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by samsi
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A TALE OF TWO BULLETS
Replies: 8
Views: 866

Re: A TALE OF TWO BULLETS

Scott, no pictures to share, but I think the main thing is to seat the bullet deep enough that the roll crimp doesn't damage the front band. I deep seat quite a bit in the .44 mag using 44 Special data and OAL's. There's generally plenty of space between the front band and the crimp going that route...
by samsi
Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Culina's
Replies: 7
Views: 813

Re: Culina's

Yes they are. How's the fit?
by samsi
Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Morning Was Free So
Replies: 14
Views: 1221

Re: My Morning Was Free So

I haven't done any casting in ages, and to make matters worse I got an H&G #51 158swc mold at a yard sale last year that I need to try out. I did get as far as digging out the lead pot earlier this winter, but it seems that procrastination may be my superpower.
by samsi
Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to tell if you’re Middle Aged...
Replies: 11
Views: 1392

Re: How to tell if you’re Middle Aged...

Crusaders looking younger … :lol: Actually, I deal with airmen from Holloman AFB on a regular basis and a lot of them look like 9th-graders to me. Happened to me a couple years ago, walked into the radio room and encountered what I later described as "a little kid with glasses sitting at the d...
by samsi
Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tom Mix on a Henderson motorcycle
Replies: 25
Views: 2231

Re: Tom Mix on a Henderson motorcycle

Yeah, the growth is astounding. I've been here since the '80's, just at the tail end of pre-growth boom AZ. Spent the first 15 years around Mesa until it got too crowded. Speaking of Florence, Jack O'Connor spent his summers there with an uncle as a boy. Read about that in his book Horse & Buggy...
by samsi
Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Amazon Basin - back in the day
Replies: 17
Views: 1732

Re: The Amazon Basin - back in the day

Bronco wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:29 pm Had me hooked, line and sinker :D
Me too!
by samsi
Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tom Mix on a Henderson motorcycle
Replies: 25
Views: 2231

Re: Tom Mix on a Henderson motorcycle

For years I drove past the TOM MIX MONUMENT at least several times a month. It is where he was killed in a car wreck. It's on the Florence Highway (State Route 79) about halfway between Oracle Junction and Florence, AZ. mix1.jpg mix2.jpg For years people kept stealing the horse off the top of the m...
by samsi
Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting handguns from a rest
Replies: 25
Views: 2352

Re: Shooting handguns from a rest

I've done some pretty good shooting off a rest, as well as some pretty bad. Prefer to just rest my forearms and not the gun, though if you've got a soft rest like a rolled up towel over a tool bag the gun doesn't seem to mind. I sorta favor the seated back rest position myself these days, keep a 2 1...
by samsi
Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger Red Label 20 ga
Replies: 15
Views: 1240

Re: Ruger Red Label 20 ga

I was loaned a blued one for dove season back around '98, I took a liking to it. Light and handy, for an American gun anyhow. I'm a lousy wingshooter, so it was choked a little tight for me, did a lot better on the longer shots than the close stuff. I remember it having an automatic safety, that kin...
by samsi
Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bears are out early
Replies: 13
Views: 1078

Re: Bears are out early

Snattlerakes are out already too, time to readjust one's awareness when walking about.
by samsi
Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pistol Sights and sunshine
Replies: 8
Views: 936

Re: Pistol Sights and sunshine

It is nice when you can shoot with the sun at your back, but it sure doesn't work out that way a lot of the time. The last can of the Birchwood-Casey spray on sight black I had ran out some years ago, and since then I've gotten lazy and just use Flat Black Krylon. It takes a lot longer to wear off t...
by samsi
Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why do I want this?
Replies: 18
Views: 1871

Re: Why do I want this?

