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Post by jbullard1 on Feb 26, 2007 22:11:03 GMT -5
I fired off a few of my homebrew 410gr cast bullets today and was impressed with the accuracy.1 1/2 inch groups at 75 yards right off the bat The book says about 1525 fps with this load and not too uncomfortable to shoot. I was also very impressed with the penetration of this wheel weight bullet, completely through a hardwood crosstie Guess I need something softer for hunting but free wheel weights mean lots of practice bullets ;D I'll try the 292 gr bullets out in a couple of days
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Post by quigleysharps4570 on Feb 26, 2007 22:55:59 GMT -5
Sounds good.
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Post by hungryhuntergirl on Feb 27, 2007 10:16:00 GMT -5
They say that the 45/70 looks like you took a long drill bit and drilled through the deer!!
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Post by jbullard1 on Mar 18, 2007 19:12:03 GMT -5
I decided to stop carpentry work for a little while and enjoy some of the fruits of my labor The bullets are left to right 295 gr rnfp .458 378 gr rn .458 gas check 410 gr rnfp .458 All for the 45 70 In the reloading block are 20 of my 30 30 170 gr cast gas check ready for a trip to the target range I dont know if it is worth anything or if it will shoot worth a darn but I traded for this 45 cal long rifle made in Japan by Miruko one of my friends has had it since the late 70's
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Post by "BIGTYME" on Mar 18, 2007 19:32:06 GMT -5
Looks like a good weapon. Hope it works out for ya.
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Post by quigleysharps4570 on Mar 18, 2007 19:52:59 GMT -5
Great pics there JB. Hope that rifle shoots well for you. Probably got some playing to do to get her to shooting right though.
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Post by hungryhuntergirl on Mar 19, 2007 9:27:53 GMT -5
We hadnt been over to load any yet, but we will soon!!
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Post by jbullard1 on Mar 19, 2007 16:47:30 GMT -5
Great pics there JB. Hope that rifle shoots well for you. Probably got some playing to do to get her to shooting right though. Thanks Quigley I cant test fire the little gun till I cast a few roundballs and I only have a 440 mold I think I'm going to use the real blackpowder in it just for the fun HHG let me know if you need some more bullets
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Post by hungryhuntergirl on Mar 20, 2007 8:52:14 GMT -5
Will do JB, we are still workin on that dang toyota we finally got the heads off and gonna drop them off at the shop so hopefully we can get that out of the way and get on to more serious stuff, like shootin!!
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Post by jbullard1 on Mar 20, 2007 21:09:40 GMT -5
Well I cast another 50 .440 roundballs, 65 340gr for the 45 70 and 40 150 gr plain base for the 30 30. Also got a new nipple installed in the 45 long gun. Hope to make some smoke tomorrow afternoon
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Post by quigleysharps4570 on Mar 21, 2007 2:00:53 GMT -5
Will be looking forward to a report.
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Post by jbullard1 on Mar 21, 2007 22:05:41 GMT -5
Had time to fire off a half dozen rounds in the 45 this afternoon I didn't shoot to good, may have to work on the trigger a bit. Quig what do you use for patching material? I'm beginning to get the hang of casting the 30 cal bullets most of my problem was in the dipper I was using . got an RCBS ladle that fits the mold and after 5 wrinkled warm-up bullets cast 174 with 3 bad ones
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