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- Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1646
Re: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
Hodgdon's data shows over 1800 for a JHP in a 20" carbine, using H110. At that bullet SD, my son and I got 1800 in our 357 carbine (18.5") using N110, and we weren't near their maximum charge (but the book was for a revolver, so we stopped). N110 is remarkably clean burning at that level.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 500 S&W BHA Levergun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 212
Re: The 500 S&W BHA Levergun
I'm more comfortable with that sort of advertising than with the slick and polished stuff. Save the polishing for the guns. I don't mind paying for quality. It is, though, a bigger gun than I feel I need. As I age, what I feel I need seems to keep getting smaller. The 357 and the 44-40 are about rig...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been watching Band of Brothers (and reading the book)...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 447
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ever the idiot
- Replies: 21
- Views: 889
Re: Ever the idiot
Oh, yeah, but I have to sneak it off to the garbage because my Chinese wife grew up without a fridge and isn't convinced about this food poisoning theory.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 20-gauge slug loads
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2293
Re: 20-gauge slug loads
... until I make a decision about cutting off the choke and having the barrel threaded for a rifled screw-in choke. I didn't know they were making such. Tell me more. I handled an H&H Paradox at a recent auction. I assume this rifled choke is a bit less drastic than those Fosbery came up with 1...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
- Replies: 23
- Views: 966
Re: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
Yesterday I finally took a ride on a DC-3. It is the oldest one flying , made in 1937. It's been more or less restored to its original condition, although the gal who doubled as stewardess confessed it had a much later version of the Wright Cyclone. As such, it would have benefitted from the great s...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1377
Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities
I looked at Hodgdon's data again. Use 5.0 gn Clays under a 200 gn lead RNFP bullet in the 44 Mag case. That load is safe even in the 44-40 and should be quite subsonic. The starting load for both the 44-40 and 44 Mag is 4.2 gn Clays, although that will get you revolver speeds, but maybe that's all y...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1001
Re: Anybody here old enough.....
I remember reading his articles somewhere and even took notes from them. Memory isn't what it used to be. I thought he was from Missouri.
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1377
Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities
Is it right, close to right, is it wrong, or is it very wrong ? I'm interested in such loads but haven't played with them. The QuickLoad simulator reckons the speed difference should be more like 175 fps between the two lengths. It's possible the factory rifle Hodgdon used had a sloppy chamber that...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 717
Re: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
In those proposed regulations is an estimate of about 10,000 locations having to file yearly. I think there are more than 10,000 handloaders in this country. Something is not consistent.
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another .410 ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 422
Re: Another .410 ?
I know there’s the Tristar and the other Turkish gun Gforce but…. Suggestions? Well, I was fondling a very nice Holland & Holland 410 SxS yesterday at an auction house up state. I'm sure they'll make you one any way you want--for a price . Even nicer was an older Rizzini Brothers SxS: Flawless ...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leveraction revolvers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 569
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When plastics (or rubber?) go BAD......?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 703
Re: When plastics (or rubber?) go BAD......?
The problem lies in the fact that rubber and plastics contain plasticizers that give them flexibility. That's my understanding as well. I had a butt pad turn to gunk. It was an air rifle and was never treated with any cleaner, so I don't see cleaners as an explanation. This seems to becoming more c...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers For Our Friend Gunny Reed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 822
Re: Prayers For Our Friend Gunny Reed
Ouch! Best wishes for your recovery.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington Rolling Block
- Replies: 7
- Views: 420
Re: Remington Rolling Block
Very nice, and in a classy cartridge, too.
I have one of the last Lone Star made. Workmanship could have been better, but it's fun to shoot. For all I know, the originals were a bit rough inside as well; my original '73 Winchester is rather rough there.
I have one of the last Lone Star made. Workmanship could have been better, but it's fun to shoot. For all I know, the originals were a bit rough inside as well; my original '73 Winchester is rather rough there.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Electric Cars
- Replies: 7
- Views: 394
Re: Electric Cars
Yawn, decade old news is this. I dress for the winter, so I don't bother with the cabin heater and just use the seat heater. I find the a/c affects range little, and I use it freely. My old tech battery pack does indeed decay much faster than those with a proper radiator. That said, I wouldn't want ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Like 'Smart Guns' but scarier...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 176
Re: Like 'Smart Guns' but scarier...
