L Ross
Well-Known Member
I have admitted in digital print to you guys that I bought a .357 Herrett barrel for my Contender(s). It is the Super 14 and came with nice clean, neat, solid Redfield rings and base. My very good friend Charlie,( and Chief Enabler for this little episode in I gotta have a Contender), let me shoot his .357 Herrett at my 210 yard buffalo line. There did not seem to be any difference in shooting at them with the Tender vs any scoped bolt gun with a scope. Place the Tender on a bag rest, place the cross hairs on the buffalo, check the wind, no wind hold center, if there was some wind fudge toward he head of rump of the buffalo, whichever is the upwind end. Squeeeeeeeeeze, boom, muzzle flip, barrel drops back on bag, a satisfying clang across the prairie and the buffalo topples off the rail. Ta-Da.
So now I have a .357 H barrel and Saturday morning Ol' Chief En himself is coming to Thorn Hollow. He is bringing dies, a drill press with some gizmo to shorten cases already chucked and trued up with zero runout. Every shooter should have a gunsmith friend like this. When I say zero runout, I mean like Ian would accept. Then he has a handmade device that does a final trim, inside and out side de-burring that he calls the Brass Beaver. Charlie says when he and a buddy shot M1A's in Hi-Power competition and trimmed, de-burred, and chamfered, 10's of thousands of .308's, all set up now for the Herrett. Anyway, today I need to find a bunch of .30-30's, sort for head stamp, de-prime, clean, and anneal them prior to Charlie's arrival Saturday.
So now I have a .357 H barrel and Saturday morning Ol' Chief En himself is coming to Thorn Hollow. He is bringing dies, a drill press with some gizmo to shorten cases already chucked and trued up with zero runout. Every shooter should have a gunsmith friend like this. When I say zero runout, I mean like Ian would accept. Then he has a handmade device that does a final trim, inside and out side de-burring that he calls the Brass Beaver. Charlie says when he and a buddy shot M1A's in Hi-Power competition and trimmed, de-burred, and chamfered, 10's of thousands of .308's, all set up now for the Herrett. Anyway, today I need to find a bunch of .30-30's, sort for head stamp, de-prime, clean, and anneal them prior to Charlie's arrival Saturday.