Do not break into Jeff Higgins house.
 

Oh sure, any one of your garden variety Pelicans could put a slug in ya.

But there is something about the sound of the those .45 Colt, hand loaded, 300 grain lead blobs flying by your head at 1200 fps that reminds you, "Crime doesen't pay".

Thanks for letting me shoot Jeff, that was awesome. I think everyone at the range took a step back and looked around and thought, "What the hell was that? ".

1200 fps? Holy SCHINIKIES! As some Hollywood skinny-as-a-rail says "That's HOT!"


Sounds like fun!!:D

Corbon? I hope you were shooting those from a lever action rifle or a Ruger :)

Not bad for an old black powder round, huh? Puts any .44 mag to shame. Yes, it's a Ruger Blackhawk. No, it's no Cor Bon. Handloads consisting of 300 grain bullets cast at home in an LBT (Lead Bullet Technologies, aka Veral Smith out of Moyie Springs, Idaho) mold over 23 grains of W-W #296 and a CCI #350 primer.

Great little trail gun, usefull for backpacking, hunting, and general woods bumming. 4 3/4" barrel keeps it handy enough to carry; stainless steel makes it rugged enough. I've killed several large Washington mulies with it, and one Alaskan caribou. Every shot fired at game has resulted in complete penetration and not a single recovered bullet. Even lengthwise, from brisket to butthole, on a 400-some-odd pound caribou. Great little gun. Maybe a little loud indoors, though...