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That's a great fun story. Last time I tried to help someone like this, was on a Chukar hunt in the Utah west desert. We had limited success but it was nice being outdoors.

Couple weeks later I talk ...

Hmmm looked into Galco holsters, they looked to be really good quality and construction. It's awesome to hear they stand behind their products.

I find it interesting their comment about loc-tight. ...

[quote="Pumpkinslinger"]Dallan, this is from the "BP Cartridge Reloading Primer" by Steve Garbe and Mike Venturino, 1992
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Hey thanks! I'll add that to my notes on this cartridge. From that ...

I did not know a mold existed for the Newton. I know a guy who loves the caliber and has an extremely nice hunting rifle for it he breaks out to hunt the occasional Pronghorn. IIRC, his was made in 19 ...

The cartridge is 50-70 caliber and the box states that, but that is not what my load ended up being.

The original 50-70 government had an entirely different case design with the base being thin me ...

Very chunky shells, the Great Great Grandaddy of all the centerfire cartridges that we enjoy today.

Even found a novelty 50-70 box someone 3d printed and slapped an old timey looking label on it, L ...

Ever caught ducks with a fishing pole? Float a marshmallow with a hook in it out to where they are, they hold it in their bill for a bit before swallowing so it's easy to hook them in the bill. Reel i ...

PS: The Sharps:

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-DallanC

All good info, thanks all. My next manual will be the Lyman Black Powder Handbook as it also has a plethera of great info. Again I'm not pushing any limits here, just nice fun safe loads for 1800's fi ...

Welcome back! I had to google what Brightspeed is, yea ISPs can suck at times. You are in kindof a remote area of your state aren't ya?

How are the horses?

-DallanC

Vince: I did smoke the mold and preheated it by leaving it over the melting pot. I'd watched alot of videos before the attempt. The nice thing is if a bullet comes out poorly you just toss it back in ...

I've started getting into bullet casting, primarily because odd calibers are really hard to find, or overly expensive. These were my first try, a few tiny blemishes that a paper target won't notice.
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A couple of other local forums I visit, added AI chatbots to it to try and increase chitchat. Now they crosslinked other forums with those forums so you now get cross talk from other sites that are co ...

Its the members that make it what it is, we have great folk here.

-DallanC

As a life long member of team Southpaw, I'll be the first to welcome you Vince.

Smile

-DallanC