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44 special.

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My grandfather told me when he was out mending fences in the late 30's or 40's before he went off to the war, he was laying back under the open stars one night and he saw 4 lights moving together over head. They then split apart and took off at high speed to different points of the compass.

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Middle aged coot, relative newcomer. Wish Id found this site in the 2000's. I was mostly at huntamerica and accuratereloading in the early internet days

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I used to stick up for the weird kid or new kid. It can certainly get your butt kicked and you also wont be very popular as no one likes being told they arent doing the right thing. I learned the hard way at 11 or so that when you stick up for the wierd kid or the new guy, apart from being the new t...

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I first read wooters back in 1994 or so, and I think of all things it was an article on the 470 Capstick.

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Good to see you are mending Jim. I can imagine its a lot harder than you are letting on. Your wise enough to know the deal but I will say it anyhow, do the physical therapy. All the major recoveries I saw in the army went better when fellas followed everything through. I recall even guys squeezing t...

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44 mag, sorry I dont belong on a thread like this. All mine have been easy ones. Gread read though. :) I did once look in detail at getting into 56-50 via a chiappa 1860 lever action repro. That particular chiappa model has an entire sub-forum over at CASS dedicted to its problems and fixes so I wal...

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I had one of the first Excalibure exomags about 27 years ago, when 225lbs and 350fps was the world record. Then a Matrix 380 about 15 years later. I got out of the game when they started bringing in compound crossbows and were pushing velocity over design quality. I remember owners having to use hai...

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Great to hear JimT

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Army then coal mining took a toll, but Im still able to jog and lift weights so cant complain.

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Id use it. After all fellas take double rifles that cost as much as a car to Africa and use them...... carefully.

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I hope his recovery is as pain free as possible and doesnt need many meds. Too much of the population is on them. Im in the wrong age group to advise or judge though. Hope his recovery is optimal in any case. Jim is one of the fellas who replies to my zany side projects here. I dont know him persona...

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Thanks for your comments guys.

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Id never heard of it.A fella who moved onto my street a while back and I got talking on a range of subjects. He told me he is left wing straight up, but after about 10 min of him saying he has done shooting, hunting, is a decent game butcher, feels the 'tech bros', who I think to mean the zuckerberg...

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wolfdog wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2026 8:59 am I have killed 2 chronos. One i managed to shoot with a 45/70. One i had a tool box fall on while I was moving.

Sounds like you really keep your chronies guessing.

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Thanks for letting us know, hope he is ok and posting again soon.

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Yes, two catridges in fact for the one rifle. In my Rossi 92 44 mag a subsonic load with the 200 grain Speer GDHP( about 7 grains of Unique in 44 special brass) and a 240gn XTP full house 44 mag brass load ( about 22 grains of 2400) for hunting.

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Took out the rear screen on the old Prochrono, it was no match for a 240 gn xtp at about 1800fps from the Rossi. Still not sure how I only hit the rear screen and not the front one but anyway, apart from flipping the chrony off the bench, its still working. The rear screen broke but I found I can ta...

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From my link doc? Im just using postimage.org. My user inteface doesnt show any ads. I'll stop using the service if this is the case

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yes they are meant for carbines he said. I'll see if he has some expansion photos.

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Something a local fella makes, swaging/forming 40 S&W cases into .429 bullets. I believe its a soldered lead core. 240 grains weight and apparently do well on hogs. Ive heard of pistol cases being used as bullets before but have not encountered them before this.

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My grandfather to a degree, taught me how to shoot a 22LR singleshot at age 6 or so. Also when it came to general gun knowledge an old fella called Mike Macguire who used to post as Mike375 on accurate relosding.com when the internet first started. He was a bit of a firebrand - had shot hundreds of ...

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And keeps mentioning folks obsession with sex, whilst being the only fella posting about sex every post. Safestuffer are you sure this is your crowd here? Of all the forums out there that like to flame as much as discuss, and you pick leverguns.com?

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Thanks for the suggestions again fellas. I sent the following Dear Hornady Staff, Ive been a fan of your products for over 3 decades. Just reporting a repeat issue I have seen with the above factory ammunition from my 20" barrel Rossi 1892 Lever action Chronographing the ammunition( Procrhono- ...

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Very spurious to me. You turn the fist over in boxing to get power from the shoulder, the shoulder lifting also protects that side of the face, and it protects the pinky knuckles from taking all the impact instead of the centre of the fist. Absolutely nothing to do with holding a gun in a stable no...

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Very spurious to me. You turn the fist over in boxing to get power from the shoulder, the shoulder lifting also protects that side of the face, and it protects the pinky knuckles from taking all the impact instead of the centre of the fist. Absolutely nothing to do with holding a gun in a stable non...

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Safestuffer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2026 8:18 pm I dont come here to read about this sort of thing, and I cant imagine many here do.

You are wrong Sir. Doc has 34,000 posts and I'd reckon about all of them meant something to folks here. His thoughts on medicine are valued.

