Playin Around with .45s

[Coffinmaker]

Shot one of the local clubs today.  Decided to exercise one of the Henrys.  Talk about fun.  I shoot a Schofield case cut to the same length as a .45 ACP (kinda like a fat .44 Henry flat) and stuff great big 160Gr RNFP bullets in 'em.
Sweet.
You can stuff 18 of those little suckers (same as AJs C45S cases) in the front end of a Henry and play like back in the day.  Wowzers.
Doesn't do a thing for the blow-by but who cares??  I have case tumbler to get the grunge off 'em.  Just flat grins and giggles when the stage instruction say "extra rounds may be added at any time" for a 15 round rifle stage.
Loads on Sunday and shoots all Weeek!!!

Coffinmaker

[Fox Creek Kid]

...great big 160Gr RNFP bullets in 'em...

"Great big" 160 gr. bullets?



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[Coffinmaker]

FCK,

Too right   Except ......... TA DA ........ Compared to the 130Gr bullets I shoot in the handguns ......... the 160s ARE big.  130Gr Barnstormer bullet in a Cowboy .45 Squirt case or a Cowboy .45 Special case, 3.6Gr of Tightgroup and a Fed Mag Primer and you get a nice manly "Bark" with good velocity and less recoil than most .38s

Yes, I are a GAMER (only when it's my turn to shoot ).  I also have some "Enormous" 180Gr bullets but their too long for my specialized Carrier Block in the Henry.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee 

Coffinmaker

[Montana Slim]

Reminds me of some good-natured ribbing that took place at a side match earlier this spring.

Side match: 2 Texas stars, 5 plates each at 7ish yds. Shooter allowed to use 2-4 revolvers (2-holstered, 2-staged).
Object: Clear both stars, lowest time wins...regardless of number of shots.

Two fellows lat the loading table. I'm waiting to shoot. One says to the other: "This is why I shoot manly 45's instead of them 38's or 44's, etc, etc, etc. (He goes on for quite some time)....I finish up with 10 shots and move on to unload. Next, after an announcement about the "power of the .45"...The manly .45's commmence to blazing....some plates are hit..none fall, he's into his 3rd or 4th revolver, shooter behind him hollers over to see if he'd rather use his .38's.. There was a LOT of laughing by all. He shot a couple more times...similar results...but, he may have knocked a plate or two off that afternoon. I heard one of his buds suggest he stop letting his wife load his ammo...Another asked when this awesome "display" of shooting would commence....got to remember to use that line myself someday.

Back to this threads details, yes, a 160 or 180 grain bullet can do most close-up CAS jobs, when loaded to adequate velocity. A full case of BP usually does the job...and if the Manly .45's were loaded such there would have been no problem (when the plates were struck). At least the boom would have "awed".

Occasional use of the Texas star in matches has provided encouragement to some of our shooters to add an extra smidge of powder to their load..and in some cases use a slightly heavier bullet (or combination of such). Otherwise, its fun to slip some empty .22 brass on the unloading table for them when the guns go "phffft"

Slim

[Coffinmaker]

Oh gawd what a great idea!!  I gotta scarf up some fired 22 brass next trip to the range. 
Wish I'd thought of it first

Coffinmaker

[Coffinmaker]

Speaking of the "Texas Star," Some time back to mess with one of my shooting partners, when I went down to reset the star, I cranked the springs all the way tight.  You couldn't take the plates off with a rifle with factory loads. 
Twaz a real hoot to watch him banging away and no plates falling

Coffinmaker

[Fox Creek Kid]

Speaking of the "Texas Star," Some time back to mess with one of my shooting partners, when I went down to reset the star, I cranked the springs all the way tight.  You couldn't take the plates off with a rifle with factory loads. 
Twaz a real hoot to watch him banging away and no plates falling

Coffinmaker

That's funny!! 

[Coffinmaker]

It's also a real hoot when your partner seats himself in the out house to shoot (the back of the out house is open) and you sneak up with a real short bungie cord and hook his/her suspenders to the outhouse

When the buzzer goes it a real hoot to watch them try to stand and ....................

Coffinmaker