The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Thanks, Hoot and others..

Thanks, Hoot and others.. (reply)

Catoosa — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:19:43 +0000

I will have to hunt up some #3 shot and try that. Got the stuff to load .25 ACP but have not done any.

I'll have to start looking for a 25acp. Thanks (reply)

Edward Young — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:31:16 +0000

Ahh...gotcha. (reply)

Hoot — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:47:05 +0000

Thanks

As Mark and Doug state.. (reply)

Hoot — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:46:20 +0000

The #3 shot is .25 dia.

The flange on the 209 is right close to the rim of the .25ACP (which is semi-rimmed).

They fire off almost always. Every now and then, they need a couple hits. The round ball steps out of that short barrel with surprising alacrity. I fired some in the basement which penetrated 30-odd pages into a phone book.

It's silly but great fun.

Errrrrrr.. Hoot?? (reply)

mcassill — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:46:15 +0000

Yup. That combo will ring 50 yard steel easily enough. Might be the best use of a .25.

Errrrrrr.. Hoot?? (reply)

Slow Hand — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:23:06 +0000

Put the three together for a fun time! Easier with teh Beretta/Taurus tilt up barrel style action. Drop a roundball in, put a 209 behind that, close action and pull trigger for true popgun performance!

I made up some .22 Hornet shells awhile back that would shoot a .22 cal air rifle pellet using a 209 shotsheel primer. that was fun stuff!

that's the new polyymer framed version (reply)

stonewalrus — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:14:28 +0000

Errrrrrr.. Hoot?? (reply)

Catoosa — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:12:36 +0000

There's a lot of things I don't know, and some I don't want to know, but is there something related to .25 autos and 209 primers and #3 shot that I SHOULD know and don't?

PLY 25?? (reply)

Hoot — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:48:42 +0000

Don't knw that'un. Owned a PT 25 for a few years now. A true incapacitating case of the giggles with 209 primers and #3 shot....just sayin'.

He lived between Avery and Annona. (reply)

MR — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:19:17 +0000

on FM 1701.

It's Dee Cab County here in TN too (reply)

stonewalrus — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:16:02 +0000

passed up a good deal on one last weekend (reply)

stonewalrus — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:14:20 +0000

And am now kicking myself.

Anybody know anything about the Taurus PLY 25?

Yep, DEE CAB is the correct pronounciation for we locals. (reply)

Murphy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:23:09 +0000

If a person were to ask 'How far is it to DEE-KALB from here?' We'd know right off they ain't from roun' these heah' parts.

Its only about 35 miles from my place. For decades its also been known as one of the worse speed traps in the country. How bad? I'll just say for many years it was hard to pass thru DeKalb and NOT see someone getting a ticket.

Triva Note: Hoss Cartwright was born and raised in DeKalb, also his final resting place.

Murphy

Wow, we may be related. (reply)

MR — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:33:23 +0000

My Grandad got his Colt .32 Banker's Special taken away when he took it to the bank and waved it around in the 70's because he thought they wouldn't give him all his money. The State Bank Of DeKalb Texas. (pronounced DEE CAB at least by him)

Ever seen a left-handed monkey wrench?

Catoosa — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:38:01 +0000

There is a reason why the .25 ACP cartridge has been popular in this country for over a century. Many, many oldtimers, including my grandad, carried a Colt 1908 in their front pants pocket every day. I never knew he had it until shortly before he passed away. We were out in his back yard one day, and he asked me if I had ever seen a left-handed monkey wrench. When I said no, he grinned and pulled the little Colt out of his pocket.

Grandpop Homer grew up rough in rural Georgia in the early 1900s. He was a little guy, but you didn't mess with him if you knew what was good for you. I think the sheriff finally took that Colt away from him after he chased a smart-mouthed yuppie down the town's main street with it when 'way up in his 80s.