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by samsi
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lets talk power
Replies: 11
Views: 354

Re: Lets talk power

Miroku 1895 in .338-'06 would be pretty neat.
by samsi
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
Replies: 29
Views: 692

Re: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load

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...
by samsi
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SPAMMERS
Replies: 26
Views: 602

Re: SPAMMERS

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. ...
by samsi
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421
Replies: 22
Views: 894

Re: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421

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...
by samsi
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421
Replies: 22
Views: 894

Re: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421

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...
by samsi
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
Replies: 25
Views: 828

Re: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...

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?
by samsi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP Loads
Replies: 16
Views: 513

Re: 45 ACP Loads

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.
by samsi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP Loads
Replies: 16
Views: 513

Re: 45 ACP Loads

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...
by samsi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missed it by that much!
Replies: 8
Views: 347

Re: Missed it by that much!

I can relate, I do pretty much the same thing when it's time to apply for deer or elk tags!
by samsi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP Loads
Replies: 16
Views: 513

45 ACP Loads

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...
by samsi
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Oh, they don't REALLY want to take all the guns ...
Replies: 2
Views: 178

Re: Oh, they don't REALLY want to take all the guns ...

We've literally reached the point of lunatics running the asylum...
by samsi
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good old flattop
Replies: 31
Views: 1735

Re: Good old flattop

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...
by samsi
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421
Replies: 22
Views: 894

Re: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421

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 ...
by samsi
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421
Replies: 22
Views: 894

Re: .44 Special Loads Over The Years - All With bullet #429421

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...
by samsi
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Biden BINGO
Replies: 2
Views: 269

Re: Biden BINGO

It's missing Ice Cream, Corn Pop and Dogface Pony Soldier.
by samsi
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went to a gun show today
Replies: 21
Views: 1589

Re: Went to a gun show today

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...
by samsi
Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Replies: 31
Views: 2388

Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911

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...
by samsi
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nickel brass
Replies: 15
Views: 757

Re: Nickel brass

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.
by samsi
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3.5 inch .357
Replies: 16
Views: 893

Re: 3.5 inch .357

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.
by samsi
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Replies: 27
Views: 1752

Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?

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.
by samsi
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Replies: 11
Views: 773

Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....

That is an unsettling picture, the stuff nightmares are made of.
by samsi
Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Replies: 78
Views: 5548

Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.

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.
by samsi
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
Replies: 13
Views: 621

Re: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin

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.
by samsi
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seventy-nine years ago today
Replies: 8
Views: 455

Re: Seventy-nine years ago today

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...
by samsi
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Replies: 43
Views: 3017

Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic

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 ...
by samsi
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another funny meme
Replies: 7
Views: 439

Re: Another funny meme

I think a bus is more comfortable at this point, and judging by recent news stories the clientele is similar.
by samsi
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Replies: 78
Views: 5548

Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.

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.
by samsi
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:18 pm
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...

Mark Novak has a Youtube video on replacing a broken trigger stud (iirc) on a Model 29. You might get some ideas from it.
by samsi
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
Replies: 23
Views: 1128

Re: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena

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....
by samsi
Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sometimes I wonder why I bother
Replies: 28
Views: 1981

Re: Sometimes I wonder why I bother

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...
by samsi
Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 44 special vs 9mm
Replies: 10
Views: 963

Re: 44 special vs 9mm

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.
by samsi
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company
Replies: 16
Views: 1190

Re: The Lyman 429667 from Western Bullet Company

Missed this topic the first time around, but I like the looks of these. Someone at Lyman did their homework.
by samsi
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recoil as I age
Replies: 44
Views: 2700

Re: Recoil as I age

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...
by samsi
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another old article from the old Sixgunner.com website
Replies: 6
Views: 557

Re: Another old article from the old Sixgunner.com website

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.
by samsi
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evolution of a Levergun
Replies: 18
Views: 1198

Re: Evolution of a Levergun

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...
by samsi
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite leather dressing
Replies: 15
Views: 964

Re: Favorite leather dressing

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.
by samsi
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Western Bullet Company
Replies: 5
Views: 421

Re: Western Bullet Company

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.
by samsi
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "We Never Saw Any Bears..."
Replies: 22
Views: 1187

Re: "We Never Saw Any Bears..."

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.
by samsi
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POI changes
Replies: 5
Views: 350

Re: POI changes

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!).
by samsi
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Christmas is no longer relevant.
Replies: 5
Views: 432

Re: Christmas is no longer relevant.

Good one! (I LOL'd)
by samsi
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This is really incredible
Replies: 42
Views: 1793

Re: This is really incredible

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.
by samsi
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brett Cooper at T-Rex Arms Range
Replies: 8
Views: 475

Re: Brett Cooper at T-Rex Arms Range

I've never heard of her, mainly because I evidently live under a rock, but that was pretty cool. Maybe there is hope for the future. :D
by samsi
Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Office backpack cleanout - possibly humorous
Replies: 13
Views: 586

Re: Office backpack cleanout - possibly humorous

I can relate, have a Maxpedition Jumbo Versapack I've been dragging around for over 10 years. Every now & again it feels heavier and it's time to cull the surplus. The energy bars are particularly humorous since they end up hard, unbreakable lumps when they're years past the "best by" ...
by samsi
Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

A friend gave me some 85 grain FN .312's that I thought would be pretty neat loaded in 32 Long brass. It turned out that there was enough of a lateral POI shift vs. my .32 H&R load to make it a non-starter for me. Just something to consider if the short case exhibits the same.
by samsi
Wed Nov 29, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This is a new broken part
Replies: 32
Views: 1168

Re: This is a new broken part

I doubt that's from the factory but who knows. In any case the last person to assemble it was evidently a graduate of The School for the Mechanically Declined (yes, that's a Far Side reference).
by samsi
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Broke my Dillon!
Replies: 34
Views: 2447

Re: Broke my Dillon!

I was not expecting that! (runs off to look at back side of 550...)
by samsi
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving / Andy Larsson
Replies: 8
Views: 501

Re: Happy Thanksgiving / Andy Larsson

jkbrea wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:10 pm I have no idea why this picture is sideways….

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Because those antlers won't fit on the screen normally!!! :shock:
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Yeah, that's a pretty spectacular Bullwinkle!
by samsi
Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a bit more airplane talk
Replies: 4
Views: 248

Re: a bit more airplane talk

I take it that your dad was a Bonanza Airlines pilot? I knew a few of the old Bonanza/Hughes guys. Most all are gone now, but they had some great stories. I've only seen 2 flyable T50's that I can recall. One belonged to Frank Borman, who had a couple really neat airplanes and would bring one over t...
by samsi
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cool and Wet today
Replies: 3
Views: 175

Re: Cool and Wet today

A co-worker who was also a gun guy and I got some Colibris and had the bright idea that we could build a backstop of 2x10's in a storage room at work. Equipped with the Colibris and a K22 we commenced our break time target practice, only to be pelted by the Colibri bullets bouncing off the lumber - ...
by samsi
Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mod 64 day
Replies: 11
Views: 890

Re: Mod 64 day

I've got a 64 Deluxe that appears to have ridden a lot of miles in a saddle scabbard to where it isn't so deluxe anymore, but it's still tight and shoots good. I feel the 64 is possibly the easiest handling offhand hunting rifle ever, need to get mine out more often. I passed up a cheap 64 in .32WS ...