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- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Tisas 1911's recalled
- Replies: 12
- Views: 637
Re: Some Tisas 1911's recalled
That CMP 1911 is very interesting!
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who's going to win the superbowl?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 476
Re: Who's going to win the superbowl?
This is a blessing.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who's going to win the superbowl?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 476
Re: Who's going to win the superbowl?
LOVE IT! :lol: Hopin' for my Niners, although I have great respect for Mahomes. In the Northwest, in the late '60s, there were no Seahawks and the Niners were my guys, listening on AM transistor radio, if anyone has a clue what that was! :lol: I have to say I was shocked, humbled and brought to my k...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 791
Re: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
Useful video, Jim. I have been wondering about which primer to use with the .30 Super Carry as some sources say small rifle and others simply say small pistol.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 336 Day
- Replies: 17
- Views: 926
Re: 336 Day
And that reminds me I need to finish filing the new, higher front sight for my Model 36. I have heard some states allow the use of rifles in turkey season. Did you use a special handload for the work?
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Tisas 1911's recalled
- Replies: 12
- Views: 637
Re: Some Tisas 1911's recalled
Always sorry to hear of a recall. The Tisas 1911s I have handled and shot have seemed very well machined and tight.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This was a little different.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1275
Re: This was a little different.
Wow! And quite the accuracy test, too!
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone have experience with the SAR 2000?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 250
Re: Does anyone have experience with the SAR 2000?
Brian, I have handled the SA and the Girsan/EAA at gun shows and they feel marvelous in my hand. I have never owned or shot a Hi-Power but have been tempted many times.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington #4 32 Rimfire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 402
Re: Remington #4 32 Rimfire
That's just a spectacular No. 4 you have there Pat!
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Ted, Accurate 31-115H is on the way. I expect it to feed if Tom's 31 -117E feeds. I don't recall having owned any other auto pistol where the bullet at the top of the magazine is in such nearly perfect alignment with the bore. And yes, I do expect "efficient energy transfer." 8) https://ww...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Thanks Brian. I hope to put more rounds through it soon, and have ordered a mold from Accurate.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, post and beam
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3650
Re: OT, post and beam
Will, I hope those weren't all sinkers you were driving with a framing hammer!
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Ray, that's a very interesting approach.
I put three magazines through the EZ this morning and found it extremely pleasant to shoot -- definitely less recoil than a 9 and a nice snap when the bullet struck the target. Lost five cases of the 30 rounds fired. I hope someone provides brass before long.
I put three magazines through the EZ this morning and found it extremely pleasant to shoot -- definitely less recoil than a 9 and a nice snap when the bullet struck the target. Lost five cases of the 30 rounds fired. I hope someone provides brass before long.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Think you're having a bad day?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 608
Think you're having a bad day?
It probably could have been worse. The PH did exactly what he needed to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cpDuqdluomQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cpDuqdluomQ
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 5553
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
There was a time when the Greener riot guns in 12/14 gauge were dirt cheap. Was I smart enough to buy a couple and stash them? Noooooooo ...
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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 5553
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Barbarossa, you have a classic right there.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, post and beam
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3650
Re: OT, post and beam
Will, I bet it smells wonderful in there. Are they going to seal the bare wood with something?
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1134
Re: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
Jim, anyone who has the patience to load 9mm deserves a pat on the back. I just can't bring myself to do it, as for some reason I go through 9mmm faster than any other cartridge -- even .22s.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 5553
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
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.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I need to learn to leave well enough alone...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 534
Re: I need to learn to leave well enough alone...
Hope you can get it up and running again Jay. Those old Smiths have a charm of their own.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, post and beam
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3650
Re: OT, post and beam
Well, I attract mosquitoes pretty efficiently ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 25 Calibers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1300
Re: The 25 Calibers
Jim, my hat is off to anyone who can plink rabbits with high-end handloads from a Raven! 8) Darryl, I am a fan of the .250-3000 as well, but the 99 I had in that chambering had the older 14-twist barrel and it really didn't care for any bullet approaching 100 grains. I missed out on a Savage Model 1...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1544
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
Grizz, I am running a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-6X. Really like the scope.
Bear Creek currently has that complete upper on sale for $229. Hard to beat.
Bear Creek currently has that complete upper on sale for $229. Hard to beat.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1544
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
Absolutely loved the Lee 429-240-2R out of the Model P today, both .44 Russian and .44 Special loads. For me to hit a four-inch flapper, one-handed and offhand at 20 yards five out of five is red-letter performance for this old caballero. I have had a great deal of frustration with firearms lately a...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 25 Calibers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1300
Re: The 25 Calibers
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 twi...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, post and beam
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3650
Re: OT, post and beam
I would very much like to live there.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1834
Re: 410 too little for any game you say?
