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JimT

Thank you Scott. I love hearing good news.

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We came upon the camp quite unawares. We did not know anyone was camped back in these hills and were not expecting to meet anyone. It was a long ways from anywhere. We had been backpacking, heading into the backcountry for several days and it was just about time for us to stop for the evening when w...

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Everyone has their own way of doing many things. And it doesn't mean other ways don't work or aren't OK. I like hearing about other ways of doing things, even if I don't plan on trying it. Knowledge stored up CAN be used if needed. I hate some places where, if you post some thing that is different, ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 7:32 am Jim, I bet you could put any revolver with Colt guts back together blindfolded.

I do know I have taken apart more than a few over the years.

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Very nice Jim! So, tell us more about the homemade FFg powder! :D It's black. Large granules. Goes "BANG" and smokes. That's all I know. I did not make it. Some friends came to visit and one of them makes his own powder. He gave me a pound of it. I loaded some in the .38 S&W cases for...

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I love shooting my 1862 Colt Police .36 but man! This 1851 Navy is running a close race! Took it to the Range today to try out Triple 7 and some home-made 2Fg black powder. I set up at 20 yards and managed to fire about 30 shots an hour. The Triple 7 gave the best results. No surprise as it has give...

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Bob Hatfield wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 8:21 am For some reason, I feel naked if I have a caliber that I cannot handload for.

I can identify with that! I even reload .22 Long Rifles .....

JimT

Good job! I have used 150 gr. spire point Silvertips with great results in my 94.

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It was a WEATHER BALLOON >>> A WEATHER BALLOON!

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I am glad you came through it OK and were able to be help. The problem with those kinds of situations is you cannot tell which is the good guy and which is the bad guy. They both may be bad guys. It could be the good guy took off just to get clear of the scene or because he was scared or wounded.

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Because you can:

Make a tool to flat nose round nose 9mm bullets

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Shoot 'em into sand and see what they do compared to standard round nose
Flat-nose:

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Round nose:

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My dad taught me to handload, beginning when I was about 10 years old. I have been handloading for a long time. When people ask me about the cost I try to explain that while they will not save any money by handloading, they will shoot a whole lot more for the money they spend. And as you said, there...

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Thinking about this subject and remembering times when an emergency happened that required I grab a gun, I don't believe I ever made a conscious choice as to caliber. I needed a gun immediately and took what was at hand. Sometimes it was a shotgun. Sometimes it was a rifle. Sometimes it was a handgu...

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THE FINAL WORD OF AUTHORITY ... from the Lone Ranger himself!

Thank you Sixgun.

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You'll know if you're ever on the verge of too light when you do the following test: hold the gun (loaded) in the vertical position, muzzle down, bring level and fire across a chronograph. Note velocity, now do the opposite; hold gun in the vertical (muzzle up) for a second before bringing the gun ...

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Pull a factory Remington or Winchester .45 Colt and look at the dinky powder charge the factories use. They don't seem concerned and been doing it for longer than most of us have been alive.

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Yes I would.
IF there were no way to avoid it.
The best place to be in a gunfight is not there.

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.... as simple as a bullet getting stuck in the barrel. Just for fun one day I loaded extremely light loads of Bullseye under a 260 gr. cast bullet in the .45 Colt and fired it straight up outside the door of my shop. I wanted to get a bullet to go up no higher than about 15 or 20 feet. The first s...

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I have had decent accuracy with 700-X

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In nearly 70 years of shooting I have heard about "powder position" and "detonations" etc. etc. I have never had an accuracy problem with light powder charges in large sixgun cartridges. I don't know about rifles. I do not believe you can carry what works in rifles to sixguns or ...

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That's something I have never once considered, thought of or worried about.
No offense. It just never has been an issue.

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Jim, What does a .457" round ball weigh? Many summers ago I bought a mil-surp rifle. The instruction book said to use window cleaner with ammonia to clean the bore if using corrosive primed ammo. Well, it worked, and I had no bad effects from rust at all. So being lazy and hating using hot soa...

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Other than black powder guns I don't clean mine much. I usually just wipe off the grease and smoke and whatever with an oily rag. I have been shooting my Single Six a lot lately and have run 500 rounds or so through it without cleaning it. It will get cleaned whenever it gets a to dragging when I co...

