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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:42 am Seems like the 308 family they push the Match version, I'm sure that the 6.5 would work but it is slower burn rate.

Well I have a 6.5-06 as well

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It's labeled by Winchester but they are like you said, Hodgon produced. They have 3 flavors, 6.5, Match and HD. I got the 6.5 to try in 4 or 5 different cartridges I load. It works from 17 rem to 375 h&h . I really prefer ball powders and H380 is a staple for me . This has temp stability and de...

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Just googled it Hodgdon . Might have to get pound of that just for the heck of it .

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Who makes Staball 6.5 ? First I heard of that powder !

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Everyone has a .45-70. .444 is overlooked but equally versatile. There’s a guy who runs some dang powerful loads out of a modded marlin .444, and the 1886 is stronger than that action. He’s getting a 405gr over 4000ft/lbs. https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/safari-grade-444-conclusion.62750/ I th...

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. Lots of good stuff on the 444 Marlin here - http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell444Marlin.htm Some interesting comments on twist rates and I think he mentions some 'alternative' formulas vs the Greenhill one, that apply better to the larger caliber, flat-meplat, bullets for calculating the maximum bullet w...

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thanks fellas I might look around for one. Also not too bad, only 30% of the posts included 45-70 which would be some sort of internet record :) One day i will get me a 458 win mag or 45-90 and hunt down 45-70 threads all over the internet :D I had a #1H in 458 and at the same time I had them in 41...

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. Lots of good stuff on the 444 Marlin here - http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell444Marlin.htm Some interesting comments on twist rates and I think he mentions some 'alternative' formulas vs the Greenhill one, that apply better to the larger caliber, flat-meplat, bullets for calculating the maximum bullet w...

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Not quite as bad but still not good . I got the down low on next weeks trip to Argentina , shells are going to be $18-20 a box :( I suspect I’ll shoot no more than six flats in three days or 500 a day that’s $1200 :cry: Keep your head down and make every shot count! I’ve a friend that shot down the...

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Not quite as bad but still not good . I got the down low on next weeks trip to Argentina , shells are going to be $18-20 a box

I suspect I’ll shoot no more than six flats in three days or 500 a day that’s $1200

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I took some pheasant breasts and diced them up , onions , snap peas , green peppers , jalapeños, a little soy sauce some cilantro and Tikka Masala sauce . Kind of an Indian curry deal . Served on a bed of rice ! Rather tastey I thought and evidently the pot kickers at the shop liked it all had secon...

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The circa 1890 Parker Grade 1 top lever 10 gauge hammer gun I mentioned earlier . As stated with the 26” open
choked set of barrels ,

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4t5 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:55 pm Anyone have any experience with the CZ ? https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-hammer-coach/

14 1/2 in lop seems pretty long.

All shotguns I have are 13 3/4” to 14 1/4” . A little short is better than a little long for me .

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I bought a JM Marlin XLR .410 lever action. Excited to try it out I bought a box of 6's, 7.5's and 8's. Went to my range and put up an outers life sized squirrel target and started checking the pattern. It was the worst I ever saw! The BEST group was 4 pellets of 7.5's on the squirrel at 20 yards. ...

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:43 pm Yeah Mike , another cartridge that isn't big enough to kill a deer- the 25-20!

The great Jordan whitetail buck that was number 1 for many years in the B&C book was done in with a 25-20 . Now James Jordan did shoot that deer six times I think .

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The 550 grainer mold came from BallistiCast but I also had a 462-465GC mold that came from I think they were called BPR it kinda had a nose like a Ranch Dog mold which I liked quite a bit . Anyway that 465 grainer shot extremely well in the 4 or 5 45-70 in which I tried it . At the time I had three ...

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I had a couple Marlin’s a model 1892 and a 92 both 32 cal but you could switch firing pins and shoot either rimfire or 32 COLT centerfire .

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When I first replied to this I forgot a 25 cal I had for awhile . Actually liked the gun but it wasn’t the best choice for what I used it for ! Remington brought out a limited run of 700CDL’s with blued fluted barrels and walnut stocks in 257 Weatherby with 26” barrels , so I got one fifty pieces of...

