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Post by sixshot on Nov 3, 2021 0:29:57 GMT -5
The Penta HP's can vary a bit more in weight because they can leave a bit of a burr around the mouth of the HP on some bullets. Also that burr can hold some extra powder when you powder coat. It's usually not enough to make any difference with those bigger slugs in the 45, you might have to shoot some to find out but I doubt you can shoot the difference out to 100 yds.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 30, 2021 2:32:57 GMT -5
Keep after them, and good work on that dandy buck!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 26, 2021 19:35:50 GMT -5
We've been getting rain in town the last 2 days & snow just out of town. Dang it, I hate it when the snow runs those elk right down into town & I don't have to go up to 8,000 ft to find them! I have a cow elk tag & it opens November 1st and runs until the end of December and I'm going to do something I haven't done in 50 years. Try to take that cow elk with a jacketed bullet, just to see if it's possible. I've heard they will do it so I'm going to give it a try. James from Jersey & buddy Bill Fowler over in Colorado both gave me some Hornady 210 gr XTP's for the 41 magnum back when I was in a little bit of a tissy trying to figure out why my FA wouldn't shoot my beloved cast bullets. I finally figured it out (seating depth) but just to tell those two guys thanks I'm going to use some of those bullets they sent me. I'll pack them in the 10" FA & my iron sighted belt gun will be my bisley 480 & the lovely 387 gr HP, powder coated of course. Just a few more days & it's "game on". Anybody want to come along for the ride!! I might shoot a Montana white tail first though.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 26, 2021 1:19:53 GMT -5
Not really, what have you got? Just looking for a good 200 gr TC or FN bullet to use in a 10MM.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 26, 2021 1:17:02 GMT -5
Can't ask for much more than that from a bullet, nice job on a big animal.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 26, 2021 1:12:09 GMT -5
Ed, congratulations to your son & his new bride when they get married Saturday. I hope she has been north of Boerne a ways or she might get in her first snow ball fight!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 18:22:17 GMT -5
I'm looking for a 40 caliber, 200 gr FN bullet mold if anybody has one. I missed out on the group buy a while back & my 180 gr bullet needs a big brother. Thanks,
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 15:47:15 GMT -5
Trapr, I live just south of the area you are talking about and we have wolves but not a lot of them. Most are a bit farther north towards Island Park which is just outside Yellowstone Park. You really need to get into the more central part of the state but still have road access. That's why I mentioned Mackay, Challis or Salmon, there are quite a few back country roads that you can drive on or ride a snow machine. Just make sure you have tire chains & your GPS because there's a whole lot of country out there & much of it has no cell phone access. Break down & you're on your own. You might talk to one of the pilots at Challis Air Service & ask them about wolf sightings, or call Idaho Fish & Game & see where the best access is if you're going into the back country. Also you could try going up Morgan Creek out of Challis, Antelope Creek out of Mackay, going down the Salmon River from North Fork which is down river from Salmon, Idaho. Lots & lots of country down there & most of it is straight up & down. I spent a few winters down there living out of my backpack & filming Bighorn sheep when I was younger, if you want wild that's the place to go!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 13:08:10 GMT -5
Trapr, every spring is different plus it depends on where you are but you should be fine through Feb. I'm guessing you'll hunt somewhere along the park border? If not then most of our wolves are in the central part of the state & access is very difficult, it's the largest primitive area in the lower 48 states. Good luck!! Maybe the Mackay, Challis, Salmon area would be a good place to start, lots of back roads for snow machines, etc.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 13:01:20 GMT -5
I would rather have the white stuff instead of rain, it's really been slick on the back roads! I've seen a lot of deer & elk in the last week but didn't drop the hammer on anything, just small bucks so I decided not to shoot one. I can't hunt elk until next week but I've probably seen 200 or more. The snow has already pushed them down more than usual. I'm hoping the ground freezes or it's going to be very, very slick & you don't want to get stuck in the back country around here, cell phone coverage is very iffy! I've done a lot of walking to get cell phone coverage a few times. The good news is, 5 of my grandson's got bucks, one of them for the first time, he was pretty proud.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 12:47:25 GMT -5
