Reeder Custom Guns - I built a 15" encore pistol in 50 caliber BP. I used

gary reeder
I built a 15" encore pistol in 50 caliber BP. I used
Monday, August 30, 2021, 20:08

150 grains of Pyrodex pistol and a 350 grain saboted bullet. It was a true handful. Then after doing all that I found out a BP handgun was illegal for big game in Arizona. So idea #2 went down the tube. (#1 is below)

Before that I picked up a TC single shot BP pistol that someone had ragged out. I re-worked it and refinished it with plans to do some BP hunting. (this was about a year before the BP encore above). Using the suggested loads I figured I had maybe the power of a real hot 38 special or light loaded 357, and I had big plans of a bison hunt, so I dropped that idea.
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I have come to the conclusion that I needed to stay where I was doing what I do best. And that is sit around with a cup of coffee and think up new proprietary cartridges.

this is exactly what Scott Boggs (WB) needs. It - Gary Reeder, 2021-08-30, 10:44
- Now there's a Howdah backup for the lion hunt (nm) - Roy, 2021-08-30, 13:31
  - crazy!!! (nm) - Alcorn, 2021-08-30, 14:27
    - Alcorn needs 2 of these for his Brown Bear hunt - Gary Reeder, 2021-08-30, 16:06
    - simple. All you need are cigarette rolling papers - Gary Reeder, 2021-08-30, 14:34
      - This sentence jumped out at me... - AmBraCol, 2021-08-30, 17:43
        I can attest that IS a hot load, 3-3/4 drams - WB, 2021-08-30, 19:17
        I built a 15" encore pistol in 50 caliber BP. I used - gary reeder, 2021-08-30, 20:08
        in the 50 cal. Encore I used 3 of the 50 - Gary Reeder, 2021-09-01, 12:52
      - Suggested load is 40 grains of 2fg, that guy is crazy (nm) - Bucky, 2021-08-30, 15:03