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- Fri Nov 24, 2023 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin / Ruger factory visit
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1208
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The SSK .44 Magnum Heavy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 879
Re: The SSK .44 Magnum Heavy
In the .357 I liked the heaviest bullet that I could safely run around 1300-1400 fps out of my old Ruger. It did nice work out to 300-400 yards, but I noticed that the bigger calibers took over at those distances. I would like to read about your experiences with the 357, Jim. edit: Whoops, I see at...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lever action shooting in Louisiana
- Replies: 1
- Views: 289
Re: Lever action shooting in Louisiana
You might contact these folks. It appears Gonzales has a range.
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Memories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1018
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Binoculars
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23693
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: barrell length and velocity
- Replies: 12
- Views: 730
Re: barrell length and velocity
I've switched to Lil'Gun powder for all my 357 mag loads and because there is no restriction on downsizing the charge weight like with H-110, I use it on my medium power loads as well. I, too, have seen the warnings about crimp and reduced loads with H-110, yet both it and Lil'Gun are used in 410 s...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lever Action shotgun ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1651
Re: Lever Action shotgun ?
I might be wrong, but didn’t Henry come out with a .410 lever action for a while too? They are in the current catalog. The 410 is in their 45-70 action, which is more less a 336 style. My son bought one just for grins. He shoots sporting clays with it. He doesn't score any where near as well as wit...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Marlin
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1396
Re: Ruger Marlin
Uberti has no problem selling their dodgy levers for more money than Ruger is charging for the new Marlins.
I wonder if Ruger will do an 1895 CB. The late model Remington Marlin was the nicest handling 45-70 I've ever tried. Perhaps I should have bought that one.
I wonder if Ruger will do an 1895 CB. The late model Remington Marlin was the nicest handling 45-70 I've ever tried. Perhaps I should have bought that one.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13138
Re: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
Among the whiskeys, I don't care for many bourbons, but rye and Scotch I like. In the latter category, I prefer Macallan, Oban, Glendronach, Talisker, Laphoaig, and Lagavulin. Those last three have peat smoke in them and are an acquired taste.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers up please.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 947
Re: Prayers up please.
How long has she been suffering these effects of the infection? A gal we know was an avid distance runner in her 50s and was laid low by the infection. It took her 2 years to recover. Hopefully time will have your wife healed, too.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1155
Re: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
That's an impressive bit of hardware for the money, but one can get a US made optical chronograph for a fraction of the price. For no more often than I use it, I won't be retiring mine.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lake City cancelled commercial contracts.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 498
Re: Lake City cancelled commercial contracts.
"Lake City is not only the largest supplier for the US Government and Military..."
Perhaps the feds realize it's a dangerous world out there right now and want to increase their stockpiles.
Perhaps the feds realize it's a dangerous world out there right now and want to increase their stockpiles.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1886 45-70
- Replies: 14
- Views: 961
Re: 1886 45-70
I have to believe you can remedy a light strike issue, if yours happens to have the problem. A rebounding hammer can be modified, or just send it to Winchester. Having looked at (and owned a couple of) Uberti, Pedersoli, and Miroku guns over the years, I'd say the Miroku are easily the best made. Th...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hornady plant accident??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 452
Re: Hornady plant accident??
There's not much detail on the few news sites I looked at, but sadly a gal was killed by the explosion.
It appears this is not the first explosion at the plant, which is part of a retired army ammo plant.
It appears this is not the first explosion at the plant, which is part of a retired army ammo plant.
