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RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
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RanchRoper
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
That's the one alright. Love it.
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Reloading as we speak....250 gr 7.0gn of powder. Some cowboy thumpers....
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
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1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Good looking cast boolits. What are they ?
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
I buy them in bags of 500 from Western Munitions in Calgary Alberta. No idea who cast them.
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
They look a lot like the Hunters I load. Put some downrange today, preformed great. Just posted on Range Reports.
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Can you buy the coated ones up there RR
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Not sure..have not seen them.
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Give them a shot if you find some I think you will like them.
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Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
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H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
The Fiocchi factory ones I have are powdered. Real nice ammo.
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
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Re: RanchRoper's Reloading Ruminations
Just read your "1st Wild West Lead of 2020" thread, RR. Jumped over here to your ruminations reload stuff to ask you something about the current year....if you might consider doing this.
Since I don't reload, I agree when Al commented that .45 Colt ammo "ain't cheap." Your C$ amount is up there, too, between 73-99 cents/round. So far I've found reasonable prices at Choice Ammo in Montana and have stuck with their CAS loads. Last bag (125 rounds) of 250gr hi-tek coated RNFP ammo I bought was at 44 cents/round, excl. shipping. It is also hand-loaded ammo with this doable price for me. But again I have to be ultra conservative in how many rounds I shoot per range visit since it is expensive ammo. Always keep my eyes on upcoming sale prices, too.
Since you are right at the start of shooting 2020 lead, curious if you track how many rounds you shoot at each range visit? Might you consider tallying your 2020 ammo reloads usage as a stat for everyone to look at versus buying manufactured ammo? That would be some good raw data to chat about at next New Year's eve.
As you shoot only this lone caliber, might be easy to do. What do ya think? At the same time, it would be fun to see how many Cowboy cards you take out in one year! 
OK, I'm heading back to your 1st 2020 range report to check it out again. Have a good day.
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Since I don't reload, I agree when Al commented that .45 Colt ammo "ain't cheap." Your C$ amount is up there, too, between 73-99 cents/round. So far I've found reasonable prices at Choice Ammo in Montana and have stuck with their CAS loads. Last bag (125 rounds) of 250gr hi-tek coated RNFP ammo I bought was at 44 cents/round, excl. shipping. It is also hand-loaded ammo with this doable price for me. But again I have to be ultra conservative in how many rounds I shoot per range visit since it is expensive ammo. Always keep my eyes on upcoming sale prices, too.
Since you are right at the start of shooting 2020 lead, curious if you track how many rounds you shoot at each range visit? Might you consider tallying your 2020 ammo reloads usage as a stat for everyone to look at versus buying manufactured ammo? That would be some good raw data to chat about at next New Year's eve.
As you shoot only this lone caliber, might be easy to do. What do ya think? At the same time, it would be fun to see how many Cowboy cards you take out in one year! OK, I'm heading back to your 1st 2020 range report to check it out again. Have a good day.
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RanchRoper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 9:22 pmAlso a very good point. Cheapest factory ammo here was about .73 cents C$. Most is almost a buck a round.
I have not done the math but I am sure reloads are cheaper and I don't shoot any less.
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