Most of the players in this field are quietly giving up or at least scaling back. It's a bridge too far. SAE Level 4 is as far as they will get, probably for decades, and it may then be of dubious economics. Level 5 is Unobtanium for the foreseeable future.
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
i consider this evidence of the hydraulic expansion acting on the spring board. Neat photo. Unlike a bullet embedding into a block of wood, there's more than just basic momentum transfer in the motions here. Some of the kinetic energy is transferred into springs (the board and the truck's suspensio...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
I had botched that post: I forgot to insert the link to Kort's posts on CAScity. I've patched that up and will include the link here as well.
I really miss Kort posting new information on his BP experiments.
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
What I should have said is that "muzzle energy in foot-pounds is not easily observable" ... which is what I meant. I interpreted what you, Scott, and Grizz were saying as "energy is a poor predictor of a bullet's effect on game." Going back to the Sixgunner days, your (and other...
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
I often wonder if the old .44 Henry Flat really attained the advertised 1200 fps. I’m not sure how the factories measured velocity in those days. Dave Campbell wrote that the cartridge featured a 216 gr bullet at 1125 fps and I think that’s more realistic. If it did that in a 24 inch barrel, what w...
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1238
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
Muzzle Energy as measured in foot-pounds does not really exist. It's a mathematical figure that is useful in comparing cartridges but it has no application in the real world. If .30-06 Winchester 150 gr. Extreme Point ammo actually developed 2839 foot-pounds of muzzle energy, think what it would do...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger-Marlin 1894
- Replies: 9
- Views: 409
Re: Ruger-Marlin 1894
It has the pregnant fore stock and misshapen trigger guard. It is aesthetically challenged.
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 356 buckhammer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 334
Re: 356 buckhammer
Yes, it's on the 30-30 case (in turn based on an older Ballard case).
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn Mowin'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 741
Re: Lawn Mowin'
City living has some advantages, such as small lawns. In the months the grass is thin, I can get by with a manual reel mower. When it’s lush, I use an electric. No belts, gas, oil, or exhaust. The reel mower is a pill to sharpen, though.
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 603
Re: Climate Change?
So far, I have never seen any study that promotes electric cars which took into account the mining. I've read reference to several. Actually, I think most of the recent ones do. A quick look with google finds this one from MIT which does. I think the model from Argonne Labs used by the EPA also does.
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CPR propaganda or fact ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 984
Re: CPR propaganda or fact ?
A few years back, a newspaper piece by a doctor claimed the life expectancy of someone revived by CPR was about 30 days.
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bore scope
- Replies: 13
- Views: 535
Re: Bore scope
To evaluate an old Alexander Henry single offered at an auction house not far away, I purchased off Amazon a Teslong flexible, 45" borescope. I also bought the set of angle mirror attachments for 22 through 40 caliber bores. The image is excellent. We simply plugged its USB port into a tablet P...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 603
Re: Climate Change?
I wonder if all the emissions from the enormous increase in lithium mining have affected anything? More electric cars means a 200-fold increase in emissions due to mining. Seems that electric cars are a step backward when viewed from a total start to finish perspective. Natural gas is cheaper, less...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gove style under lever Rolling Block
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1283
Re: Gove style under lever Rolling Block
I wonder if Lone Star did that. I know Dave did at least one Gove side lever. The CCH looks like that on my Lone Star.
- Wed May 24, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 603
Re: Climate Change?
I forgot to mention that this report was from November 2 , 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post 100 years ago. You also forgot to mention that it was a very localized phenomenon, centered around the Norwegian post at Spitzbergen. Averages from around the globe show no su...
- Mon May 22, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
This video is very enlightening about climate change. I'm not sure how much weight to give a single arctic temperature plot. It shows the area cooling over 5 F at the same time the last ice age was receding . One needs to look at data (if available) from around the globe to get a proper average.
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
ABSOLUTELY NONE of this information is included in ANY KNOWN climate change hypothesis As I mentioned before, the earth's tilt and orbit are thought to explain the long term swings indicated by the ice core data. I doubt any one is doing detailed climate calculations over the span of time these cyc...
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH So what's he trying to say? On the one hand he claims all energy transfer at lower levels is solely by mechanical means. Then he goes and claims radiation might have an effect above 1 km. So how does he reckon that what goes on above 1 km can't affect what goes on below, whe...
