Recent content by Chuck Kazen

Obviously the Lott chamber will take either win mag or Lott cartridges. There is a miss conception that win mag ammo has a longer jump to the rifling in a Lott chamber than a win mag chamber. If SAAMI specs are followed the lands in the win mag chamber start at 3.6 inches, and the lands in the...

A 458 win mag is of course all you'll ever "need", as it's external ballistics (500 grains at 2150ft/s) match the proven big game 450 and 470 nitro express cartridges. However, all else being equal, buy the Lott as it can fire both cartridges. Also, because of the long throat in the SAAMI spec...

Have you tried Alliant Unique? It works well in straight walled cases. My old Lyman 45th edition has cast bullet data for the 45-70 and 458 winnie. I generally load 16 grains behind the Lee 405 grain in the 45-70 and 21 grains behind the Lee 500 grain in the 458. I haven't chono'd these loads...

I've used 23 grains of Unique behind a hard cast 405 grain bullet. Haven't shot it over my chronograph yet, but it should going about 1400 ft./sec.. No leading, and with Unique you don't have to add fillers or wads to take up the remaining space in the cartridge. The added advantage of the Lott...

Not much you can't fix with a 30-06; Good for everything from mice to moose; When they invented the 30-06 for North America they coulda stopped; If you can only have one rifle get a 30-06. If you can have ten, get a 30-06 first. All these old sayings exist because they are pretty much true...

The Remington (if they're still available) 1911 Long Slide hunter has great sights, enough barrel length for good velocities and if you remove the series 80 firing pin block, as good a trigger pull as any factory 1911.

The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them. Ezekiel 18:20. God ends our...

I've got an old Wingmaster from 1969 - missing some bluing, light as a feather, not enough o's in smoooooth to describe the action, always goes bang.

While I respect all of the opinions on AH, some of you guys are too fancy-schmancy, you've got to go a long way to do better than WT 101.

If you wish to stick with traditional iron sights, Longwalker has offered a good solution above. Try a large aperture "ghost ring" rear with whatever type sight your eyes can pick up best out front. This way you don't need to focus on the rear sight. I just did this with an 1886 Winchester and...

You're going love your 458 No1. This is my most fun rifle to bring to the range. I always thought the wood on my No1 was pretty, but yours looks nicer than mine, maybe it's the lighting? Also, it looks like you already have an aftermarket recoil pad installed but if you want more, I agree with...

You're correct if you are heading off to hunt DG. The beauty of hard cast lead bullets, at least in the 458's is that the total cartridge cost is about 50 cents each whether I'm loading with 70 grains of IMR 3031 for 2100 ft/sec or 84 grains of IMR 4064 for 2300 ft/sec. Having a 458 Lott gives...

I hold the hot mold a few inches above the water to minimize the splash. Obviously I don't want water splashing up on the mold either. This method has worked well for me for ever. My understanding is that with plain lead you get a temporary external hardening that may be lost during sizing. But...

I do it the same way. My lead pot is up on a table and my bucket of water is down at my feet. No problems with water splash but I do hit once and a while with molten lead leaking from my old Lee pot. Just part of the fun.

No particular reason, I've been handloading for 40 years so my first (and best) reloading manual is Lyman's 45th edition which has almost as many cast bullet rifle loads as jacketed bullet loads. In some calibers, 45-70 and 458 Winchester, it actually has more lead bullet loadings. That said, on...