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This is a cartridge developed for two very specific reasons. The main reason is that it fits in the "revolver-cartridge carbine and large-bore ex-blackpowder lever action cartridge" regulations established by some states that formerly prohibited deer hunting with anything except shotguns. With...

There is a firm selling a .22 rimfire reloading kit, and the writer of this article used it: https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2018/10/3/reloading-our-smallest-223-the-22-winchester-magnum-rimfire/ The kit's maker uses a Lee Loader-type dipper system that has two sizes of scoop, one for each of...

The reasons I could think of would be that the mass of the revolver would greatly dampen recoil and dampen the wiggles when aiming, just like shooting a not particularly potent round out of a very heavy target rifle. It would still be smaller and lighter than a .357 carbine. The .357 and 10 mm...

That box of bullets has printed in large letters on the label: "Max. velocity 1250 fps." (See below.) Reloading requires significant attention to detail, as has been stressed in any and every reloading manual or book I have ever set eyes upon. If somebody wants to try to drive these bullets at...

I was looking back in my old archives of reloading manuals thinking that WW572 was an old powder like WW571. Nope, it's new, just like WW244. Out of an 8 3/8" bbl (S&W M29/M629) according to Winchester's online data for a 240 grain cast LSWC, minimum is 9.5 grains for 1168 fps and maximum is...

The OP should be just fine with the plated 125s, assuming they shoot well in his revolver. Somebody shooting those plated bullets isn't going to be driving them at "lightning bolt" velocities as those bullets are supposed to be kept below 1250 fps. A 125 grain .357 bullet at 1250 fps is a .38...

I've shot some of the Berry's version of these bullets. I haven't gotten as good of results with the plated bullets as I do jacketed or cast lead, probably because the plated bullets are 0.429" and the cast and jacketed bullets are 0.430". The manufacturer says not to exceed 1200 fps, so I...

Any weapon is better than no weapon, but some weapons are clearly better for some intended uses than others. If you have a choice in what to carry, it is obvious to choose the most effective weapon for the situation. For example, few would recommend carrying a baseball bat as a dedicated...

Yes, a miss is a miss no matter what you are shooting. A .22 has limited efficacy, it works decently on small game like rabbits and squirrels with a good chest shot but anything much larger than that requires a brain shot or it's not a quick, clean kill even with a good double-lung shot. Shoot...

That would be the 6.5-300 Weatherby based on his loads. The 91.5 gr of US869 and 78.8 gr of Retumbo with a Barnes 127 gr LRX bullet are exactly what is listed on Hodgdon's site for the maximum loads for that bullet, and they list that exact bullet. A 6.5-300 Winchester Magnum would be very...

The most effective weapon I have used against carpenter bees as well as bumblebees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets is the ballcap on my head. Bees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets do not fly very fast and like to hover in the air and are easy to whack out of the air onto the ground with a...

The loudness depends on a lot of things but appears to mostly be dependent on barrel length and powder charge, and less so if the bullet ever exceeds the speed of sound. Snubbies are far louder than longer-barreled revolvers, and give much more of a sharp crack of a report like a rifle than a...

Winchester #14 from 1994 lists 571 as a currently produced powder in their lineup. #15 in 1997 no longer shows it as being able to be ordered although that manual still has the load data for 571. Their 1999 manual omits all 571 data.

I recently got a few boxes of their coated 200 gr Stalker LFN bullets and have been shooting their 240 gr Keith bullets for quite some time. I have an SRH so I mostly load in magnum cases and am currently using Universal rather than Unique. I am still working this up as a load but 9 grains of...

I don't think that one could stuff enough slow-burning powder in the relatively small 9 mm case to make a carbine perform significantly better than a 4" service pistol. The slowest powder I see listed in my manuals for the 9 mm is Blue Dot, which would perform a little better in a carbine, but...