Someone gave me some Trail boss powder otherwise I would never have tried it. anyway.. 6.4 grains with a powder coat 200 grain CRFN is very mild and fun to shoot.. I imagine it is like 1100 fps...
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Forum: Leverguns
Someone gave me some Trail boss powder otherwise I would never have tried it. anyway.. 6.4 grains with a powder coat 200 grain CRFN is very mild and fun to shoot.. I imagine it is like 1100 fps...
Forum: Leverguns
Mine is a Navy arms long range sportsman.. which is really just an early Ubeti with a 30" barrel and pistol grip/checkered stocks.. it is very attractive and in 44-40.. it functions perfectly and...
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I guess it depends on if you have a .40 caliber gun which.. I do not. l don't load for 40 so the 44-40 at .429 barrel is basically a 44 spl/mag bullet. for some reason they all use 200 grain FP...
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Ok.. said in another thread.. I slugged the barrel and it was .429+ which is great. means 44 mag/spl bullets will work. loaded 200 rounds (all the brass I had) with 6.5 grains Trail boss and...
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this is an interesting topic to me. I have been handloading for many decades but so far have shunned the necked down cases. My first venture into the realm was a 30 carbine blackhawk that just...
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Ok.. picked up a Navy arms 1873 in 44-40.. cost me a bunch for dies and trimmers and bullet molds but.. I shoulda slugged the bore. it was .429 so I could use my 44 mag or special molds.. live and...
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These things were expensive when they came out but are Uberti.. mine is a 30" in 44-40 which I had resisted for a while. The gun is slick.. it sold for like $2k+ in the day.. the Cimarron is now...
I would be very happy with a 2-3" group at 40-50 yards but I have never owned a scoped handgun. it seems like yours is 'consistent' but not in a good way.. it should not double the size of the...
loading data other than powder puff loads for 44 spl has always been scarce. My only dedicated 44 spl gun at this time is a 4 3/4" SAA clone from Cimarron.. it specs out perfectly and is very...
I bought a used 629. 6.5" a 'classic' I bought it because the strength had been improved over the old model 29. I cast my own bullets and coat em with powder coat or Hi-Tek. I also own pin...
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The problem for me... for my Henry.. with SWC bullets it that they are too long. They simply jam up the gun. you can feed em one at a time through the ejection port of course. The same bullet...
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I don't use Hi-Tek for the colors. I admit they can be fun but really I don't like the reds as they can have a lipstick look. In any case.. I have taken to cooking longer and water quenching so...
The only problem I have with the 9mm is.. that a lot of the guns are all over the map for chambers and barrel dia. and throats. most factory rounds will work in almost any of em but some of the...
I had no 32-20 brass so the stuff I bought was indeed starline. This is not a gun that will get shot a lot I am thinking it is heavy and long barreled but fun to shoot but not the most interesting...
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With the stock semi buckhorn style sight I simply could not get consistent accuracy at 50 yards... I know it is my eyes but my much younger friends had trouble too... i think it depends on lighting...
Thanks Harry... I think I tried everything. I used a Lee trim die which trims way down to minimum. Like you I thought 30 carbine brass is tough and cheap... . no matter what I do the carbine...
I can live with .4315ish especially if they are all the same. I coat my bullets and size to .431 that extra half to one thou is not a big deal. I had one Redhawk that ran .433 and maybe a...
I admit that I have an extreme weakness for the 44 special caliber. I also am a fan of 5" barrels.. I am also not a fan of the bigger and heavier Rugers or.. of their sometimes...uh... 'cavalier'...
just found this thread and it is timely. I have an old Blackhawk 30 carbine. It hates 30 carbine rounds.. they will tie it up. that is the bad news.. the good news is that because it has the...
The only thing stopping me is I have heard the throats need work. pay that much it should be right. I am also a way bigger fan of the 44 spl than the 45Colt. If that was in 44 spl it would end...
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yeah... one thing I notice is that the guns are just all around cleaner including what I thought was powder residue. I can put away a gun I have shot with HT bullets for one session and not feel...
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I am not a cowboy action shooter but I think the author of that article was more concerned with lead particulates than with the smoke. I guess if you wanted a little bit of smoke from smokeless...
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neat thread. My choice would be purely selfish.. first of all a reproduction is just that.. it is stronger and not original.. it need not shoot black powder. I would choose the .357 ...
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For me the hardest color to mix after setting a few months is the black. If there is a little left in a container of a color and I want to mix another color I just mix on top so my colors are...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |