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Scott Tschirhart

I’m afraid the only .45 ACP I’ve loaded in years has been with a 200 gr H&G 68.

You can push that bullet hard like Jeff Cooper suggested and you can easily kill deer or hogs with it.

I just like a sixgun better these days.

Scott Tschirhart

Btw…did anybody notice the fly trying to land on my SAA?

Scott Tschirhart

Grizz.

I would really like to try your load in a Redhawk. It sounds like the cat’s meyow!

Scott Tschirhart

Grizz wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:28 am

Long ago I had that Keith bullet loaded in a 4" Smith 357, and had a couple of them glance over a deer scull before I realized I was too close.

Too close? Can you elaborate?

Scott Tschirhart

Looking forward to seeing a report on these.

We need more competition to bring the prices down.

Scott Tschirhart

The other bullet that I load is the Hornady .454 diameter swaged 255 gr Cowboy bullet.

It doesn’t look like much but I can push it with 8 gr of Unique (certainly not a weak cowboy action load) and it shoots cleanly and accurately in sixguns and leverguns.

Scott Tschirhart

With the carbine and a sixgun? As much as I like the RCBS .45 SAA bullet, I have found that it’s a hair too long to feed through a 1873 style levergun. I really don’t want to have anything on the shelf that doesn’t feed or work in one or two particular guns. So I’m willing to compromise…..if I have ...

Scott Tschirhart

The one thing I love about the .45 Colt is how I have available bullets that really fill out the chambers.

With normal loads this seems to true up the bullets with the forcing cone and contributes to consistency.

I wish I had a .430 bullet like this.

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We just need to remember that the accident that ended Bill Jordan’s career was an accidental discharge when Bill thought he was firing an empty gun. By all means go ahead and dry fire, but set up a safe backstop so nobody can possibly get hurt. I have a well used steel plate hung on the wall in my g...

Scott Tschirhart

You know, people don’t always stand up squared off to you.

Not just leather coats or heavy clothing, you might need to punch through a large upper arm.

Scott Tschirhart

I often carry a SAA with only five rounds available. But I would think that a Charter Arms Bulldog would certainly do the trick.

But a .38 snub nosed revolver leaves a man far from disarmed.

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Still the best load. Skeeter’s load

Scott Tschirhart

Figuring the area of the projectile, a 9mm (.355" diameter) has a total area of 0.412825 square inches A 12 ga. projectile (.720" diameter) has a total area of 0.09898 square inches ... almost 5 times larger than the 9mm. Size does matter. :) Hey buddy I don’t think your math works. .4128...

Scott Tschirhart

I hesitated to open this thread because I know the pain associated with losing a dog.

But I’m also convinced that a dog makes me a better person because He reminds me through the dog that it really is not about me and I have responsibilities outside myself.

God bless.

Scott Tschirhart

Nothing fancy but a good Charter Arms Bulldog is a fight stopper.

I loaded a hundred or so .44 cases tonight with a .431 diameter RNFP 240 gr machine cast bullet over 6 grains of Unique.

It doesn’t go very fast but it will poke holes right through most things.

Shoots fine in my Model 69

Scott Tschirhart

They don’t have to be too old to be good.

Watching Quigley Down Under right now

Scott Tschirhart

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...

Scott Tschirhart

I had always loved movies like Casablanca but had only seen them on TV. My wife found Casablanca playing at a local theater and we we went to see it. It was a very different experience. That tear in her eye when she said goodbye at the airport was so much more powerful. I mostly love old movies beca...

Scott Tschirhart

https://lewis-clark.org/tools-and-techniques/weapons/pistols/#:~:text=They%20were%20called%20%E2%80%9Chorse,be%20carried%20at%20the%20hip. I always thought that the Walker and Dragoon revolvers fell into this general category despite Josey Wales, Mattie, and Gus. However, I have no objection to anyo...

Scott Tschirhart

I always thought the Dragoons were horse pistols. Thats a big piece of iron. Sounds interesting though.

I’m not sure I know of anyone who could make it reasonably.

Do you have a saddle shop anywhere near you?

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Thanks for sharing this Jim.

