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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
Re: An old experiment that I need to get back to
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 ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1084
Re: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
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.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
Re: An old experiment that I need to get back to
You have indeed done everything to make it shoot. Keep us posted! I was shooting some .430 diameter Keith’s today and I noted that they were lose in the cylinder throats. They clocked just under 950 fps. So I ordered some .432 diameter Keith bullets this afternoon. That should fill the chamber thro...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
Re: An old experiment that I need to get back to
That's a beaut! What exactly is the experiment here ? The gun did not shoot well from the factory. It seems to be mechanically correct, but it did not shoot well. I lapped the barrel to slick it up and re-cut the forcing cone. Opened up and made the chamber mouths uniform. I had Bobby Tyler put a F...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
Re: An old experiment that I need to get back to
Thanks Jim.
Still a work in progress
Still a work in progress
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
- Replies: 24
- Views: 705
An old experiment that I need to get back to
Modern Keith inspired revolver in .44 Special:
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1084
Re: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
I like the 4 inch heavy barrel Model 10s and 13s.
But I shoot better with a little heavier gun. SAPD marked 681.
A fixed sight service revolver is still the top of the heap as far as I am concerned. I guarantee that the flier in this group is not the gun but my fault.
But I shoot better with a little heavier gun. SAPD marked 681.
A fixed sight service revolver is still the top of the heap as far as I am concerned. I guarantee that the flier in this group is not the gun but my fault.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3079
Re: Good old flattop
Whatever works!
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did we discuss this four years ago?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 299
Re: Did we discuss this four years ago?
I saw one similar to that at the Holiday last June. The strangely scalloped cylinders would take me some time to get used to.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3079
Re: Good old flattop
Very nice!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First post ever - in Classifieds? Big red flag.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 539
Re: First post ever - in Classifieds? Big red flag.
I’m still kind of amazed that you even let me be on this forum!!!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3079
Re: Good old flattop
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 $450 all the time. I wish that I'd grabbed up every one of them now. That’s exactly...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Something else I 'need'....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 255
Re: Something else I 'need'....
I’ve owned a number of machine guns over the years. If I would have known how much they would appreciate I would have kept some of them!!!!
Freedom Arms has the patents and tooling to make the American 180 though…..if we ever get rid of the machine gun ban.
Freedom Arms has the patents and tooling to make the American 180 though…..if we ever get rid of the machine gun ban.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you miss the old Marlin print ads?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 601
Re: How many of you miss the old Marlin print ads?
I found a couple.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3079
Re: Good old flattop
Several hundred rounds later.
Shoots everything well from 3 gr of Bullseye and a 158 gr machine cast slug to 14.5 gr of 2400 in .357 cases a small rifle primer and 158 gr XTP.
Shoots everything well from 3 gr of Bullseye and a 158 gr machine cast slug to 14.5 gr of 2400 in .357 cases a small rifle primer and 158 gr XTP.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you miss the old Marlin print ads?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 601
How many of you miss the old Marlin print ads?
I always liked Marlin’s print advertising.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY EASTER
- Replies: 15
- Views: 419
Re: HAPPY EASTER
Happy Easter!
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
I’m backing off to 20 gr of 2400 to see if that shoots well.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
I occasionally buy a box or two because this is a predictable load that shoots very well in my Marlin carbine (which doesn’t shoot cast bullets that well). Recoil seems the same box to box and lot to lot. I think I just had something wrong with the chronograph or the conditions’were not conducive to...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ny police officer shot
- Replies: 5
- Views: 275
Re: Ny police officer shot
Prosecutors are generally immune from suits regarding prosecutorial decisions.
Prosecutorial immunity.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/si ... jc0168.pdf
There’s a paragraph in this AG opinion explaining it.
Prosecutorial immunity.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/si ... jc0168.pdf
There’s a paragraph in this AG opinion explaining it.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
22 gr 2400 is wonderfully accurate. But it’s too hot with sticky extraction.
1688
1663
1657
1648
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1654
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
The gun is fast, but not that fast.
New battery and overcast sky.
New box of Winchester White Box
1485
1479
1486
1501
1466
Empty cases fall freely from the chambers.
New battery and overcast sky.
New box of Winchester White Box
1485
1479
1486
1501
1466
Empty cases fall freely from the chambers.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
maybe just maybe your Redhawk is just the perfect storm of barrel dia, throat, forcing cone , barrel cylinder gap and everything is just right giving you that exactly right combo. I measured the throats and they are a slip fit for a .430 diameter bullet. Actually bigger than I thought but they seem...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
I don’t shoot with anyone else. I just use my range on the ranch.
I’ll change the battery again and try it out on a different day and compare with something I know is consistent
I think I’ll load up some warm 2400 loads and see.
I’ll change the battery again and try it out on a different day and compare with something I know is consistent
I think I’ll load up some warm 2400 loads and see.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is This Our Future?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 356
Re: Is This Our Future?
Where are they gonna find cops to arrest me?
I’ll just identify as a potted plant.
I’ll just identify as a potted plant.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
Sounds like false numbers Scott. Sky screens? Bright sun or overcast? I got 1820±/‐ with 210gr 41 mags with lilgun out of 20" and questioned the load, another test on a different day showed the same. I'd say test them on a different day. Sky screens and bright sunshine. The odd thing is that t...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
That’s why I changed the battery.
