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by piller
Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Attention Paco
Replies: 14
Views: 2348

I know, but the rifle had been keyholing at 25 yards before using the Acc'rzr. The groups shrunk from 12 inches to 1.5 inches just by using the ammo run through the Acc'rzr.
by piller
Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Attention Paco
Replies: 14
Views: 2348

That is mostly accuracy, but the one time I could take it hunting for squirrels, it did very well. The 4 I saw and got were 1 shot kills. This rifle had been used when I got it and I shot 1 to 2 bricks of ammo through it a week for 7 years after that. It might have been the cleaning that helped to w...
by piller
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Attention Paco
Replies: 14
Views: 2348

Just to add my 2 cents, I have an Acc'rzr and It has brought new life back to an old Marlin Glenfield 60 that I have had for 25 years and too many rounds to count. It was losing accuracy to the point that I retired it. Now it is back to its old self. I think that anyone buying an Acc'rzr won't be di...
by piller
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas Summer Safari arsenal question
Replies: 15
Views: 2250

Those military airplanes probably couldn't be called operational under the best of circumstances. I was in one once when three of the four engines caught fire during the flight. Everyone but the Pilot, CoPilot, and Navigator immediately stood up, hooked up, and headed for the door. The plane landed ...
by piller
Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas Summer Safari arsenal question
Replies: 15
Views: 2250

With 86er backing you up, don't worry. He won't let you get too stupid, and besides, I had way too much fun getting that buffalo. The adrenalin rush was like the time I walked off the tailgate of a C-130 at 30,000 feet wearing arctic gear and having a 6 second static line. It was total fun.
by piller
Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

I can bring the .45ACP cylinder for my Blackhawk. That is a lot of fun. I can bring a muzzleloader, too. I bought some American Pioneer Powder for it and haven't had the time to try it yet. I'll see how much ammo I can bring.
by piller
Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- What I've Been Missing... (WARNING: LARGE)
Replies: 19
Views: 2728

Ji
Those were some great pictures. If I ever get to go back to Hawaii, I plan to let you know ahead of time to see if it is possible to get a hunt together. Come back to TX anytime.
by piller
Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT.....HUMOR
Replies: 4
Views: 981

:lol: :lol: :lol:
by piller
Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: my first photos
Replies: 18
Views: 2970

Nice collection. Looks like you have everything you need. I want a lot more than I need, though.
by piller
Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

I'll definitely make time to be there. Ricky, I have about a hundred rounds of 325 grain stuff for the .480. Do you think that might be enough? For those of you not familiar with Tullamore Dew, I have some to bring for after the guns are put away. It is an Irish Whiskey that is as smooth as polished...
by piller
Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - More Texas Pride
Replies: 2
Views: 697

I knew those engineers from A&M were good, but I wasn't aware of how good. :P :lol: :lol: Texans love a good joke, just look at how much we love baseball and the team closest to Dallas is already 15 games out of first place after playing 10.
by piller
Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting get together in Texas on the 29th(directions added)
Replies: 41
Views: 6703

Ricky I think I can make it. Joe, if those paper plates charge then I better change by brand of coffee for something safer. I'll bring the carbine and the pistol both chambered for the .480, and I have a .45lc with some moderately heavy loads that is fun to shoot. I also have a Rock Island Armory 19...
by piller
Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Macho Shooter !
Replies: 47
Views: 7396

When I was young, maybe about 10, I shot my Dad's double barrel 12 gauge and stuck a finger on each trigger. I was a skinny kid and if one of my older brothers hadn't of caught me, I would have been flat on the ground. I held onto the gun, but I never shot it again.
by piller
Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Texas Pride
Replies: 87
Views: 13198

Ji: Hawaii does have a lot of history to be proud of, too. When my Wife and I visited Oahu a few years ago, we toured the royal palace. King (David?) Kamehaha was very far ahead of his time with the palace. The Polynesian Cultural Center was great and highly informative about the islands history and...
by piller
Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

Ricky I'm going to try some H4227 in the .480. It is the slowest burning powder that I can find a recipe for with the 400 grain bullets. In the carbine barrel it should actually give a boost in velocity. I was out of town this weekend, and didn't have time to do anything. I need to order the bullets...
by piller
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

Ricky, when you are feeling better, give me a shout and I would like to come over there to go shooting. If you want to try the .480, sure, have at it. As soon as the new 400 grain bullets arrive, I need to load up some more heavy loads. I'm going to try a slower powder for the carbine so that the lo...
by piller
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone have a load recipe for 340 grain lead WFP PB .45
Replies: 3
Views: 648

Thanks, I looked and I do have some H110 on hand. I'll work up to that and see what it does.
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone have a load recipe for 340 grain lead WFP PB .45
Replies: 3
Views: 648

