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Sorry James.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 07:38

(There are two James' too - the other is "James from Jersey")

I had no intention of misdirecting. Jim is a good friend and mentor, we've shot some together.

He knew where I was coming from. Lee Jurras and Nonte wrote a book once about handgun hunting. It included a chapter on boring out the chambers of a Colt New Service (I think) smooth to make full length shotshells to shoot small game. Later that was seen as a "short barrel shotgun", for some reason, and deemed illegal. THAT same chamber is the basis for the .480 Achilles! It's what Jim had done to the .45 Colt chamber to allow a heeled bullet of .475 diameter. You just straight bore the cylinders with no "step" and install a .475 barrel. Jim also told me the .45 Colt bullets actually shoot acceptably well at close range. (Look up Jurras' and Nonte's book it's really cheap and a value)

I'd wager the softer lead bullets driven by faster powders or even black powder or substitutes would give very good use in the Achilles. I learned this from my own playing with the heeled .41 Long Colt. I'd love for Jim to experiment more. If you have followed his articles he has come a very long way. His heeled bullet centerfire revolver shooting and experimenting is the first and most successful so far of the last two centuries, as far as I know. LOL

I just saw the potential of using shotshells in that platform. Jim also used to play with some aerial shooting with the sixgun. While I'm not above cheating using shotshells to "trick" the common folk, Jim would never do such a thing. BUT he might stop after a particularly lucky and awesome shot! LOL

I certainly do not want to get under anyone's skin. I think the world of Gary and try to help and promote his products. He sure has catered to my whims and helped me over the years. I don't have anyone I can talk to about all this wild stuff except to Misfits. It's just my hope that some will find it interesting or inspiring and begin titillating conversation, that's all. It's not self promotion, just fun.

Too bad you and I don't live closer it would be fun to go shooting. At HHC we always had a blast.