Why? Because you're a Sherlock Holmes fan? That's partly my reason anyhow.
by samsi
Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More .45 Colt Stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 701

Re: More .45 Colt Stuff

The first load I put together when I got my first 45 Colt revolver was a 255 SWC over 8.5 of Unique. I enjoy a little variety these days, sometimes I use 8.5 of either Universal or Power Pistol. They're all good. With the 225 RN ACP bullet I like 6.6-ish of W231, nice range load and not too spunky f...
by samsi
Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 450 Alaskan Reloading / Loads
Replies: 21
Views: 2337

Re: 450 Alaskan Reloading / Loads

The only thing I've ever shot in mine is the Oregon Trail 405 over 42 grains of 5744, sort of an energetic plinking load I guess. Recently I loaded up 20 rounds what was billed as a "good deer load" with the Hornady 300 gr. hollow point over 58 grains of 3031 from a late '80's/early '90's ...
by samsi
Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The .45 Cowboy Spl. experiment was.. interesting
Replies: 21
Views: 1745

Re: The .45 Cowboy Spl. experiment was.. interesting

The most accurate load I've found using CS brass in a Colt chamber is with Matt's Bullets version of the 240 Keith Auto Rim bullet over Universal, though a 230TC with 5.8 Unique isn't too bad either. Throats on both my Blackhawk and Redhawk have been reamed to .4525", the Blackhawk shot pattern...
by samsi
Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got bullets?
Replies: 6
Views: 1016

Re: Got bullets?

I got some of those to try in the 32 H&R last month, loaded a few yesterday. Need to get out and shoot a few now. I've gotten pretty good results from OT's bullets, probably the best out there when it comes to Magma machine produced stuff.
by samsi
Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: American Bulldog contestant number 4
Replies: 31
Views: 1653

Re: American Bulldog contestant number 4

Cowboy Special brass works fine in a Ruger ACP cylinder, though I trimmed mine back .010" just to be on the safe side with heavy bullets, a roll crimp and +P loads.

Have heard of folks getting the cylinder faced to headspace AR brass, but I don't have enough around to warrant it.
by samsi
Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unsafe loading practice
Replies: 32
Views: 2639

Re: Unsafe loading practice

Yeah. that was back when I was trying to keep track of my autoloader brass. but with other stuff getting mixed in it was futile. Around 20 years ago I discovered that a friend had been reloading the same batch of ACP brass since the early '80's - most of his headstamps were worn clean off. I didn't ...
by samsi
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unsafe loading practice
Replies: 32
Views: 2639

Re: Unsafe loading practice

it's impossible to make anything fool proof because fools are so ingenious. Or one of my favorite sayings, "every time they improve something to make it idiot proof, they improve the idiot". One of my favorites is Skeeter Skelton's "The planet is producing imbeciles faster than they ...
by samsi
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unsafe loading practice
Replies: 32
Views: 2639

Re: Unsafe loading practice

Don`t take me wrong i totally agree with the loading method it `s the letting the hammer fall on it`s own i don`t think is safe. Another thing i saw was a guy capping a ML revolver first then loading the chambers, that seems a little dangerous to me too. I worked with a guy who insisted that cappin...
by samsi
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 200 gr wfngc
Replies: 10
Views: 1259

Re: 200 gr wfngc

I couldn't get that Hunter's Supply 190 gr bullet to shoot well at all in a Ballard rifled 35 Remington. The few I had left got shoved into 38 cases with good dose of 4227, for sort of a Pugnose Super Police load. There they shot fine, but print high from an Airweight 38. IIRC I got 670 fps from a ...
by samsi
Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 200 gr wfngc
Replies: 10
Views: 1259

Re: 200 gr wfngc

The April '21 Handloader article on .357 Rifles had data for the 180 LBT-GC with 14.0 of H110 max. It seems that 200's may be at the point of diminishing returns in the 357 case. I've used the Hunter's Supply 190 gr LFN with 11 grains of 2400 (found that data from Ed Harris somewhere online) in revo...
by samsi
Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bought a Remington 760 today. Don't know much about them
Replies: 19
Views: 1809

Re: Bought a Remington 760 today. Don't know much about them

One of my shooting pards has one stocked in the same plastic, but his has been bobbed to 16". It's a handy little flamethrower, though the recoil does start to get old pretty quick.
by samsi
Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt SAA gunsmiths
Replies: 15
Views: 1763

Re: Colt SAA gunsmiths

Never had any work done by him myself, but Bob James in Phoenix had a good reputation. Not sure if he's still around.
by samsi
Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your first (and I hope only) accidental discharge
Replies: 17
Views: 2098

Re: Your first (and I hope only) accidental discharge

I've never had one outside of shooting on a range, both formal & informal (knock wood). Both times, I let a shot go before I was ready (finger off the trigger until sights are on target, duh), and both times it was the first shot single action from a S&W immediately after shooting a Blackhaw...
by samsi
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Late Christmas from Lynn Thompson and Simply Rugged.
Replies: 18
Views: 1342

Re: Late Christmas from Lynn Thompson and Simply Rugged.

