That is a GREAT bullet design for any of the 38/357 calibers, sized to fit your revolver's throats.
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That is a GREAT bullet design for any of the 38/357 calibers, sized to fit your revolver's throats.
90% of my magnum revolver loading these days consists of loads well under SAAMI recommendations. A standard-weight-for-caliber cast plain-based SWC at 900-1000 FPS is a right useful loading, and...
We run several Glocks among our family. All are box-stock, all are reliable with either factory loads or well-prepared handloads. 9mm, 40 S&W, 10mm, and 45 ACP. Nothing made by the hand of man can...
I also have two D/A 32/20 WCF revolvers--both 5" barrels, one each Colt Army Special and S&W M&P. My go-to powder for the 32/20 revolver went out-of-print a few years a go (SR-4756), so I have...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
"Measure once, cut twice; measure twice, cut once." Good on ya, sir.
I have a very nice Bisley Blackhawk from the 1990s, but like a lot of Ruger firearms it came in "Kit form". The grooves are...
The only thing that will cause exorbitant pricing of reloading components to dial back is for people to stop paying the ridiculous prices being asked for same.
Those Altamont grips you showed above are BEAUTIFUL, no two ways about it. To each his or her own, I say.
My two favorite 38 Specials are a 1960s S&W M&P x 5" and a late 40s Colt OMT x 6". ...
No flies on that one! Those Pachs are EXACTLY how I would run that revolver. Nice acquisition.
That slide is a CHUNK, all right. Most things Ruger are way over-built. Not a bad thing, necessarily--but refinement might get left in the dust.
I have seen the 30 Luger swap barrels for the Glock 9mms on sale, and IME the caliber is worth loading for. Starline makes brass for the caliber, and the 85-115 grain 30/31 caliber bullets can be...
Not specific to Glock 9mms, but for a short time Ruger made their P-89 series pistols with a swap barrel in 30 Luger. I have one of these examples, and I have shot it A LOT in both calibers.
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Forum: Factory Rifles
Guilty.
15 years ago, I happened upon a $65 Ruger 10/22 which I snapped up as a foundation for a Volquartsen Orgy in the future. I made the mistake of dragging it along to one of the Burrito...
And yet another. .357" sizing, 50/50 BW/Alox lube. Hard metal (92/6/2) with soft lube has worked well for me in 9mm, 10mm, and 40 S&W for 30 years+.
No dealings with the large, serious bruins--other than seeing a pawprint in frozen mud outside Hythe, AB in Oct. 2005 while deer & elk hunting. My size 13 Caribou Sorel's length just about matched...
Standard Catalog of S&W, pages 490 and 491 give as good a summation of the modern "Three Alpha/Four Numeric" S&W serialization regimen as i have seen anywhere. It started in 1980, and its first...
I have yet to be obliged to shoot a bear. My closest and most hazardous encounter with a black bear came in August 2002, during which time I could hear him 10 yards away (CHUFF, CHUFF, CHUFF) and...
S&W sells example-specific information on a given serial number to help fund the Collector's Association. Even in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, serial number ranges within a year or so are...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Well, I learned TWO new things from this thread. THANK YOU!
Now, to find a use for this new word--"Mathom". My garage's contents are at least 30% mathom, at last assay. I suspect I am viewed in...
Gotta make yourself happy in this life. Go for it!
The closest I got to anything like this was a Colt New Service in decent shape chambered in 455 Eley. This was circa 2002 IIRC, and toward the...
Having had to face down an actual bear in a berry patch in Summer 2002 with a Ruger Redhawk in 44 Magnum, I gotta say--that big ol' boat anchor did not feel heavy or cumbersome at the time. Quite...
Favorite 38 Special? ALL OF THEM. I don't run short brass in long chambers, my 357s all get 357 brass, often loaded to 38 Special +P levels. #358429 at 900-1000 FPS in a 4" 686 just plain WORKS. ...
I wouldn't run a S&W N-frame 45 Colt much past old-school blackpowder ballistics--255 grain bullets at 950-1000 FPS. The Ruger Redhawk/Super RH variants in 45 Colt are capable of safely containing...
OK--I AM NOT arguing with Bigslug. We have known each other for years, and there is much overlap in our fields of experience. I have always been surprised at the wide range of opinions concerning...
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