This is most interesting.....
I have experimented similarly with both slugs and pistol cartridge rifled inserts with nowhere near the positive results you have achieved.
Bravo Zulu !
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- Wed Aug 27, 2025 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Poor Mans Double Rifle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1169
- Fri Aug 22, 2025 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 821
Re: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
"He was as perfectly round as a man can be without bursting open. His arms and legs poked-out to the sides and he greatly resembled a captive helium balloon in a manhattan holiday parade." P.G. Wodehouse 1925
- Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Really interesting photo I'd never seen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1291
Re: Really interesting photo I'd never seen
Then there was Mel Torme. Also said to be fast on the draw.....marlinman93 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 3:48 pm Two famous pistoleros were Sammy Davis Jr. and Kareem Abdull Jabbar. Both competed in fast draw contests and won. I read that Sammy was the fastest draw in Hollywood.
- Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 factory ammo chronographing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 746
Re: 44 factory ammo chronographing
Most Interesting !
Good information !
Good information !
- Tue Aug 12, 2025 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When is "shipped" really shipped?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 929
Re: When is "shipped" really shipped?
I feel your pain wilhelm. This A.I. business is annoying and it is only going to get worse to intolerable. And then there is all of the hacker/grifter flummery with almost every order. How does some creep in bangladesh instantly know when I order from basspro/cabela's ? I seldom order without gettin...
- Tue Aug 12, 2025 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45lc in 410ga Stevens break action
- Replies: 15
- Views: 980
Re: 45lc in 410ga Stevens break action
I have done some experimenting along this line and my advice is carry a solid wiping stick/rod for loosening stuck cases. A 3/8" dowel rod at .375" +/- just barely clears the full choke. .444 marlin cases fit in some .410s and clever round-ball (2 or 3) loads can be crafted. Elongated bull...
- Tue Aug 05, 2025 12:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 240gn xtp expansion tests in 44cal
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1533
Re: 240gn xtp expansion tests in 44cal
Paul Harrell (r.i.p.) meat target explained at about the 24 minute mark.....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFHpckTEXU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFHpckTEXU
- Sat Aug 02, 2025 5:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cartridge Conversion Cylinders
- Replies: 14
- Views: 856
Re: Cartridge Conversion Cylinders
In the process of searching for information on very short-barreled percussion revolvers in general and 1858s in particular I found these..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZFoi0GrIQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz4uIVUv8cs https://m.youtube.com/@johnzx6r/videos The first link ought to be with a H...
- Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cartridge Conversion Cylinders
- Replies: 14
- Views: 856
Re: Cartridge Conversion Cylinders
That is good work on that grip-frame ! I load cylinders off the gun with presses like this..... https://www.oldsouthfirearms.com/revolverloadingstand.aspx Though that example is not very sturdy. This one is a bit sturdier and is multi-caliber..... https://rmcoxyoke.com/product/rmc-revolver-loading-s...
- Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Experiments With a Raven .25 ACP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 835
Re: Experiments With a Raven .25 ACP
The above quote is an excerpt from the article cited.....
Modern tests from lucky gunner folk.....
https://www.luckygunner.com/labs/pocket ... t-results/
Modern tests from lucky gunner folk.....
https://www.luckygunner.com/labs/pocket ... t-results/
- Wed Jul 23, 2025 3:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Experiments With a Raven .25 ACP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 835
Re: Experiments With a Raven .25 ACP
"I have at times carried a .25 acp. It is not always possible to hide a larger gun on your person and the .25 is definitely better than a rock ! I don't have much use for the factory ammo. I tried what's available including the Winchester stuff that is a lead bullet with a BB in the hollow-poin...
- Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .45 Colt Pressure Data
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1111
Re: .45 Colt Pressure Data
I am still searching for the raven .25 acp +p+ article with the spent shotgun primers for bullets. It could be hidden in the articles already posted over there (just added 5 more). Since they are so hard to read in that format I confess to just skimming/scanning so I may have missed it. Found it ! ...
- Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .45 Colt Pressure Data
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1111
Re: .45 Colt Pressure Data
I am still searching for the raven .25 acp +p+ article with the spent shotgun primers for bullets. It could be hidden in the articles already posted over there (just added 5 more). Since they are so hard to read in that format I confess to just skimming/scanning so I may have missed it. https://sixs...
- Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I remember.....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 563
I remember.....
way back in the late nineties and early 2000's the kids used to like to watch this show on the telly on saturdays...... https://m.youtube.com/@TribalTrailsTV/videos Very inspiring & comforting even if a bit too "canadian" culturally speaking..... I find it interesting that their first ...
- Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fishing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 910
Re: Fishing
This is most interesting. The river looks pristine and inviting. I like to wade fish small streams here in the deep south and a diabetic foot condition has prevented me from wading in the past two weeks so my own personal memories and y.t. videos and now your excellent photos are a comfort to me. I ...
- Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Double rifle in .480
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1981
Re: Double rifle in .480
Seeing this and the earlier posts reminded me of watching Jim Clark on the telly build a double rifle on a CZ fowling piece. I think that one was .45-70 if my memory serves. I tried to find that show on y.t. and was unsuccessful but in the process I found this interesting channel..... https://m.yout...
- Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2060
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
You mention #44. If I remember correctly the news from back then he had all of the cash on hand that the treasury had destined to be destroyed.....apparently something they do regularly.....loaded-up on a plane or planes and flown to tehran. Billions.....nigh-on a trillion dollars. Why ? Of all the...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 6:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sons of the Pioneers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 446
Re: Sons of the Pioneers
Robert Ellsworth Patrick Aloysius Brady Original stage name Bob O'Brady. Listed his agent as next of kin during his military service. Fast forward to about 16.19 to see Pat being interviewed https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_JGuMrNOoY&pp=ygUpUGF0dG9uIGFuZCB0aGUgdGhpcmQgYXJteSB3YWx0ZXIgY3JvbmtpdGU%...
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help me understand this gun/ammo pressure situation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 457
Re: Help me understand this gun/ammo pressure situation
This is entertaining.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/
Controversy re. Capt. Hamer's rifle.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/?page_id=434
https://thegreatmodel8.net/
Controversy re. Capt. Hamer's rifle.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/?page_id=434
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2060
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
Some think the persian hierarchy is a crowing rooster.....just an annoyance in international politics but look at all of the violent mischief to us that they have caused since 1983. Nobody......not even Xi or Putin trusts them with a viable nuke.
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:44 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2060
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
You mention #44. If I remember correctly the news from back then he had all of the cash on hand that the treasury had destined to be destroyed.....apparently something they do regularly.....loaded-up on a plane or planes and flown to tehran. Billions.....nigh-on a trillion dollars. Why ? Of all the ...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1289
Re: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxhUrckFwg&pp=ygUpaHR0cHM6Ly9tLnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3dhdGNoP3Y9TVF4aFVyY2tGd2c%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dKvITAIEorI In the summer of 1979 we, a handful of bicycle riding juvenile delinquents, found a garbage bag full of penthouse glossies and a smith & wesso...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1289
Re: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
One chamber in the .357 vaquero needs them to be straightened in a Lee carbide die. Likewise one in the sp-101 and two in the gp-100. The several contender barrels (.357 mag. & max.) all require a bit of sizing with some brands. Surprisingly never had a loose bullet that I knew of after sizing ....
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A memorable Levergun Hunt
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1753
Re: A memorable Levergun Hunt
Wow !
Bravo Zulu ! as they used to say......
and such a unique and thoughtful choice of firearm, cartridge and traditional projectile......
Wow again !
Bravo Zulu ! as they used to say......
and such a unique and thoughtful choice of firearm, cartridge and traditional projectile......
Wow again !
- Mon May 26, 2025 7:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "And a .32 gun in his pocket for fun ..."
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1526
Re: "And a .32 gun in his pocket for fun ..."
I've shot quite a few 7.65×17 mm SR as they say in froggy across the pond. That 3" at 50' or the metric equivalent is very optimistic in my opinion. Minute of medium pizza box has been my experience. I've taught scores of gatos some manners with near misses but they soon forget and climb up on ...
- Sat May 24, 2025 7:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1412
Re: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
This morning's experiment along this line actually started with a bowl of grits with a slice of souse melted into it.
And of course, the confounded auto correct kept trying to change "souse" to "spouse".....
And of course, the confounded auto correct kept trying to change "souse" to "spouse".....
- Wed May 21, 2025 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1412
pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
Since just a wee pup my favourite sandwich cold cut has been brawn - headcheese - souse.....more often than not grocery store zeigler brand. But after a serious bout of listeria I shy away from unwarmed cold cuts. Well you cannot exactly warm headcheese as it melts into an unappetizing goo when the ...
- Wed May 14, 2025 2:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Who saves vegetable seeds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1094
Re: OT- Who saves vegetable seeds
Circa '81 or '82 we planted about forty hills of previously saved watermelon seeds and had 4-5 vines per hill grow to melons so you can imagine just how many melons we had. That garden spot lay on a slight rise from the road so folk could drive by and see all of those huge melons. We caught some bla...
- Sat May 10, 2025 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A knock on the door.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1352
Re: A knock on the door.
That confounded chino-microbe sure put a screeching halt for several years to both the "russellites" and the l.d.s. visitors but I guess they're back at it. I remember somewhere around 30 years ago the "russellites" began to come visiting in numbers for their own safety. One day ...
