Mustang Gregg
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Kid Rich,
(RE: Long bbls)
When I started in SASS, I already had a pair of 10.5" K-Super Blackhawks, so that what I used for the first year or so.
And yes, it was a bit of a chore to get them out of the holsters. LOLOL
Mustang
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Crimping won't hurt.
It is done on almost all CAS bullets.
The coating stays on when sizing and that is more stress than a crimp.
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I was just called and asked if I wanted 8 to 10 buckets of tire balancing weights.
Now I won't have them until next week. And I reckon they will be a mix of Pb, Zn and Fe types.
If any NE or KS Pards are interested, send me a PM. Since they are heavy, I won't be shipping. For pick up only.
Mustang Gregg
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Do you believe this? I do NOT!
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Please include the Flat Water Shootists of Grand Island, NE. They are SASS affiliated.
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Rusty Spittoon, Calamity JoAnne, and Mustang Gregg at HOW many moons ago.
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:FlagAm: We are sending prayers from Nebraska.
Mustang Gregg &
Calamity JoAnne
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Howdy, Pards!
Please quit sending me PM's telling me to post the name of the outfit who is making the badly cast bullets.
I will not post their name unless they won't replace the bad bullets.
And regardless of what my thread title says, I do realize the issue is the bullet, and not the coating.
Respectfully,
Mustang
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I lost a sale the other day because a new Pard came in and was looking at some of those same Hi Tek bullets and he saw a bunch of badly formed ones.
He left and didn't buy ANY bullets.
It doesn't look good for my gun shop to sell "bad" bullets.
Mustang Gregg
[Wild West Arms, Inc.]
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Jack:
They use the acetone/tumbling process. Not the electrostatic charge and heat way.
But the issue is that the physical bullets are badly formed.
And so far the coating seems to stay on well.
MG
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I just opened up a new box of powder coated CAS bullets and found that they looked like crap.
Many had voids and unfilled noses, bases, etc. I guess the vendor thought that the powder coat would cover up the sin.
These bullets are so bad that I culled them and I will probably not even use them for practice.
Has anyone else run into this?
Mustang
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I don't have near as much free (non-SASS) trigger time as I used to, but I was a competitor in 600yd NM shooting with my M1A's.
I also competed in military combat state, regional and national matches with M9's & M16A2's up until 2015.
But SASS is so much more fun!!
Mustang
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From Driftwood:
Why not just shoot 44 Russian in them? Starline makes 44 Russian brass, I shoot it in original S&W Top Breaks all the time.
Well, we reload and shoot .44 Specials in all of our outfit's revolvers and rifles.
That's 30+ Cowboy Guns shooting the SAME caliber. I'm not wanting to mix in anything different.
Mustang
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Has anyone ever rechambered a .44 Russian Uberti or Navy Arms (or otherwise) clone to fire .44 Specials?
Just askin'.
Mustang
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A big "NO" IAW the handbook.
MG
BTW: There are still max velocities stated. It is a bust that way too.
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That is nice.
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Tree Bone Carving in NM is my first thought.
He's not far from the NRA Whittington Center.
Do a search on the web. He's easy to find.
MG
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Bulldog,
Yes, they work just fine. I use them in matches and I use my home cast and commercial "greased" bullets for practice.
And I will go to the Topeka RO class with you guys. It's on the calendar now. EDIT...Check your email.
Much obliged,
Mustang
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Vicious:
Half? Naw, I doubt that's possible.
At the last few shoots that I've been to, Calamity and I were the ONLY ones we saw using colored bullets.
And I ran the loading table a lot.
Mustang Gregg
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I was not on favor of them from the start.
I was afraid that there may be some guy powder coating jacketed bullets and causing a dangerous splashback.
But I have softened my opinion on the issue.
I have been using some lately.
The guy that I buy them from charges the SAME amount as his ordinary wax-lubed bullets.
BTW, there is a bit less smoke to the shots.
Mustang
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THANK YOU, DRIFTWOOD!!!!
It is the best description of the triple lock revolvers I've had so far.
The revolver looks like the one in your 3rd photo. Only blued.
The grip is black and white marbleized plastic aftermarket and is more the shape of the combat grip that I recollect S&W calls it.
Now we need to see about what value it might bring for the estate.
Mustang
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I have revolver that's part of an estate sale coming up soon with a blue 6.5" barreled S&W double action that looks like the old triple lock revolver.
It has 40XX serial on the butt and 28XX serial in the crane area.
Tall front blade, fixed rear, small grip. Wimpy contour barrel. Shrouded ejector.
There is no caliber or model stamped on it.
But .45 Colt rounds fit the chambers.
And I would say kind of loosely.
It's definitely not a .44 of any sort.
Maybe a .455. But I don't have one of those to try.
There is stamp on the backstrap...... -><-.......Damn, it looks kind of like my cattle brand.
I have had no luck on the internet finding a S & W manufacture serial by year chart.
Any help or direction would be appreciated, Pards.
Much obliged,
Mustang
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Thanky, Misty!!!
Any Pards know who makes this style mold?
in SASS Wire
Posted · Edited by Mustang Gregg
I'm looking for the old common 200 grain RNFP with the beveled base.
The only ones I can find these days are FLAT base.
Also they should be dropping at .430" or bigger.
I don't want the smaller .427" to .429".
I had some ordered from Magma. But they are evidently closed up now.
Much obliged,
Mustang