Oh yeah! I have only done casting for 45/70, and BP so far, but I really want to do some regular stuff. Just got out of the game for a while. Need more molds! Several years ago, my buddy gave me a bunch of ingots of the typesetter stuff. Forget what it's called! You mix it with lead for a nice, hard bullet.
No no, the Ruger is for hot loads, and knocking around with. This is the quick draw gun! Uberti made, 1858 Remington, with a Kirst Konverter in 45 Colt. Short, light, and dead on...
Here is the other quickie, little guy. It's a Uberti made 1861 Colt, that was a 36 caliber, and now shoots 38 Long Colt. I just use 38 Special wad cutters, as they are short enough to clear the cylinder, and have a hollow base to expand out to the rifling, like a shotgun slug does. 38 Long Colt was made this way, as well as another version, externally lubed, larger diameter, like a 22 rimfire. 38 Long Colt was a round made specifically for this conversion. It makes a neat, clean round hole on the paper. Gotta love wad cutters! Sorry, got a little off topic!
You can't go wrong with a Ruger Vaquero, that's for sure! Built like a brick $hithouse!
Amen to that! Sharp, pointy rocks!
