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- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1565
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
You and I have been loading and shooting 14.5 gr of 2400 behind a 160-173 gr bullet for how many years? Not to Paco levels, but certainly closer to what the .357 was meant to be. I started handloading for the .357 when I was 15 ... 62 years ago. The Keith SWC and 14.5 gr. 2400 lit by a Small Rifle ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1565
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
I was reading your posts earlier and it reminded me of Paco's article where he spoke about the .357 and early loads. So I looked it up and posted it it.
I shot his .357 handloads over the years and watched him shoot them. They were heavy! And effective.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1565
From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
It Starts in 1935 by Paco Kelly Up until the year 1935 the word "magnum" was used primarily with Champaign bottles that were larger than the normal quart sized. That year Smith & Wesson brought out the first handgun cartridge called a magnum, because of it's larger shell casing. The ....
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1010
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1010
Re: Fed Ex did good!
I have had good experiences ordering powder, primers and ammunition through Fed Ex. I have a shipping account and have shipped ammo etc. without any issues.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1002
Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
I was in the airport waiting on my flight. Looking around there were 50 or more people there waiting. Me and one other old cowboy were the only people not looking at a phone.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1876
Re: Bolt Cannon.
I don't know about corrosive chemically but I am sure match heads are abrasive. However, in a situation where they are the only option that really doesn't matter.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:11 am Jim, I had no idea such velocities could be achieved. I wonder how corrosive it is.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 979
Re: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
A dangerous person is one who is capable of great violence and has it under control. Wouldn't it be the one who " doesn't have it under control"? Old No7 They would be dangerous, it's true. But you can see them coming. The one who has it under control does not stand out as a dangerous per...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 979
Re: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
A dangerous person is one who is capable of great violence and has it under control.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1876
Re: Bolt Cannon.
I will post an announcement. Amazon only lets me do it every so often.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1876
Re: Bolt Cannon.
I've used matches in place of gunpowder in .38 .. .357 .. .44 and .45 caliber. You can reach 800 to 900 fps with it. In a cartridge you don't need the striker material. The primer will set matches off. strike-anywhere or safety ? :) Safety Matches. Used the Strike-Anywhere tips to reload primers. I...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cell phone outage
- Replies: 6
- Views: 673
Re: cell phone outtage
EXCELLENT! NO SPAM CALLS!
"no evidence of cyber attack" ... that they will share with us. Trust CNN
"no evidence of cyber attack" ... that they will share with us. Trust CNN
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1002
Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
"It's just too many users and not enough cell phone towers. No problem here. Move along. Nothing to look at."
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1876
Re: Bolt Cannon.
I've used matches in place of gunpowder in .38 .. .357 .. .44 and .45 caliber. You can reach 800 to 900 fps with it. In a cartridge you don't need the striker material. The primer will set matches off.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paco and the 44mag
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1145
Re: Paco and the 44mag
Askins generally wrote to stir people up. His editors loved him hate mail is as good an indicator of readership as positive mail. It's true he wrote of the .44 Magnum as being generally useless .. no good for self defense ... too much recoil for a hunting arm for most people. At the end of one of th...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another funny meme
- Replies: 7
- Views: 616
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paco and the 44mag
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1145
Re: Paco and the 44mag
Random musings, I always wished Paco would have articled some hotrod loads for 44mag in a Rossi92 like he did in the 357, 45 colt and 454 casull. Not that I need more power but would just be interesting to see how the cartridge did with similar upper pressure limit applications. :) KING OF THE HILL...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accident
- Replies: 10
- Views: 923
Accident
A guy gets up in the morning to find his girlfriend is already up and watching the news. She seems really upset and he says "Hey honey... what's the matter?" She says, "Two Brazilian skydivers were killed in an accident!" He said, "That's awful!" And she replied, "...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best offhand group fired by me 29B
- Replies: 8
- Views: 569
Re: Best offhand group fired by me 29B
NICE!! Well done.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Creek Supply coated bullets
- Replies: 10
- Views: 721
Re: Bear Creek Supply coated bullets
I have been using them for the 9mm and 380 ACP for several years. I also have some in the .45-70 and the .44 Magnum. They work really well. Mic McPherson says if you shoot them enough they will condition your barrel. He is a big proponent of them.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Civil War conicals in the Colt 1860
- Replies: 10
- Views: 803
Re: Civil War conicals in the Colt 1860
Jay, yes, Mike Beliveau --"Duelist 54" on Youtube -- shows those loading port modifications. I'm tempted to try this as well. I had forgotten just how much punch the 1860 offered. Wonderful sixgun! Have you done anything about raising the front sights on your cap and ball Colts? Front Sig...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Civil War conicals in the Colt 1860
- Replies: 10
- Views: 803
Re: Civil War conicals in the Colt 1860
Nice work Bill. I still prefer the round ball but not because it shoots better .. I just like them.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
Re: any questions ?
i saw good people in the 3rd world from different religions. A muslim family in the remote areas wont ever read christian passages, they cant read anyway. The woman wont leave the house much and then unless she is fully covered, her world is what the local cleric and her husband tell her it is. She...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
Re: any questions ?
