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BarnBuster

BarnBuster

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Some unique items up for auction
I posted this as I'm amazed at how much these old cartridge boards are worth.

rest are just interesting or unique

 
BarnBuster

BarnBuster

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Here's a odd one, called a kiln gun

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This from Field and Stream Mag, the above one sold at auction for $11,500.

"In the course of my visit to the now-gone-and-much-lamented Julia Auction House, I was shown a monstrous 3-gauge shotgun and asked to identify it, which I could not. At 5 feet long and 50 pounds, it was too small to be a punt gun and way too big to be a conventional game gun.
It was a kiln gun, and I did not know that such a thing existed. Steel mills, after the molten metal was poured from their kilns, found the enormous vats encrusted with slag, which is the stony residue that results when metal is melted out of its ore. The mills discovered they could get rid of it by sending men into the kilns with hammers—or they could blast the slag into dust with a shotgun. Thus, the kiln gun, which fired a monstrous charge of No. 12 shot through a slot in the kiln and did the job in an instant.

Kiln guns are still made today, although they look nothing like conventional firearms, and are 8 gauge instead of 3. The modern load fires a 3-ounce slug at 1,750 fps, and develops 9,000 foot-pounds of energy. A modern kiln gun weighs around 220 pounds and has a useful life of a quarter-million rounds. They are fired parallel to the kiln walls to avoid punching holes in it."

www.ballisticmag.com

Gun Test: Hands On the Remington MasterBlaster 8-Gauge Industrial Gun

Unique in its build and incredibly rare to get any range time with, the 8-gauge Remington MasterBlaster industrial gun is more of a tool than an actual gun.
www.ballisticmag.com www.ballisticmag.com
 
BarnBuster

BarnBuster

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www.militarytimes.com

Remington Arms offers manufacturing space to produce medical supplies needed to fight Covid-19

The firearms company has offered to help produce ventilators, surgical masks, hospital beds or any other products to assist efforts.
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"CEO of the gun manufacturer, Ken D’Arcy, wrote a letter Monday, March 23, to Governor Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump offering "approximately one million square feet of unused and available manufacturing space" at the Ilion plant, the Ithaca Journal reported. D’Arcy said the company would be honored to help produce ventilators, surgical masks, hospital beds or any other products to aid the efforts to combat the coronavirus."
 
Sunbiz1

Sunbiz1

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This will be my one and only firearm purchase, in case the next virus forces me to live off the land:
www.henryusa.com

Steel Lever Action .45-70 | Henry Repeating Arms

Originally a military caliber standardized for the battlefields of the 1870s, .45-70 Government has stood the test of time and still thrives nearly a century and a half later in hunting camps across the country. When it comes to hurling a huge chunk of lead downrange, there is no finer way to do...
www.henryusa.com www.henryusa.com

I've always wanted(nostalgia!)the brass anyways, would mount a scope of course.
Only brass reflects sun, so might have to settle for wood.
I'm not very knowledgeable on brands, nor reliability.
So if any of you enthusiasts can think of any reason why I should consider a different model, or manufacturer; please chime in!.
 
Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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Sunbiz1 said:
This will be my one and only firearm purchase, in case the next virus forces me to live off the land:
www.henryusa.com

Steel Lever Action .45-70 | Henry Repeating Arms

Originally a military caliber standardized for the battlefields of the 1870s, .45-70 Government has stood the test of time and still thrives nearly a century and a half later in hunting camps across the country. When it comes to hurling a huge chunk of lead downrange, there is no finer way to do...
www.henryusa.com www.henryusa.com

I've always wanted(nostalgia!)the brass anyways, would mount a scope of course.
Only brass reflects sun, so might have to settle for wood.
I'm not very knowledgeable on brands, nor reliability.
So if any of you enthusiasts can think of any reason why I should consider a different model, or manufacturer; please chime in!.
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Check this: https://gunnewsdaily.com/best-lever-action-rifles/
Henry is rated very high, and you don't have to get it in the showy brass, and it's reasonably priced https://www.cabelas.com/product/Henry-Lever-Action-Rifle/1706104.uts?avad=218589_f19ece059&WT.mc_id=al170757&Subid1=SID&adname=Custom+Link&adtype=cl&adid=NA&utm_medium=AFF&utm_source=170757&rid=12&WT.tsrc=AFF

