I've had good luck with Reloader 15, H4895, Varget, Benchmark, Reloader 10x, 8208XBR and many others in similar burn ranges.

Tom...I shoot the 1911 one handed myself, I find it easier plus a longer sight radius.

Here's a couple more I use from time-to-time. They're competition guns but the one with the scope has taken out a fair amount of rats in Oregon & California's fields. I guess CA would be out now since it shoots lead target loads. Anyway, I've hit squirrels out to 100 yards+ with it. The 1911's a...

the early Coopers had some nice wood on them. Until Rick's post, I didn't know Cooper had sold out so going FWD I don't what beholds with them.

Nice stock wood on those two Coopers there, Jimmy! For routine factory stock wood offerings, Cooper was pretty much at the top of the pile during their production period. It's most likely now a thing of the past, as I have zero hope NH will continue what the MT Cooper factory did for so many years....

I thought I'd wrap up this thread, or at least my initial reason for posting the question in the first place, and report that I've FINALLY found the rifle I was looking for! It is a Cooper model 21. I took possession of the rifle two days ago and for the past several days it has been in the very ca...

The pins I use will pass through the flash holes and won't jam up in the primer pockets but they can be a irritating to get out of bottle neck cases and use I use a magnet because I don't want to launch a SS pint down the barrel.

In my experience with corn cob & walnut media; corn cob really polishes them up nicely, walnut not as shinny but it's still clean. Wet clean, cleans inside and out including the primer pockets making the brass look like virgin brass.

Its an aftermarket magazine and it holds 8 rounds. The mag isn't fully inserted and it has a bumper pad on the bottom.

These aren't 204's but Cooper's are pretty darn good out of the box plus you get the load they tested the rifle with.

I have all three. They all work but for over all cleanliness, the wet tumbling i superior but it is more intrusive to work with.

Here are a few more of my favorite carry pieces from time-to-time, the 629 is usually relegated to in the woods and the 686 is a good hip gun when out & about plinking and other such activities. The $280 dollar 1911 has been carried by me several times and its the only factory bright-blue Spring...

Hmmm...I have done most of these things and the beauty is, you only have to do it once. To me, acceptable accuracy is what we define it and it can be different from one to another. Once upon a time I was a highpower rifle competitor and while we shot at stationary targets from 100 to 1000 yards [dep...

Jim, P/N going strong again. Both Chris and Casey are hard at it, and with the new building, doing well once again. Glad, as they are my go-to outfit for barrels and action work. For your FL trip and hogs, what weapon will you use for that there? Got a guide, or going with friends? You know we'll n...

Speaking of hogs, this old boy got taken with my Smith M29 .44M in the pouring rain one night, with dogs.....he was ripping about, running quartering at me when I nailed the bugger at about 20 yards. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q70/922/nCN5BH.jpg Speaking of hogs, I'll be in Florida ...