beautiful buck ! well done
Type: Posts; User: bart55
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Got one fat doe with the reformado . Worked just fine
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Great job , have used similar in 32 win and results were the same .Start grindin the sausage
Forum: Hunting with CB's
been hunting with flint for more than forty years(well maybe fifty ) ,only had problems first year (learning curve) Keep touch hold open after practice shooting .(yea I was a dumb kid) Killed lots...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Last couple of whitetails I took with the 45 70 ,One was with the lee 405 Rn hollow base and a case full of goexFF the other was with a GB 400 gr fn that actually casts out to 385 with my ww and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Favorite load for me is 47.5 4895 behind 150 gr m2 ball OAL 3.34 have fired thousands of this load and it is usually more accurate than I am .I have also tried 4064 3031 ballC and a lot of surplus...
Forum: Our Town
Great story Ric got those dang allergies actin up readin it. I know how really blessed I am and once in a while I need a little reminder .Seem to recall that story from some years back,don't know...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
First and only bite was a 35 rem contender that I just was not ready for .I learned very quickly .I really could not figure out how I had been so stupid .Broke my glasses and gave me a gash .Pretty...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the 4.5 bullseye under a 230 lee rn and 5 gr under same bullet for a snappy 45auto load.Also use the H&G 200gr with 3.5 gr for a very accurate and mild load .and of course my absolute favorite...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Bad water bills recollection of the 22 hi power brings back memories of my own,bought it on my way home from junior high at a local gun shop ,99 with seventy empties a tong tool and mould, cookie...
Forum: Our Town
Yea it sure does seem pretty lame to me ,I loved the old American sportsman show with Curt Gowdy ,Bing Crosby Phil Harris and a host of others that really was enjoyable .Cant say much for the stuff...
Also my favorite ,I have more handguns in 38 /357 than any other .I cast and shoot over ten thousand a year
Forum: Our Chapel
Many prayers from this shooters family ,hope you have a speedy recovery
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Yes had it done about ten years ago or more,the barrel was rethreaded, I am not sure what mods he had to do, a good fried of mine did both rifles ,along with a martini cadet rebarreled to 218 bee....
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Interesting thread ,I also have a Siamese mauser converted to 45 70 and a smle converted to 45 70 both are top performers .Mauser is more custom rifle with fancy wood and Nikon scope but the smle...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Have shot many a deer after peeing from the tree stand and spitting a little beechnut (no a lot of beechnut) chew. Only scent I can remember that worked was Davey brackens I was about sixteen years...
Forum: In Remembrance
I am saddened by the news ,I always enjoyed his posts and as with a lot of veteran casters and do it yourselfers there was always something to learn .Not too much older than me ,so as said before me...
Forum: Our Town
Great Joy ,my grandson age 8 has also gotten the fever and I am thrilled.My kids liked to shoot but none really got the bug like me but now the next generation................................ ! I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have melted lots of roofing sheets and most are pure lead .Used to get a lot of block tin from old beer tap lines back in the seventies and eighties when they were being phased out and replaced...
Have much the same results as Larry,452 sized lead runs in my WW2 Remington Taurus, Springfield and the 17's but my Colt commander or my brothers Kimber will only run with 451 sized bullets or I can...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I fully agree should have culled that nincompoop with the camera
Forum: Our Town
My late wife was a shooter ,usually won the muzzleloader turkey shoots with some offhand remark like (I don t see what's so hard about hitting that egg on the string ! After which most of the guys...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Years ago (1969) I shot a large doe with a 444 marlin ,the long barreled one with the straight stock .It was about fifty yards away factory rem 240 gr jsp it went in behind the shoulder but came...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
reminds me of a hunt with my little brother when he was 12, saw a woodchuck on an opposing hill(had to be at least 70 yards away he had a 20 ga double and he said he was going to shoot the chuck ,I...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have also used 243 with jackets to kill a few whitetails, always worked good , and also in my youth shot quite a few with a 22 hornet and a 22 savage hi power, I wouldn't' do that now ,the hi...
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 |