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2026 7:25 pm
Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2026 7:17 pm Big fan here of Terminator II.
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Good idea fellas, I have about 8 left in this box. In fact I might pull the bullets and weigh everything.

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So this factory ammo is very powerful ,youtube reports have it about 1450-1500fps from a handgun and it chronies up to 1930fps in my 20" Rossi. The issue is it seems to have two velocity regions. Around the 1900fps level and every few shots one drops below 1800fps. I was testing them today and ...

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Well I tested some 2400 behind the 300gn XTP today in the 20" rossi. I went to 17.7 grains. Had 18 ready but got rained out. Velocities 1491fps 1488fps 1441fps 1447fps Alliants max is 19 grains, with a shorter type of 300grain jacketed though. I might work up to that next time. Ballistic gel te...

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Nosler data shows 17 grains 2400 and a 300 grain JHP for 1372fps from a pistol. :shock: . Alliants data has 19 grains for only 1088fps, almost 300 fps slower... I get different test barrels, bullet lengths etc but thats a crazy world of difference.... Also isnt H110 the same powder as W296? The belo...

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Thanks Bill, yes I read about that fella over on another gun forum. Funnily enough they said that gun which he called "Baby" wasnt a two bore, it was a 4 bore. The half pound explosive projectile was a long conical shell, not a ball. a lot of folks believed it a 2 bore because the half pou...

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I asked Google Gemini AI why all my searches were way down the page in favor of the AI response and it said its googles aim to move away from normal searches which are like a library of articles, to having an AI curator who gives you the answer without having to enter. I asked why its so innaccurate...

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2026 1:48 pm If you are interested in a good book series about Africa in the 1860's take a look at Flight Of The Falcon by Wilbur Smith.

Thanks Jeepnik, I ordered it. Was due to find a new book to check out.

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.45colt wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2026 8:51 am Looks like it's close to the 45-120 Sharps . There is a lot of interesting reading about that .45 Express round on the internet especially since We had a dusting of snow last night and it's 29* . .

Good point, I didnt think about the 45-120 comparison.

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Thanks RImfire M, yes the regular version is the one I meant. Some fellas prefer the Mag version for high speeds, but then you have the Muzzleloader guys who love the regular version and they are pushing it 2000fps or more in sabots and they get their animals. Apparently it doesnt fragment around th...

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Thankyou Sir again. And that would be great if you wouldnt mind doing so with the 20" as well.

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So this is alittle off topic for leverguns but I was reading some of the exploits of the safari fellas in the 1800's. They had their heavy bore guns for thickskinned game( 4 and 8 bores etc) and the all rounder was the 450 black powder express. This was the 308 or 30-06 of its day. Seems everyone ha...

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Prayers for both, especially your father

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Thanks Rimfire M. Thats more conservative than expected. Would it make much difference with the COAL reduced to 1.752? . The ballpark is good news in any case. Im looking to test it in a Rossi lever action and feel better about loads in the 50 KPSI's than 60+. Im guessing somewhere between that min ...

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Vihtavuori doesnt publish pressure estimates and Ive always been curious about their loads with a 300 grain jacketed bullet. Can quickload estimate chamber pressures for the following powder charges( I added Vihtas velocities for interest sake, 9.5" barrel, 1.752 COAL). Thanks in advance if any...

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remarkable work!

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Boys, that’s a donkey. Not a horse. I rode one quite a bit as a kid. This photo is a part of a larger photo that had probably 12 mules in my home town many years ago. Donkeys have very distinct personalities. I frankly think they are smarter than a horse. Scott I recall you mentioning your height a...

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JimT wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2026 9:40 am
I called them and asked them if they had ever tested it on something besides Jello. They said they hadn't but were thinking of taking it on a Mountain Lion hunt. I told them they were gonna get folks killed.

Jim , Id say you did them a favor.

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Good points fellas, Maybe the 240xtp still reigns supreme

.I might try and shoot some through the chrony at 100 yards.

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okay so, I know its not a catastrophic issue, but check Hornadies math here. In 44 mag 240 grain XTP, .707 bullet lenth,sectional density .185 and BC, .204 in .452 300 grain XTP, 0.76 inches bullet length, sectional density .210 and BC, .180. Meaning the 300 grain 45 colt bullet is longer, better se...

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Im seeing the same thing. Also for other types of items and in my industry too- supply and distribution. We have a metric for a certain level of error or slippage in things.Missed orders, incorrect orders, wrong destinations etc. For whatever reason its about 300-400% worse these days- all since cov...

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I added a custom spacer and pad for increased LOP. I never got the hang of the crescent steel, I snap shoot hogs and got jabbed a lot.

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Just found some interesting load data on Noslers site for a 300 grain jacketed bullet. 17 grains 2400 behind their 300 grain jacketed at 1.61 COAL for 1372fps from 8" revolver. A 6" barrel would be a bit slower but still quite surprising for 2400. Thats a 1272ftlbs load. I might work up so...

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