Recent content by Crazy Carl

1- G26 2- DW CBOB 3- Ruger MkII 4- CZ97 5- CZ75 Compact

I get 1350fps out of my 5.5" Bisley Blackhawk with CCI LPPs & 18.2gr of 2400 under a Dardas 215gr "Keith". I prefer 17.5gr for 1310fps for less sturm & drang, but equal accuracy. I'm going to play with some RimRock 230gr & 265gr before long, as well as work up some loads with Unique.

I'm with AK103. The Pachmayr Compaqs were a decent stop-gap measure, but my solution was simply to replace the 442 with a G26.

A slide release & a different mag release would be cool. Loved my 230, but was too big for CC, given it was only a .380. Only beef I ever had was terrible slide bite with the stock grips. No prob with the Hogues, tho.

Definitely try cast. I use Dardas 215gr LSWCs at .411 in my Bisley Blackhawk. Very accurate & pushing them to 1350fps w/17.5gr 2400, I get no leading. I want to try some Rimrock Bullets 230gr LSWC & 265gr WFN with Unique for a heavier/slower hunting round.

My 1911s love 230gr LRNs over 4.8gr of W231. I've loaded a batch of Berry's plated 200gr SWC over 4.8, 5.1 & 5.6gr of W231, tho no chance to check 'em out yet.

Try a Pachmayr Compac grip. Marginally larger, much more comfortable. Try shoot hot 158gr .357s out of a VZ-gripped 340. NO fun. Felt like catching a MLB fastball with no mitt.

Any reason folks don't eat other types of snakes? I've eaten rattlesnake & loved it; just curious why no mention of others? Seems those thick-bodied cottonmouths would have a decent amount of meat on 'em.

The guys at the pointy end of the spear have a vested interest in coming back home. If they're confident that the 1911 will help make that happen who are any of us to disagree? IF a 1911 is built to John Moses Browning's specs, it will run. Period. It's when they're improved upon that issues...

Can't speak to the Valor, but do have both a CBOB & a PM-7. Both are amazing guns & the CBOB is just magical in my hands. Absolute laser beam. Both are fitted very tightly, but I've gone over 1000 rds w/o cleaning the CBOB & it has never had a malfunction that wasn't due to a glitch with my...

Yer screwed now. Them single actions mysteriously seem to multiply. If'n ya get the chance, pick up the Blackhawk .45 convertible. .45ACP'll be a pussycat & .45LC is just FUN. Oh yeah. I don't see any .41Mags in yer collection.....

My bud runs LilGun under a 260gr WFN, for 1270fps out of a 4 5/8" BH. Very fun to shoot.

Squirrel hunting. Nothing like a day, wanderin' the woods with a .22 for .410, gathering the fixin's for some tasty fried tree rat. Bird hunting, on the other hand, is NO way, shape or form relaxing. I'm right-handed, left eye dominant & absolutely can not shoot lefty. That said, bird hunting...

I reload my .41 for right at $8.75/50 rounds ($18.75/50 with new Starline brass), using 17.5gr of 2400 under Dardas 215gr LSWC/Keith.

It's a fun round. If you have Unique & 2400 on hand, you can load up anything from plinking rounds to full-house hunting rounds. If you don't mind shooting cast bullets, components aren't any more expensive than any other round. Factory ammo is a different story. I'm a .41 newb, but I'm sure...