- Wed May 07, 2025 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooters world powder
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1523
- Mon May 05, 2025 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CINCO DE MAYO
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3105
Re: CINCO DE MAYO
And here I was logging-in to see the different versions of the jars of hellman's in the sink.....around here, it's jars of dukes'
- Sun Apr 27, 2025 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a gifting opportunity to Africans
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5993
Re: a gifting opportunity to Africans
This is most interesting. I remember from way back hearing references to t.w.r. programs and projects. Internet searching their history and personal reviews and testimonies nets no evidence of exorbitant salaries & the like. We have been long supporters of samaritan's purse but mister g's report...
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USA Made Skinning Knives NEED A GOOD SOURCE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7845
Re: USA Made Skinning Knives NEED A GOOD SOURCE
These folk are local to me..... https://bearandsoncutlery.com/about-us/ and claim "made in usa" but the only ones I own (bear) I ordered from smokey mountain knife works and are clearly marked "china". The theory is that the ones I ordered were old stock from a previous iteration...
- Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another century, a different way of life...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2528
Re: Another century, a different way of life...
This is most interesting !
- Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Adventures with Gunbroker.com
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1676
Re: Adventures with Gunbroker.com
Nothing to do with g.b. , but I am having issues that the so-called experts I've consulted are blaming so-called artificial intelligence and "its" growing pains. My problem is that several online payment processors (shop, shopify, etc.) no longer acknowledge or recognize my home address......
- Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snakes are out again....
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7694
Re: Snakes are out again....
I first make-up the following circa '86-'87 whilst languishing at hard labour as a shipfitter/damage controlman on a floating prison...a.k.a , knox class frigate in uncle ronnie's yacht club. It has been tweaked for relevance somewhat over the decades. Hoes, Shovels and Rakes and Other Implements of...
- Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP Val Kilmer
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4700
Re: RIP Val Kilmer
In memory of both Colonel Patterson and the actor who portrayed him.....
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3810
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remember these?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1596
Re: Remember these?
As scarce as they have been of late, grafs seems to actually have large pistol in-stock......for at least the next 20 minutes or so ! https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3505 The haz-mat tariff on top of shipping is annoying por su puesto B.T.W. , it took four attempts with that...
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone shoot this ammo?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3146
Re: Anyone shoot this ammo?
If they're not likely to expand anyways, "cowboy action" loads might be advisable..... https://choiceammunition.com/product-category/cowboy-action/cowboy-44/44-special-cowboy/ H.S.M. brand in both special and russian are often in-stock at bass-pro/cabela's. Running all of the monthly bills...
- Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone shoot this ammo?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3146
- Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thought for the day
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1713
Re: Thought for the day
Way back when my son was overseas serving in uncle barry's yacht club, I would carry any mail we received to be forwarded to my daughter in law residing with her mom. When they answered the door I would cheerfully say, "mister mcfeely speedy delivery !" in respect to mister (Rev.) Fred and...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2353
Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
And I plumb forgot to return the day's felicitations to you Wilhelm !
https://youtu.be/FqzHO4hSDjs?si=fdY4ch3pHll4RiYo
https://youtu.be/FqzHO4hSDjs?si=fdY4ch3pHll4RiYo
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Warning! Spiritual Content! Read at your own risk.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2643
Re: Warning! Spiritual Content! Read at your own risk.
This is most interesting but alas, I can only find (online) the psalms set to englisher metrical verse and not any pauline epistles.
That is, Romans to Philemon
That is, Romans to Philemon
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2353
Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Alas, I got left out of the irishness..... Was always told we were predominantly Irish with just a bit of German and Muskogee and Plantation Child. The story goes that my great grandmother was said to be of the all too common but rarely acknowledged tri-racial mix and when she was made a widow at a ...
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new to me Ruger Bisley
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8244
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new to me Ruger Bisley
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8244
Re: new to me Ruger Bisley
Bravo Zulu !
Sounds like a great find.
There are many .32 aficionados here and sanctioned loads in the .32 short, long and h&r avoids the .327 screaming pressures/blasts.
Keep us informed.....
Sounds like a great find.
There are many .32 aficionados here and sanctioned loads in the .32 short, long and h&r avoids the .327 screaming pressures/blasts.
Keep us informed.....
- Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Long Hard Busy Day
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2531
Re: Long Hard Busy Day
I've used these for many years in the .30 w.c.f. and other larger capacity 30s with reduced loads. https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/87899 IMG_20250308_081300.jpg The nose is very soft but if one is wary of the tube magazine, it is easily removed on the bandsaw. Although meant f...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stocks and shares!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3843
Re: Stocks and shares!
That is quite humorous and it didn't lose anything in the 4,205 mile westward interval...... No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here. Staff...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 7:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stocks and shares!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3843
Re: Stocks and shares!
That is quite humorous and it didn't lose anything in the 4,205 mile westward interval......
No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here.
No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here.
- Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An Oldie ... but it is still good advice!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1210