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1738
Re: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
Hodgdon's data shows over 1800 for a JHP in a 20" carbine, using H110. At that bullet SD, my son and I got 1800 in our 357 carbine (18.5") using N110, and we weren't near their maximum charge (but the book was for a revolver, so we stopped). N110 is remarkably clean burning at that level.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 500 S&W BHA Levergun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 224
Re: The 500 S&W BHA Levergun
I'm more comfortable with that sort of advertising than with the slick and polished stuff. Save the polishing for the guns. I don't mind paying for quality. It is, though, a bigger gun than I feel I need. As I age, what I feel I need seems to keep getting smaller. The 357 and the 44-40 are about rig...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been watching Band of Brothers (and reading the book)...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 482
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ever the idiot
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1003
Re: Ever the idiot
Oh, yeah, but I have to sneak it off to the garbage because my Chinese wife grew up without a fridge and isn't convinced about this food poisoning theory.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 20-gauge slug loads
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2468
Re: 20-gauge slug loads
... until I make a decision about cutting off the choke and having the barrel threaded for a rifled screw-in choke. I didn't know they were making such. Tell me more. I handled an H&H Paradox at a recent auction. I assume this rifled choke is a bit less drastic than those Fosbery came up with 1...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1039
Re: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
Yesterday I finally took a ride on a DC-3. It is the oldest one flying , made in 1937. It's been more or less restored to its original condition, although the gal who doubled as stewardess confessed it had a much later version of the Wright Cyclone. As such, it would have benefitted from the great s...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1528
Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities
I looked at Hodgdon's data again. Use 5.0 gn Clays under a 200 gn lead RNFP bullet in the 44 Mag case. That load is safe even in the 44-40 and should be quite subsonic. The starting load for both the 44-40 and 44 Mag is 4.2 gn Clays, although that will get you revolver speeds, but maybe that's all y...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1133
Re: Anybody here old enough.....
I remember reading his articles somewhere and even took notes from them. Memory isn't what it used to be. I thought he was from Missouri.
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1528
Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities
Is it right, close to right, is it wrong, or is it very wrong ? I'm interested in such loads but haven't played with them. The QuickLoad simulator reckons the speed difference should be more like 175 fps between the two lengths. It's possible the factory rifle Hodgdon used had a sloppy chamber that...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 829
Re: ATF Now Proposing Rule to Require Registering Powder Storage!
In those proposed regulations is an estimate of about 10,000 locations having to file yearly. I think there are more than 10,000 handloaders in this country. Something is not consistent.
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another .410 ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 450
Re: Another .410 ?
I know there’s the Tristar and the other Turkish gun Gforce but…. Suggestions? Well, I was fondling a very nice Holland & Holland 410 SxS yesterday at an auction house up state. I'm sure they'll make you one any way you want--for a price . Even nicer was an older Rizzini Brothers SxS: Flawless ...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leveraction revolvers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 642
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When plastics (or rubber?) go BAD......?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 774
Re: When plastics (or rubber?) go BAD......?
The problem lies in the fact that rubber and plastics contain plasticizers that give them flexibility. That's my understanding as well. I had a butt pad turn to gunk. It was an air rifle and was never treated with any cleaner, so I don't see cleaners as an explanation. This seems to becoming more c...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers For Our Friend Gunny Reed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1068
Re: Prayers For Our Friend Gunny Reed
Ouch! Best wishes for your recovery.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington Rolling Block
- Replies: 7
- Views: 515
Re: Remington Rolling Block
Very nice, and in a classy cartridge, too.
I have one of the last Lone Star made. Workmanship could have been better, but it's fun to shoot. For all I know, the originals were a bit rough inside as well; my original '73 Winchester is rather rough there.
I have one of the last Lone Star made. Workmanship could have been better, but it's fun to shoot. For all I know, the originals were a bit rough inside as well; my original '73 Winchester is rather rough there.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Electric Cars
- Replies: 7
- Views: 411
Re: Electric Cars
Yawn, decade old news is this. I dress for the winter, so I don't bother with the cabin heater and just use the seat heater. I find the a/c affects range little, and I use it freely. My old tech battery pack does indeed decay much faster than those with a proper radiator. That said, I wouldn't want ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Like 'Smart Guns' but scarier...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 184
Re: Like 'Smart Guns' but scarier...
Most of the players in this field are quietly giving up or at least scaling back. It's a bridge too far. SAE Level 4 is as far as they will get, probably for decades, and it may then be of dubious economics. Level 5 is Unobtanium for the foreseeable future.
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
i consider this evidence of the hydraulic expansion acting on the spring board. Neat photo. Unlike a bullet embedding into a block of wood, there's more than just basic momentum transfer in the motions here. Some of the kinetic energy is transferred into springs (the board and the truck's suspensio...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
I had botched that post: I forgot to insert the link to Kort's posts on CAScity. I've patched that up and will include the link here as well.
