Recent content by uncle norman

I'm 100% NRA but they really blew it in my district races. They endorsed Democrats for the Senate in Indiana and in my house district. The individuals may have a good track record but if you vote for them you are voting to help the Dems keep control of the House and Senate. A tactical...

Only Speer 180 gr Gold Dots for me!

SP 101 with Crimson Trace for eyes, Speer 135gr GDSB HP for teeth and an ankle rig for that warm, snuggly fit.

Yeah, but the embarassing question is did anybody see it?

I've been furiously working up loads for my 629-6 .44 mag. What I've settled on is Blue Dot for 750ft/lb loads for Grandma, AA7 for 850ft/lbs for Gramps and AA9 for 950ft/lbs for hogs, dogs and Big Foot. My gun loves these loads but doesn't like W296. Interestingly, the hotter I loaded the 296...

Thanks, Steve. That would explain the difference if it holds that each inch of barrel adds about 100fps. (By the way, my son lives in Gilbert and we love to go to the Usery Mountain range when we visit him. Two months ago the day before we got there a LEO shot himself in the right leg...

Yeah, but who wants to admit they blew a hog away with a 955 ft/lb load in a white box from..........Wally World! It just ain't right unless it's a special cooked up hand load. Yech. I'd feel dirty!

Sorry. It is a Smith 629-6 Classic with 6 1/2" barrel. (I also chroned some Remington L44MG7, 180 gr rated at 1610fps. It clocked an average of 1594 out of my Smith. That's why I was surprised with the speed of the Q4240. I shot a really nice group but it's dirty.)

On Winchester's web site it lists 44 mag Q4240 (240gr semi-jacketed soft point) at 1180fps and energy at 742ft/lbs. However, I chronoed 6 shots of the stuff and got an average velocity of 1,339 fps with a high of 1360 and a low of 1309. That puts the energy at 955ft lbs. Has anyone else...

Glock 19, 1 mag (15+1), Speer 135gr GDHP +P

I know. I'm showing my age. Ali (aka Cassius Clay) was super man in the late 60s. I was in the service with a guy who had tickets for the Ali/Sonny Liston fight in '68 or '69. He didn't even get to his seat before Liston was on his back and out. Ali (aka The Louisville Lip) was and always...

In Tyson's case you could fear death, great bodily injury or having your ear bitten off!!

I believe the info that came with my Florida concealed carry application kit makes it clear that you are justified in using lethal force when you (justifably) feel that you are in imminent danger of death or suffering great bodily harm. I don't remember it disqualifying your reasoning if the...

I got a jolt recently when looking thru an old Speer #10 for 44 mag loads using Blue Dot. ( I had just bought some BD for "reduced" loads.) The manual listed a top load of 17.2 grs under a 240 gr jacketed bullet. Something told me to check on-line. Alliant Powder's site listed a charge...

My carry changes with the circumstances. Most work days I'll have my Ruger .357 SP101 on my ankle. I open our shop before sun up and my greatest threat is somebody trying to steel scrap pipe out of our yard and me surprising them. There is likely to be one person. When I take my wife out to...