Good looking blade Scott, congrats on an awesome present. How does it compare balance-wise to your Bagwell blade? Some years back I looked at the Arizona knife laws, just to be sure that I wasn't running afoul of anything. There really aren't many, but it is (or was) illegal to carry a Bowie (specif...
by samsi
Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the lowest price you paid...
Replies: 29
Views: 3960

Re: What's the lowest price you paid...

Target used to put the Wildcat 22 on sale for $5/brick a couple times a year in the late '70's and I recall the Federal 550 packs at Walmart being 5.97 through the mid to late '90's.

The Monkey Wards ammo is pretty neat, I've never seen that.
by samsi
Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Playing With Primers
Replies: 18
Views: 1795

Re: Playing With Primers

Well, if nothing else, you way seems more fun that simply dropping the decapped primers in oil. I can run the primed case up in the decap/sizer die and never set one off. On the Dillon 550C I can smash them flat sideways, and they don't go off... but... Glad I'm not the only one that smashes the od...
by samsi
Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: We bought this tent that was on sale ..
Replies: 19
Views: 1842

Re: We bought this tent that was on sale ..

I raffed!
by samsi
Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Zombie thread: Loading 45 Colt based on Paco's writings
Replies: 25
Views: 2786

Re: Loading 45 Colt based on Paco's writings

I messed up my shoulder in a motorcycle wreck during my first mid-life crisis, 16-17 years ago. Chiropractic and a massage therapist restored full range of motion, but I still couldn't tolerate any recoil for a couple years. I switched to a .280 from an '06 for my hunting for a while, and use a PACT...
by samsi
Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fun Shots With A Sixgun
Replies: 14
Views: 1714

Re: Fun Shots With A Sixgun

Fun stuff. I know that I've done the upside down trick a time or two with a .22 but don't believe that I've ever done it with a centerfire of any flavor - maybe next range trip. My dad's favorite trick shot was the over-the-shoulder with a mirror thing.
by samsi
Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need new holsters or larger pockets
Replies: 17
Views: 3172

Re: Need new holsters or larger pockets

Very cool, I hope to run across an affordable Fitz...someday. In the meantime I've got a ratty Brazilian K-22 knockoff that I'm thinking about doing the Fitz treatment on one of these days.
by samsi
Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Ruger New Model Grip
Replies: 16
Views: 1841

Re: The Ruger New Model Grip

That would probably look pretty good too - 'looks good, feels good". I end up with a lot of "looks bad, feels good", but it's better than looks bad, feels bad. 😁
by samsi
Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Ruger New Model Grip
Replies: 16
Views: 1841

Re: The Ruger New Model Grip

I've got one of the Lipsey's 45 Flattop convertibles, which have a steel version of the OM frame. Great gun but a bit hefty with the steel frame. I decided to try an aluminum NM frame just too lighten it up a bit. The serious load I'd settled on, 45-270-SAA over HS6, was distinctly less pleasant tha...
by samsi
Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: American Bulldog Experiment Candidate #2
Replies: 45
Views: 5813

Re: American Bulldog Experiment Candidate #2

That's pretty sporty, I like it. Sarge, if it's the XR3-RED grip frame you're talking about, I totally agree. Objectively, seems to me that it puts the balance way out front while managing to make recoil worse than with the old Colt SAA-dimensioned frame. On the other hand, I like the NM trigger, go...
by samsi
Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Uberti 1886 Hunter Lite Rifle
Replies: 15
Views: 2148

