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I've been doing a lot of load development for some handguns I have chambered for the 45 Colt cartridge, I've tried so many different loads I feel I could almost fill a book on the loads I've tried. Before I continue on let me say I'm an experienced handloader, I handloaded my first cartridge in...

Last October I get a call from a cowboy buddy asking me to come over the next morning with my horse so we could ride through his cows. So early the next morning, I saddle my mare start to jump her in the trailer and I have a little problem. As I lead her away from the hitching rail, I have the...

I decided to get out my chronograph and do a little testing on a couple of 45 Colt loads I've been loading. The test gun used to chronograph the loads is my Cimarron/Uberti 1873 P-OM model with a 4-3/4 inch barrel. The first load is my plinking load, it's a 255 gr SWC bullet I cast with a Lee...

I started casting the other day and was getting some nasty looking bullets. They were not what I would call frosted they looked like they were bead blasted using coarse sand as a blasting media. Being a newbie at casting I was not sure what was going on. I tried playing with the lead...

I purchased a couple more Lee bullet molds and they arrived today. I got quite a shock when I opened the 310 gr 44 mold and inspected it, the cavities in the mold looked like they had been hawged out with a chainsaw being used by a drunken chainsaw operator. I'm sure Lee will make good on the...

I've been considering a new scope purchase, I've been looking at a Leupold fixed 6 power with target dot, also considering a Sightron II 6x24 with target dot. I know the quality of the Leupold scopes, would like information about the Sightron scopes from anyone that has used them. Best Regards...

I decided to go coyote calling this evening at a neighbors place, he called me awhile back and told me he's lost a calf or two, I left the house about 4:15. Pulled into his hay field about 4:25, parked close to the road on the east side of the field so my truck would be hidden by a slope in the...

Several months back I purchased a Lee C452-300-RF mold because I liked the large meplate of the bullet. However I did not really want a 300 grain bullet especially one designed for a gas check. So I removed the mold handles from the mold, took the mold to my mill and set the mold up in the...

Anyone here have any info on loads using a 250 gr full wadcutter in the 45 Colt cartridge? Best Regards Bob Hunter

Has anyone here loaded any Commercial #1 shotgun/pistol powder that's made in Spain? From what I've read one is to use Universal Clays load data when loading it. Best Regards Bob Hunter www.huntercustoms.com

In January of 2013 a client commissioned me to build him a custom Para-Ordnance from a frame he furnished. The pistol is a P-14 with many custom features and top shelf parts. The finish on the pistol is satin finish hardchrome. This Para has the distinction of being the last custom Para to leave...

Back last March or April of this year I did a write up in a thread about a Cimarron Uberti model P 1873 OM that I purchased. I was so impressed with the revolver that I stated in the thread I intended to purchase other Cimarron revolvers. Well my original Cimarron revolver has passed the 6000...

Well I casted another batch of bullets, following the advice Mike / Tx gave me about pacing myself the second batch is nicer then the first. After I casted a big batch of the 45 caliber 252 SWC bullets (actual weight about 256) I decided I was going to cast some 300 gr RFN in the same caliber...

I acquired a plumbers smelter the other day that's made by Turner. The problem is I have no instructions with it and I don't know what type of fuel it uses. Years back I recall my cousin using one like mine to melt lead for casting large fishing weights to use when he was fishing for the big...

I called a friend that's a bullet caster told him I was planning on getting started in bullet casting and I ask him some question on what he recommended for equipment. He shows up at my place and this is what he gave me, a Lee electric bottom pour pot, two cast iron pots, an ingot mold, a Lyman...

Well I've been shooting my Cimarron Uberti Colt clone on a regular basis as I do plan on deer hunting with this revolver. I'm well past 4000 rounds through this revolver now and the more I shoot it the more I love it. I've been practicing at different distances from 25 to 50 yards using clay...

As I stated in another thread here in the reloading forum we all know the availability of pistol powders is not the best. I've used a bunch of powders I would normally not use to load the 45 Colt just because they are available, then again I've used some powders I've had some experience with...

Beretta announced yesterday they are moving everything to Tennessee. My hats off to Beretta, good move.:) Best Regards Bob Hunter www.huntercustoms.com

I've been considering a Freedom Arms SA revolver. I'm thinking I would like to have a 5.5 inch, fixed sight in 45 Colt caliber. Is there any Freedom Arms SA revolver shooters here? If so what caliber and what's your opinion of the revolver? Best Regards Bob Hunter www.huntercustoms.com

With the powder situation being the way it is, I've been forced to use a lot of different powders I normally would not use if I want to keep shooting. I'm sure many reloaders out there are faced with the same situation. I picked up a few pounds of 800X and worked up some good practice loads for...