Any reloaders or gun guys or gals here ?

[Bulletbob]

Bear is very tasty. Oooo-wee!

Bear>deer or gator.

bear has to be cooked right to be good its kinda stringy and tough , We would bake bear with a rub after marinating all night then cook it in the slow cooker.
I recall How we would put bear meat in foil and place it on the nigger head in a steam locomotive to heat up and tourist were wondering where they could heat their lunch up on top of a mountain lol.
By the way the term nigger head was used to describe a section of the boiler on a stem locomotive from the last century .

I like gator also deep fried and breaded with a bit of horseradish sauce and lemon .

 

[Bulletbob]

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The red dot special.

A true American hero

 

[leaningright]

My dad and I were going through my grandfather’s foot locker Thursday. We found a couple old 25-20 Winchester cartridges. There’s a picture of my grandpa with his dogs and that gun. I have no idea where the gun ended up. Would love to have seen it.

 

[ExpressLane]

My dad and I were going through my grandfather’s foot locker Thursday. We found a couple old 25-20 Winchester cartridges. There’s a picture of my grandpa with his dogs and that gun. I have no idea where the gun ended up. Would love to have seen it.

My dad brought a Japanese rifle back from WWII I saw it once in my cousin's garage I don't know what happen to it after that. I'd love to have it on my wall.

 

[ParachuteAdams]

They want to watch the game. They call me.
They need help moving something. They call me.
They want to go fishing. They call me.
If they didn’t. I would be mad.

 

[Bulletbob]

My dad brought a Japanese rifle back from WWII I saw it once in my cousin's garage I don't know what happen to it after that. I'd love to have it on my wall.

Yes some of the jap rifles would be great to collect and some to shoot sadly many of those made in the last stages of the war were really not safe to shoot they cut a lot of corners and were even making them in bicycle shops

 

[ExpressLane]

Yes some of the jap rifles would be great to collect and some to shoot sadly many of those made in the last stages of the war were really not safe to shoot they cut a lot of corners and were even making them in bicycle shops

Yep a lot of them are dangerous junk. He got it in the Philippines. I would hang it on the wall but would never shoot it. They even made them in private homes. A lot of parts are not interchangeable because of poor tolerances.

 

[Bulletbob]

Yep a lot of them are dangerous junk. He got it in the Philippines. I would hang it on the wall but would never shoot it. They even made them in private homes. A lot of parts are not interchangeable because of poor tolerances.

yes the early rifles should be fairly safe shoot if they still have rifling lol

 

[Bulletbob]

I have been loading a 115 grin polly coated bullet from DG bullets. They seem to work fine in my guns .

 

[ExpressLane]

I’m taking my never fired traditions Hawkins 50 cal to our farm the end of this month. I want to see if I can hit anything with it.

 

[RB 60]

My dad and I were going through my grandfather’s foot locker Thursday. We found a couple old 25-20 Winchester cartridges. There’s a picture of my grandpa with his dogs and that gun. I have no idea where the gun ended up. Would love to have seen it.

My father had a gun collection that included a pair of original Colt cap and ball revolvers, a 45-70 and 45-90 trap door rifles and a few other highly collectable firearms from the civil war through numerous WWII items. He sold the whole collection, unknowing to me, to a dealer who ripped him off severely. If I had known he was selling them, I would have gladly gave him what that dealer gave him for just half of them.

I have a nice collection of my own, including an original 1911 (3 digit serial no.), 2 M-1 Garands, a pre'64 Winchester .220 Swift (with 26" SS barrel) among a number of others. I sold 2 pairs of Colt gold plated derringers (along with a few others) to furnish and do some upgrades to my home when I bought it. I should have kept the derringers...

 

[Bulletbob]

My father had a gun collection that included a pair of original Colt cap and ball revolvers, a 45-70 and 45-90 trap door rifles and a few other highly collectable firearms from the civil war through numerous WWII items. He sold the whole collection, unknowing to me, to a dealer who ripped him off severely. If I had known he was selling them, I would have gladly gave him what that dealer gave him for just half of them.

I have a nice collection of my own, including an original 1911 (3 digit serial no.), 2 M-1 Garands, a pre'64 Winchester .220 Swift (with 26" SS barrel) among a number of others. I sold 2 pairs of Colt gold plated derringers (along with a few others) to furnish and do some upgrades to my home when I bought it. I should have kept the derringers...

the cap and ball revolvers should be worth some big bucks and selling a pre 64 Winchester would be a sin lol

 

[ExpressLane]

I had a friend that was into long range shooting cartridge black powder rifles. He would buy and restore antique rifles. He would hand carve beautiful walnut stocks. He would to Raton Pass New Mexico for completion. He said if the sun was right you could occasionally see the bullet in flight as it hit the target. He also carves authentic style Indian bows that he takes deer on his 200 acre farm.

 

[ExpressLane]

My father had a gun collection that included a pair of original Colt cap and ball revolvers, a 45-70 and 45-90 trap door rifles and a few other highly collectable firearms from the civil war through numerous WWII items. He sold the whole collection, unknowing to me, to a dealer who ripped him off severely. If I had known he was selling them, I would have gladly gave him what that dealer gave him for just half of them.

I have a nice collection of my own, including an original 1911 (3 digit serial no.), 2 M-1 Garands, a pre'64 Winchester .220 Swift (with 26" SS barrel) among a number of others. I sold 2 pairs of Colt gold plated derringers (along with a few others) to furnish and do some upgrades to my home when I bought it. I should have kept the derringers...

Sounds like a nice collection.

 

[Bulletbob]

I will have to sit down and make a list of guns I have owned over the years , dozens of them.

 

[ExpressLane]

I shot my Hawkins .50 cal this weekend. We also target practiced with my Kimber .45 and my brother's Springfield .45 and his Creedmore. And plinked with 22s . Damn that Hawkins sounds like a cannon. That Creedmore is very accurate we were nailing 1 inch groups at 200 yards using a sled.

 

[Bulletbob]

I was in the keys last week with friends . while none of the women folk went with is we shot 3 different sig ars in 308 4 others ar 15s several glocks 26 27 34 and 9ne I built a supressor was used . we had fun

 

[Bulletbob]

When reloading .223 or 5.56 I tend to load then at lower pressures about starting loads but will below max. I have some .ar brass that i have loaded 6 times so far.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I always get a good reaction at the range when I use my .40 caliber Maynard Highwall and Sharps 1859 .54... The .40 Maynard uses .303 British cartridges resized by firing them blank and then cutting them to length. Black powder is a lot of fun.

 

[RB 60]

I always get a good reaction at the range when I use my .40 caliber Maynard Highwall and Sharps 1859 .54... The .40 Maynard uses .303 British cartridges resized by firing them blank and then cutting them to length. Black powder is a lot of fun.

I like black powder, but you gotta keep things clean. If the flash holes get gummed up, it's a pain in the ass, not to mention dangerous if shooting.