[ODDJOB UNO]

well until santa comes with our reloader, im gonna have to buy 'em.


now lynn did say this, its imperative that the bullet exits the animal. if the bullet wads up with hair, bone,etc, the wound channel is less and there is less if not any blood loss.


science dictates the heavier the bullet, the slower the velocity. but he said there is a point where going too heavy is a bad thing.


yes many of these rounds were developed wayy before most of us. one of the good laughs i read was "why" the .357 mag round was developed back in the 1930's. why? to stop gangsters cars! what a HOOT! they needed a round that could be fired from a hand spoon and penetrate a vehicles engine block.


and as some of us know.............the 135 year old or so 45/70 was originally called by its mil-spec nomenclature........... .45/70/405. 405 being the bullet weight.


so yes with a meplat design bullet, you are creating the most devastating round possible to increase wound channal size and expedite massive blood loss to facilitate less O2(oxygen/blood) to the central nervous system and cause a complete massive shutdown of the entire system. or in laymens terms............."feek 'em up good".


now as i mentioned my huntin peudner had a stroke awhile back. as things got better, he started reloading again. but, he short powdered or no powdered a few rounds and had some squibs. i cant rely on that. so for now i will purchase until santa brings us a reloader, and to start 45/70 dies. i already have .308, and .338 win mag. all i need is .357,.44, .30 carbine dies and the rest i will buy boxed bulk. i'll be set with rounds, and play "mad doctor" late at night and crank them out by the bushel. we reloaded alot when i was younger shootin .357's. had a hoot of a time with recipes. since getting older we whipped up some damn nice .308's and .338 win mags also.


yes relaoding IS the only way to go. all the recipes are out there already and free.



but for a bad bad story about reloading(aside from squibs) i have heard twice now from (2) people, they sprayed WD-40(THE HORROR) on their shells after priming, came back later, finished off reloading. grabbed the rounds when hunting season started, and you guessed it..................CLICK-NO BANG! (1) ona bull elk and (1) on a nice muley deer.


so moral is.....................THROW THAT WD-40 AS FAR AWAY AS YA CAN FROM SPOONS and RELOADING EQUIPMENT!