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Post by jsh on Aug 31, 2018 21:32:14 GMT -5
I want to say it was bull X that made some rubber wadcutters for modified brass cases, primer only.
The shot shells make me think about my project I have not finished. 45-70 Hornady brass, rim thinned and turned down, full cylinder length in the 480 Ruger. As to the 45 Colt shot shells, the speed capsules were hard to come by but I ran across some and bought four boxes. Prior to that I cut down 410 hulls and loaded them. Used flat over powder wads and a flat cardboard over shot wad, a little Elmers glue around the edge of the over shot card worked fine. My Blackhawk had no issue with the shotgun primer, YMMV.
Bagged a charging ground squirrel with the 410 load this spring.
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Post by jsh on Aug 21, 2018 18:00:32 GMT -5
All I will say is, I don't, anymore.
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Post by jsh on Aug 13, 2018 7:18:46 GMT -5
Well I am not on any kind of bender. However I don't have any adult supervision.
I as well got started on 41 mags. I have a twin of your 657. Actually was the first 41 I had. Sold it after buying the Hunter. Forward a couple of years. Bought the 657 back with a pile of extras for less than I sold it for.
As to dies. I ended up with about three sets. I bought a forth because they were cheap, new old stock, but they were steel dies non carbide. These steel RCBS dies make my best 41 mag ammo. The carbide tended to really over size the brass to much for my liking. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Aug 12, 2018 8:41:57 GMT -5
Moved to offer else where
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Post by jsh on Aug 7, 2018 22:35:48 GMT -5
WOW!!! I am happy for you my friend. That is excellent for a fisherman ;-). I was just thinking of what wheel gun to pack this fall. I consider the 357 max, but I need to give some attention to my 41 or 45s. Keep talking Dick, I am listening. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Aug 5, 2018 18:43:18 GMT -5
Y'all can quit with the 375 SM porn any time ;-). That what got me here to begin with. Advice from others on building one from a 357 max, I was told to just go with a 41 mag. Now I believe that was a joint effort by folks to keep me from acquiring yet another 357 max to build on, which also got me into the 41 mags (man did I miss out for a long time there). Now the wheels are turning again on a long put off project........... Jeff
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Post by jsh on Aug 2, 2018 15:24:20 GMT -5
I loaded some 330 Goulds cast from dead soft. They shot well.
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Post by jsh on Jul 30, 2018 17:47:45 GMT -5
What, no 2dogs t shirts? ;-) looks good my friend.
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Post by jsh on Jul 19, 2018 19:24:25 GMT -5
I would check and make sure the bolts are not to long, and bottomed out. If the length is good, a proper flat washer on the top and use good thick heavy fender washers on the bottom. Regular washers just do t have enough surface area and will tear through wood sooner or later. Putting a steel plate on the top will do little, most all the stress is on the bottom.
I have done some real serious work with my rock chucker in years past and it shows no sign of being loose on my 2x6 top bench. 2x2x1/8 flat bar, cut into squares with proper sized holes should do good service.
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Post by jsh on Jul 13, 2018 18:49:52 GMT -5
WOW! I would almost say lock the thread now and make it a sticky before it gets cluttered.
Some of the most savy sixgun advice I have seen. I would not expect it anywhere else actually.
I will toss in my .02 as I did not see it touched on.
Breath, ya have to breath. No oxygen and the eyes get messed up quick. Once the sight is steady, exhale hold, then squeeze. Trying to inhale and hold it, your using muscle and you will struggle terribly.
If you hold on the target too long, and start falling apart,no big deal. Put the gun down and start over. Make every shot the first shot.
Shot my FA last weekend in a match. Ran clean and perfect all the way through to 150, I hate turkey birds, but I smoked them with a good string. Got to Rams at 200. Bang,clang on the first three. Number four a clean miss flustered a bit missed five also. I know why I missed, I held the shot to long! My mind got off track and worried about time. Second string was better but still two misses. Once again me and I know why.
A 36x40 with a wheel gun makes me as happy as a 40x40+10 with any other rig.
Carry on gents. A lot of excellent advice and exercise. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Jul 7, 2018 18:53:06 GMT -5
I made up close to 1k of this from starline brass some years back for a few people, cold winter and I was bored. I had a full bull Virgin Valley 256. I forget what the twist was but I never could get it to shoot worth a darn past 100. I passed on a 25-35 AI barrel with dies. Have often wished I had tried it but the 256 caused me grief and I shied away from it.
Lee, did your dad find the welding on the barrel cause any grief as far as warping or making the chamber cut hard. I ask because I ran across a gent that does the stub barrel for the TC's and other tip open single shots. His claim was that just using the stub and threading it with a new barrel had no stress from welding. There are those that do that and rechamber these type barrels, yet offer no new barrels because they don't or won't weld the lug on. I figure it was as David described above, they just can't weld, properly. Jeff
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Post by jsh on Jul 7, 2018 18:38:54 GMT -5
You may wish you had trimmed after fire forming. Some cases will grow uneven when fire forming.
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Post by jsh on Jul 3, 2018 19:46:39 GMT -5
Buddy did that same thing right before I showed up at his house some years back.
I pull in the drive way and walk up to the front door. I noticed the vacum cleaner with smoke and fire damage laying in the snow in the yard. You really have to know this guy in order to not be alarmed by this to begin with. He explained to me that he was using a primer flip tray and dropped the whole works on the carpet. Got the vacum and had at it. About the third or forth on he heard go through went off. He swears that set off the others and ingnited the dust bag. Smoke was coming out and he just flung it out the front door. To top it all this was a brand new vacum. Then, he takes it back to the store, tells them it caught on fire. Dang if they don't give him a new one! I doubt he let on to the real story.
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Post by jsh on Jun 29, 2018 2:48:38 GMT -5
Only down fall I saw was it wont run with 20's and 17's. Both of which I have been playing with a lot as of late.
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Post by jsh on Jun 17, 2018 18:25:50 GMT -5
One will have issues when seating and crimping at the same time. Step back and look at it. The nose punch is still trying to push the bullet deeper while the case is trying to crimp a moving bullet.
A bit more time but end results are well worth it.
I see some get by with it on jacketed............... Jeff
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