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JimT

A friend and I wrecked a Charter Arms shooting 8 gr. Unique and the Keith SWC. Stretched the frame.

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All Loads Below Are With bullet #429421 From Elmer Keith in the late 1950's Light loads 5.0 gr. Bullseye Target loads 7.5 gr. Unique Heavy Loads 18.5 gr. 2400 in the older balloon-head cases. In modern solid head cases, cut the powder charge to 17.0 grains. 1960's Lyman Reloading Manual Unique - mi...

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interesting signature Jim. where did you learn Portuguese? just curious. I think it is the most beautiful romance language to listen to. grizz Can't say I have "learned" it ... have enough to get by ... :D Portuguese is the Official Language of Mozambique. Living there 6 years you tend to...

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I tried that 16.5 gr 2400 load today and I think it might be too much of a good thing. Every gun is is a story unto itself. I have been using that load for nearly 20 years, but that does not mean it's OK in other sixguns. I will admit I shot a whole lot more of the Unique loads than I do of the 240...

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piller wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 8:07 pm .357 Magnum is kinda tough on the ears when coming out of a pistol.

I can say from personal experience that when you fire a full house .357 from a 4 5/8" barrel in an adrenaline-filled experience you don't even hear it, consciously. I've had the same experience with high velocity rifles.

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I was kinda hopin' they got away. I don't have a lot of sympathy for backslidden preachers, having been one.

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Very interesting! Thanks, Jim, I appreciate your TLAR theory. It seemed to be close enough it worked. :D I remember John Linebaugh driving engineers at Hornady nuts when they asked him about his testing procedure developing the .475 Linebaugh. He said, It was raining so I drove out to my range, rol...

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Jim, when and where do you apply the Lee Liquid Alox? Do you put it only on the exposed part of the bullet immediately before loading them into your revolver? Your picture above does not show hollow-base bullets. Are those bullets the ones with which you shot the targets shown? Do the heels ride th...

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Here are 50 years of news articles about climate change that have never happened.

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-yea ... edictions/

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I would shoot it first, with several different loads. I have seen "rung" barrels give decent accuracy, though I confess my only experience with them is with handguns. A friend brought his Colt Gold Cup that had a stuck bullet fired out of it and it bulged the barrel, locking the slide abou...

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The smartest thing I ever did was to buy 2,000 pieces of brass when Starline made the special run with the Shootists head stamp. I still have one of the boxes Jeff Quinn sent me. We bought the 2000 pieces of Shootists brass when that was offered. I gave some to Shootists who weren't around when tha...

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Jim, the "heel type" .44 bullets shown have an exceedingly short bearing surface. They must have been lubricated in some way. I've heard of "outside" lubricated bullets that were notorious for picking up dirt and other contaminants. I can't imagine being able to put sufficient l...

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The .44 Colt was an American centerfire revolver cartridge produced commercially from 1871 until the 1940s. The cartridge was developed for the United States Army, and introduced by Colt's Patent Firearms around 1871. The Army used it until 1873, at which time it was replaced by the better known .45...

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Jim......I tried your 2400 load and was rewarded with 6 on a playing card. That was at 20 yards off bags. 429421 cast of COWW from my 5.5" Bisley. Hope to try further out later this week. TomF That's great! I have a friend who has taken hogs with that load. It works well in what I've shot it in.

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https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/truth-45-long-colt/ The article states: "The chambering selected was a .45 caliber black powder cartridge manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, CT. Based on the slightly older 44 Colt round, this new cartridge used the same rebate...

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I believe the Schofield was the same length, but a larger rim diameter. I think the powder charge and bullet weight were the same as the short .45 Colt. I was told that Cartridges of the World has the story of the short .45 Colt and the long .45 Colt and the difference of the Schofield though I have...

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I don't know if there are users of this Forum who haven't read it, but here it is just in case ..... Speaking of "short" .45 Colts Elmer Keith wrote "...Some newcomers to the game claim there is no such animal, but if they had shot the short variety that Remington turned out in such ...

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".... you don't need no teeth for kissing gals or smoking cheap cigars ...."
But I have had several gals tell me differently .... jus' sayin' ....

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Were you at the Holiday the year we had a group in that did this song? It was the first time I had heard it and I loved it!

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I have no clue as to why a lot of people are the way they are.
But then, sometimes I don't know why I am the way I am!

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Looks good Jimbo……BUT…..it’s missing OUR favorite ingredients which I plan on July 4th………..coal tar railroad ties and a few tires thrown in……..in your neck of the woods those things go unnoticed….around here twenty cars will stop with the FD coming…..I’ve done it before and had no intention of bein...

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finally getting around to burning the brush and tree branches that were broken during the ice storm in the winter. Plus we trimmed a lot of the trees, gathered up scrap lumber we had left over from some building projects, and tossed in other stuff that could be burned. The wind was out of the North ...

