I wish somebody made a DA .475 Maximum

Thanks for the input everyone, I appreciate the calm, informative responses.

I have been to AK a few times before and I have seen quite a few moose, but I dont have any experience with hunting game bigger than jackrabbit (shot it with an AK74, funny story) or the killing power of the 10

I guess Id better load up a few hundred mild .454 rounds and put in some seat time with the Super Redhawk.
Maybe a .454 Rossi would be a good purchase  I have also been pondering a .480 SRH

Quote from: DM1906 on August 01 2013 04:50:27 PM MDT
Could it be done? Sure.
Advisable? No.
At best, no more than a back-up weapon, or extremely close range with no better option available in a survival situation. I wouldn't do it, on purpose. No way. They don't go down easy with big magnum rifles, as it is. Any story to the contrary is the exception, not the rule, or just a story.

Oh really? I didn't realize they were so tough, I thought they were just a lot bigger, not necessarily much tougher/harder to kill than a whitetail

/flame suit on 

could it be done? with a mechtech or longslide and a HOT, HOT, HOT hardcast load?
My uncle invited me to stay with him up in AK for a little while to get some work around the place.   he said he'd take me moose hunting I'm by far most comfortable with my mech tech and g20 as far as being able to hit a target.

as i understand it, in a 1911 its much better to try to slow the slide down with the mainspring rather than the recoil spring

Quote from: Mr. AR50 on July 09 2013 04:45:01 PM MDT
How much heavier on the mainspring would you recommend?

I would get the heaviest one I could find!

Im waiting for more Nickle Brass, its much, much easier for me to find at the range

If it were me, I would get a slightly heavier recoil spring, a EGW flat bottom firing pin stop, and a heavy mainspring

I kinda doubt it, Im guessing they are all from the same plant in China. But like you said, who knows

any updates?

you can get this same one at Harbor Freight for a lot cheaper:


the transducer (ultrasonic "shaker") in the thing is pretty weak, it works ok, but not great

I think the best way to clean brass is with stainless media in a rotary tumbler

Blue dot is inverse temp sensitive, pressure gets higher when the temp drops-sometimes by a lot.

It also gets "spikey" meaning when you reach a certain charge weigh, a very small increase causes a non linear jump in pressure.
I have also *read* that when you reach a certain point it can actually slightly drop pressure as charge increase, those two characteristics seem dichotomous but there are people out there with more reloading experience and knowledge than I that swear they are true.

I switched from BD to Power Pistol for my show-off loads.

Quote from: gofastman on June 03 2013 08:29:56 AM MDT
I recently launched a 220gr cast bullet at 1407fps 
it came out of a 6.6" tube with a comp on it, but still, that is a SPICY meatball
I'll post details of the load once I establish that its not super dangerous

I just received my MechTech and I want to work up to this load in it!

in general, how does the mechtech handle nuclear loads?

QuoteBesides, if I want more, that I can barely handle, I pull out my .454 Casull!

yep! nothing like 38grs of W296 to wake a person up in the morning!   
If the massive shockwave doesnt do it, the front sight smacking you in the head will!

Out of those two, definitely Blue Dot.
Id start out around 8grs and slowly work up.

For 200gr jacketed bullets, Id really recommend Hodgdon Longshot
Id also like XTPs over Noslers, I think xtps are tougher and should certainly be a better choice for hog

Are you a complete newbie to reloading? do you know about blue dot's quirks?

Quote from: REDLINE on June 03 2013 09:26:22 PM MDT


Okay, so maybe when all parameters are set up correctly, then polygonal rifling should show at least a tiny bit more velocity than if the same barrel was cut/broach-cut/button/hammer-forged rifled?

This is generally true, but some barrels are just faster than others, It can be a significant difference too.