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    my new favorite powder for .357

    I found a new favorite powder for .357 mag with cast bullets ! IMR4756 I loaded up some 125 grain Hunter Supply lead swc bullets ! It was clean burning and low flash ! I followed a load described in the Lyman cast bullet handbook !
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    ghost ring for Beretta Neos

    I was never happy with the rear sights on my Beretta Neos since i bought it a couple years ago ! I have had a Inexpensive Bass Pro Shops brand Red dot sight on it for about 2 years ! I was messing around yersterday with installing an aperature sight from One Ragged Hole on my SRH and the set...
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    300 grain Gdhp expansion in wood

    i had the oportunity the other day to shoot a few of my handloads at something other than paper target ! I was shooting .454 casull loads using Lilgun powder and Speer GDHP 300 grain bullets ! The first victim was a honeydew melon , which was nearly vaporized ! The second target was a...
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    Ruger Comes Through

    Some of you may remember back in late october i damaged the barrel of my Ruger SRH 454 by firing a second round with a squib lodged in the barrel ! Well I sent the gun to ruger and they sent me an estimate for repair ! I paid the repair cost and was waiting for my gun to come back ! On dec 4...
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    keyless gunlock

    anyone know where I can get one of these it is a childproof gunlock sold by safari land about 20-25 yeaars ago ? kevin
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    Hunting "wild "cattle

    I remember reading an article some years ago about hunting of wild Ferel cattle somewhere in Texas i think ! Does anyone have any experience or information about this ? kevin
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    rifling rate of twist vs. velocity needed to stabilize

    I was noticing while checking out the specs for different guns online that with Ruger the rate of twist in .45 colt blackhawks is 1 turn in 16 inches andthe rate in the ..45/.454 casull super redhawk is 1 turn in 24 inches ! i am guessing that this is because the higher velocity 454 would cause...
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    rifled barrels and shot?

    Have any of you ever fired shot loads through a shotgun barrel that is rifled for slugd ? i would thin that the spin imparted by the rifling would open the patern up very rapidly ! I dont currently own a rifled barrel shotgun ,but am considering the purchase ! Kevin :
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    billy bullets

    Have any of you used Billy Bullets ?:confused:
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    chronograph question

    I am considering the purchase of a chronograph and am wondering whether or not they can be used indoors or is sunlight required ? Can they be rigged with a artificial light source ?
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    454 casull and cast bullets

    Why does it seem that midpowered load data using cast bullets of 250-300 grains at velocities from 1300-1500 fps are difficult to find ? There are plenty of cast bullet loads for 300 - 400 grain bullets ! but very little in the midrange to light bullets ! i am looking for something like a 255...
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    have you ever seen a case like this ?

    I would like to know if anyone can tell me what caused this deformation in a casing ? It was fired from a ruger .454 casull revolver and is I believe is the casing from either the squib round that lodged a bullet in the barrel or the round that was fired immediatly after ! the result was a...
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    how long will it take

    I sent my Ruger in to the factory last week , it went out on friday night and got there (fed ex) 10:30 monday morning ! How long before i should expect to hear from them as to the cost of repairs and modification?:confused:
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    i can't believe I did something this stupid !!

    tonight after work i went to my favorite indoor range to shoot with my youngest son ! While he was having fun with the .22 and .357 I decided to try and dial in the new scope i had just put on my Ruger Super Redhawk .454 casull! So after about 12 rounds ,i get a missfire ! I didnt think it...
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    even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while

    I was making up some loads for my ruger SRH 454 the other day and decided to try some of 200 grain polymer coated bullets that i had been using for my colt45 loads ! I lowered the powder charge to 28grains of lilgun and loaded up about 20 of them ! yesterday i took them to the range and at 25...
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    magtech brass ?

    Have any of you ever used Magtech brass ? specificaly 454Casull? midway has it for $21.00/100 :confused: thats a lot cheaper than anybody elses !
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    .451 or .452 diameter for Casull?

    Ok i have been reloading and shooting .454 casull in a ruger srh for a couple months now ! Today i bought a copy of the Speer reloading manual #13 ! I noticed that all the Colt .45 and .454 Casull loads recomend .451 diameter bullets ? Every other load manual I have says to use .452 for casull...
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    Crimping casull

    I plan on getting a Lee factory crimp die , but I don't have it yet . I have been loading my rounds for the casull 454 with 250 grian jhp bullets . I noticed after loading ,I can feel a slight edge at the end of the case at the crimp groove ! I have been backing off the bullet seating nut and...
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    revolver jamming !?

    i was at the range yesterday shooting my Rugers .357 speed six and SRH 454 . The fellow next to my was shooting a new taurus 454 ,after about his 9th shot the revolver locked up solid and would not rotate and the hammer was stuck! When the gun was examined you couls see what looked to be the...
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    testing expansion of bullets

    I was thinking that if i wanted to test the expansion of bullets ina media such as wet newsprint , that it would be more convenient to do it at an indoor range at 20 yards ! given that i want to know the performance at say 100 yards ,that all I would have to do is load some rounds that have the...
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