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Post by potatojudge on Sept 27, 2022 20:31:16 GMT -5
Yeah the 22 magnum is probably the most versatile of those options, but if you're thinking any kind of volume shooting the LR still wins the day.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 27, 2022 10:01:26 GMT -5
I was just asking a simple question. I have guns that see one load and are always ready to go where the first shot of the day could be steel or game, and I need to know exactly where it'll hit. These get taken hunting or put in a holster for general outdoors stuff. In the case of my hunting FAs, they ride in a Pelican case with ammunition wallets so the right ammo is always with the gun. Same goes for rifles- once something is set up for hunting and sighted in I'll put that ammo in a butt cuff on the rifle. I have more guns that see a variety of loads or have sights/optics swapped around occasionally. These either get shot for groups or I adjust as I go, but that's fine when you're able to take a few shots getting dialed back in.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 25, 2022 19:04:22 GMT -5
You can expect the same grip fitting issues on a FA that you would swapping grips on Rugers. The frames and grips are hand finished together.
Aside from that, Power Custom did an action job on one of my FA97s and it's night and day smoother and lighter to cock. SA on all my FAs are excellent, but the feel of the action can definitely be improved.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 24, 2022 19:36:43 GMT -5
I made a point to pick up more of the old Lee hand primers when my first one split the metal body.
In the meantime I got a good deal on a K&M with depth gauge, which isn't really useful unless you uniform primer pockets for depth AND sort your primers for height. It sees use as a crush seater if I'm not feeling confident in the seating done on a progressive.
The goal is just to find a tool that allows for good tactile feedback on crush seating.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 20, 2022 13:51:50 GMT -5
Very neat gun. Thanks for sharing.
That case coloring has its own character, not cyanide nor Turnbull style. Just shows how variable coloring can be based on whatever alchemy is used.
No idea if Grover ever used Mesquite, but one could make near identical stocks out of spalted mesquite.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 13, 2022 18:42:14 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 13, 2022 14:11:19 GMT -5
Unbiased journalism, as we've come to expect from MSN.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 12, 2022 13:05:29 GMT -5
Just for information a lot of years ago the writer Rick Jamison said that the 260 Remington was the perfect caliber for whitetail deer as though it was invented specifically for that animal. What do y'all think about the 260? As good as any for whitetail. Many of them will be limited to 120-130 grain bullets rather than the heavier 140-150 class, but that's fine for deer. It's really hard to compare cartridges without knowing the details of the rifle they're chambered for. Twist, throating, and magazine length determine what a round is capable of. This is especially true of the 6mm rounds. Are 6x47 Lapua and 6mm Creedmoor better rounds than a 243? Well, they're usually built with a faster twist and longer throat, so yeah in that setting they are. A fast twist long throat 243 in a single shot will outperform either though, just due to larger case capacity with all else equalized. 100 grain 6mm bullets aren't the heavies now- 115 are. Growing up 180 grains in a 30-06 were the heavies, now they're 230+ grain. Bullets have changed rifles, rifles have changed requirements for brass dimensions leading to the new rounds everyone likes to complain about but for those that don't handload or build custom rifles (some of) these new rounds are advantageous. Sometimes all you need is one bullet that kills out of proportion to what you'd expect. The 7mm 120 ballistic tip has that reputation. The 25 cal 85 grain ballistic tip does as well. Bullet construction and performance at impact velocity can extend the useful range of a round and help bring down bigger game than a larger but less adequate bullet. The easy button is to buy older European rifles. Their 6.5x57 and 7 Mauser guns were built to handle heavy for caliber round nose bullets, so handle modern heavy VLD bullets seated out long nicely. You'll struggle to get a factory 260 to handle the range of bullets a 6.5x57 will.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 7, 2022 10:45:57 GMT -5
No wrong answer between the 41, 44, and 45 versions of the 97.
One advantage to the 45 is the gun will weight slightly less, and you can load up lighter weight bullets to keep the package weight down. 5 225 grain bullets carry very different than 5 300 grain bullets.
That 327 is just how I'd spec one out. Round butt with black micarta is probably the best carrying version of these guns. Worth sending the cylinder to Bowen for a black powder chamfer. There really is no other custom work that one would need except a nice holster.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 5, 2022 10:27:07 GMT -5
www.angelfire.com/ga/alphaprecision/prices.htmlBest Grade was about a $700 premium over a standard line bored custom. Not a "Best Grade" in the Bowen sense, but Jim's top tier package. Not all "Best Grade" guns were marked as such, but it's neat this one was. I think the price was reasonable given current prices for custom work, the rarity of these guns, and the desirable configuration.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 17, 2022 13:34:26 GMT -5
JES will recut the ejector. He did on my Max.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 17, 2022 13:09:35 GMT -5
If your current barrel profile allows, I'd 100% have JES rebore and rechamber it rather than paying for a barrel swap.
He turned my 14 twist 223 No 3 into a 357 Max and it's great.
Reminds me I have a No 1 with a heavy octagon barrel in 6.5x55 that's just too heavy to enjoy hunting with. Need to have JES make it a 16 inch big bore one of these days. Problem is I already have No 1s in 45-70 and 500 AK so there's no gap in performance I need to fill.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 17, 2022 9:57:09 GMT -5
I'd call Troy at Bullberry. He might just not keep that caliber of barrel stock around but could get it for an order.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 17, 2022 9:53:07 GMT -5
I'd rather go the moon clip route than mess with speed loaders, but opinions here vary
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 16, 2022 11:35:11 GMT -5
Looks like a one piece barrel?
I wonder how the moon clips work with those long skinny rounds.
Whether or not it could be made into a rimmed chambering depends on how they cut the rear of the cylinder. It could be problematic, like how 45 AR has to have an especially thick rim to headspace properly.
Not the front sight I'd choose, but that's an easy fix.
Would have been nice to have a scope mounting system that allows the irons to stay in place as a backup to optics.
The lack of recoil and excellent S&W SA trigger should make for a nice shooter.
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