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And there are a lot of poorer choices out there (other self-defense chamberings) than the "anemic" factory 246 gr. l.r.n..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Na73eUbcw&pp=ygUfZ3VuIHNhbSByZXZvbHZlciBhZmljaW9uYWRvIC40NA%3D%3D Fast forward to about 6 minute mark to see .44 spec. gel pene...

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I prefer older films myself. Matter of fact The Thin Man is on TCM right now. Good explosion (and agenda) free entertainment, the old time writers were pretty clever.

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The defrost control in my truck was stuck and wouldn't move over to the floor/heater position. When it finally broke loose it dumped a pile of .22LR hulls on the floor like a slot machine. It was then that I remembered the rainy day I spent shooting a 1022 out the window, oblivious to the empties sk...

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I showed up at our local range one time with a pencil barrel Model 10 and coffee can of reloads. The RO spotted it and ambled over. He turned out to be a retired Deputy Sheriff, and of course his first duty gun was a Model 10. We agreed that if you couldn't have a good time with a 10 and a can of am...

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I have been sorely tempted by the .22 Low Wall, think it would be dandy for a lazy afternoon of burning up rimfire ammo.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:35 am I’m not sure why they went with such a short front sight. They had to figure that we would want to shoot them.

I said pretty much the same thing when they came out, along with "Didn't they look at Elmer's guns before they did this ?"

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Kind of making me want to go shoot my Single Six Special! I have a bunch of 250 cast bullets but no Unique. I do have Universal which is just a tad slower. Though no data for it with 250s. You can use the same data as Unique. Start with 6 gr and work up if you feel the need. You may decide to stop ...

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I really like that front sight setup. The one place that Lipsey's & Ruger screwed up on those was using a too-short front sight. I removed the rear sight base springs from mine and screwed it down tight, but still had to file about .012" from the rear blade to zero it. The Flattop .45 got t...

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I recall that the WWB 240 load has been discussed here as pretty speedy in carbines, but those numbers are suspicious. Even with tight throats and minimal cylinder gap I wouldn't expect that kind of increase. On the plus side, that beefy Redhawk cylinder isn't going to let go. Are the velocity numbe...

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Miroku 1895 in .338-'06 would be pretty neat.

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I'd go with the most powerful load that I can shoot accurately. It's been a while but I sometimes play with something I call The Bear Drill, one shot on each of three paper plates on successively lower stands at 25, 15 and 3 yards, Par time is 3 seconds. I've pulled it off with both a Guide Gun (sta...

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Thanks for keeping the board clean, it's been quite a while since I've seen any of those spam type posts on here myself. I guess that I should also consider myself lucky that I wasn't zapped for having a non-gunny username. SAMSI is actually an acronym based on a contrived job title I had long ago. ...

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Thank you for the information. I've been wanting to try PowerPistol for a couple of years, but haven't picked any up yet. For a while it was pretty hard to find. I've been really happy with it in 44 mag (medium loads) & Special, both 45ACP & Colt, and 38 Special. If it weren't for the scarc...

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I have found that 7.0 gr of Power Pistol at about 840 fps works better for me than any other combination using 429421 bullets. Thanks, I've yet to try PP. Is that into the +P territory or just standard pressure? 8.2 grains is max at standard pressure with Power Pistol and the Keith bullet (accordin...

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It is a curious one. 6AM warrant, was he a bad guy or did he believe that he was the victim of a home invasion?

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JimT wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:21 pm
It'll do most everything you need it to do at that velocity.

Yeah, I'm thinking the same. Pretty close to traditional 45 Colt performance and that's what the ACP was supposed to be.

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Thanks for all the replies. I was going to do some shooting today to see if I could do better with the Unique load, but the weather has other ideas - blowing 30+ mph with a bit of rain now and again. Jim, I've used that 230FP as well and been impressed with the accuracy, although I'm only pushing it...

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I can relate, I do pretty much the same thing when it's time to apply for deer or elk tags!

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Rather than derail JimT's 44 Special thread I'm starting this one. Back when I started reloading I initially learned on the 45ACP. Having read everything I came across by Jeff Cooper (in addition to Skelton and Keith) I had some ideas about load performance and (I thought) fairly realistic expectati...

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We've literally reached the point of lunatics running the asylum...

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I have a new model Blackhawk 44spl Flattop that is one of my favorite revolvers. I've got the same one, closest thing to a factory version of Keith's No.5 that's ever come along. There was a period of time after the .44 Special Flattops had been out for a while where I'd see used ones for around $4...

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In recent years I'd settled on 8.5 Power Pistol with the Keith bullet, but that was before Alliant powders got scarce around these parts. 8 grains of Universal also makes for a good load and I've been meaning to do a direct comparison with Unique at the same charge weight. My light load with magma ...

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In recent years I'd settled on 8.5 Power Pistol with the Keith bullet, but that was before Alliant powders got scarce around these parts. 8 grains of Universal also makes for a good load and I've been meaning to do a direct comparison with Unique at the same charge weight. My light load with magma s...

