Mustafa Curtess
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27 October 2015
Ditto, here - regarding Tasco scope rings. I have 3 scopes for my 45 Colt Marlin “Cowboy Limited” M1894 re-make). I load it closer to 454 Casull levels. It will cycle extra long COL fromthe magazine - which insures that none of this ammo gets into one of the revolvers. I have each scope labelled for the distance it is zeroed at, and just mount the appropriate scope for the bench I am using. It has been so long since I've neeeded to buy more rings - I forget exactly. but certain scopes require “extended” rings. I think it is Remington that makes them ("Quad-Lok” something.) They work equally well - and are equally affordable. With a well-proven “standard” CB and load, the previous Zero is still “on” when I mount the scope for a different (silhouette) distance. Scope quality has improved so much over the past 30 -40 years - that one popular brand is as good as any other. If there is ever any problem - it is not the scope - it is ME! Never mind the ballistics statistics - the 45 Colt loaded with a 355 gr pointed plain-based Cb is an absolute joy at 400 meters, with impressive striking energy that is reflected in the satisfactory displacement of the “swinger” animal targets. I have long suspected that many of our bullet-casters' notions about terminal effectiveness is based too much on arm-chair gun-writers' prejudices - instead of actual tested results. Hypothetically, they may be “right” - but realistically they are all full of beans. Incidentally: I have been working with the limitations of ridiculously “slow” twist-rates and how we interpret the Greenhill Formula. Restriced by the (ultra-slow blackpowder rifling that many of our cartridges are still afflicted with - and my need for heavier (and longer) CB's, I have had some custom moulds made that depend more on aerodynamics - than they do on bullet length. I am happy to report that so long as a bullet has a nice, sharp, point at the nose - the Greenhill predictions for length can be greatly exceeded - and still have bullets that remain stable all the way to the target (up to 600 yds. / 500 meters
