I shoot my Contender as a carbine and have several barrels for it. For my money the best and most versatile barrel/chambering is 30-30. I also reload with careful choices of components I can target...
Type: Posts; User: maddog13
I shoot my Contender as a carbine and have several barrels for it. For my money the best and most versatile barrel/chambering is 30-30. I also reload with careful choices of components I can target...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
A friend recently gave me 3lbs of 473AA.....free.Really didn't know anything about it but where it sat in a burn rate chart told me it would likely work for my purposes. I am using it in 38+P loads...
I shoot a Rossi 357 Mag levergun and there are times that I'll shoot 38 Specials in it. I bought this little tool from a outfit called Slixsprings. It's a little scraper that threads onto a cleaning...
Forum: Leverguns
If you're looking to acquire a 357 levergun I noticed you left out the Rossi/Braztech M92. I recently bought a new one. It came to me a little rough(oversprung in several areas) and needed a little...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I shoot cast in 3 different rifles but don't cast them myself. Where I live it's just not in the cards. So I buy them. I buy 357 158 gr RNF and 165 gr FN 30-30 bullets (both coated) from Missouri...
My KHornet likes the 34gr Midway Dogtown HP, Winchester small pistol primer, and 13 grs Lil Gun.
Forum: Leverguns
The magazine cap screw on my Rossi 357 was super tight, so tight that I was afraid I might bugger up the screw head getting it out. I went thru all my screwdriver bits to find the one that fits all...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
The Pripartsan brass is definately thicker than the Remington and the Winchester brass. Fortunately I am sitting on 2- 100 rd bags of new Pripartisan brass I bought a while back.....when it was...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Not sure what u are referring to. I made a couple loads and tried them at the range this week. 357 Magnum Rossi levergun, 158 gr RNF coated Missouri bullet, 5 grs of the 473AA, SPP. This load was a...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Yes it is.....thanks Challenger. Based on Challenger's info I'm gonna start with 5 grs then maybe bump it up a little. Should make it to the range this week for some testing. Will report back
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Hello, I'm Mike from San Diego.I've been reading here around for quite awhile but not much posting. I have two rifles I shoot cast in....a TC Contender carbine 30-30 and a Rossi M92 levergun in 357...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I just had my Contender carbine 22 Hornet re-chambered to K Hornet. Friday I went to the range to fireform cases. I went with new PriPartisan brass, 34 gr Midway Dogtown HP, 10.5 grs 296, and...
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 |