Does anyone have a load recipe for 340 grain lead WFP PB .45

Does anyone have a recipe for 340 grain lead plain base Wide Flat Point lead bullets for a .45LC in a Ruger Blackhawk? I have a box of these and would like to try them out. There doesn't seem to be a listing for them in anything I can find.
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Guns and booze? Why?
Replies: 42
Views: 5709

I have a shot of whiskey or a glass of wine in the evenings sometimes, but I have a nearly pathological fear of guns and alcohol together from when I worked in a hospital. If seeing what comes in to the E.R. after drinking and messing with guns doesn't scare the hell out of you, then I don't want to...
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Bush`s Resignation Speech !
Replies: 17
Views: 3056

We have done some good for Iraq while we have been there. People outside of Baghdad are just now learning what electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing are. My brother recently came back from the sandbox of Mesopotamia and told me this. The fact that some good can be found in all of this shou...
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - One year of hunting with a revolver.
Replies: 18
Views: 3118

Unless you are taking chances which could result in harm to you or others, then it probably isn't really a mid-life crisis. Sounds like you have just found another way to have fun and stock the freezer at the same time to me.
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Texas Pride
Replies: 87
Views: 13198

Oh, yeah, Charles---you forgot Jim Reeves. The first singer to have a number 1 on the country chart and a number 2 on the pop chart with the same song in the same week. Later some King of Rock did it the other way 'round.
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Texas Pride
Replies: 87
Views: 13198

Charles: I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could. I noticed you mentioned Michael DeBakey, the number 1 heart surgeon in the World, or maybe number 2 if you listen to the folks from Baylor Medical Center of Dallas about Dr. Jarvik. Texas has it all, and the medical people are top n...
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

That, or the Davy Crickett. Either one will work. CRS, we should talk Ricky into getting one for his granddaughter. What do you think?
by piller
Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

Ricky, I finally figured out what was missing from the picture. Where is the .22lr for the little lady? If she doesn't already have one, then you need to buy her one. You have seen the little short single shot types. I bought my son one several years ago, and with the Aquilla quiet rounds it was per...
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns Texas Summer Safari AUGUST 8-10th
Replies: 189
Views: 20022

I am having to sit this one out, too. PapaBear, is your daughter still interested in going next year if I bring my daughter along to get her first elk? Joe, is it possible to do it with a couple of young ladies along and having a room for just them?
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Ruger Blackhawk extra 45 ACP cylinder
Replies: 12
Views: 2429

Maybe I god a good one, but my BH with a 4 5/8" barrel shoots the .45 ACP just great. The .45 LC in it does better than I am capable of in accuracy. I shoot 300 grain Speer flat nose soft points with Hodgdon Lil Gun and get about 1200 fps. That load is amazingly accurate for me. The only thing ...
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Who'da thunk? Guns best crime deterrent...
Replies: 11
Views: 2150

I am only 42, but when I was 14 the local K Mart would let kids in coveralls buy shotgun shells during Pheasant and Quail Seasons. They never asked for ID, and strangely enough there wasn't a single case of anyone shooting anything in town. We all had guns, and there was not enough crime to report i...
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Drug Problems!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1176

Those were the best kind of Drugs for long term care. My parents knew about those drugs and that the hand of education could be applied to the seat of learning. Our society is now so enlightened and openminded that many people are in danger of having their brains fall out. Kind of like the main char...
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Anyone else celebrate the feast of St. Gabriel Possenti
Replies: 11
Views: 2032

I read about St. Gabriel Possenti on Fr. Frog's website. Sounds like someone who read the book of Luke well. Maybe it wasn't a sword, but the idea is the same. Luke 22:35-38. If Jesus told his disciples to be armed, and Peter was obviously a great swordsman to be able to reach across his body, snick...
by piller
Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Krodle Kountry
Replies: 52
Views: 6206

Sounds like a great way to spend a day to me. The mount looked good, too.
by piller
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures from the TX hog hunt
Replies: 18
Views: 3359

All in all, that hunt was one of the memories that will last a lifetime. I am taking my daughter there next year after high school graduation. She wants to hunt an elk, and once I get my vacation time for it, I hope Joe can be there to guide her. Richard has a great place. To everyone who was there,...
by piller
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures from the TX hog hunt
Replies: 18
Views: 3359

Thanks Ricky, I just read it. The story on the Water Buffalo is that Joe and I were in the truck with Mike and I think it was Bill. We saw the Buff and I wanted it. I called my wife and asked if I could spend the money for it. She said yes and I asked Joe if the .480 Ruger would do the job. He asked...
by piller
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Removing the lawyer safety on a Rossi 92
Replies: 5
Views: 1856

I just locked it in the fire position with some loctite. If you want it done right instead of my style (Southern Engineering) sent it to Steve. Or you can buy his DVD and do it yourself.
by piller
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- I AM SOOO PO'D!
Replies: 44
Views: 6499

