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Mighty good shootin The Kid.
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Thanks LD for posting.
Good Shooting Kid. Did you skin it? They make a good warm hat.
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No I didn’t skin him, furs down here of any sort are worth next to nothing. I guess due to the warm weather nothing ever gets prime. It was a shock for me when I moved to Alaska and there were rules about shooting or trapping beavers. Down here everyone shoots them on sight, they dam up creeks and clog up water gaps and leave punji sticks around bass ponds.
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Marlin, The only thing worse than dealing with the Cabela's gun counter, is dealing with the Oregon State Police instant check system.
A six month wait for approval at Ontario Bimart for a 10-22. And another 3 day wait at Ontario Walmart for approval on a Vanguard 243. I almost lost that one thanks to Oregon's BS. Walmart will only hold them for three days.
Plus OSP records your name along with make, model, and serial number. Oregon is a classic example of communism. Delay you till yo give up. Glad you hung in there. Shame you guys have to go threw that out there.
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Thekid what load did you hit that beaver with?
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A Ray Thompson design 358156 over 5gr of Unique. It’s the two crimp groove SWC with a gas check base. Old Lyman single cavity mold that I hollow pointed years ago.
Cast about 70/30 wheel weights and fishing sinkers with some tin solder melted in they’re soft enough to expand at snubby speeds and in 38/44 or 357 loads they act something like a partition at closer ranges, with the nose expanding and shearing off leaving the base to penetrate.
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Nice, what’s the final weight about when using the hollow point insert?
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They drop at about 150gr +/- 2 depending on alloy.
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A little time with a pro-shot cloth would really get that thing going! I picked up a used nickle 19 and it made it look almost brand new.
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Marlin, The only thing worse than dealing with the Cabela's gun counter, is dealing with the Oregon State Police instant check system.
A six month wait for approval at Ontario Bimart for a 10-22. And another 3 day wait at Ontario Walmart for approval on a Vanguard 243. I almost lost that one thanks to Oregon's BS. Walmart will only hold them for three days.
Plus OSP records your name along with make, model, and serial number. Oregon is a classic example of communism. Delay you till yo give up. Glad you hung in there. Shame you guys have to go threw that out there. Actually that isn't the norm. Cabelas and Walmart are the exceptions when it comes to making it difficult to purchase a gun. Way more than necessary. My FFL guy is easy. I'm in and out in 10 minutes (maybe 15) depending on how much time we spending talking guns.
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Jack...that was a nice find... My wife's gun was a round butt...
358156 was my first mold when I bought a Model 19 back in 1970... Just starting casting that bullet again with two MP molds...one plain base solid and the other is a gas check with hollowpoint pins...
Running them with 6.0 grains of Unique for 38-44 loads in a 4" Heavy Duty and a 6" pre-27...
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Have you shot them over a chronograph RJM? I’m curious as I shoot a 4” Heavy Duty and a 6.5” Outdoorsman more than most of my other handguns.
I need to go size a bunch of RCBS 38-150KT bullets I cast back in the summer. I’ve been in critter shooting mode since October and I’m running low on 38 ammo, need to load some up.
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No not yet...I'm expecting around 1100 fps out of a 4"... Next bunch of gas checked HPs are going to get AAC-9 which LoadData.com says will easily make 1200 fps... Once can use 2400 and get about the same...
Heading for Texas in a couple of weeks and then knee replacement surgery shortly after return so it is probably going to be late spring till I get to that project...
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Good luck with the knee replacement, RJM. I'll second the 6grs of Unique and 158gr SWC, that's the load I use the most in my .357s. It shoots well in all of them and makes it simple.
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