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
- Wed May 17, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ancient news is good news
- Replies: 6
- Views: 409
Re: ancient news is good news
this remnant of history in stone testifies to the truth of the narrative of the israelites in egypt Well, it shows the Egyptians knew of the Israelites. I've read several times there is actually no archeological evidence of an exodus, etc. What there is indicates the Israelites simply grew out of t...
- Wed May 17, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
One point I forgot to make: None of the load book data for CFE-223 which I considered was in the mid-40s. At the combination of relative case size and bullet SD, all the starting loads were a little above 50,000 psi. Some powders can be peculiar at lower pressures, but I've not read that CFE-223 is ...
- Wed May 17, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
Nosler's data on-line for the AI is limited to the 85 gn load. I looked at the IMR 4350 data. Using QL to match the fps with "4350" from IMR, Accurate, and Hodgdon, all suggest Nosler's data is running in the upper 50s on pressure. I looked at a few more cartridges in Hodgdon's CFE-223 dat...
- Sun May 14, 2023 9:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
What's the bullet weight for that Nosler data?
Out of curiosity, I'll look at P-max with CFE 223 and compare it to various loads in Hodgdon's on-line data, to see how well it tracks lab data across a few cartridges.
- Sat May 13, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
This Mexican Mauser is the orignal heat treatment... Okay, I missed that, so the 62,000 psi is out the window. Be aware that these crude simulators (both P-max and QL) are optimized for pressures in the 50s. Accuracy falls off in either direction with psi. To what pressure are you comfortable runni...
- Sat May 13, 2023 7:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
Here's how I'd come up with a starting load for CFE 223 in the .257 Roberts AI. I don't have an AI case on hand, but my copy of QuickLoad says the empty, fired case is about 63 gn water to the case mouth. (Published data for the standard Bob is 56 gn.) QL says the 100 gn Hornady SP is .99 long, the ...
- Fri May 12, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
The idea behind a simulator is to let you compute a starting charge. Guess at the charge and look at the predicted velocity and peak pressure. If the predicted pressure is down around, say 45,000 psi, that would be a reasonable starting load. QuickLoad estimates the empty case capacity as 63 gn wate...
- Fri May 12, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about QuickLoad
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1294
Re: Questions about QuickLoad
I'm considering ordering QuickLoad software. Others here have discussed QuickLoad, which is a good, but not infallible, product. (No existing simulation software is infallible.) You might see if P-max , which is free, might fit your needs. You'll need to make your own measurements of case capacity ...
- Fri May 12, 2023 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
The plot line for co2 is to the right of the temp line, it happens AFTER temp trends change. The problem with such a plot is CO2 and temperature are not tied in lock-step, and no climatologist claims it is. When something raises the air temperature around the earth, many feed back mechanisms are tr...
- Thu May 11, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
One friend had minor side impact damage and the quote to repair it was for a $22,000 battery pack replacement which the insurance company claimed was more than the value of the EV so they totaled his EV and he lost a ton of money on a replacement. That's probably an extreme example (my battery pack...
- Thu May 11, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
How much does it cost to run Your car? How would electric cars do in a very cold winter environment ? The fall off in cold (I'm in central Illinois) is impressive. Watching the meter, I reckon I average over the course of the year a little under 5 miles per kWh stored, certainly at least 4.5 mi/kWh...
- Thu May 11, 2023 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1815
Re: A Chilling Thought
One fellow mentioned his electric car. Is it just me hearing tom hank's voice in character as forrest gump... Oh, that must be me. I have an electric car. It's our second car and perfect for suburban use. Other than tires, there's no routine maintenance, and I never take time at the gas station. Wh...
- Sat May 06, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This New Engine Could Destroy The Entire EV Industry!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1593
Re: This New Engine Could Destroy The Entire EV Industry!
... and at 39mpg (which I think is what some hatches get) is 10.25c per mile... Using $4/gal, our hybrid sedan costs 7 c/mi on average. Our little electric runabout (town use only) costs about 4.5 c/mi in electricity, and that's with the more expensive juice from the wind turbines. With coal juice,...
- Mon May 01, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On the Other Climate Foot . . .
- Replies: 8
- Views: 550
Re: On the Other Climate Foot . . .
There is no question the debate is twisted. I've read from climate scientists that the models have so many levers and knobs that you can get any result you want out of them. Knowledge of the heat transfer to the oceans is indeed one area lacking. However, the basic physics are undeniable and have be...