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  1. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    The club where I shoot restricts the matches to the use of PRB's, no conical bullets allowed.
  2. JDBraddy

    WORST DAY AT THE RANGE!

    Everyone you will ever meet, has issues in their life, we know nothing about. This multiplies with time and age. Many in this hobby are no longer young, some are staying off early stages of Dementia, have cancer, COPD, heart disease, etc... or have a dying spouse, troubled kids, financial...
  3. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    My grandfather, 1892-1980 returned from WW-I and bought a lever action chambered in .32WCF a black-powder cartridge also known as the .32-20 which I'm told means 32 caliber, and 20 grains of black powder. I know this rifle harvested literally hundreds of deer, coyotes, cougars, even a bear or...
  4. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    I believe practice is the biggest determining factor to improve shooting. The most expensive component is lead.... 32 caliber: (.310) 048g---approx 146 balls/pound 36 caliber: (.360) 071g----approx 98 balls/pound 40 caliber: (.395) 092g----approx 76 balls/pound 45 caliber: (.445)...
  5. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    Had an extended chat with one of the top shooters this afternoon, he pointed out that nothing in the rules says you can't use more than one gun, and only about 15% of targets are past 50yds. He suggested shooting whatever gun I shoot best with out to 50yds, and keeping eather the .45 or .50 cal...
  6. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    I'm leaning this way, still need to do a proper load development, bought both .390" and .395" molds, this week I just sighted it in using .390" balls, .016" drill cloth pre-lubed with 1:7 ballistol / water, and 30gr. FFFg.
  7. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    I now have .32 and .40, love the .32 for practice out to 50yds, it's a Lazer at that range, but doesn't have much momentum beyond that. The .40 is good to 100, still need to do some load workup, but looks promising. Also, have a .36 Senica coming, what size mold should I get for the .36 Cal. ...
  8. JDBraddy

    Howdy from Texas

    Howdy from San Antonio!
  9. JDBraddy

    Unbeatable bore rust

    Living in Texas, took me a while to figure out condensation was my problem, moving gums back and forth from an air conditioned storage to outdoors, or a hot car, condensation would form on the cold metal, even inside the barrel, within a matter of hours I had visible rust.
  10. JDBraddy

    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    Balistol was formulated in a time, prior to WW-I when black powder and corrosive primers where standard, or the norm. For soldiers in the field who had to carry everything afield on foot, for extended periods, in a cold wet climate, and could only carry one product to use for everything. It's a...
  11. JDBraddy

    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    Clearly you have never smelled my old sweaty gym socks!🦨
  12. JDBraddy

    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    I love it, don't get why people don't like the smell, I don't love the smell like I do Hopes#9, but don't hate it either. I use a mix of 1:7 with water to lube patch material, let dry on flat horizontal surface. I use a mix of 1:19 with water, then mix that 2:1 with Hoppe's#9 in a small spray...
  13. JDBraddy

    Accuracy standard

    They're coming to take me away! The big strong men in little white coats, are coming to take me away! HE!HE! HA!HA! HO!HO!
  14. JDBraddy

    Accuracy standard

    This book helped me a lot. Greatly improved my shooting.
  15. JDBraddy

    Flint knapping?

    Never know till you Crack it open, an my 🔨 isn't that big!
  16. JDBraddy

    Investarms Gemmer Hawken flintlock in .45 caliber

    Was thinking about trying one. Anybody have one? How's the quality compare to T/C? Is it 1:60 like larger calibers, or 1:48 like the Bridger and carbine?
  17. JDBraddy

    Flint knapping?

    I originally bought a flintlock because I couldn't find caps, found buying English flints just as expensive if not as hard to find, and wanted to learn to do it myself, like our ancestors, quickly becoming a lost art, and am blessed to live in an area where just about every rock I pick-up is...
  18. JDBraddy

    Flint knapping?

    Some rocks do flake better than others, got all this from one baseball sized rock.
  19. JDBraddy

    WITHDRAWN Colt Walker

    Actually it's a 3D printed copy a buddy of mine made me, just playing around with his new printer.
  20. JDBraddy

    WITHDRAWN Colt Walker

    I have an Umberti that I'll sell or trade.
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