Reeder Custom Guns - I once had a gunbelt and a handful of the

Jerry Kiln
I once had a gunbelt and a handful of the
Thursday, October 01, 2026, 12:10

old "balloon head" brass, played with them for duplicating real old west loads (by volume, not weight, they weren't weighed back then for loading anything), back when you could buy the Remington hollowbase bullets, impressive to shoot, always threw them in a jug of diluted Windex (which no cowboy ever had) immediately after shooting to keep fouling from eating them in the fold.

Thought they looked impressive in the belt, but nobody else ever noticed, and had to admit the prop masters for Wanted: Dead or Alive had it right in putting .45-70 cartridges in the gun belt if you wanted to be noticed back then. Today, anything bigger than 9mm raises eyebrows and/provokes gasps. So, naturally, I carry one. Glad you were able save them for posterity. They ARE unique today.

Cleaning Day(s) - Jim Taylor, 2026-09-30, 06:15
- No significant thickness loss, I take it? (nm) - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-01, 11:12
  - No. Not really. I am not gonna shoot these. - Jim Taylor, 2026-10-01, 11:36
    - I once had a gunbelt and a handful of the - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-01, 12:10
      - I did the same thing back in the 70's and 80's. - Jim Taylor, 2026-10-01, 13:20
        At this distance from the past days, - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-01, 15:07
        Yes, that is true. What I figured is: - Jim Taylor, 2026-10-02, 07:29
        In regards to the ".45 Colt" vs ".45 Long Colt" - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-02, 09:53
        Good points. Growing up it was always 45 Colt. - Jim Taylor, 2026-10-02, 10:21
        I look at the modern push to "Long Colt" as - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-02, 12:03
        I have used "long colt" as far back as I cvan - Gary Reeder, 2026-10-02, 16:30
        In Cartridges of the World they give all the info - Gary Reeder, 2026-10-02, 16:42
        Well, out of curiosity, I randomly grabbed my 1971 - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-02, 17:02
        You didn't look far enough. There is a - Gary Reeder, 2026-10-02, 19:13
        Am not arguing that it is a totally new name, - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-03, 06:46
        Always good for a discussion. - ORG, 2026-10-03, 10:43
        Yep. Folk call it what they want. I like ".45 Old West". (nm) - Jerry Kiln, 2026-10-03, 11:40