Re: Uberti 1886 Hunter Lite Rifle

I was just eyeballing those a couple weeks ago, seems an attractive alternative to a genuine 1886EL. I had an original '86 in 45-90 that had been cut down to Short Rifle configuration at some point. It handled nice but was quite the flamethrower with BP loads.
by samsi
Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Social use of the .30-30
Replies: 55
Views: 9222

Re: Social use of the .30-30

It's a bit embarrassing to admit in this venue, but I never owned a '94 carbine in .30-30 myself until they stopped production in 2007(?). There was a 64 Deluxe, but other than that I was mainly a '92 and sometimes 1886 guy. That all started to change when someone pointed out that the old trienta-tr...
by samsi
Mon Nov 15, 2021 10:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How do you make your chili?
Replies: 36
Views: 3709

Re: How do you make your chili?

I've probably never made chili the same way twice, some pretty good, others not so much. My late ex-MIL who was an Arizona native, and whose family moved here from Texas not long after statehood, claimed (none too politely) that my chili wasn't chili at all, but some kind of bean soup. It almost hur...
by samsi
Mon Nov 15, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An early snake load for revolvers
Replies: 13
Views: 1192

Re: An early snake load for revolvers

Interesting, though they look a bit fragile. How does one carry spare ammo in the field? I'm guessing that simply tossing a few into your pocket is not an option.
by samsi
Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk--RESOLVED!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2489

Re: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:32 pm I tried the Hogues and saw no difference. So I dug deep and found these. Dry firing they feel more solid in my hand. Won’t know till I get back out to the ranch.
That's the ticket. Hope they work out as well for you as they do for me.
by samsi
Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk--RESOLVED!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2489

Re: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk

I used Hogues on the RH back in the 90's, and I think that I picked them up after initially thinking that the Pachmayrs were too large. They were okay, though a little on the narrow side for me. After those I used Butler Creeks before going full circle back to the Pachmayrs. I was at Gary Reeder's l...
by samsi
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk--RESOLVED!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2489

Re: Still having trouble shooting the Redhawk

Are you gripping the piece with a "heel index" as with a single action (plowhandle) grip? For me, I find that a heel index doesn't work well with the Redhawk, too much inconsistency shot to shot. It's a large gun with the thrust/bore line high above the grip, more so than an N frame. I hav...
by samsi
Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Rossi
Replies: 8
Views: 1425

Re: New Rossi

Well, it's not as hideous as what I expected when I clicked the link, that's something. I'd be curious to try one with the dot sight.
by samsi
Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Remington Model 11
Replies: 19
Views: 3052

Re: Remington Model 11

Congrats. Mine was made in '22 and still runs 100%, accounted for a few doves last month. Yours looks a bit nicer than mine.
by samsi
Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 5.5" redhawk article
Replies: 42
Views: 8004

Re: 5.5" redhawk article

Thanks Scott, I'll look into those.
by samsi
Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 5.5" redhawk article
Replies: 42
Views: 8004

Re: 5.5" redhawk article

What make is the slime green front sight? I think that I could get along with that.
by samsi
Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RCBS 45-270-SAA loads quandary
Replies: 41
Views: 18671

Re: RCBS 45-270-SAA loads quandary

The 12.5 HS-6 with the Scoville bullet mentioned early on in this thread has been a winner for me, having used it in both Blackhawks and a 625. In the Ruger Only flavor, 10.0 of Universal (from the Pearce/Handloader writeups) also shot well in my Blackhawk. Going back to the mention of Power Pistol,...
by samsi
Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 5.5" redhawk article
Replies: 42
Views: 8004

Re: 5.5" redhawk article

I sometimes use Auto Rim +P data in Cowboy Special brass, those are a lot of fun.
by samsi
Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 5.5" redhawk article
Replies: 42
Views: 8004

Re: 5.5" redhawk article

Yes, it's one of those from the first batch of 45's around Y2k. Picked it up secondhand/used in '04, probably should've been suspicious as it was relatively cheap.
by samsi
Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HEP! I NEED HEP! with a bullet puller
Replies: 20
Views: 2918

Re: HEP! I NEED HEP! with a bullet puller

Depending on the ogive curve/diameter a .45 collet might work. I've gotten away with using the .30 cal on 8mm's, though the difference is only about .020 not .050.