Oops...

Love proovin..some armchair gun gooroos...wrong.. ;0)

Got..3371 fps..
With a differnt powder..
But not group as well..
Kinda suprizes me..cause the differnt powder filled the case better..
Could of been just me tho..

I'll try again with a clean target..
I also put on really low mount scope rings..
So i halfta re- zero..

Enjoyed reading this thread.

I have always loved .45 long colt 'cause up where I mainly hunted deer out in PA, was all grown up in laurels and rhodos, and was gonna carry a carbine anyway and thus could use the same cartridge on my gun and my sidearm. Plus a .45 LC revolver with birdshot is really really good at snake eradication.

There is pretty much no way you can carry about a .45 long colt set of guns long, though, before you start to think about handloading. Because they are black powder legacy there is just so much room in those cases to get creative!

I like what you did with this project quite a bit! Oh, and I am new to forum. Cheers.

TBS

Thanks..n..
Welcome aboard..!

I just can not squeeze another ..
Rat turd of powder inta the case...
;0)

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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

Got..3371 fps..
With a differnt powder..
But not group as well..
Kinda suprizes me..cause the differnt powder filled the case better..
Could of been just me tho..

I'll try again with a clean target..
I also put on really low mount scope rings..
So i halfta re- zero..

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Verdick is in..

I..musta had an off day..

Same load..1/2" 3 shot groups at 50 yards..

Todd I used to enjoy reading Ross Seyfried and he convinced me that a stout .45 Colt could take anything that walked on the North American continent. It could *probably* with prefect placement take anything alive anywhere but even Ross did not attempt a Cape Buffalo with a revolver! I will admit that he has a far greater fondness for recoil than I do.

Latest project..
I aquired a stevens

101 44 shot garden gun reciver in good shape..
Found an old beater donor stock..
N..an old 310 cadet barrel..

Ordered a 410 gauge barrel too..

Now to see what we can make work.. ;0)

This is what is called a tip up action..

Throw the lever...n the action tips up..fer loading..

Oridganaly fired a 44-40 shot cartridge.. in smooth bore..
But rifled barres could be had too..

It is ment fer low pressure cartridges..

Barrel done n test fired..

Well here it is..today..
Blued barrel mounted a rear sight..
Made a forearm..n attatcted it..
Refinished the stock..
Fit the but plate..

50 ft group..
With just a round .325 dia ball...apx 55 gr..in weight
The bore is .323..
6 gr Herco powder..

The ball is just press fit inta the case mouth..
Nuff as so it stays put..
Sprue end out to keep them centered..
More or Less.. ;0)

410 barrel came taday..
Gotta go now n open the box n ..measure it..

The 410 barrel has jus nuff..steel to make it work..
I also have this really neet 410 barrel liner that allows one to shoot .22 rim fire..

Fun little project..
Later..i wanna make a 25 stevens rim fire barrel..but make it reloadable center ...fire..

410 is done..

While working on it..

The little shotgun bead un screwed n fell out..
Lost it ..was pretty ..miffed about it..
But then i recalled that..i had a spare left ovah from another project..

Phew...! Saved..!

I can have the..best...worse luck sometimes.. :0)

Go figger...
Patterned the little 410 today..
Shoots..low n to the right a bit.

Heh..removing the bead.. n useing the ..round of the barrel.. solved the shooting low issue...

But now..bustin clay pigions..is easy with the little 410 now.. :0)

Project under way..
Barre n chamber done n test fired..
Gonna mount a scope on it .

257 cal..
Useing a 22 k hornet case
With neck n shoulder removed..

More pics..

Oops...

Taday ..i made a 410 roll crimper..

So i can load any lenth shell.. :0)

Pic...

Tablit keeps eating me typing...

Scope is on..forearm cut n shaped..

The barrel seems to be stainless steel..

Pain to turn cut n tap threads..

It will all come apart now..so i can chuck it in the lathe..

N try to match the factory finish..

Pretty ok match..on the barrel finish..

Noticed today tho..that i will half to re crown the muzzel..

No biggie..just one more step..
N put some true oil on the wood forearm..

Muzzel crown...

Got the 310 cadet heeled bullet mold the other day..casted a few..
They load n shoot nice..

I'll post a pic of one of the cast boolets..

Here ya go..