This same box of ammo clocked from a 20 inch Marlin on October 8, 2023:
1793
1785
1769
1767
1777
I don’t believe that my readings today can possibly be accurate.
This same box of ammo clocked from a 20 inch Marlin on October 8, 2023:
1793
1785
1769
1767
1777
I don’t believe that my readings today can possibly be accurate.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
This shouldn’t happen. So I changed batteries and backed off another 10 feet or so from the chronograph.
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1762
1754
1726
1757
This is still looking strangely high.
1760
1762
1754
1726
1757
This is still looking strangely high.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Re: Fast gun?
Then I got out some white box Winchester 240 gr soft point.
1815
1800
1811
1809
1830
These are carbine velocities!!!!
1815
1800
1811
1809
1830
These are carbine velocities!!!!
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fast gun?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 699
Fast gun?
I have a question. Is this even possible? I set up my chronograph to test some loads in a 7.5 inch Super Redhawk. Skeeter loads are consistently clocking 950 fps in my Bowen 4 5/8 inch Blackhawk. So I expected a bit of increase from a 7.5 inch barrel. This load clocked: 1015 999 1005 1022 1009 This ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 250
Re: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
My interest is that I have a double rifle chambered in .480.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 250
Midway has .480 Ruger brass
At a reasonable price.
Just FYI
Just FYI
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 825
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
Major disaster to be sure. I hope that the investigation is complete and leaves no room for dispute.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blued steel and walnut
- Replies: 15
- Views: 595
Re: Blued steel and walnut
Would you believe that I’ve never actually had a broom handle Mauser in my hands?
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blued steel and walnut
- Replies: 15
- Views: 595
Blued steel and walnut
I really appreciate the lines on these older guns.
Five screw .357 and a four screw .44 Magnum.
Five screw .357 and a four screw .44 Magnum.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missing my sixguns
- Replies: 19
- Views: 826
Re: Missing my sixguns
Seven days is about three days too long to spend in DC. Happy to be home in Texas.
Much better
Much better
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1014
Re: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
I have to shoot something that I can shoot well. My .45 Colt load is probably about the equivalent of my Skeeter load but with a bigger heavier bullet. Both are very comfortable and accurate loads for me and I can hit what I want to or need to with these loads. Bears can be really scary creatures. H...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1014
Re: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
All of my .45 Colt chambered leverguns are on 1866 or 1873 actions.
However, I shot a 270SAA bullet over 8 gr of Unique clean through a big cow and recovered it from the dirt on the other side.
This was from a 4 3/4 inch barrel so it might have a bit more from my leverguns.
However, I shot a 270SAA bullet over 8 gr of Unique clean through a big cow and recovered it from the dirt on the other side.
This was from a 4 3/4 inch barrel so it might have a bit more from my leverguns.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 611
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
Particularly this one.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When I finally learned to shoot.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 372
Re: When I finally learned to shoot.
I have Lucky’s book and a number of BB guns.
I like to take a BB gun on hunting trips to plink around the campsite.
I like to take a BB gun on hunting trips to plink around the campsite.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Go ahead and laugh
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1390
Re: Go ahead and laugh
No laughing here.
I think it’s interesting.
Who would have thought 30-40 years ago that the 9 mm would ever be this popular? Who would have guessed that lightweight carry guns like the SIG 365 would be so useful and compact, but still shootable?
I think it’s interesting.
Who would have thought 30-40 years ago that the 9 mm would ever be this popular? Who would have guessed that lightweight carry guns like the SIG 365 would be so useful and compact, but still shootable?
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron AZ Ranger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 337
Re: Cimarron AZ Ranger
Very good!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 611
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
I fine tune my adjustments on the Skinner and then loctite the sight in place. The one on my Marlin Cowboy hasn’t moved since I sighted it in.
I use the factory front bead for fine adjustment due to range.
I have the sights set for a 158 gr XTP over 14.5 gr 2400 and a small rifle primer.
I use the factory front bead for fine adjustment due to range.
I have the sights set for a 158 gr XTP over 14.5 gr 2400 and a small rifle primer.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 611
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
Could be that the thing I value is ruggedness. The sights on my .30-30 are fixed and haven’t been touched in more than 40 years.
Originally sighted for Winchester 170 gr Silvertips which have long been discontinued.
But it’s close enough to Remington 170 gr Coreloct.
Originally sighted for Winchester 170 gr Silvertips which have long been discontinued.
But it’s close enough to Remington 170 gr Coreloct.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 611
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
Skinner sights tend to lead to more precise shooting for my uses.
The one I have on my Marlin Cowboy also slips in and out of the saddle scabbard easily without gouging. So I prefer the version with the protective wings
The one I have on my Marlin Cowboy also slips in and out of the saddle scabbard easily without gouging. So I prefer the version with the protective wings
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missing my sixguns
- Replies: 19
- Views: 826
Re: Missing my sixguns
It’s been quite a ride. Who would have thought that this south Texas plow boy would ever be able to have the opportunity to be at the Supreme Court?
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3079
Re: Good old flattop
Looks good!
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missing my sixguns
- Replies: 19
- Views: 826
Re: Missing my sixguns
Argument went well but it’s a really tough case. That’s my team.