Lee Martin
Hunter
Ruger 03 .45 Colt, crossdraw in holster originally made for a first-run Super Redhawk. Holster shortened and blocked for Blackhawk topstrap. Tank Hoover's cast Powder Coat bullets have a warm hearth in the 03. Wool logging trousers from Johnson Woolen Mills, Vermont.
Ruger 03 with stock Ruger carbon steel mainspring & strut. Stainless mainspring assembly next to backstop. Black mainspring assembly was original to Ruger Old Army cap & ball revolver. The heavier coil and power cap & ball mainspring cured primer blanking from extreme pressure loads in prototype .357 Maximums, became production standard. The heavy spring is unnecessary in normally aspirated Blackhawks & Super Blackhawks. Note, however, David doesn't cotton to light mainsprings.
Ruger 03 with a stainless pawl & a blue pawl. Carbon steel pawl presently in revolver. Revolver doesn't care which pawl is aboard, as both are practically indestructible. Note slight radius on upper dog of the blue pawl, which dates to prototype Maximums.
452" NEI 310 cast by Tank Hoover, powder coating baked at 400 degrees fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Samples of this fine SWC weigh 330-335 grains
.45 Colt cast 330-335 SWC PC deep seated over 10.5/HS-6 touches off remarkably soft on the ears. Little or no accuracy difference between conventional and deep seating. Velocity probably under 1,000 fps
NEI 310----330-335 SWC Powder Coat----deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. Penetrating 6 softwood boards
45 NEI 310 SWC pokes through 7th board
Alloy lead annealed in powder coat process creates malleability conducive to soft skin punch. A hard bullet wouldn't expand in wood, or meat
Same bullet, other side
The .452" 330-335 SWC PC found temporary employment by putting the crimp on goats. A far cry from hunting—--except for some canned hunts——livestock nevertheless provides an opportunity to observe the other "internal ballistics"
Hoover's powder coat NEI 310 SWC deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. Freedom Arms M83 4-3/4" with .45 Colt cylinder and Leopold 4x28mm. Two shots to check sight dope at 55 yards. Point of Aim: center on welding seam of propane tank
Popped in, one dim afternoon, yellow insert from sight. Better to check sight dope before heading out. 6 o'clock hold, as plane of front sight touches white dot. Two shots to check dope, NEI 310 SWC deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. 2x2 into 2.2-inches @ 100 yards
While this whitetail fell to a muzzleloader, at 75 yards the presentation was close to ideal for disciplined revolver placement. Mountain whitetails validate the argument for an honest bullet with a bit of meatball in its character, well placed, if for no other reason than these animals are extreme athletes. Having observed the bone-grinding hole the cast 330-335 grain SWC, annealed during powder coat, drills through livestock one may reasonably discern the bullet fit for the trail.
Staring on the track near this spot, Lo many years ago, David tracked a buck through hardwoods and soft, to finally jump him and drill him with a 6-1/2" Model 29, well up the right flank of yonder mountain. Conditions here provide no such fortune. The leather one wears on the trail must be quiet and kind
Ruger 03 with stock Ruger carbon steel mainspring & strut. Stainless mainspring assembly next to backstop. Black mainspring assembly was original to Ruger Old Army cap & ball revolver. The heavier coil and power cap & ball mainspring cured primer blanking from extreme pressure loads in prototype .357 Maximums, became production standard. The heavy spring is unnecessary in normally aspirated Blackhawks & Super Blackhawks. Note, however, David doesn't cotton to light mainsprings.
Ruger 03 with a stainless pawl & a blue pawl. Carbon steel pawl presently in revolver. Revolver doesn't care which pawl is aboard, as both are practically indestructible. Note slight radius on upper dog of the blue pawl, which dates to prototype Maximums.
452" NEI 310 cast by Tank Hoover, powder coating baked at 400 degrees fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Samples of this fine SWC weigh 330-335 grains
.45 Colt cast 330-335 SWC PC deep seated over 10.5/HS-6 touches off remarkably soft on the ears. Little or no accuracy difference between conventional and deep seating. Velocity probably under 1,000 fps
NEI 310----330-335 SWC Powder Coat----deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. Penetrating 6 softwood boards
45 NEI 310 SWC pokes through 7th board
Alloy lead annealed in powder coat process creates malleability conducive to soft skin punch. A hard bullet wouldn't expand in wood, or meat
Same bullet, other side
The .452" 330-335 SWC PC found temporary employment by putting the crimp on goats. A far cry from hunting—--except for some canned hunts——livestock nevertheless provides an opportunity to observe the other "internal ballistics"
Hoover's powder coat NEI 310 SWC deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. Freedom Arms M83 4-3/4" with .45 Colt cylinder and Leopold 4x28mm. Two shots to check sight dope at 55 yards. Point of Aim: center on welding seam of propane tank
Popped in, one dim afternoon, yellow insert from sight. Better to check sight dope before heading out. 6 o'clock hold, as plane of front sight touches white dot. Two shots to check dope, NEI 310 SWC deep seated over 10.7/HS-6. 2x2 into 2.2-inches @ 100 yards
While this whitetail fell to a muzzleloader, at 75 yards the presentation was close to ideal for disciplined revolver placement. Mountain whitetails validate the argument for an honest bullet with a bit of meatball in its character, well placed, if for no other reason than these animals are extreme athletes. Having observed the bone-grinding hole the cast 330-335 grain SWC, annealed during powder coat, drills through livestock one may reasonably discern the bullet fit for the trail.
Staring on the track near this spot, Lo many years ago, David tracked a buck through hardwoods and soft, to finally jump him and drill him with a 6-1/2" Model 29, well up the right flank of yonder mountain. Conditions here provide no such fortune. The leather one wears on the trail must be quiet and kind