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It's missing Ice Cream, Corn Pop and Dogface Pony Soldier.

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We have a small show locally about twice a year. The only thing that makes it worthwhile are a couple guys who collect old bullet moulds and loading tools. There's sometimes good stuff they're unloading. Other than that it takes about 15 minutes to see the whole thing. Back in the '90's when I worke...

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I've had 4 of them, all pre-Series II guns. Kimber's slides and frames are good quality and the early guns were well put together, though QC started to slide right around Y2K. Their biggest issue outside of sometimes sloppy assembly is longevity of the MIM parts. The surface hardening of the MIM ham...

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I had some nickel plated 44 Special cases that split resizing after the first reload. Don't recall the make, Federal maybe. On the other hand I've got nickel 38 Spl cases like Griff's that have been reloaded many times with the plating wearing through.

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Pre-27? Very nice. The 5 and 3 1/2" barrels seem to be the Goldilocks lengths when it comes to N frames, odd that they made comparatively few of them given their popularity.

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I've only had one .357 and never owned a .41, so in my limited experience the .44's have been the most consistently accurate out of the box. I've had a couple .45's that were spectacular after opening the throats, but as-built, not so much.

samsi

That is an unsettling picture, the stuff nightmares are made of.

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A friend once had an old Hollis & Sons 10 gauge coach gun that I got to try out once with 16 pellet 00, brass hull BP loads. It was a formidable piece of ordnance. He offered to sell it to me but much to my regret I didn't go for it, no idea what became of it after he passed.

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Thanks for posting this. I'm embarrassed to admit that most of what I know about Australia's part in the War in the Pacific has only come from the History Channel.

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Thanks for the reminder. The father of my best friend from high school hit the beach at Iwo as a sergeant (real Old Corps, enlisted in '38). It was his third "hot" beach landing, and he'd never told any of his kids about it until I was home on leave from the Marines one time. His family st...

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Neither my doctor or me were concerned about my enlarged prostate which I had for 3 years, that is until my PSA jumped from 1.34 to 14.78 between annual checkups. I think the ol' digital (as in finger up the exit) is a great initial exam to locate lumps, and if anything found, then followed by MRI ...

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I think a bus is more comfortable at this point, and judging by recent news stories the clientele is similar.

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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.

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Mark Novak has a Youtube video on replacing a broken trigger stud (iirc) on a Model 29. You might get some ideas from it.

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This is too funny, I had a similar experience. I've only started reloading 9mm in the last couple years, but I had spent a number of hours depriming a pile of brass and when I had finished I spotted a quart container of absolutely gigantic bucket-like cases on the bench. They turned out to be 45ACP....

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The last few years my usual field load for the 44 Special has been the Keith bullet with 8.5 Power Pistol, just cracks 1000 fps from a 5 1/2" barrel. Last night I figured it was time to get reacquainted with the Skeeter load and did up 100 rounds with 7.5 Unique. Haven't done that in a while bu...

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The 9 is definitely harsher on the ears. Regarding the 45acp-44Special comparison, I try not to shoot anything without ear pro these days but my younger self didn't find a 5" 1911 objectionable though a Commander would make my ears ring - both outdoors. Indoors anything is bad, some are worse.

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Missed this topic the first time around, but I like the looks of these. Someone at Lyman did their homework.

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30 years ago I could shoot 200 rounds of 44 mag and think nothing of it, now my 44 sessions are 40-50 rounds of medium loads with a cylinder or two of full throttle loads thrown in at the end. Even at that my hands will ache the next day. I shot for 4 hours last Sunday, which is about 1 1/2 hours lo...

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Yes it does. I'm the guy swapping 3-4 guns these days, but I remember how good I got when I used to stick with one.

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My little Sis has a Henry for a barnyard gun, it's the only one I have ever used but seems pretty decent. I've never been able to talk myself into one since the Winchester 9422 ruined me for anything else as a kid. Funny, like Tycer I stopped at a local shop yesterday and they had an Ithaca 49 on th...

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Careful with the Neatsfoot, a little goes a long way. Too much can ruin leather.

I use Obenaufs when things get too dry, otherwise I leave it alone.

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I've ordered from them quite a few times, it's a good source for trying some of the older numbers without having to source a mould. It generally takes at least a month for a package to show up at the door.

A friend has purchased some old moulds from him and the deals reportedly went well also.

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A few years back we were in Florida and stopped at a place called Manatee Lagoon or some-such. There wasn't a single sea cow evident, but we got the refrigerator magnet to show for it.

Personally, I'm generally good with not seeing bears.

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I guess this is one of those Everyone's-experiences-are-different scenarios. I've actually experienced less variation with a .357 carbine than with other rifles. My '06 is drastically different shooting 150's vs 165's. Now I'm going to take another look (oh no, another excuse for a range day!).

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Good one! (I LOL'd)

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That's one of Skeeter's best, although he wrote on the .357 quite a bit. There's another where he laid out his idea of the perfect .357, which I believe strongly influenced the Lipsey's 5" half-lug GP100. I bet if Ol' Skeeter was still around he'd be tickled with the FA97.

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