Search results

  1. PistolPete

    22 Hornet for Deer

    Also: a real adventurous person could probably load the 69 TMK to push 2200 fps; not sure you'd have the twist to stabilize it at that lower velocity though (the gun is 1/9, I think)...
  2. PistolPete

    22 Hornet for Deer

    Accuracy looks good initially, but I haven't done anything official - just 50 yds with a 3x prism. Here's the little guys next to a 223 case.
  3. PistolPete

    22 Hornet for Deer

    Well, I have some progress. I picked up the Dark Mountain Arms Stowaway in 5.7. It's a really neat design, but the trigger is an adventure. So I've been hacking on my mechanicals, of course, and I have it to where it's serviceable - kind of a redneck 2-stage feel. Anyway, mine will chamber 60...
  4. PistolPete

    Smokeless muzzloader prefit for my origin action?

    If the Origin is a 700 clone, check with Woodman Arms in NH. They make great stuff; I just got one of their Patriot smokeless rifles.
  5. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Just got a chub. What is that?
  6. PistolPete

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Just know that there are state wildlife agency employees actively cataloging info from this thread and elsewhere in order to persuade ruling committees to drop the minimum caliber laws and allow 22s for deer. By my count, 38 states already allow it. I'm one of them who is working on that - so...
  7. PistolPete

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    The Grendel does have something over the ARC - 75 cents per round hunting ammo with a 0.5 BC (AAC Black Tip). That's nothing to sneeze at!
  8. PistolPete

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    You're exactly right; however, I've shot deer with this approach (45 Colt cast SWC's at 800 fps), and while the bullets always exit, and the deer do die with double lung hits, blood trails are long and very sparse to nonexistent. In thick cover, it makes for tough recoveries.
  9. PistolPete

    22 Hornet for Deer

    That's the thing; what I'm attempting is to create a load that won't be "risking it," but will be totally sufficient - just as we've seen that the 223/77 is fully sufficient for elk/moose/etc.
  10. PistolPete

    22 Hornet for Deer

    Got the supplies on the way to try this out on some deer in the fall. The rifle will actually be a single shot ultralight bolt action in 5.7x28, not 22 Hornet, made by Dark Mountain Arms. Using Lil-Gun, GRT says I should be able to get a 60 TMK to ~22-2300 fps MV. My goal is to make the best...
  11. PistolPete

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    True. I hope to examine the effects of a 60 gr TMK at 22 Hornet speeds (~1800 impact velocity) on some deer this fall. Will report back, but I anticipate it should be a nice, ethical minimum for deer-sized game, given that the 77 TMK is more than enough.
  12. PistolPete

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    I keep asking myself why I keep up with these threads. Then I think of a funny joke at the expense of one of the Boomers, then I talk myself out of making it. And still, I keep coming back.
  13. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Also, I only window mine enough to hold 3-4 long rounds. Probably helps the mag hold together and I don't need any more in there anyway. 2700 would be great. I haven't gotten the barrel back from getting profiled, but I gave the smith some very skinny dimensions (0.600 tapered to 0.450 at the...
  14. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    I have Duramags; I think you need to use steel, since it's thinner. I've not tried windowing a PMag though...
  15. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Yep, 1:7.
  16. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Cut a few grooves in my NFA lower to allow 2.400" OAL with my windowed mags. Hello, 88 ELDM! Could maybe get a little more OAL but the NFA is getting thin on material up there. I think 2.45" would punch through the lower. How does the TN Arms compare? The upper and barrel extension will take a...
  17. PistolPete

    Mono Wound Channels vs Match Bullets

    OK, yall got me on board with the smaller match bullets; gonna shoot them this fall. The evidence is just too overwhelming, and I'm confident they'll work for me just like they have for all of you. I'm even working on a 223/77 2200 fps load for my younger kids to hunt with - should be the...
  18. PistolPete

    Igloo 70 qt Roto Cooler $150

    Couple colors available, free pickup at store: https://www.acehardware.com/departments/outdoor-living/coolers/hard-sided-coolers/8016742?x429=true&x429=true&gclsrc=3p.ds&gclsrc=ds&msclkid=d0739aad47d11c8a4c74fc3703dba07f
  19. PistolPete

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Working on a project to ease extraction and chambering. I got an aluminum bolt knob from Ebay and slapped it on - its huge, so I might shorten it, but I also really want a 6 ARC and wonder if this might make it doable. Definitely increases the odds of knocking it out of battery, but we'll see...
  20. PistolPete

    Ultralight Custom Break Action Rifle

    I've gone the Contender route, and they're neat, but not readily going to be under about 5 lbs bare. Plus everything with then is expensive...

Latest posts

Featured Video

Stats

Threads
349,101
Messages
3,676,522
Members
79,856
Latest member
teakmtn

Latest Articles

Top