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Jim, Othias over at C&Rsenal on youtube swears by Ballistol for cleaning all kinds of stuff, especially black powder firearms. Nontoxic and can be used on wood too. Softens BP fowling and prevents rust from forming. BTW, Ballistol is one of the sponsors of C&Rsenal. HTH Sounds like it's wor...

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John Taffin told me that Hodgdon's Triple Seven FFFg gave him the highest velocities of all the powders he tried. It gave good accuracy also. I have a pound of it and am gonna try it as soon as I am able.

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THANKS!!

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weiler wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 8:06 pm Think Henry Bowman used nylon “bullets” or some synthetic material, havent read it in a few years, about due!

You are right. They were the "plastic" that was called "nylon" back then.

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... The wax bullet punched a nice clean hole through the oak but left no marks at all on the fireplace brick behind it. Ouch. That's a bit more dangerous than one would have assumed. yessir. Used with good results in the book UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. If you haven't read it, you probably should cons...

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I have it on good authority that JimT has as many problems as anyone.

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Yes. He is a Biden Import.

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Years ago Speer put out plastic cartridges with plastic "heel" bullets that were primer-powered for indoor practice. They were "bore-riding" diameter. My Dad bought us some of them. Eventually we began hot-rodding them with a little Bullseye under the plastic bullets but that eve...

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I was wondering what you other Texas boys are doing considering this illegal alien who murdered women and kids is still on the loose and apparently no one knows where? Are you taking any special precautions? You do not need to describe them. No use giving the other side anything. I know we have ramp...

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I have an old RCBS vibrating cleaner that I bought in the 1990's. I have used it since then and continue to use it, with corn cob or ground walnut hulls or plain white rice. I throw the brass into it when I come in from the range and let it run until the next day. Cases are clean and shiny by then. ...

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Paladin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:44 pm I have two Rossi's perfected by Steve and have his CD on how to do it. Cleaning up one (not as well as him), but that may be an option.

I was gonna suggest the same thing.

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Thank you my friend! I have not been around active volcanoes since I lived in Japan. Fascinating but scary.

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Bart and John Taffin

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:03 pm I often wondered what happened to him, always enjoyed his writing as well as his dad's!

He retired back in 2015 and took Jim WIlson's place at Shooting Times when he stopped writing.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:58 am
JimT wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:49 am now THAT is a great story! Too bad there wasn't a video.
If the carpenter had a cell phone it would have been on youtube!

Jim, where did you do this, Washington state?

Missouri

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now THAT is a great story! Too bad there wasn't a video.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:18 am
You forgot to 'splain about party lines, Jim!

Oh yeah. Those were .... fun ....

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Back in the Dark Ages we had telephones that were connected by wires. Yes. Actual wires! I know it is hard for the younger set to believe this but actual copper wires were strung all over the world, allowing people to talk to each other. No. I am not making this up. There were no such thing as cell ...

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IMG_4038-1.JPG IMG_4014.JPG IMG_4015.JPG USFA44spl.JPG The two standard loads I use .. both with Lyman #429421 = 6.5 gr. Unique and 16.5 gr. 2400. These hit to the sights. I did not have to tweak the front sight in any way. IMG_0316.JPG IMG_0604.JPG 1.JPG Left= modern solid head case .... Right=old...

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Never encountered that problem. Your solution may work. Before you do that make sure it's not the cross pin latch that's causing the issue. Loosen the screw and take it out (don't drop the spring

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While I am at my daughter's place in Oklahoma I have been shooting my Single Six a lot. Had to go buy more ammo the other day because I seriously misjudged how many I would shoot while I am here!

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Not mine. Belongs to the wife of a close friend.
I like the looks of it!

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Yep Sixgun. i can still shoot fairly well, but I cannot shoot the heavy recoiling stuff anymore. Last year I took my .45 to the range with my 300 gr. loads ... about 1150 fps. I took 20 rounds and brought at least 15 home. :? It is what it is. I wouldn't even try to shoot the big revolvers anymore. ...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 12:59 pm Come to the UK most cops go pale when they see a gun.

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