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The 525Gr 45/70 Pile Driver from BTB went dead straight thru a line of water jugs, stopping in the twelfth one. I'll post a post-op foto if I find it. Computer has so much memory I can't find anything in it. :P I had a mold for a 550 grain GC bullet that came from Ballisti something or other . Neve...

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The 525Gr 45/70 Pile Driver from BTB went dead straight thru a line of water jugs, stopping in the twelfth one. I'll post a post-op foto if I find it. Computer has so much memory I can't find anything in it. :P I had a mold for a 550 grain GC bullet that came from Ballisti something or other . Neve...

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I like the old school Whippet guns, so I'm keeping an eye out for a Remington 11 that needs some love. Saw one in a shop once that was bobbed and had a Cutts on it. Should have grabbed it but I didn't. At one point I had six Model 11’s , pair of 12’s a 16 and three 20’s . Now I’m down to a 12 gauge...

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I’ve killed a pretty good amount of deer with cast bullet in various cartridges all were bullets I cast myself . Most were with the 444 and a fair amount with the 45-70 but still a bunch with various lever action cartridges . Anyway without a doubt as has already been said FP’s seemed to hammer them...

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6pt, I hope any perp to have the honor of being shot with that old Parker 10 can fully appreciate your choice of defensive tool. 8) Well if the perp gives me a minute or two I can go downstairs open a safe and pull out a Benelli Montefeltro 12 gauge 24” and load it with buckshot if he’d prefer more...

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I bought a JM Marlin XLR .410 lever action. Excited to try it out I bought a box of 6's, 7.5's and 8's. Went to my range and put up an outers life sized squirrel target and started checking the pattern. It was the worst I ever saw! The BEST group was 4 pellets of 7.5's on the squirrel at 20 yards. ...

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I had a 43 in Hornet. It was a decent shooter but I traded it off for a #1 218Bee. I do have a Savage 23B in 25-20, used it for mid range prairie dogs. Was a real hoot with 60gr Hornady flat points. When I was a junior in HS I saw an add in Shotgun News for Donn Heath in Dallas I believe he was any...

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I have an early Remington Model 8 .25 Remington project rifle. The barrel was ringed (rung?) multiple times and wildly inaccurate. The whole barrel assembly is at my gunsmith's in Davenport Iowa, along with a 1:12 twist barrel I found on ebay. I would prefer the original 10 twist, but the Berger tw...

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I’ve had several 25-20 levers in Winchester 1892 , Marlin 1894 new and old versions . I’ve also had a 25-36 Marlin in a Marlin 1893 as well as 25-35 Winchester in a European single shot . Did the 250-3000 in a Ruger 77R tang safety gun , had the 257 Roberts in Ruger #1B and 77R tang safety . But the...

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I dont load for the 45 Colt... But I can get 2 .430 round balls into a 28ga wad- gotta try that next !! Two or three years ago I worked out 28 gauge loads for #1 , #2 and #3 buck in the little 28 . I also got one of the eastern block molds for a 28 gauge version of the Lyman sabot slug . That slug ...

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In my bedroom I have a circa 1890 Parker Grade 1 top lever 10 gauge hammer gun with the 26” barrels on loaded with a slug in the right and buck in the left . Not ideal but I have so I’ll use it

FWIW this gun is a factory original two barrel set 26” and 30” .

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Look it ain’t no great secret about all I shoot shotgun wise are SxS both hammer and hammerless. However for what you want I’d be thinking Belgian made Browning A-5 and cut it down to suit my needs . Or a well used Remington 870 and again cut to suit . In years past I’d have said Winchester model 12...

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Very nice ! I’ve got a friend in Baltimore county MD that has two labs of which one is also named Parker ! And strangely enough his other lab he named Fox .

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In the 444 with cast I used A LOT of H322 with bullets up to about 350-375 grains . I also used Varget at first with cast in the 444 with 380-425 grainers but I had a bit of trouble getting enough powder in the case to get them going fast enough to suit myself and when I tried RL-7 that problem was ...

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I had a veritable pile of Red Dot a little while ago . Sold one person an older 12 pound keg and another friend an 8 pounder . But I’ve still got over twenty pounds of Unique and I think 12-14 pounds of Green Dot . I had a bunch of Blue Dot and liquidated all of it except one four pounder .