Ji: There has been a lot of good advice here. I am praying for you to choose the right way. I enjoyed the time with you on the hog hunt, and I feel someone as good as you are can land on their feet. Walgreens is almost always looking for store managers and I have one of the corporate Vice Presidents...
by piller
Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures from the TX hog hunt
Replies: 18
Views: 3359

That Junior sized hog was taken with a 400 grain Speer Gold Dot pushed by 19.8 grains of H. Lil Gun (Speer Manual lists 20.0 as max). I recovered 2 nicely mushroomed bullets, and 1 very torn up. The meat is real lean, and tastes great. The rifle was a Legacy Arms Puma 92. It was fun, and a little sc...
by piller
Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: your opinion--red dot or scope on a lever
Replies: 32
Views: 5175

I put a Tasco red dot on the 336C my wife swiped from me and she loves it. The red dot covers exactly where the bullet hits out to about 150 yards. It works fine for me when I can get it away from her, and I spend 40 hours a week staring at a computer screen. That is kind of rough on the eyes.
by piller
Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- knife advice
Replies: 16
Views: 2925

If you are using an old file, keep it from getting hot as it is already tempered. If you heat it up too much it will be ruined. Keep a bucket of cool water near you and dip the file in it after each pass. Files take a long time to shape as they are already hard. They make great cutting instruments i...
by piller
Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures from the TX hog hunt
Replies: 18
Views: 3359

Pictures from the TX hog hunt

Here are some pictures from the recent TX hog hunt. Strangely enough, there were more than just hogs hunted. Oh well, it was fun. http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii176/dbcasady/2-17-2008-12.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii176/dbcasady/2-17-2008-09.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...
by piller
Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where do you live and what do you do for a living?
Replies: 106
Views: 14881

I am a Pharmacist for Walgreens. I live in Red Oak, TX, which is the last suburb as you leave the Dallas area going south on I35E before you hit some farmland then Waxahachie. My wife and I are both U. S Army Veterans of a 3 year hitch, and I was a Paratrooper with B co 3/504 for a while. I love my ...
by piller
Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns Texas Summer Safari AUGUST 8-10th
Replies: 189
Views: 20022

I was just on the last hunt with Joe, and for those who are thinking about going, it was a great time. If I had more vacation time, I would like to go again.
by piller
Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Peter H Capstick a fraud?
Replies: 63
Views: 16226

I have read and enjoyed several of Capstick's books. I never heard anyone saying that he was a fraud while he lived. If he was, I DEMAND proof. He might have embellished for the sake of a story. So what! Most authors do in order to make a story interesting. I do not recall that he ever put himself i...
by piller
Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 44/40 and hogs
Replies: 27
Views: 5838

Everywhere I listen to people talk about cartridges here in the Dallas area they all think that a 7mm Rem Magnum is the minimum for deer. I just can't figure out how the old timers did everything with guns that were just too underpowered to be useful. :wink: :wink: :wink: I guess the large part of t...
by piller
Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jeff Quin is awesome
Replies: 16
Views: 3553

Based on Gunblast.com reviews of the Puma leveraction, the .480 Ruger cartridge, and the KelTec P3AT, I have purchased a KelTec, and a Puma in .480 Ruger and am totally satisfied with both. My next purchase is going to be the Ruger GP101 in .327 Magnum. Oh, I almost forgot the ACU'RZR I purchased fr...
by piller
Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Cheney goes against Bush
Replies: 32
Views: 4985

It gives me back some faith in our Country's chances for long term survival to see that this list shows backers from both major political parties. I had all but given up hope that people could see good sense beyond party platforms.
by piller
Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: puma .480
Replies: 6
Views: 1346

I was kind of under the impression that only the 50 BMG was banned. Remember Ronnie Barret's letter to the LAPD about why he wouldn't send their rifle back after they sent it back to him for repair work. Glad that the .480 isn't banned. It is having a hard enough time hanging on to life without bein...
by piller
Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best levergun poll.
Replies: 54
Views: 8785

I still like my Marlin 336C in 30-30 that my wife took from me. She had the stock cut down for her, and I still miss that rifle. It shot exactly where I pointed it. When she goes deer hunting with me, that is what she takes. Some mass production guns just seem to be put together better than others. ...
by piller
Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - What dog are you?
Replies: 47
Views: 8069

Curly Haired Retriever, odd because I Loathe swimming.
by piller
Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hog Hunt Notice............
Replies: 6
Views: 1408

Bummer! Sorry to hear about it. I'll be there for the 11th-13th, and I am looking forward to meeting everyone. I'll add you and your dog to my prayers.
by piller
Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-I let myself get pushed around a lot
Replies: 69
Views: 9590

Jason: My wife and I took a long time to find our house. Where we are at now, everything is working out for us. Keep praying and GOD will lead you. We had to move to another state, but that is apparently what we were supposed to do. Since moving here 10 years ago, our kids are doing great in school,...