I really miss Kort posting new information on his BP experiments.
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
What I should have said is that "muzzle energy in foot-pounds is not easily observable" ... which is what I meant. I interpreted what you, Scott, and Grizz were saying as "energy is a poor predictor of a bullet's effect on game." Going back to the Sixgunner days, your (and other...
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
I often wonder if the old .44 Henry Flat really attained the advertised 1200 fps. I’m not sure how the factories measured velocity in those days. Dave Campbell wrote that the cartridge featured a 216 gr bullet at 1125 fps and I think that’s more realistic. If it did that in a 24 inch barrel, what w...
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1317
Re: Fun with numbers. .44 Henry v. .45 Colt
Muzzle Energy as measured in foot-pounds does not really exist. It's a mathematical figure that is useful in comparing cartridges but it has no application in the real world. If .30-06 Winchester 150 gr. Extreme Point ammo actually developed 2839 foot-pounds of muzzle energy, think what it would do...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger-Marlin 1894
- Replies: 9
- Views: 428
Re: Ruger-Marlin 1894
It has the pregnant fore stock and misshapen trigger guard. It is aesthetically challenged.
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 356 buckhammer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 354
Re: 356 buckhammer
Yes, it's on the 30-30 case (in turn based on an older Ballard case).
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn Mowin'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 836
Re: Lawn Mowin'
City living has some advantages, such as small lawns. In the months the grass is thin, I can get by with a manual reel mower. When it’s lush, I use an electric. No belts, gas, oil, or exhaust. The reel mower is a pill to sharpen, though.
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 657
Re: Climate Change?
So far, I have never seen any study that promotes electric cars which took into account the mining. I've read reference to several. Actually, I think most of the recent ones do. A quick look with google finds this one from MIT which does. I think the model from Argonne Labs used by the EPA also does.
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CPR propaganda or fact ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1039
Re: CPR propaganda or fact ?
A few years back, a newspaper piece by a doctor claimed the life expectancy of someone revived by CPR was about 30 days.
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bore scope
- Replies: 13
- Views: 591
Re: Bore scope
To evaluate an old Alexander Henry single offered at an auction house not far away, I purchased off Amazon a Teslong flexible, 45" borescope. I also bought the set of angle mirror attachments for 22 through 40 caliber bores. The image is excellent. We simply plugged its USB port into a tablet P...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 657
Re: Climate Change?
I wonder if all the emissions from the enormous increase in lithium mining have affected anything? More electric cars means a 200-fold increase in emissions due to mining. Seems that electric cars are a step backward when viewed from a total start to finish perspective. Natural gas is cheaper, less...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gove style under lever Rolling Block
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2065
Re: Gove style under lever Rolling Block
I wonder if Lone Star did that. I know Dave did at least one Gove side lever. The CCH looks like that on my Lone Star.
- Wed May 24, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Climate Change?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 657
Re: Climate Change?
I forgot to mention that this report was from November 2 , 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post 100 years ago. You also forgot to mention that it was a very localized phenomenon, centered around the Norwegian post at Spitzbergen. Averages from around the globe show no su...
- Mon May 22, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1977
Re: A Chilling Thought
This video is very enlightening about climate change. I'm not sure how much weight to give a single arctic temperature plot. It shows the area cooling over 5 F at the same time the last ice age was receding . One needs to look at data (if available) from around the globe to get a proper average.
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1977
Re: A Chilling Thought
ABSOLUTELY NONE of this information is included in ANY KNOWN climate change hypothesis As I mentioned before, the earth's tilt and orbit are thought to explain the long term swings indicated by the ice core data. I doubt any one is doing detailed climate calculations over the span of time these cyc...
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1977
Re: A Chilling Thought
READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH So what's he trying to say? On the one hand he claims all energy transfer at lower levels is solely by mechanical means. Then he goes and claims radiation might have an effect above 1 km. So how does he reckon that what goes on above 1 km can't affect what goes on below, whe...
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1977