John The Baptist was the last prophet, then the age of prophets ended, If there was a being speaking to mohammed, telling him that he was a prophet, that evil thing was not from God. No, all religions are not equal. Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
Re: any questions ?
True Grizz! Jesus never promoted a religion, not even the one He was born into. Makes some people nervous when you tell them Jesus wasn't a christian.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
- Replies: 14
- Views: 938
Re: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
That may be true, but I seriously don't like to go anyplace without a rifle or a shotgun with me anymore.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
- Replies: 4
- Views: 328
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
- Replies: 14
- Views: 938
Re: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
That information belongs to people who are members of THE CLUB. And we are not invited.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any questions ?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1202
Re: any questions ?
Religions have no moral high ground from which to judge other religions. They all have a history of killing the opposition if they won't convert. It was religious christian knights who coined the phrase "Kill 'em all. Let God sort them out." if i remember correctly.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2168
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
I am old fashioned a love doing it that way.Ray wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:24 pm And other bullets offered by bear creek.....
https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/bulletselection
The only negative I see is they're still not set-up for online ordering. You have to call.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2168
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
There ain't nothing like a fairly heavy large diameter bullet at moderate velocities. They just work. The last time I talked with John Linebaugh about a month before he passed, he was sharing with me about some of the game he and his wife took with 850 fps loads in the .45 Colt.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The real Super Bowl winner
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1040
Re: The real Super Bowl winner
I had a super bowl of chili that my son-in-law made!
That's the closest I have ever come.
That's the closest I have ever come.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The real Super Bowl winner
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1040
Re: The real Super Bowl winner
You forget that Jesus washed the feet of Judas and treated him just like He treated the rest of the disciples. He knew Judas was a lying thief who was stealing money that was dedicated to the work Jesus was doing. Yet He washed the feet of Judas with the same love and compassion that He washed the r...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2668
Re: 410 too little for any game you say?
I never tried the .44 Specials. As long as the brass seals the chamber it should work fine.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who's going to win the superbowl?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 697
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This was a little different.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1711
Re: This was a little different.
I have done that with Single Six, but not on one day.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
I have also been using Winchester primers since the late 1980s (found the Winchesters seated easier than CCI on my Dillon... (I have no clue why so don't ask). I use an old RCBS hand-priming tool and have since the 1980's. I found a long time ago that CCI and Winchester feed primers into the seatin...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2168
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
Jim, I don’t know how much progress we have made. If you stay with the same velocities in these older cartridges, I do not see much advantage in more modern designs. I favor a 255 gr soft bullet at comfortable velocities. You can get better performance if you raise the bullet weight and the velocit...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
That is quite likely it would seem. However I found it quite interesting that if you are in a "use what you have" situation any of them will work.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1127
Re: 45 ACP with Magnum Primers...?!?
You might want to check this out ... pressure and velocity tests by Super Vel using Small Pistol Primers ... Small Pistol Magnum primers and Small Rifle primers in 9mm ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGVRGsoOr6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGVRGsoOr6k
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
Re: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
I have been known to chuck rocks at times.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rossi 92 454
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1745
Re: rossi 92 454
If your brass bulges the chamber must be oversize. My .45 Colt's don't do that. Neither do the .44's.Eddie Southgate wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:49 pm Does the brass bulge like the .45 Colt and .44 Mag gun's do ?
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
Re: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
I appreciate the advise and concern for my well-being. In my younger days I did have progressive loaders and used them. As I have gotten older I have regressed back toward my beginnings. I enjoy reloading with the Lyman 310 Tool and even the old Lee Loader, though I don't use them all that much. And...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1223
Re: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
It's bad enough that things can be listening to you without inviting them into your home. I have some friends who have Alexa or some Google thing that listens all the time. All you have to do is talk to it and it will order you a pizza or a new car or whatever. They were watching Home Improvement on...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1654
Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
I discovered this during an extended session of prepping brass and reloading. I had approximately 2500 fired 9mm cartridges and had spent weeks sorting them by headstamp and then resizing, depriming them, neck expanding and then priming. Then I loaded them all. It was a massive undertaking using my ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 25 Calibers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1793
Re: The 25 Calibers
You should take note that I never mentioned how many I shot at or the distance for the ones I connected with.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:31 am Jim, my hat is off to anyone who can plink rabbits with high-end handloads from a Raven!