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Buckeye
This is one I picked up yesterday
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Bearcat
Nice pic Wyandot Jim! :shock:
RPM Enterprises I forgot about that model. Is that from GB a couple of weeks back? Looks super nice!!
Contender, these ROA's are my only choice of pistol. I was planning on packin it along with my White Mountain Carbine. I'd only use it on 30yrds or less. I guess I could use a lanyard somehow. :wink:
RPM Enterprises I forgot about that model. Is that from GB a couple of weeks back? Looks super nice!!
RPM Enterprises
Buckeye
Bluestraw, No this one I was told about from another collector and drove down to Portland Oregon and picked it up.
bluestraw
Bearcat
Looks like it was worth the drive.
bluestraw
Bearcat
Not sure how I missed this post Flatgate.flatgate":1s6dvtpm said:
According to Illinois DNR....**Legal Firearms**
-Shotguns, loaded with slugs only, of not
larger than 10 nor smaller than 20 gauge, not
capable of firingmore than 3 consecutive slugs;
or
-Single or double barreled muzzleloading rifles
of at least .45 caliber shooting a single projectile
through a barrel of at least sixteen inches in
length; or
-Centerfire revolvers or centerfire single-shot
handguns of .30 caliber or larger with a minimum
barrel length of 4 inches.
--For handguns, a bottleneck centerfire cartridge
of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding
1.4 inches, or a straight-walled centerfire
cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of
which must be available as a factory load with
the published ballistic tables of themanufacturer
showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds
of energy at the muzzle.Note:There is no case
length limit for straight-walled cartridges.
Aggie01
Blackhawk
Standard Pressure .45 Colt meets those requirements as I see it.
Factory loads with published ballistics? Enter Buffalo Bore:
Standard Pressure Heavy .45 Colt - 255gr. Gas checked soft cast bullet (1000 fps M.E.566 ft. lbs.) - 20 Round Box
http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l= ... etail&p=45
I'm pushing kooz-cast 255 grain Keiths out of my NV around 1K fps with Unique and Herco with a lower charge weight than Alliant's published max for the .45 Colt. I know deer get a little bigger up in your area, but I would have no qualms about tocuhing one of these off looking at a Texas whitetail inside my comfort zone.
Factory loads with published ballistics? Enter Buffalo Bore:
Standard Pressure Heavy .45 Colt - 255gr. Gas checked soft cast bullet (1000 fps M.E.566 ft. lbs.) - 20 Round Box
http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l= ... etail&p=45
I'm pushing kooz-cast 255 grain Keiths out of my NV around 1K fps with Unique and Herco with a lower charge weight than Alliant's published max for the .45 Colt. I know deer get a little bigger up in your area, but I would have no qualms about tocuhing one of these off looking at a Texas whitetail inside my comfort zone.
Knuckles
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Aggie01, What will happen to that Buf-Bore 255grn gas check / soft cast ?...... what will the bullet do when it smacks game?
Bud
Bud
Aggie01
Blackhawk
I hope I'm not hijacking this thread, I'm just trying to help the OP feel comfortable hunting with a catridge conversion .45 Colt in a ROA.
I have no idea how the GC saft cast will perform on game. I doubt that Mr. Sundles would steer you wrong tho.
The way I read the regulation, all you have to do to make your cartridge legal is have factory ammo available with published data which meets the minimum requirements. There is no requirement to use that specific ammo. Use the Buffalo Bore as your published data, and load whatever you want.
I base this from some Mike Bellm notes:
"The reason for wanting to still be able to shoot rimless ammo is largely for those good folks in my home state of Illinois where this guy grew up as a pig farmer weilding a razor blade on the back end of boar pigs starting at about age 8. Thankfully, I learned to exercise more finesse carving steel than I did carving out supper. So much for the more colorful side of my history.
In Illinois, the .300 Whisper and the .30 Bellm are the only two bottleneck cartridges grandfathered in as legal handgun deer hunting rounds. There are those who are more enthralled with the mystique of the miniscule Fireball case and its practicality compared to the larger and somewhat faster .30 Bellm.
Thus I have crafted the .300 Whisp-R Imp. so that standard .300 Whisper ammo can be fired in the chamber, making it legal for use in Illinois for deer. The letter of the Illinois regulations stipulate what ammo can be used, not the chamber. So if you have a box of commercially loaded Cor-bon ammo, you are "good to go" hunting deer with it. "
I just checked my notes, with 9.5 Grains Unique, I was getting 1030 fps @ 10 ft from the muzzle with a 255 gn hard cast keith bullet out of my 5.5" New Vaquero. This is Alliant's MAX load for a std pressure .45 colt. Work up if you try this.