I've told before how I had just turned 21 when I went into the military in 1966 & was stationed in Sherman, Texas. I got a part time job working in a Gibson's Discount Center in the sporting goods department & my life was changed forever. Working with guns, fishing tackle, ammo, etc, every day was a real eye opener for this young Idaho rooster who thought he already knew everything there was to know about guns & shooting, although I had never fired a handgun that I could remember. I was making $1.45 an hour but it sure helped because my pay from the base was pretty skimpy! I put an H&R 22 on layaway & was making payments on it until a Hi Standard Double Nine came in & I switched over to it, that was my first handgun ever. I was still trying to teach those hard headed Texans a little bit about guns, that's because I only knew a little bit but they were eating me alive, they knew so much more than I did & it was driving me crazy. Isn't the guy behind the counter suppose to have all the answers? It was terrible at first & they were loving every minute of it, they took no mercy on me for a long time until I finally met Moss. Moss Cosper was a retired Sergeant Major & had been an armorer (gunsmith) in his later years in the Army. He could see I was taking a beating & at first had helped those other Texans kick my know it all butt! That changed when he rescued me & started teaching me to reload & cast bullets, finally I could start to hold my own a little bit without getting savaged everyday but it took many trips to Dodd City, Texas to further my education! Slowly but surely I got my head above water & bought a blackhawk 357 & then a model 57 41 magnum & then it was game on. A few years later I had Moss & 3 other Texans join me for an Idaho pack in elk hunt on the horses & old Moss got his dream bull elk with a 7X57 that he had built. I would have to say that Moss Cosper of Dodd City, Texas was my mentor! Elmer & Skeeter came later.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2021 0:33:12 GMT -5
In 1961 I was Pheasant hunting with my brother & I stepped out of the truck & racked a round into dads old model 97 Winchester hammer gun & when the slide went forward I fired a round into the road in front of me! I never touched the trigger, just running that slide forward was enough to fire the gun. That was it for me that day & when we got home dad scolded me pretty hard & then proceeded to do the same thing, although it took him 2-3 tries. Now my oldest (gunsmith) son has that same model 97, but he completely rebuilt it. Model 97's were known to do that exact thing as they got worn.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 22, 2021 20:14:00 GMT -5
Couldn't agree more Mike, I thought all the accommodations were outstanding in every way, food, rooms, pool, service, etc. I know that at the end of the food line every night there would be a kitchen helper standing there & they would ask you if you wanted home made bread....dumb question! Everybody wanted home made bread! So they would pick up a big thick slice & butter it for you & put it on your plate. A couple of times I told her I was in training and needed a lot of dessert, she would nod politely, not having any idea what I was saying! I ate a lot of amazing dessert, especially the custard, Yikes!!!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 22, 2021 13:18:20 GMT -5
Forgot, my Dentist buddy used my Alan Harton 480 & the 385 gr HP to take a much bigger bull moose with, I think 4227, might have been HS6 & also one shot in & out. His bull was a dandy! Only animal he ever shot with a hand gun & the only time he ever pulled the trigger on my Harton gun! I only let him practice with my 44, I knew he would flinch if I let him practice with the 480. I'm sneaky but it worked perfectly.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Oct 22, 2021 13:12:17 GMT -5
Bula, sorry I missed out on breakfast, that's not like me!! My moose load with my Ruger SRH was a 370 gr cast slug from a Ballisticast mold that I special ordered, one side made a 370 gr & the other side made a 350 gr slug. I used the 370 & 20 grs of 4227 to take that moose with one offhand shot at 45 yds. Complete penetration and down in 40-45 yds. Not a max load, but it shot the best. Don't recall the velocity but it seems like just a bit over 1000 fps from the 7.5" barrel of the SRH. And the bullet was a softnose cast, this was before powder coating had came along. Bull was down in 5-6 seconds. I still have some of those loads. Good buddy Doc Barranti has the mold.
Dick
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