Topic: Upland Hunting Loads using 600X |
Murdock
Replies: 6
Views: 3302 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:39 am Subject: Upland Hunting Loads using 600X |
I could have been more clear in my original post.
600X is what is available to me at present. 700X and 800X are not. One keg, pricey but affordable.
So my question should have been, if 600X is ... |
Topic: Upland Hunting Loads using 600X |
Murdock
Replies: 6
Views: 3302 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:52 am Subject: Upland Hunting Loads using 600X |
I'm an experienced metallic cartridge reloader but new to shotshells, so still feeling vertigo from fallng down this new rabbit hole.
One keg of Hodgdon 600x is available locally (count it, one) ... |
Topic: Midsummer is upon us, Fall is just around the corner... |
Murdock
Replies: 23
Views: 6431 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:13 pm Subject: Midsummer is upon us, Fall is just around the corner... |
Lots to do to get ready for Fall.
Autumn reminds me each year that a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts, but rather requires that we appreciate the moment to truly have lived.
I got a bull ... |
Topic: Question for the dog experts: Shave a setter, in summer? |
Murdock
Replies: 13
Views: 4888 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:38 pm Subject: Question for the dog experts: Shave a setter, in summer? |
Just Googled this since it has been so hot almost everywhere for weeks, and my ESS puppy pants like crazy after we exercise.
My wife (a border collie afficionado) has always maintained that it's ... |
Topic: Deerslayer evaluating |
Murdock
Replies: 15
Views: 11313 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:29 pm Subject: Deerslayer evaluating |
The bore of a Deerslayer is tighter than a normal 16 gauge, and tighter than a cylinder bored gun. No choke at all. This is why the old advertising literature From Ithaca stated that when using shot ... |
Topic: Pierced Primer Repair |
Murdock
Replies: 3
Views: 3787 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:43 am Subject: Pierced Primer Repair |
do you want a new pin installed or the old pin fixed ?
Thanks for getting back to me.
Whichever is the more appropriate repair. If the pin hole is in fact eroded that might have to be bushed in ... |
Topic: Pierced Primer Repair |
Murdock
Replies: 3
Views: 3787 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:53 pm Subject: Pierced Primer Repair |
Test fired my new-to-me Kreighoff drilling today and experienced a pierced primer with the left barrel. Had previously fired some 2.5" vintager shot loads without incident, but today tried some ... |
Topic: Suggestions for a quick read? |
Murdock
Replies: 14
Views: 10734 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:07 pm Subject: Suggestions for a quick read? |
I know isn't bird hunting, but some of my favorite all time outdoors stories are from Jim Corbett. Corbett was and Indian born British fellow who hunted maneating tigers and leopards from the early 19 ... |
Topic: Off Topic-- Stick Bow Pheasant Shoot |
Murdock
Replies: 22
Views: 14928 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:43 pm Subject: Off Topic-- Stick Bow Pheasant Shoot |
What draw weight on the bow? In event of a miss, how far downrange can a flu-flu be expected to fly? |
Topic: OT - 1911 Pistols |
Murdock
Replies: 58
Views: 49066 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:43 pm Subject: OT - 1911 Pistols |
Your choice of the Kimber was a sound one. I have owned three, and still have two of them. I have never had a malfunction with any of them. Took one to Thunder Ranch for the Defensive Pistol course ... |
Topic: Blood |
Murdock
Replies: 9
Views: 6611 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:48 am Subject: Blood |
"We don't hunt in order to kill. We kill in order to have hunted." Ortega y Gasset |
Topic: turning the switch on or off with your dog |
Murdock
Replies: 35
Views: 21938 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:43 am Subject: turning the switch on or off with your dog |
Nope. No switch.
Most of us choose the gun dogs we have because they are bred for instinctive behavior that fits our hunting styles. (My wife always maintained that my ESS and I had the same perso ... |
Topic: BPI 16 ga Manual ? |
Murdock
Replies: 18
Views: 14959 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:41 am Subject: BPI 16 ga Manual ? |
I too am just beginning to educate myself on loading the 16. Having read this thread it seems that the BP manual gets a solid "meh."
Is there a single source that any of you find you go ... |
Topic: Your Favorite U. S. Made Double |
Murdock
Replies: 54
Views: 38321 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:25 am Subject: Your Favorite U. S. Made Double |
Why have a favorite? I'm still exploring.
Owning a Utica Sterlingworth that weighs in at 6 pounds, one ounce I understand its attraction, and utility, as an upland gun.
There are 3-1/2 L.C. Smi ... |
Topic: Putting up hunting clothes |
Murdock
Replies: 21
Views: 13446 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:27 pm Subject: Putting up hunting clothes |
An apple. Didn't taste very good, either. |