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:lol: :lol: One step forward, three steps back. Had a DR apt Thursday, went out, got in the van, .... nothing, battery totally dead. Reschedule appointment. These Chrysler vans have so much electronics on them I don't know what to turn off . Way too complex for me. :roll: Joe Maybe disconnect the b...

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Spent time on the phone with him today. Next best thing to face-to-face ...

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RIDERED350r wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 11:19 am Credit to whome it is due, the 1911 is one of many magnificent John Browning designs. It's not Colt they are copying, its Mr. Browning.

Sure ... that goes for most every firearm ... but the people who produced the design for the public get credit also.

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Some of those old Colt double actions were ugly and some did not work well, the internals being fragile. The truly "classic" Colts are the Model P and the 1911. Everyone and their cousins have copied them. Today, how many companies have made or are making 1911's? A&R Sales Accuracy X A...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 6:44 am Jim, you must remember that I roomed with you at my first Holiday. I’m still afraid that Rene Brost will publish that photograph of you and me outside of the Competitor Housing!

I am at the age, Scott, where I really don't mind if she does.

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I’m loading ammo for the Holiday right now, but I’m thinking that I never shoot that much because I enjoy visiting so much! But I’m sure I’ll have plenty of.45 Colt. I stay far enough ahead these days that all I have to do is decide which ammo can I am gonna take. My guns and ammo are ready for the...

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Great story! You could try "The Ultimate Solution" .....

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Thank you Scott. I love hearing good news.

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We came upon the camp quite unawares. We did not know anyone was camped back in these hills and were not expecting to meet anyone. It was a long ways from anywhere. We had been backpacking, heading into the backcountry for several days and it was just about time for us to stop for the evening when w...

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Everyone has their own way of doing many things. And it doesn't mean other ways don't work or aren't OK. I like hearing about other ways of doing things, even if I don't plan on trying it. Knowledge stored up CAN be used if needed. I hate some places where, if you post some thing that is different, ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 7:32 am Jim, I bet you could put any revolver with Colt guts back together blindfolded.

I do know I have taken apart more than a few over the years.

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Very nice Jim! So, tell us more about the homemade FFg powder! :D It's black. Large granules. Goes "BANG" and smokes. That's all I know. I did not make it. Some friends came to visit and one of them makes his own powder. He gave me a pound of it. I loaded some in the .38 S&W cases for...

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I love shooting my 1862 Colt Police .36 but man! This 1851 Navy is running a close race! Took it to the Range today to try out Triple 7 and some home-made 2Fg black powder. I set up at 20 yards and managed to fire about 30 shots an hour. The Triple 7 gave the best results. No surprise as it has give...

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Bob Hatfield wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 8:21 am For some reason, I feel naked if I have a caliber that I cannot handload for.

I can identify with that! I even reload .22 Long Rifles .....

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Good job! I have used 150 gr. spire point Silvertips with great results in my 94.

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It was a WEATHER BALLOON >>> A WEATHER BALLOON!

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I am glad you came through it OK and were able to be help. The problem with those kinds of situations is you cannot tell which is the good guy and which is the bad guy. They both may be bad guys. It could be the good guy took off just to get clear of the scene or because he was scared or wounded.

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Because you can:

Make a tool to flat nose round nose 9mm bullets

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Shoot 'em into sand and see what they do compared to standard round nose
Flat-nose:

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Round nose:

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My dad taught me to handload, beginning when I was about 10 years old. I have been handloading for a long time. When people ask me about the cost I try to explain that while they will not save any money by handloading, they will shoot a whole lot more for the money they spend. And as you said, there...

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Thinking about this subject and remembering times when an emergency happened that required I grab a gun, I don't believe I ever made a conscious choice as to caliber. I needed a gun immediately and took what was at hand. Sometimes it was a shotgun. Sometimes it was a rifle. Sometimes it was a handgu...

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THE FINAL WORD OF AUTHORITY ... from the Lone Ranger himself!

Thank you Sixgun.

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You'll know if you're ever on the verge of too light when you do the following test: hold the gun (loaded) in the vertical position, muzzle down, bring level and fire across a chronograph. Note velocity, now do the opposite; hold gun in the vertical (muzzle up) for a second before bringing the gun ...

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Pull a factory Remington or Winchester .45 Colt and look at the dinky powder charge the factories use. They don't seem concerned and been doing it for longer than most of us have been alive.

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Yes I would.
IF there were no way to avoid it.
The best place to be in a gunfight is not there.

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.... as simple as a bullet getting stuck in the barrel. Just for fun one day I loaded extremely light loads of Bullseye under a 260 gr. cast bullet in the .45 Colt and fired it straight up outside the door of my shop. I wanted to get a bullet to go up no higher than about 15 or 20 feet. The first s...

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I have had decent accuracy with 700-X

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In nearly 70 years of shooting I have heard about "powder position" and "detonations" etc. etc. I have never had an accuracy problem with light powder charges in large sixgun cartridges. I don't know about rifles. I do not believe you can carry what works in rifles to sixguns or ...

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