I have a Win '86 in .45-70, I like it and its rated lower than the Henry and much more expensive. You might want to check out Marlin's as well
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I use a lot of that in my .270 & 30/06 Ackley - results are in the freezer.
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Come to think of it, i was messing around with that powder for my 30-30 too but moved onto something else. Can’t remember what. I was experimenting bigtime. Not hunting but having fun with a chronograph at a range. I’ll probably get back into reloading for my big revolver and my bolt action but way too much case prep work on my m1a brass when we would just go fire off 400 like nothing. My fingers are hurting just thinking about that shit lol.
 
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cannabineer

cannabineer

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Aeroknow said:
You ever try IMR 4064?
I was reloading with that and matchkings for my m1a’s and also same powder for my bolt action. Seemed good to me.
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I think my big one was 4350 - for that .270 o put fifty rounds through before selling it. Lovely gun, Browning Hi-wall, but it recoiled too hard for a non-hunter like me.

My mainstay rifle powders were H335 for the .223 and .223 Ackley, and H322 for the 6mm PPC.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Sir Napsalot said:
It's most popular for .223Rem.

My longtime "pet load" for .222Rem. uses BLC-2, but I'm thinking about trying something cleaner burning as the BLC is quite dirty
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I remember reading somewhere that BLC2 was war surplus. I don’t know if there was follow-on civilian manufacture.
 
Bignutes

Bignutes

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Sunbiz1 said:
This will be my one and only firearm purchase, in case the next virus forces me to live off the land:
www.henryusa.com

Steel Lever Action .45-70 | Henry Repeating Arms

Originally a military caliber standardized for the battlefields of the 1870s, .45-70 Government has stood the test of time and still thrives nearly a century and a half later in hunting camps across the country. When it comes to hurling a huge chunk of lead downrange, there is no finer way to do...
www.henryusa.com www.henryusa.com

I've always wanted(nostalgia!)the brass anyways, would mount a scope of course.
Only brass reflects sun, so might have to settle for wood.
I'm not very knowledgeable on brands, nor reliability.
So if any of you enthusiasts can think of any reason why I should consider a different model, or manufacturer; please chime in!.
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That would be the last firearm purchase I would make. It's a potato lobber. I would choose the 223 Remington, it's enough. AA 2230 is good too, also a fan of reloader products.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Bignutes said:
That would be the last firearm purchase I would make. It's a potato lobber. I would choose the 223 Remington, it's enough. AA 2230 is good too, also a fan of reloader products.
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I have a Contender that’s good with the intermediate/levergun load level. I can’t remember the powder I selected ... 3031 rings half a bell.
Gun looks sort of like this, except what’s shown is an Encore.

Former shooting buddy called it the Noisy Cricket.

Single hardest-kicking handgun I’ve fired, though the short-barrel Casull with max loads came close. I put two cylinders through that one and handed it back.

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rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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cannabineer said:
I think my big one was 4350 - for that .270 o put fifty rounds through before selling it. Lovely gun, Browning Hi-wall, but it recoiled too hard for a non-hunter like me.

My mainstay rifle powders were H335 for the .223 and .223 Ackley, and H322 for the 6mm PPC.
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you got rid of the high wall? that's my favorite gun and favorite genius, Mr Browning.
mine is .22-250. will flat out vaporize a prairie dog.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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rkymtnman said:
you got rid of the high wall? that's my favorite gun and favorite genius, Mr Browning.
mine is .22-250. will flat out vaporize a prairie dog.
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Nice!
I’d rather have that chambering.
I bought that Browning used, so I made a scrap of money on the sale.
But yeah beautiful design and manufacture.
 
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