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  1. ahutch71

    Just priced out powder, primers and bullets......

    Yeah, I reload everything but from an economics sense there are some cartridges that are a wash - 9mm, 5.56, 7.62x39 to name a few. I started reloading years ago when I developed a wheel gun problem - 45 Colt was about $1 a round and I could cast and reload for about $0.15 a round. It’s higher...
  2. ahutch71

    .32 h&r magnum absence

    32 H&R and 44 Spl are my two favorite cartridges, but both are definitely for reloaders. I cast and reload for both, and if I didn’t I wouldn’t have any interest in them. Commercial loads are just too hard to find.
  3. ahutch71

    Big Boy Revolver?

    Does anyone have one or has anyone tried one? They won’t win any beauty contest, but I am curious if anyone has taken one for a test drive.
  4. ahutch71

    $10,000 Allowance

    Second the 32 H&R fandom. I have a Ruger Single Six Bisley 7.5” that is one of the sweetest shooting and most accurate revolvers in my collection. Great cartridge, esp if you hand load. And easy on my lead pot as well - at 75 to 110 grains per boolit you get a lot more mileage than with 44's or...
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    Muzzle blast from revolvers, what we know about it?

    I really like my Peltor noise canceling earmuffs. They’re great for all handguns. When I get into very loud stuff (I consider ARs and AK/7.62x39 with 16” barrels, 308, 30-06, 7mag, etc in this category) I’ll double up, and use foam earplugs and the Peltors over top of them.
  6. ahutch71

    Muzzle blast from revolvers, what we know about it?

    Have been sitting here thinking about this, and here’s my non-scientific (aka experience based) ruminations. I’d categorize the muzzle report sounds into 5 categories: 1. Whump - this is what you get from .50 cal Muzzleloaders with moderate loads of BP or Triple 7. 80-100 grains. Also what I...
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    Muzzle blast from revolvers, what we know about it?

    All I can tell you is that with near max loads of Blue Dot, this happens.
  8. ahutch71

    44spl cowboy loads

    The Lyman Cast manual doesn’t have load data for 180gr in 44 Spl, but does for 44 Russian. Smaller case, but I expect you’d be able to use the data as guideposts as long as you use powders that aren’t very position or airspace sensitive, or use Trailboss. The powders that fit that profile they...
  9. ahutch71

    Cast bullets in .357 magnum rifle suggestions

    I really like that bullet. Cuts good holes on paper, and hits like a hammer on the critters I’m culling from my hunting haunt. I haven’t jumped into powder coating yet. Sounds silly, but I like the look of pan lubed and gas checked boolits. Plus, if I get the gear to powder coat I’m not sure...
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    Cast bullets in .357 magnum rifle suggestions

    Not commercial, but these are my go-to for a Henry 357 carbine. For plinking I generally use Unique, for business in the woods I use 13gr of 2400. Fine medicine for armadillo, coyote, and one unlucky skunk. Haven’t used it for deer, but I expect it’d work at shorter distances. They’re as...
  11. Lee C358-158-SWC

    Lee C358-158-SWC

  12. ahutch71

    powder drop recomendation plz

    I have two Lees - the "perfect" and the cheap one. Both work fine for pistol/revolver loading. I follow a process (swing the handle up, tap the sideplate twice, swing it down, tap again) every time, which is pretty fast and drops consistent charges. Hasn't given me any headaches or issues with...
  13. ahutch71

    I think I'm becoming a revolver guy

    Don’t know if it’s all of them or not, but my King Cobra also has the best trigger of any revolver I own or have ever owned, and that’s a sample size of about 100. Second place is…a new Cobra I recently picked up. Sadly, my Python’s trigger is good but nowhere near those two guns, and none of my...
  14. ahutch71

    38 Special revolvers

    I was at my LGS today looking for yet another “woods bumming” gun - I spend a lot of time hunting and hiking and generally wandering around outside, and am in search of the perfect partner to have on my hip. I was looking at a SW 317 (22lr), but don’t like the aluminum cylinder and worry about...
  15. ahutch71

    Big game hunting revolver picture thread

    I have a 44 Spl RBH, 7.5”. Accurate and hits with plenty of authority for medium sized game. I also have a SBH Hunter, but I shoot the 44Spl better.
  16. ahutch71

    38 Special revolvers

    My most recent .38 find. Some guy bought this during the COVID madness, and then decided “he didn’t like having a gun around.” Never took it out of the box, never fired it. I couldn’t resist at $250 less than they can be found for at retail. I took it to the range and it shoots to POA at 10...
  17. ahutch71

    Armadillos, the crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, ballistic target.

    mcb, I live in TN (middle) and have had quite an armadillo season as well. I don’t have the data you do, but here is my anecdotal experience with war-possums: - 22lr - be ready to unload multiple rounds, and make sure you’re practiced at shooting a moving target. Generally takes 3 rounds or so...
  18. ahutch71

    The .45-70 Gap

    The SW Buffalo Rifle is my favorite for 45-70, and an exact duplicate for 5744. Apparently Lovex (that make SW powders) used to make AA5744 for Accurate, but they shifted production to another manufacturer. So Lovex kept making it, and now sell it rebranded. I’ve used it in a lot of other...
  19. ahutch71

    2022 Hunting Picture Thread.

    I’m in Middle TN also - was hunting near Columbia this weekend, and kept having war possums charging around in the leaves and distracting me. When I’m squirrel hunting I don’t hesitate to plug them with a 22 Mag or my 38, but I didn’t want to spook the deer and really wasn’t too interested in...
  20. ahutch71

    Have any of you taken deer with a .357 revolver?

    I have, once with a 357 revolver (6.5” Blackhawk) and twice with a Henry 357 carbine. All were with same load, 180gr cast hardball flat nose over hefty loads of H110. All passed straight through, and all 3 were double lung shots at broadside animals - no quartering shots for me with lower power...
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