Recent content by lorrinl

Thanks for all the info and advice. I am amazed at all the knowledge and information on this forum. Lorrin

Hello, I just purchased my first old S&W from Gunbroker after doing lots of reading here on the forum. Hopefully I read enough to get what I wanted, a decent condition, light, historic, gun for plinking and "woods walking". I plan to reload for this and my model 66. Can anyone help me date...

RE: ... then frangible is the way to go. If not why not a pellet gun? RE: If you are firing at 75 yards then frangible is the way to go. If not why not a pellet gun? Funny you should mention that. I have several high power PCP air rifles, and have used them for this purpose. They also have the...

I shold have mentioned that the shots may range up to 75 yards I should have mentioned that the shots may range up to 75 yards or so. Think a WC bullet could be accurate to that distance? I know that the "bad" BC of a WC would cause it to slow down quickly... Thanks for all the replies, Lorrin

Hello, I will be working up my first loads for this purpose soon, but at the moment I have started by shooting .38 Special commercial Cowboy action loads (148 grain lead truncated cone listed at about 650 fps). My goal is a 700-800 fps load of my own to use while hiking in the desert for...