Wildcat caliber
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Varminterror
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Originally Posted By: GLShooterOriginally Posted By: VarminterrorLittle different flavor - 357/44 B&D Mag. While it's not a long distance coyote rifle cartridge, it's an absolute ball shooting steel at 200-250yrds with a revolver. The trajectory is flat enough, it's almost too easy. I've only taken it out a few times after coyotes, but I'm hoping I can get coyotes and deer past 250yrds with it, just gotta get myself more consistent at hitting 6" plates at 250 on a cold shot.
Oh man that is a hotty in a revolver!! I shot one years ago during my IHMSA days. It was ram slamming piece of gear when I shot it.
Gre
Yeah, it seems a lot of silhouette fellas dabbled in it for a short time several years ago, but the round just never took off. I've spent about ~15-18yrs now looking for the ideal cartridge for deer hunting at "long-for-a-wheelgun" ranges. I went through round after round and revolver after revolver looking for the right mix. The .357Max was close and the 357/44 Bobcat magnum, but both had extreme limitations for their availability or execution (HATED those plastic collars on the Bobcat). I didn't stumble across the B&D version until about 18mos ago, and I knew I had to try it.
I pushed it very hard right out of the gate, got 180grn pills up to 2,000fps - it's not too far from a 30-30 rifle, but in a 7.5" revolver. Concerned with pressure, I've worked back down to about 1,800fps with 180's right now, playing with some spire pointed bullets (sad Hornady discontinued theirs).
My objective has wholly been hunting, which made my bullet selection a bit of a challenge - there just aren't many bullets designed for this velocity range. Shooting to 250yrds and beyond, I need a bullet which can survive at ~2,000fps, but still expand at 800-1,000fps to reliably kill deer. I spent a lot of time talking to bullet manufacturers while my cylinder was at the smith, I'm even looking at swaging and annealing rifle .358" rifle bullets to improve my potential.
And of course, I wanted to be a little different and did it on a Redhawk instead of the Smith's and Blackhawks that most guys had done - so I had to track down a pair of rare .357mag Ruger Redhawks to modify.
Oh man that is a hotty in a revolver!! I shot one years ago during my IHMSA days. It was ram slamming piece of gear when I shot it.
Gre
Yeah, it seems a lot of silhouette fellas dabbled in it for a short time several years ago, but the round just never took off. I've spent about ~15-18yrs now looking for the ideal cartridge for deer hunting at "long-for-a-wheelgun" ranges. I went through round after round and revolver after revolver looking for the right mix. The .357Max was close and the 357/44 Bobcat magnum, but both had extreme limitations for their availability or execution (HATED those plastic collars on the Bobcat). I didn't stumble across the B&D version until about 18mos ago, and I knew I had to try it.
I pushed it very hard right out of the gate, got 180grn pills up to 2,000fps - it's not too far from a 30-30 rifle, but in a 7.5" revolver. Concerned with pressure, I've worked back down to about 1,800fps with 180's right now, playing with some spire pointed bullets (sad Hornady discontinued theirs).
My objective has wholly been hunting, which made my bullet selection a bit of a challenge - there just aren't many bullets designed for this velocity range. Shooting to 250yrds and beyond, I need a bullet which can survive at ~2,000fps, but still expand at 800-1,000fps to reliably kill deer. I spent a lot of time talking to bullet manufacturers while my cylinder was at the smith, I'm even looking at swaging and annealing rifle .358" rifle bullets to improve my potential.
And of course, I wanted to be a little different and did it on a Redhawk instead of the Smith's and Blackhawks that most guys had done - so I had to track down a pair of rare .357mag Ruger Redhawks to modify.
Varminterror
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I think I'll be ordering a new tube for one of my 6.8's to switch it down to 6x6.8 sooner or later. I like having the extra bullet weight of the 6.8's for deer, but it'd be nice to gain access to all of those 6mm bullets and gain a little bit of speed.
I'm also currently lusting after a GP100 converted by Reeder to .240 Banshee. Very intriguing long range coyote killing revolver! A 75grn bullet at 2,000fps out of a 7.5" mid-sized revolver seems like a he11 of a lot of fun, and a lot less recoil and powder required compared to the 180grn pills I'm pushing at that speed out of my Redhawk.
I'm also currently lusting after a GP100 converted by Reeder to .240 Banshee. Very intriguing long range coyote killing revolver! A 75grn bullet at 2,000fps out of a 7.5" mid-sized revolver seems like a he11 of a lot of fun, and a lot less recoil and powder required compared to the 180grn pills I'm pushing at that speed out of my Redhawk.
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Robinhood21
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I was just looking at the 19 Badger CZ 527 on James Calhoons page... tempting!
His bullet and brass prices are amazing considering the caliber/cartridge
His bullet and brass prices are amazing considering the caliber/cartridge
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