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Post by Fowler on Mar 18, 2024 13:50:03 GMT -5
When I am in the backcountry I still like to carry single action, not always sometimes I carry autos or double actions but single actions just seem right.
Typically it will be a 45 colt loaded with a 270-SAA bullet over 9.5gr of Power Pistol or a 44sp with a 255gr Keith over 8.2gr of Power Pistol.
In summer where the odds of finding ground squirrels and other vermin is high a 327 fed has gotten the nod often with a 135gr LBT bullet at 1350fps or a 100gr Hollow point at a similar velo for fun.
But what floats my boat the next trip might be different so we will have to see what happens then...
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Post by Fowler on Mar 15, 2024 10:52:40 GMT -5
Just freaking spectacular grips. I’d love to feel them in my hand and see how they fit my mitts.
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Post by Fowler on Mar 14, 2024 11:00:21 GMT -5
That’s a right proper BBQ gun now. It would be fun to try and wear that one out for the rest of your life.
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Post by Fowler on Mar 13, 2024 10:43:15 GMT -5
I’ll talk to our booking agent today, but it appears all spots are filled, and possible a couple extras waiting to see if anyone drops out. So that means 2 full camps for this 2925 hunt. What’s funny, is the 2022 HHI Africa hunt was almost not a thing as only 3 people signed up. I believe the great success and photos from that hunt fueled this hunt. Great to hear because I promise bookings overall are down with peoples belts being significantly tightened these days with the down economy. Seems like a great valued hunt with good people...
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Post by Fowler on Mar 12, 2024 18:46:24 GMT -5
How long till you qualify as residents up there?
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Post by Fowler on Mar 11, 2024 23:14:37 GMT -5
The internet is a wonderful source of extremely suspect information
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Post by Fowler on Mar 9, 2024 16:26:56 GMT -5
If you're asking about the load, it was 9.5 gr. of Power Pistol and a 288 gr. cast SWC from a MP 45-270SAA mold. Very nice. I have a few OM mid frame rugers i am intending projects with. I have gone back and forth on the 45c on the mid frame. If i could get a 260gr to 1050-1100fps, id be happy there. It seems you are getting it done with no problems in that neighborhood. You can get to that power level in a midframe Ruger, at least a Pearce has listed several loads through the years that will get there in those guns.
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Post by Fowler on Mar 7, 2024 13:19:00 GMT -5
I this the same Shrapnel that was busting a pig in Texas with the sexiest 50-100-450 rifle a couple of weeks ago?
Welcome Kirk, pull up a chair to the fire and stay awhile...
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Post by Fowler on Mar 5, 2024 9:27:54 GMT -5
My brother has one, I think these are fantastic guns and am not a stainless revolver guy. They always end up bringing such silly money though...
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Post by Fowler on Mar 4, 2024 14:33:37 GMT -5
Yes they have full detailed records on all the guns they made. Just call and speak with the nice lady who answers the phone...
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Post by Fowler on Mar 2, 2024 9:44:16 GMT -5
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Post by Fowler on Mar 2, 2024 9:22:05 GMT -5
Interesting gun. Does Huntington use a FA style front base of his guns? Because that appears to be a Ken Oneal style front sight that are normally seen on FA guns.
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Post by Fowler on Mar 1, 2024 14:53:58 GMT -5
I’ve known a guy or two who swore they used a big old tire and on the backside where the back side of the rim would be they hung a steel gong. When the bullet hits the stew plate the lead splatters out in all directions with the inside of the tire catching most of the splattered lead. Keep some sort of a scoop and bucket nearby to recoup your lead.
Now the lead will have a bunch of rubber in it and stink to melt down but shouldn’t be any the worse for west.
I have never tried it myself but I’ve been tempted to for sure.
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Post by Fowler on Feb 29, 2024 14:54:12 GMT -5
I'd rather spend that kind of money on a Nimrod. Exactly why we so few custom Single Six 22lr guns, they take EXACTLY the same amount of work to build custom as the big boomers do but people don't see the value in them. Now my customs are not 22lr either, (I actually rarely shoot 22lr) but that is a dandy of a little gun, I bet it shoots like a dream. Fermin has a Harton built 22lr S6 that they made up years ago in the pattern of a Nimrod that is all sorts of cool and fun to shoot. Id love to have one but to pay someone $4k to build a 22lr? I dont see it happening
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Post by Fowler on Feb 29, 2024 14:26:11 GMT -5
I know a couple people who carry those little NAA 22mag revolvers.
Yes they are tiny and hard to shoot well but we are talking about draw and stick it in a assailants ribs sort of distance and accuracy and they work for that!
Just a thought,
The problem is for many runners they just dont wear much, when I ran in cross country and track in college typically it was a pair of running shoes and my shorts and that was it, the women wore the same with an athletic bra top on. We struggled to carry a little zip lock with some toilet paper and few dollars in it for long runs (often would run to a store, buy a bottle of water and run home). Packing a gun was the farthest thing from our mindset. Honestly mindset is the biggest part, be smart, stay out of dumb areas, learn to fight with your hands and mind before a gun but that is true even if you have a gun.
Hopefully she sorts out something that works for her, a lot of runners wear those little vests now that have a hydration blatter on the back and few pocket on the front and that would certainly give one more options. Or we would sometimes carry a small fanny pack for our Walkmans of the day, might work something with that.
Again this little NAA single actions sure are small and offer a lot of options of how they can be discreetly carried...
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