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I wanted to inform you that Ken (my dad) is now in hospice. His pain is under control, and we've had some sweet time together with all of his grandchildren. We were able to spend time...

Dad and I are sitting in the ICU discussing philosophy, drinking coffee together. Except for the incision on the side of his head, you would not guess that he had brain surgery today. :)

Hey folks, I have an update on Ken.

Dad is out of surgery now, and recovering in the ICU. He is moving and speaking just fine, and seems only as groggy as you'd expect anybody to be when they are...

Hey folks!

I am Ken's son. He has asked that I provide updates to this thread following his surgery. Thank you all for your prayers.

I often take rest in Psalm 119:89-91,

"Forever, O LORD,...

I settled on using a 250gr RNFP with 5.4gr of Trail Boss as a somewhat clean-burning load for cowboy shooting. I can put a couple hundred rounds through it with this in a single session and have...

I'm intrigued by this round ball idea, and I intend to give it a try this winter after researching a bit.

I have quite a few .457 pure lead balls sitting around right now. By the sounds of it, I...

.44 magnum, due to it's versatility. I can use it for light cowboy plinking on up to strong hunting loads. It doesn't hurt that it's also what I am best-equipped to reload. =-D

If I was tooled up...

I imagine you'd have a tough time going wrong with 6.0 to 7.0 grains of Unique with a 240 gr SWC. I shoot this load pretty frequently with .44 magnum brass in my 7.5 inch Blackhawk. Fun little...

My Rossi Model 92 .44 mag stainless trapper is often referred to as "the toy." Can't imagine why... I mean, I had toy guns as a kid that were bigger than this thing. =-D

Yeah....I suppose I'll find myself casting before it's all said and done. :coffee:

Thanks for your reply. I guess the next test will be adding lube to the bullets I already have and going from...

Hey guys, I wanted to post a follow-up to this thread. Please forgive me if this is considered to be "resurrecting an old thread." =-D

So taking some of the advice given to me in that thread, I...

Wow, thanks a lot for the feedback everyone.

In response to masscaster, I have "eyeballed" down the barrel with a bore light and cycled the cylinders to see if I could find any readily apparent...

Thanks for the feedback so far guys. I may be able to get some of the Lee liquid alox to test with. However, could you explain a bit of the science as to how lube plays into the leading game (or...

Well, gas checks unfortunately aren't an option for cowboying (they aren't allowed). And I don't know if 2400 would be a feasible powder for pip-squeek loads like I'm trying for (I may be wrong --...

I'll start by saying I am new to this forum, and moderately new to the realm of shooting lead -- so howdy folks!

This is my tale of woe. :violin: A few months ago I started getting into cowboy...