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Bond Arms Factory Tour
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Re: Bond Arms Factory Tour
as is usual for us, our absolute and final plans have a way of changing .... thankfully, we shouldn't need to cut down any 44 mag cases .... with the 100 once fired brass mentioned above on hand and 300 more new Nosler blem cases on the way, we shouldn't need any more for many moons to come
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question or those who own Bond derringers .... do you clean yours as often and in the same manner as you would other types of firearms .. ..
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It's even easier to clean than an automatic. No take down, no 6 cylinders, no crane, no reason not to keep it clean as new.
All my guns look like new when they aren't in use. It's a pleasure and part of the hobby to me.
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I have a .45acp barrel for mine. I think it's the hardest kicking round I've shot out of the Bond. Kicks harder than the 410s, at least with the buckshot loads I have. Some sort of 'defense' shells, they're black. Forget the brand name. 410 birdshot loads are pleasant to shoot out of it.
The .45LC rounds I have my brother loaded just for the Bond, they're low pressure and also comfortable to shoot.
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Yes. Yet, it is a Davis. However, it is similar to a Bond.
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thanks for sharing your experience .... I figured that would be the case, simply wanted to confirm
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earlier this afternoon I had the opportunity to run about 30 rounds of "vintage" 38 special wad cutters through our Roughneck .... in doing so, I learned a few things very quickly .... one example: shooting at an 8" paper plate, even at 5 yards firing from the hip, I have no clue where they were hitting .... in short, I need a much larger backstop ..... secondly, our Roughneck doesn't like wadcutters, they tumbled even at ranges of 4 or 5' ..... I loaded this ammo 40 or so years ago, the primer hit on every round was sold and every round fired .... I found the recoil to be manageable, causing no issues with arthritic hand joints ..
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Jebar, Were those hollow based wadcutters? Did you load them with Bullseye or Red Dot powder ? Maybe a little more power will make them stabilize
Bullseye is supposed to burn in a two inch barrel if I remember it right.
Bullseye is supposed to burn in a two inch barrel if I remember it right.
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I honestly have no clue .... I found them in the bottom of our gun vault and have no idea how long they have been there .... I have no memory of loading them or why I did .... they only thing I can say is they gave off a good bit of smoke
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