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Put it together today for the .45-70. 390 grains of lead, 50 grains of smokeless, start to finish...casting, case prep and loading. I'm fairly certain it can contribute favorably towards quelling riots and such.

I like the way you think---

I wonder, is ‘five-fer’ a word?

YESSIR, equal opportunity destroyer, come one, come all, step right up!

I have a 492gr 16 to 1 alloy flat nosed grease groove bullet I shoot in my 1892 year model '86 Winchester in 45-70, over 70gr OE 2FG black, it just shot lengthways through a steel 55 gal drum filled with water, quiet a sight to see, and has me scratching my head trying to figure what modern smokeless expanding soft nose bullet from ANY cartridge/caliber would do the same.

I keep drawing zeros! ; ]

Gunner, I normally shoot 530 gr Hindenburgs over BP with the gun and am not the least surprised by the penetration you described. OTOH I don’t see wasting quality loads on riffraff. Nah, I’d rather get rid of some old harder alloy, gas checks and -kaff- smokeless powder. Vaccination is a lot cheaper than Precision.

Dan you are a hoot . keeping the BP for special occasions

LOL, well hell Dan, in that case I wouldn't even flux the pot, give them the trash and all ; ]

I'm going to have a re-shoot, will patch holes in drum with silicone, then move it directly in front of an oak tree, re fill with water, I want one of those bullets back.

Pics would be appreciated.

I can make that happen with a little help from Wife, said she could even e-mail a short movie or send pics to e-mail from her phone.

You gotta post that video.

LOL, I have the drum patched with silicone and down by the oak tree, have to go sign some BS papers today, Wife said we could video and send pics this evening before dark, maybe Dan or our big buddy Betetzs can post pics or maybe even video, it's all above my pay grade.....................'cept the shootin' part.

i will get my popcorn ready

Seven pics on the way to Dan's e-mail, Wife had storage? issues with her cell, wouldn't let her film the whole video, little '86 in 45-70 done it again, full pass through on 55 gal drum of water at 25 yards with enough snot left to bury deep enough in the oak that I couldn't dig it out with a set of side cutters, i'll get it out with a short shop hammer and chisel later.

492gr flat nosed grease groove bullet at 16 to 1 alloy, 1256 fps from the rifles 24 inch barrel.

Wish I'd of had a movie to go with your popcorn 44, will have to do a repeat when Wife gets her phone emptied out some.

Well, I'm from Washington and I'm here to help.

What you see here is an innocent drum looking for a purpose in life.


And in the background an innocent oak tree or something of that sort that picked an unfortunate spot to sprout.


I never knew that Mayhem used a lever-matic!


And whaddya know, the barrel got all puffed up and indignant...


And leaky


Woe is the tree...send prayers


Moral of the tale? Don't hide behind a barrel full of water, it may not help at all.

Cool. A buff is essentially a 2000 lb bag of water and they didn't stop them either.

Prayers sent for the tree. Din do nuffin.

HAHA, hell of a deal, Thanks for posting the pics Dan, great narration too, very eloquently put ; ]

CrowRifle, you bet, I don't know how hard that oak is, but, a cast lead soft nosed bullet that has enough starch left 'after' punching a drum full of water to completely bury itself beyond sight had a hell of a lot more to offer, the bullet is 1.230 long, it may be one that answers Dan's "five-fer" inquiry earlier in this thread.

Hope you readers don't mind, I backed the big batwing brush hog down against the oak to clean the place up a bit for our viewing pleasure, and also to go with my new kung-fu-flu haircut, yup, just throw your shirt on a sawhorse, grab the horse shears and put that crap in the shop floor.

Hell, launch one of them 700 grain .50s through it!

It might not make it. A750 grainer from a 577 Nitro Express double rifle at 2206 fps didn't make it. A 396 grain flatnosed paper patch from a 40-65 Sharps did, however. So did a round nosed Govt. bullet from a Sharps 45-120 as well as a 45-110 Sharps.