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@Bryan Austin thats a cool video. I definitely want to shoot a suspended golf ball now!

this is my browning blr .300 wsm. The scope on it is my new leupold mark 5 3-18x44. Have not shot it yet with the new scope. That rifle will house this scope til after my elk hunt this November.

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No photo!!!! We want photos...LOL
 
Yeah. The pic didn’t load with the post. It’s there now tho.
 
I really can’t wait to get out and put some rounds on paper to see how the .300 wsm does at longer ranges.
 
Me too. Been looking for years for a Winchester in .45 LC, Now too damn expensive.. :(


I have had one for many years, and really put it to use. Its been a test gun for bullet tech, I have used it for pressure tests in 45 Colt, it was a camp rifle in several African Safaris. For several years I took it to South Africa as a truck gun when we traveled. Its been around the block and back a few times.

I had it in Tanzania in 2005 as a camp rifle, and took a few critters with it...........Whatever it cost, it has been worth it twice over............ It is on the range now, still with strain gage hooked up and can run pressures when I need to.
In Tanzania I was running a Aimpoint on it, it worked ok, but soon as I got home it came off, I just can't see well in the brush with a red dot of any sort.........

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I have had one for many years, and really put it to use. Its been a test gun for bullet tech, I have used it for pressure tests in 45 Colt, it was a camp rifle in several African Safaris. For several years I took it to South Africa as a truck gun when we traveled. Its been around the block and back a few times.

I had it in Tanzania in 2005 as a camp rifle, and took a few critters with it...........Whatever it cost, it has been worth it twice over............ It is on the range now, still with strain gage hooked up and can run pressures when I need to.
In Tanzania I was running a Aimpoint on it, it worked ok, but soon as I got home it came off, I just can't see well in the brush with a red dot of any sort.........

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Used to sleep with my 11" Tanto on my cot in Kenya. Troops of baboons would just be just outside the tents.


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The monkeys at Mt Kenya Safari Club liked to steal tea cups & saucers from the china hutch things outside our chalets. What say old chap, fancy a spot of tea? Fortunately, some friends had spent time in Panama & warned me about messing with the monkeys.
 
I have had one for many years, and really put it to use. Its been a test gun for bullet tech, I have used it for pressure tests in 45 Colt, it was a camp rifle in several African Safaris. For several years I took it to South Africa as a truck gun when we traveled. Its been around the block and back a few times.

I had it in Tanzania in 2005 as a camp rifle, and took a few critters with it...........Whatever it cost, it has been worth it twice over............ It is on the range now, still with strain gage hooked up and can run pressures when I need to.
In Tanzania I was running a Aimpoint on it, it worked ok, but soon as I got home it came off, I just can't see well in the brush with a red dot of any sort.........

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What strain guage tests are you using
 
Shotguns?

Well, perhaps in my naivete, and eagerness to have some more content in the break-action shotgun thread, I misconstrued that side-by-side firearm's nature? I had not realized or considered the possibility of a side-by-side break action center fire rifle (have only seen Henry's single bore rifles). What then, pray, is that in the lower picture of post 136?
 
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Those are double rifles, one is 500 NE and the other is 470 NE.............. just photos I Had showing the various pressure equipment is all...... the other fellow asked about...........Sorry for the confusion. As you never considered the rifle part, I never considered the shotgun part.
 
Those are double rifles, one is 500 NE and the other is 470 NE.............. just photos I Had showing the various pressure equipment is all...... the other fellow asked about...........Sorry for the confusion. As you never considered the rifle part, I never considered the shotgun part.

Thank you.
 
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93 marlin 45/70 with peep sight installed
Have slowly been buying an older gentlemans marlin collection.
Next months purchase will be his 450
Guide gun I'll add pics of that when the purchase is complete.
 
How does the Oehler compare with the PT-II?

The Oehler is an absolute stand alone system, what you see is what you get. Same with PT 1. PT II is not stand alone, and has to be calibrated by either known data, or like I do, I test a load in the Oehler, then same load and same rifle in the PT II and calibrate PT II to match the Oehler data. Once you have the PT II calibrated to that rifle, then all other loads tested will be spot on.

RSI Software is superb, far more advanced than the Oehler system software and output. I like the RSI systems because of the software, especially when I want to look at the curve in more detail. I Have two PT I units, they are absolutely as good as the Oehler, if not better, but the science behind putting the PT I units together was lost when the creator died. That is why there is a PT II unit today.
 
The Oehler is an absolute stand alone system, what you see is what you get. Same with PT 1. PT II is not stand alone, and has to be calibrated by either known data, or like I do, I test a load in the Oehler, then same load and same rifle in the PT II and calibrate PT II to match the Oehler data. Once you have the PT II calibrated to that rifle, then all other loads tested will be spot on.

RSI Software is superb, far more advanced than the Oehler system software and output. I like the RSI systems because of the software, especially when I want to look at the curve in more detail. I Have two PT I units, they are absolutely as good as the Oehler, if not better, but the science behind putting the PT I units together was lost when the creator died. That is why there is a PT II unit today.

Sorry Michael,
I should have explained. I used the Pressuretrace II for the 44-40 tests I did. I made some 83 documented tests at 10 shots per test. Only had one group that I questioned. I have since moved the PTII on to someone else. My results are here: https://sites.google.com/view/44winchester/handloading/pressure-testing?authuser=0

Thanks for the replies...I never could find an Oehler so I chose the PTII. Probably a good thing I did...even that can be testy and I am not a computer person!!!
 

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Still pretty new here and just ran across this thread. I love old lever guns. 1st one I had I bought for $74 new in 1974 but if I didn't trade it for pot someone stole it outa my van, who knows? So in my later years I picked this ole fella up to replace it. 1,363,xxx serial numer puts it in the mid 1940's. It's chambered in 30 WCF. Much better gun than the new one I bought. It shows some age but I like it that way.20210314_223414.jpg20210314_223446.jpg20210314_223549.jpg
 
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