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    Why is the 45-70 so popular?

    History. I think people want a touchstone with the past. They want a way to relate to the soldier and trooper on the plains; the frontiersman in the mountains. Back when the "new" 1895 Marlin came out, those were my reasons for choosing it and I accepted the consequences. It's capabilities...
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    2 new .410 lever actions from Henry

    On the topic of "deer loads" for the .410, kbob I'll offer this. Brenneke offered a 3 in slug that the Ohio guy used and tested. See his site, really great site and info. They also now have it in 2 1/2 in. It seems to be the same load with a shorter hull and wad for that hull. I have used...
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    2 new .410 lever actions from Henry

    Those interested in hunting with a 410 Levergun should check out this Ohio hunter's page. He used a Model 94/410 about 10 years ago. It looks like his last 410 entries were about 2009 but he use to answer my emails on the topic. Nice guy. http://mcb-homis.com/ and specifically...
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    M1 Garand - 50 yard zero

    BJJ223. Yes, That is what it comes down to. You could handle the zero as you suggest. I think I'd try it and see if the 'real world' matched the math. On a practical basis, you likely won't be able to see, with a true 50 yard zero that it isn't a 100 yard zero. The difference in zero's on...
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    M1 Garand - 50 yard zero

    I don't know that the others are or are not. Nice picture, though. I'm taking into account it's an M1 (which therefore gives me a fixed height for the line of sight compared to the bore, or 1 inch); that's it shooting Greek Ball with an average of 2750 fps at the muzzle and a BC of about...
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    M1 Garand - 50 yard zero

    For a muzzle velocity of 2750 fps, Sea level (0 ft elevation) 29.92" and 60 deg F" Inches 50 yd 0 100yd -.2" NOTE the decimal! 200yd -5.0" 300yd -16.2" 500yd -64.1" 600yd -105" For MOA Divide the drop from line of sight by the yardage in hundreds (ie 300...
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    Ballistic Tips in Semi Autos

    Over 10 years I've used a lot of the .308 165 grain Hornady version (sold as a hunting bullet) in 2 M1's and they have worked fine with no 'blown' groups at 300 yards as you might suspect from a blown/mangled nose. Very few rounds have ever been extracted once chambered, but of those none...
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    Improvised Bullets in a 36 Navy

    9mm Mak is in the area of .365 inch. Of Sierra, Hornady, and Speer jacketed bullets, two measure .364 and one measures .365. Seems like the US manufactures see a bit of variation in the foreign barrels and the metric conversion they are producing bullets for. Sounds like Lee got the...
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    2 1/2 " shells in 2 3/4 " chamber ?

    We're not talking about 2 1/2 in chambers. The shotgun in question is 12ga 2 3/4 in chamber. Ithaca Model 37 12 gauges never had a 2 1/2 chamber. The ammo in question seems to be 2 1/2 in. It's safe to use the 2 1/2 in AMMO in the 2 3/4 in GUN. Model 37's have a talent for randomly...
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    BC of Lee REAL?

    One formula for BC is sectional density divided by form factor. This is very useful for "first cut" approximations. With the "known" BC for the 320 at .189 and the 250gn having .78125 of the sectional density of the 320gn, the BC for the 250gn becomes (.78125) x (.189) = .1476 or rounding...
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    Rem Colt 1911A1 co2

    Lot of reviews of various versions of this pistol. A lot of companies have KWC put their name on a version and sell it. They've been out for about 4 or 5 years. All the various models have produced 10 shot chrono results of about 310 fps. The velocity drops quickly from 320 ish fps down to...
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    Question about Mossberg 500 slug barrels

    Shoot what you have first. Shoot your 'bird' barrel with the truglo sights. As a standard, at 50 yards you should see about 2 inch groups. You should be able to lay a standard playing card over the holes and cover them. When using a 9in paper plate, your max distance is when the holes are...
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    Question re: 50mm scope at 200 yards (and beyond)

    Change your target. Not all "shoot and see" style targets are equal. The original seems to work best. The "dirty birds" by Birchwood Casey are pretty good. They give a bigger "ring of color" around your hole. BLACK holes in BLACK targets just don't make it. Better yet, STOP using this...
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    Ways to measure distance for shots without laser rangefinder

    Part II: Today, to get range NOT using a laser, I would use Google Earth, a hiking GPS, a topo or scope subtended angle. If you can't get a range of +- 10 yards over a 1000 yards with either a Garmin Hiking GPS (such as the Map60 or it's replacements, the 62 or 64) or using Google Earth then...
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    Ways to measure distance for shots without laser rangefinder

    To the original poster: Back in the day that those 2000 yard (or 1600 or whatever) sights were designed, the infantry theory was point and area targets. A point target would be hitting something very specific (generally, a man... but maybe a head) whereas an area target was just that, a...
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    12ga 2 3/4 rifled slugs

    As sabot slugs, full length rifled barrels and rifled choke tubes all became available in the early 90's the NRA tested and published, as did Shooting Times and Guns & Ammo the foster slug/brenneke slug/sabot slugs available. This included the wasp waisted "BRI" (by then owned/made by...
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    20ga. slug barrels

    Rule303 has told you well. With the understanding that the .45-70 comparison load is the common 300 gn HP or Softpoint at about 1870 from Win/Rem/Fed then yes, modern sabot 20ga loads fly and hit like the .45-70. Here's the "But" though. The 300gn rifle loads are 40 to 20 grains heavier so...
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    Fifty five yard deer kill with Flite Control 00B

    Brobee223 on Youtube is BrobeeBiter here on the highroad. Way back in August 2013 he came on the shotgun forum to outline what he wanted to test and what he wanted to learn. He asked for suggestions. He wanted to use all four (4) of his shotguns in the testing. He was looking for...
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    Remington 760 .308 barrel life?

    Back a decade when 308 M14 pattern rifles ruled the "highpower" line, 4000 rounds of 308 Win was about the accurate life. Remember these rifles were fired in a pattern of 20 rounds in twenty minutes twice at the start and at the end of the day. There would be 2 sighters in 2 minutes with...
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    Using jacketed bullets with cast data in .375 Ruger?

    In general, NO. Lead bullets have much lower engraving pressures and are slipperier (lower coefficient of friction). Pressures WILL build to higher levels when you substitute a jacketed bullet Now that the PC answer is out of the way... With fast RIFLE powders, you shouldn't have a...
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