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At 62 running was not a option :lol: yes most of the time when after a bull I took a 12 gauge but never had no trouble Jack said it right when you get older you may get complacent, I knew better than that!! the bull just brushed me enough to leave behind the blood & hair on my jacket, with a 5 ...

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Might I suggest for ducks go a little smaller say #4’s if steel and #5 or 6 if Bismuth . Heck I never use heavier than #1 or 2 Bismuth for geese .

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All the ducks I’ve killed have been done in with 2 3/4” shells in 20’s and a 16 shot charges never higher than an ounce in either . All double barrels . All the geese I’ve killed have been done in by 2 7/8” 10 gauge with 1 1/4 ounces of Bismuth .

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The broad he was affiliated with must have turned into one evil shrew

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I’d never heard of this individual until I saw this and watched this vid and a couple more of his vids .

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I’ve about had it with my local Gunclub . They saw fit to DOUBLE the dues for next year . So I sent my share of stock in the other day to be reimbursed and I’ll not renew in October . Been a member at that club for forty years . We’ve had an influx of white collar younger shooters that wanna build t...

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Seems to me one of those two got to arguing (I think) with the guy I think that owned castboolits and he was banned , re-allowed then banned again . Whichever one that was I didn’t particularly care for the person .

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My grandfather and great uncle both used buckshot to deer hunt, both have been deceased for 30 years but they head shot EVERYTHING. Freezer was always full You know buckshot isn’t legal in WVA for deer now :? when I hunted there this season I carried along a 10 gauge or two and when I was up the tr...

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I’ve got a Belgian Browning A5 20 magnum that I have three barrels for of which one is the Browning rifle sighted slug barrel . It wasn’t overly terrible or great with buckshot and foster type slugs , but I got some Brenneke slugs and it shot like a rifle out to fifty yards (didn’t try it any furthe...

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I shoot the Remington 3" Acutips from my Savage 220, can't tell you how many deer the 385gr .58 has gone through. I've only recovered 1 20ga and never a Foster type from when I used a 12ga. Nothing against the 3” but I use/used the 2 3/4” version in the 220 I have with excellent results on pap...

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The actual data I use for pretty much all of my 8 gauge loads . As I said before my buck/ball/slug loads are adapted from the 1 3/4 ounce load data .

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I am, Scott. 6-pt., what is your 8-gauge load for tower shoots? It’s from Tom Armbrust’s book on loading for 4 and 8 gauge guns . For clays and tower shoots I use his suggested 1 1/2 ounces of shot pushed with I think it’s 31 grains of Clays . I have loaded some with 1 3/4 ounces pushed by Universa...

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I liquidated all the belted magnum rifles and African caliber rifles a few years ago . All the lever actions have left the house . Do have a Ruger #3 in 444 that’ll probably hit Gunbroker shortly . My heaviest cartridges now are most likely the 26 Nosler , 30-06 and 8x57 . Now shotguns are another m...

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While Mausers have an excellent reputation etc etc I’ve never had one in my hands that didn’t have a sloppy bolt when it was all the way rearward . Recently I had a pair of custom Mauser actioned heavy rifles built by Rigby one in 375 H&H and the other in 416 Rigby . Both of them had sloppy bolt...

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Hmmmm it seems the rifle I’ve been grabbing the most is this little Mannlicher Schoenauer MC in 6.5x54 MS . CB8E49DB-E5E8-40B0-A7E6-DB7E17E98321.jpeg The shotgun I use the most in competition be it trap sporting or the ring is a rather nice circa 1937 Parker VHE 12 gauge Trap 1 1/2 frame with factor...

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Gracious Will! A .375 on a 1909? Well, that action is certainly up to it. I confess I have lost interest in .458s. .375s and .338s as I have grown old and frail! :lol: I know what you mean I got rid of the 458 the 416’s the 375’s and all of the 45-70 / 444 levers . I do have a Ruger #3 in 444 that ...

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I had five Swedish Mausers and they all did well with handloads , I’m sure if they’d had scopes it woulda been better but it is what it is . I have the Arisaka my grandfather brought back , I have a Mannlicher restocked 98 my father got back in the 50’s and I have a pair of M1 Carbines my pop and gr...

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