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Shot a blacktail spike with a ROA at about 50 yards once and a doe at 15 yards with a navy .36. Both one shot kills but I had a rifle with me so if needed I could fix my screw up. Was not "hunting " with a handgun just that the opportunity came up with perfect conditions.

Some nations have a well-known record of copying products without the permission of the designer, Russia and China are probably the most prolific but by no means are they the only ones. Russia kept a b29 that made an emergency landing and copied it. So much for allies.

Several years ago there was a hostage situation in my town and it ended when the police rushed the house and fired iirc 17 rounds hitting the villain with a single round but did manage to hit the 7 year old boy 5 times. Speaks well for the top of the line training program........ NOT.

I blame a big part of the lack of successful hits on the modern spray and pray practice. I mean most people figure if they have 15 shots that they don't have to use as much care as they would if they only had 5 shots available, then knew that it would be a minute or more before they were reloaded.

When the bullets start flying your way it sure distracts your aim.

At the average gun fighting range of 5 - 15' a difference of a couple of inches is probably not a huge factor.

Whether a grizzly eats you or not may be beside the point after one has you as a chew toy for a while.

In my experience that also applies for pyrodex p, ruger old army have been loaded to the chamber mouth then compressed and refilled twice more then seat a ball and lubed. Don't know just how much powder that was felt recoil seemed like a .44 special.

Probably be a much more pleasant way of departure to shoot myself than to be alive and aware as a grizzly starts to chew me up.

My envy of your talents knows no boundaries, you should be proud of your skills.

I went to fffg in my .58 because it is easier to ignite especially in cold wet weather, plus it's a bit cleaner burning and gives more velocity for the same charge.

Beaver fur hats died in favor of silk tophats, progress or change few things remain forever.

Tried them in a 1 in72" twist 58 caliber and after 10 shots you would have thought it was a nice pattern with very large buckshot, only 9 holes on a 36" paper target. Safest place was the 10"s in the center. They work well with a faster twist and do penatrate pretty decent on game, I just...

Spill it on a fender and it makes a fine paint stripper. Please do not ask how I know.

I quit after I finally decided that most of what I was doing was keeping my hands busy and chewing on the stem.

You could take a breech scraper and grind it a little at a time to custom fit.

My wife keeps me well informed as to my bad habits.

If I'm going to throw rocks I prefer big rocks, life begins at 45 caliber. 😝

There was a guy in the 70's that defended himself with a 1851 navy and the local prosecutor through the charges out because he was using a gun that was considered not a firearm at the time. Somehow I just don't think that ruling would happen now days.

My envy of guys with that kind of talent knows no limits, I tried to carve a knife handle once and got down to the tang before I wised up and quit. Just one of many talents that I don't have.