Scott Tschirhart

I’ve always shot lots of .38 ammo and relatively little .357 Magnum through my revolvers.

I still think that’s a pretty good idea.

Scott Tschirhart

I do love the big Smith revolvers.

I have a brand new Smith & Wesson 520 which I think should have been the ideal duty gun. N frame with fixed sights in .357.

Scott Tschirhart

I sure enjoyed visiting with him at the Holiday last year. He shared a photograph with me of his Sharps Carbine next to a serious bear track.

Scott Tschirhart

https://youtu.be/q5ev1IH8Xqs?si=_3YRAr3feinTzW30

Not a bad choice.

Scott Tschirhart

I think it’s hilarious and someone is having a heck of a laugh about this.

Scott Tschirhart

I wonder if your rifling twist would be off for this light a bullet and this velocity? I’ve been thinking about twist rates lately because I’ve been working with a Q Mini Fix that has a 1/3 inch twist. It was designed to shoot 220 gr bullets more accurately but I think it’s just great for all copper...

Scott Tschirhart

I can’t imagine how many rounds you would have to shoot to damage that rifle.

Scott Tschirhart

I’m looking forward to the single action class at this year’s Holiday.

Not sure what I will learn from it but I’m open minded.

Scott Tschirhart

Black cowboy outfit?

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Nice!

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But I may be changing my mind. The more I shoot this old flattop the better I like it.

Scott Tschirhart

But .432 solved all the problems with the Bisley.

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.430 is still better in my Bowen Blackhawk

Scott Tschirhart

Unique isn’t magic but at 7.5 gr in the .44 Special it seems to be remarkably consistent.

I just loaded some .432 diameter Keith bullets which should seal the chamber mouths much better.

A .430 slips right through the throats on my Ruger new model flattop.

Scott Tschirhart

https://americanhandgunner.com/ammo/the ... fect-load/

From Tank Hoover

Scott Tschirhart

barbarossa wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:21 am

Hardest thing I ve had to do in my life was sit through a sensitivity course with an instructor who was a 6’5” man wearing a dress and I suppose a wig and makeup.Try doing that with a room full of guys trying not to laugh .Was the longest 3hrs of my life

I honestly don’t think I could do that.

Scott Tschirhart

I like .45 ACP in a single action and I have a couple of convertible Rugers.

Scott Tschirhart

The new vaqueros seem to be pretty well regulated. Front sight might be a little high ( which is a good thing).

Scott Tschirhart

Really nice!

Scott Tschirhart

Those big Keith bullets throw off a lot of lube.

Scott Tschirhart

Fortunately all I did was get bullet lube in my paint.

I can use a tarp to prevent thus in the future.

Any ideas how to get it he lube off without damaging the paint?

Scott Tschirhart

Bowen.44 Special conversion on a 3 screw.

Scott Tschirhart

I was washing the truck again this morning and the rear driver’s side panel has some spots of something on it. It’s really hard to clean off and I’ve been wondering for several months about what it could possibly be because I’m not parked under a tree and it’s only on that quarter panel. Turns out t...

Scott Tschirhart

. I trusted it a LOT more than even my Combat Commander. Our PPC qualification course yielded 300 points out of 60 shots and it shot 300s with mid-to-upper 30s in X count. We carried 158 JHPs +P ammo for duty use. It still sits in the safe with a cylinder full of those same rounds, ready and capabl...

Scott Tschirhart

What’s bad is that after I started this project, I found the perfect sixgun.

That’s why this project lapsed for so long.

Scott Tschirhart

I’m not sure why they went with such a short front sight. They had to figure that we would want to shoot them.

Scott Tschirhart

I cleaned it last night and all fouling came out with a patch soaked with Hoppes No. 9. So the barrel is plenty slick now. I installed the bead front sight yesterday after shooting over the chronograph. I really like how it picks up my eye. Fermin has this bead screwed into the blade rather than pre...

Scott Tschirhart

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 ...

Scott Tschirhart

I think the Model 10 is the sweet spot for the .38 Special cartridge. Small enough for comfortable carry and big enough to shoot well. The triggers on the older guns are particularly easy to work with.

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