain with for hunting.... but with the stampede, is the feel of the hammer and trigger the same? is there any unusual roughness or feel to the pull and such or does it feel just like handling a colt, less one click on the hammer? also, im leaning far m...

bigsky66, you know i had that same EXACT idea earlier... having a magazine but with the lips bent to a point where i could just pull a cartridge off the end like you would with a stripper clip (i use stripper clips in my nagant).. then you could load a spring loaded magazine and just pull one off th...

wow... i posted the initial topic like... yesterday, this is a lot of reading... but ive decided for sure im going with 357, decided for sure im going with a 4 3/4" single action army clone.. decided for sure im getting a winchester lever action to go with it whats left to decide is the uberti ...

yeah.. someone stated already, buffalo bore doesnt make +P 357 magnum ammunition, so their loads are within SAAMI standard specs and they even mention on their website their ammo is safe in ALL 357 revolvers.. considering how much thicker the chamber walls in the 357 single action army are (im prett...

ive did some ballistics research, and talked to some other guys.. apparently buffalo bore has a 158 grain 357 magnum load that produced 2,153fps out of an 18.5 inch barrel... doing a calculation with those figures.. that 1,626ft/lbs at the muzzle, their ballistics chart reads over 450ft/lbs of energ...

im looking for a lever action and pistol (most likely single action revolver) combination... im not into the cowboy action shooting, i just think it makes very, very good economical sense to have a sort of setup like this to focus most of my ammo funds onto... so a set that can do everything i need ...