Paul, thanks for sharing your fascinating experience with shotguns in the Amazon. I have loaded Magtech/CBC all-brass shells in 12 and 16 and got fine performance. The black powder loads were especially fun. Years ago I had a SMLE that was converted to .410 and IIRC used .444 Marlin brass for the lo...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Rimfire, this is the Accurate mold I am thinking about. Still plenty of meplat, but ought to feed even better than the square-edged soupcan. https://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=31-115H Ray, I enjoyed the French Model 1935 A that I had years ago, but in those days the 7.65 Longue a...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Looking at his article on the .32-20 for revolvers in Pet Loads, Ken Waters shows 6 grains of SR4756 giving 1154 with a 115-grain cast bullet from a Smith Model 1905 with 6-inch barrel.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Re: Go ahead and laugh
Jim, I was looking at the load data for .32-20 rifle in the Lyman 51st. Should have figured that it was greatly conservative as they are loading only to 16,000. This will be a fun experiment, I think. I have never owned any of the Smith EZ semiautos, but the EZ-rack system was a huge blessing for ma...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1246
Go ahead and laugh
It was just a few weeks back that Jim started a thread on Federal's relatively new .30 Super Carry, which is being marketed as almost as potent as the 9mm, but with less recoil and more magazine capacity in the same platform. I had scratched my head when this was first announced a couple of years ag...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 5553
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Lots of opinions on the PG shotguns. I would much rather have one if I needed one than the other way around, but the 20-gauge versions sound more shootable. I haven't even seen one at the range -- just at gun shows and of course on YouTube.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone heard from Pitchy?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 818
Re: Anyone heard from Pitchy?
Darryl, Lenn and Norma sure have my prayers, God bless them.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parlour Pistols and Flobert Loads
- Replies: 9
- Views: 558
Re: Parlour Pistols and Flobert Loads
When bad weather sends Jim to the shop, fun things emerge.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1834
Re: 410 too little for any game you say?
Will, do you have IC/Cyl chokes available for your CZ for slug work?
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1834
Re: 410 too little for any game you say?
I'm impressed, too. A slug load like this and TSS for turkeys and there isn't a whole lot that a .410 can't get done.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parker and CZ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 383
Re: Parker and CZ
Nice morning Will!
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dad’s first rifle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 896
Re: Dad’s first rifle
Scott, I'll bet your Pop will be plumb tickled.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 32-20 range report
- Replies: 16
- Views: 980
Re: 32-20 range report
Ted, wonderful package and fine shooting. I am a big fan of Tom's molds.
With that accuracy and that boolit, it looks to me like you are ready to go deer hunting.
With that accuracy and that boolit, it looks to me like you are ready to go deer hunting.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Battle of Adobe Walls
- Replies: 2
- Views: 321
Re: Battle of Adobe Walls
I've been there. Billy Dixon ended up making the grounds his ranch. My GGfather had the ranch just upstream on the Canadian. It's kind of down in a valley and easy to imagine the NA's pouring down. Quite sobering to look at that ridge where Billy made his "scratch shot." He is buried there...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grandpa's little Colt .25 ACP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 598
Re: Grandpa's little Colt .25 ACP
What a classic. After all my years of messing about with guns, only one .25 has passed through my hands -- a nearly used-up Mauser Model 1910. The Colt is so much handsomer!
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder how long it would take
- Replies: 16
- Views: 949
Re: Wonder how long it would take
Sure seems like a candidate for a reline or rebore.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone heard from Pitchy?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 818
Anyone heard from Pitchy?
Hope Lenn and Norma are okay.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Overcast Rainy Day Games
- Replies: 8
- Views: 526
Re: Overcast Rainy Day Games
Now Jim, you'll shoot up all your Russian primed brass!
Be interesting to chronograph them vs. the Colibris.
Be interesting to chronograph them vs. the Colibris.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rapid response strategy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 637
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Armadillo in the kitchen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 447
Armadillo in the kitchen
We have been having some fun discussing these unusual critters, their destructive habits, their relationship with Hansen's Disease, their suitability as table fare and other fun topics. There is a seven-page thread on armadillo hunting over on castboolits.com, and a Cajun gentleman named Gary from B...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CWD article - prions are pretty scary...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 638
Re: CWD article - prions are pretty scary...
Doc, they sure are. I am still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a "misfolded protein molecule" being able to wreak such havoc. My youngest brother is a retired attorney for the USFWS in Colorado. One of the toughest jobs he had was negotiating liquidation agreements with landowner...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A classic: the .44 Russian
- Replies: 13
- Views: 908
Re: A classic: the .44 Russian
Brian, I agree.
Hope you are well!
Hope you are well!
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A classic: the .44 Russian
- Replies: 13
- Views: 908
Re: A classic: the .44 Russian
Well, the Russian did not disappoint. I had loaded twenty rounds of 6.0 of Unique, WLP in Starline brass under the Lee 429-240-2R and 10 rounds of 6.0 of Unique, WLP in Winchester .44 Special brass under the same bullet. Just shooting informally offhand at about 15 yards, the Russians made about hal...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love old model Rugers
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3499
Re: I love old model Rugers
That's some mighty accurate shooting, Jim. Love the recessed crown.