Reeder Custom Guns - I experimented with handloads in a Raven...

Jim Taylor
I experimented with handloads in a Raven...
Monday, October 25, 2021, 15:28

got a 45 gr. cast bullet up over 1100 fps from it. Shot a lot of those and it never came apart. Blew the primer pocket our of the cases but the little zinc gun kept running.

folks have gone crazy buying any gun they can find. - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-25, 14:18
- I should have never sold that 6.35×15mmSR - Jim Taylor, 2021-10-25, 14:43
  - we got a transfer for a Raven a while back. The gun - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-25, 14:47
    - I have 2 of the Budischowskys in 25 ACP and they will - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-26, 17:44
    - I keep a little Astra 200 around. It functions 100% - WB, 2021-10-26, 05:18
      - the Astras were excellent guns, all of them - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-26, 10:26
        I have an Astra Cub in 22 short, engraved and silver - Darryl T., 2021-10-26, 14:38
        sorta like this? - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-26, 15:46
        Yep (nm) - Darryl T., 2021-10-26, 16:30
        the Astra Cub was also the same gun as the Colt Junior - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-26, 15:49
    - I remember when Ravens were $30. couldn’t hit a can at 25’ (nm) - MTM, 2021-10-25, 15:26
      - I experimented with handloads in a Raven... - Jim Taylor, 2021-10-25, 15:28
    - That's crazy! (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2021-10-25, 15:25
      - in our shop in Florida we sold probably 2 or 3 - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-25, 15:38
        Ravens - Winn, 2021-10-26, 07:44
        I remember when Paco was working Security - Jim Taylor, 2021-10-25, 15:48
        we sold a lot of guns to little old ladies. (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2021-10-25, 16:34