Recent content by truck driver

To be honest Fotis, you pay for what you get. I have had just about every brand of what you would call reasonably priced muffs and none of them work great for what you're looking for. As you know I shoot pistols competitively on outdoor ranges, some covered and some wide open and none of the...

Didn't mean to kill your post. I was laughing at the difference in velocity between my loads and yours. For a light practice load give 3.8-4.0 grs of tight group under a 185gr hard cast lead SWC. That load will run a slide mounted 5oz red dot on the slide with a 13lb flat wire spring and full...

Hahaha, nice looking pistol, please excuse me for laughing but my target loads run around 700-750fps and if you stand behind me while I shoot you can actually see the bullet hit the target at 50yds, almost like watching a 50cal MG round going down range. I'm not knocking your 45 Super since it...

Don you have my prayers and more, so sorry to hear this new development.

My first Muzzle loader was a TC Hawkin kit that I put together and learned how to rust Brown the metal like they did before Royal Bluing came along, funny it was a rust process also. Nice looking rifle Guy bet it shoots good.

Thanks Guy, I give the credit to the man that put the parts together, I've shot enough 45acp to know what should work with a little refinement of the powder charge, the basic loads are all old standby loads developed by other people, change the primer, tweak the powder charge for every different...

I put it all together today so I'll treat you to some eye candy. The frame I already had, it's a Caspian 1911 frame I use for my 38 Super but you can use any 1911 frame, not sure about using a 2011 frame.

Here's a couple of pictures of the smoky conditions. The day before and the start of the match and the second day of the match.

Well due to Canadian wildfire smoke some of our matches were canceled due to dangerous health conditions. I only got to shoot 2/3 of the 2700 match and then those results weren't good due to blurry eyesight and hard breathing caused by the smoke. The smoke was so thick we couldn't see lake Eire...

After shooting both the 4.4gr N310 and 4.5gr powder charge across the chronograph Sunday I settled on the 4.5gr load and loaded up 250 rounds to take with me to Camp Perry. Velocity for the 4.5gr load was more consistent and functioned the pistol reliably.

Hunting big game I do a lot of scouting to locate where they are traveling to and from once I locate them I use still hunting method which is a slow style of stalking, about like hunting grey squirrels or fox squirrels, when I hunted small game, birds or rabbits I walk and flush them.

I'll be there on the 13th and depart on the 20th. The photos are from a rest so I don't destroy my chronograph LOL, they just show what the load and pistol is capable of. For the most part I can keep my shots in the black with a few in the white during a match or practice as long as my grip is...

Thanks for all the replies and likes, your thoughts and opinions mean a lot to me and helps me to look at things differently.

Glad I could help out. There are lots of simple things you can do to improve the way it feels and works, I prefer stippling on the front strap due to in not biting into my fingers as I grip it and is easier to do. Take the main spring housing for instance, if you can feel it move when you cock...

I have talked to him on the phone and used his final finish bore lapping kits.