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Post by beaudro on Mar 11, 2008 10:05:41 GMT -5
Thats really nice Griz,, was it custom made for you?
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Post by Grizz on Mar 11, 2008 21:07:10 GMT -5
believe it or not, I got them both from Cabelas
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Post by cooner on Apr 26, 2008 3:01:19 GMT -5
Hey Griz, how's that 44 Colt Opentop shootin'? How about some pictures of ya makin' smoke!!!
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Post by Grizz on Apr 26, 2008 8:21:09 GMT -5
it's a sweet shooter might try ta get some pics later today
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Post by cooner on Apr 26, 2008 12:27:13 GMT -5
Is that .44 Colt round easy ta find or do ya have ta custom make 'em from another cartridge hull? Sorry about the dumb questions but I have dedicated so much a my life to front stuffers that I am purty much an illiterate when it comes ta these modern cartidge guns. So....I hope you'll be patient with me and tryin' educate me on this. I do like the old timey look and feel of the opentops revolvers. I have a '51 Navy in .44 caliber that I need to learn how to shoot. As I have said on another post, the Colt is fer lookin' at because they are fine lookin' guns. Need ta shoot it more often I reckon. Anyway, these open top cartridge guns have the same appeal to me as the earlier Colts. They look better to me than the Remingtons but my Remmy shoots better for me at this point. Now...I'll shut up and listen to y'all learn me somethin'. ;D
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Post by longtrail on Apr 26, 2008 13:42:08 GMT -5
drool, drool, and big mess of drool
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Post by Grizz on Apr 26, 2008 14:12:37 GMT -5
I buy starline 44colt cases from buffalo arms by the hundred then load them myself with black powder and bullets I cast from old tire weights.
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Apr 27, 2008 13:52:03 GMT -5
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Apr 27, 2008 13:54:51 GMT -5
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Apr 27, 2008 14:14:31 GMT -5
cooner, what is refered to as the .44 colt now is nothing like the original .44 colt. some were rim fire and some were central fire.. the real early ones were loaded with what was called a heel bullet. look at a .22 bullet to see a heel bullet. it actually has a skirt thats smaller than the bullet itself that goes down in the bullet case. they were also outside lubed also. simpily dipped in melted bullet lube and allowed to dry. so you can imagine how fun it would be to reload your gun on a hot summer day with the hull souix nation pissed off at you at once. they latter made some that were hollow based and inside lubed, but by then the .45 colt .45 schofield and .44 wcf(44-40) was more aviliable. the modern .44 colt is basically a .44 special case thats been trimed down half a nose hair. me and grizz load them with about 25 grains of 3f goex powder on top of cci magnum large pistol primers with a 200 grain bullet that we made from tire weights. the bullet diameter is .430. thats the same as most .44 mags and .44 specials. we chose this loading cuz first and foremost it shoots damn good,second it is some what historically correct. most original open tops were chambered in the .44 henry flat caliber. the same that the henry repeater and winchester model 1866(yellow boy). there is a on going argument among the hardcore history buff on the powder charge of the henry caliber some sAY ABOUT 28 grains and some say about 26. so 25 grains seems good enough for me. the .44 henry flat was also a rim fire.
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