You lose nothing in performance with this load compared to the ever popular "Skeeter load" heavily favored by the .44 special affecianados.
I have no idea how the GC saft cast will perform on game. I doubt that Mr. Sundles would steer you wrong tho.
The way I read the regulation, all you have to do to make your cartridge legal is have factory ammo available with published data which meets the minimum requirements. There is no requirement to use that specific ammo. Use the Buffalo Bore as your published data, and load whatever you want.
I base this from some Mike Bellm notes:
"The reason for wanting to still be able to shoot rimless ammo is largely for those good folks in my home state of Illinois where this guy grew up as a pig farmer weilding a razor blade on the back end of boar pigs starting at about age 8. Thankfully, I learned to exercise more finesse carving steel than I did carving out supper. So much for the more colorful side of my history.
In Illinois, the .300 Whisper and the .30 Bellm are the only two bottleneck cartridges grandfathered in as legal handgun deer hunting rounds. There are those who are more enthralled with the mystique of the miniscule Fireball case and its practicality compared to the larger and somewhat faster .30 Bellm.
Thus I have crafted the .300 Whisp-R Imp. so that standard .300 Whisper ammo can be fired in the chamber, making it legal for use in Illinois for deer. The letter of the Illinois regulations stipulate what ammo can be used, not the chamber. So if you have a box of commercially loaded Cor-bon ammo, you are "good to go" hunting deer with it. "
I just checked my notes, with 9.5 Grains Unique, I was getting 1030 fps @ 10 ft from the muzzle with a 255 gn hard cast keith bullet out of my 5.5" New Vaquero. This is Alliant's MAX load for a std pressure .45 colt. Work up if you try this.
You lose nothing in performance with this load compared to the ever popular "Skeeter load" heavily favored by the .44 special affecianados.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd13 ... esmoke.jpg
Here's what a ROA is supposed to look like!!!
Here's what a ROA is supposed to look like!!!
Great group of Old Army's. Love the short barrel version.
bluestraw
Bearcat
Not at all Aggie01.Aggie01":16idlwad said:
This is the round I was thinking about using. 
bluestraw
Bearcat
Hey Kanook. Email me your pics and I'll host them.
In my recent pursuit of a 7.5 Stainless Old Army I picked this gem up. I'm not really a Collector, more a Shooter and can't bring myself to shooting this as it appears to have never been shot.
It needs to find a Collectors home.
A true 3 dgt SN# gun 646 and it wears the reverse roll mark cylinder.
It needs to find a Collectors home.
A true 3 dgt SN# gun 646 and it wears the reverse roll mark cylinder.
bluestraw
Bearcat
Heck, my wife has only layed eyes on one of my 10 pistols/3 rifles. :lol: Dislikes guns and really has no interest in seeing them I guess. :? Nice looking collection you've got there. I especially like the Stag 5.5 adj. sight. Are you the original owner? BTW, I like the deer shot.Kanook":2h4q32ij said:
That's one clean 3 digit G2!! :shock: Sure wish I had the extra coin lying around. Would you take a 2 1/2 yr old, almost potty trained little.......oh nevermind. Who would inherit my guns then? :roll: :wink:
I bought my first stainless to get it converted to 50, then the wife saw it and I lost it. I then bought the high polish with faux grips for the conversion and the wife snatched that one next. The 5.5 stainless for a back-up she claimed the day it showed up. I was able to find the 4th stainless and she said i could keep it for my conversion.
The 5.5 adj sight is my most recent and that is why it's not in the family photo. But as you can see I now have an odd #
The deer is my first handgun/muzzleloading harvest.
My wife is my hunting partner which is good and bad. Last night we went gator hunting and we had to leave early (10pm) so she could get some sleep for work. I'm disabled and can't work right now so she does most of the income untill I can get a cheque somehow
The 5.5 adj sight is my most recent and that is why it's not in the family photo. But as you can see I now have an odd #
The deer is my first handgun/muzzleloading harvest.
My wife is my hunting partner which is good and bad. Last night we went gator hunting and we had to leave early (10pm) so she could get some sleep for work. I'm disabled and can't work right now so she does most of the income untill I can get a cheque somehow
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