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  1. Idaho Ron

    Conical for bull elk

    I make my own with a 5/8" punch. I only add enough lube to keep it from burning. I don't use store bought.
  2. Idaho Ron

    Conical for bull elk

    Nice bull!!
  3. Idaho Ron

    Conical for bull elk

    Yes I would start with 64.5 actual grains. That should measure 80 gr. If you ue T7 pistol powder start with 57 actual grains.
  4. Idaho Ron

    Conical for bull elk

    I have considerable knowledge with elk hunting, Shooting conicals, and hunting with peep sights. If you look up threads I have made it will give you a start. This is one of my Renegade's I hunt with. It has a Lyman 57 SML peep and a Lyman 17AML globe with Lee Shavers inserts. I have taken a lot...
  5. Idaho Ron

    .45 Caliber: Deer?

    You're 100% right. Two holes are by far better than one. The projectile that stays in ran completely out of energy. It barely got to the other side. I am a firm believer that there is no such thing as wasted energy. I want my bullet to stop in the dirt on the far side of the animal. If my...
  6. Idaho Ron

    .45 Caliber: Deer?

    I don't know about the areas you hunt but here in Idaho. If you hit a big game animal and it runs onto private land, you lost that animal. Even going to the Fish and Game will not get the animal back. Since many of our big game animals travel to farm lands to feed. Dealing with the possibility...
  7. Idaho Ron

    .45 Caliber: Deer?

    This bullet is the 408 grain RCBS 11mm rifle bullet patched and sized to fit my barrels. It uses 80 grains of pyrodex P with an over powder wad. This load is 1450 FPS. It meets or exceeds the original load for the 45-70 trap door rifle. This bullet was shot by my son. The buck was quartering...
  8. Idaho Ron

    .45 Caliber: Deer?

    You are saying a 45 shooting a PRB has more take down power than a 45-70? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
  9. Idaho Ron

    Stuck

    A rifled barrel has less steel making contact with the patch and jag. A smooth bore makes full contact because it doesn't have rifling. Use a thinner patch or a smaller jag.
  10. Idaho Ron

    Lyman Plains Rifle -A stuck ball and grease

    The Compressor doesn't work on a stuck projectile. A dry ball sure, I've used a Compressor. There is a huge difference between a dry ball and a stuck one. In my video I show using 150 PSI on a stuck ball. It never moved.
  11. Idaho Ron

    Lyman Plains Rifle -A stuck ball and grease

    Didn't you put a jag on the rod with a patch and just push the grease back out through the snail? My video shows no mess.
  12. Idaho Ron

    T/c trigger gaurd,

    I did this many years ago, I will try to remember. I started off by measuring the width. I roughly measured the TC Hawken hook forward to the mid point of the trigger guard. I just heated it up the steel and wrapped it onto the trigger guard. I made a jig to bend the trigger hook. I didn't...
  13. Idaho Ron

    T/c trigger gaurd,

    I actually did a couple of them. This one is one of my 50's.
  14. Idaho Ron

    SOLD Buffalo hunter/ camp knife

    No hate intended. Why is it so rusty? I couldn't use something that rusty.
  15. Idaho Ron

    Thumper finally tested.

    Outstanding job
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