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Put Corn Starch in the oven for awhile and it makes Destrin. Detailed instructions are elsewhere here and also on youtube. But you only need Dextrin or SGRS with Screened black powder. None of...

I now have a formula that appears to be the functional equivalent of Unique smokeless. Also one that appears to be the equivalent of Pyrodex. When I run out of all the other components I got to do...

My 40mm die has an area of 1.98 square inches, effectively 2.
A 2" die, which as far as I know nobody makes, would be 3.14 square inches.
A 3" die, which is the size of the Woodys die, is 7 square...

CVA Scout in 44 Magnum. Still in transit to me.

Because my CVA Scout in 45-70 has been pounding me too hard, even with black powder loads. It just doesn't weigh all that much.

The 40mm "DabPress" die that I use works out to 2 Sq In. My 6 ton press is barely enough.

The Woody's die is 3"". A 12 ton press is barely not enough.

Its kind of aggravating that the most...

Potato guns are also a thing. Problem in that case is that they are often made of PVC and then overpressurized and ...fail

Bowling ball cannons deliver something like 28,000 Ft-Lb

I have two of these - one with a red dot and the other with open sights. This one is a single flat band mine use four round bands. I typically fire .36 round ball made with contaminated lead.

As...

I have two of these - one with a red dot and the other with open sights. Next time I am at the range I will be chronographing stuff and I'll bring these along to see what they actually do. This one...

Rim Rock Bullets owes you some kind of referral credit. Just bought a bunch of stuff from them and would have never found them if not for you

I think once you get past the point where the Sulfur "Plasticizes" which I think is 3500 PSI, that its rapidly diminishing returns after that.

However I HAVE found a significant gain by using my...

Took me awhile to realize it - but powder coating is just tumble lubing that you bake on instead of air dry.

Which I now use for my 356-125-2R because once powder coated it doesn't work in...

I powdercoat everything for cartridge guns. No mess, no lube - and no exposure to lead. I wear gloves and a respirator when casting - still wear gloves when powder coating. Once that is done its...

6 cavity molds cast so fast, and powder coating (or tumble lubing) is so easy, I see no reason to ever stop. I can make them fast enough that the cost savings is significant.

For muzzle loaders,...

I got a real shock the other day - average lifespan of an American male is now 92. Last I looked it was 78.

Where did the 80's go? I miss the 80's

I started casting last year at 67.

You can get just the shoulder pad part of a shooting jacket off Amazon. Straps on like a shoulder holster. I have a CVA Scout in 45-70 and it does not weigh much. Firing it with full power black...

I got some 473AA From Shady Grady. Its $15 a pound and comparable to WSF. It probably off a bit so drop the load a grain and work back up - but its available and cheap.

Its possible in my case it was not dry enough to begin with. Sealed containers keep the moisture IN as well....

I left the most recent batch of starch powder in the dehydrator a whole extra day...

I found a place that makes re-usable silica gel packs. News to me that this even existed, apparently you pop them in a microwave on defrost for about 10 minutes and it steams all the collected...

I clearly did something wrong, there is no other explanation for the results being this different.

In another unexplained observation, the manganese powder, and my starch powder, are remaining...

I got 10 Lb of WC680 from Shady Grady for $150 (plus shipping) WC680 = Alliant 1680

At 32 grains per round, I can load 2,200 round of 45-70 with it. Maybe more, I'm going to start out with...

CVA says 40K max pressure, same as Marlin. This works for me as I scored a bunch of Accurate 1680 powder - for which there is no 45-70 load data I can find. I CAN find load data for 450 Bushmaster,...

I had a box of Starch with no other use for it, so now I have a couple of pounds of starch powder. I put the "dough" into a cupcake pan, using actual paper cupcake liners (cost 1 cent each). I put...

My dehydrator came off Amazon for $26 It has layers of plastic pans with slots in them and the heated air blows up through it all. OK for pucks but no way to put loose powder in it. So I leave the...

"Shady Grady" more than fits. I received 30 Lb of powder in six plastic disposable milk jugs in a smashed deteriorating cardboard box with no hazmat markings on it at all. Someone else got powder...

For the St. Valentines day Massacre they rubbed all of the bullets for the Thompsons with garlic. Supposedly it guaranteed blood poisoning if you didn't die from being shot a dozen times.