Can't remember whether I revealed my age earlier on this thread but just turned 84 last month. Spent some time today de-priming a bunch of brass, 9mm, 380, 38, 357, 40, 45 ACP to clean. Too good a...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Can't remember whether I revealed my age earlier on this thread but just turned 84 last month. Spent some time today de-priming a bunch of brass, 9mm, 380, 38, 357, 40, 45 ACP to clean. Too good a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Much of the problem with having grungy looking/discolored brass after wet-pin cleaning has to do with the ph level in the rinse water. I now check the ph level of the water (5-6) after I put the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Several years ago I decided to see if I could wring the last bit of accuracy out of my revolvers & pistols. Had never trimmed a single .45 ACP case for length but decided that i would give it a try...
Old thread but I have read through the entirety of it with great interest. I, too, have an older S&W M27 and while I like blue steel, this one is nickel plated and is also a 5 incher on the barrel. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
One other problem with copper washed steel cases is if you use lemishine or citric acid and have one or some in the mix. The citric acid reacts with the steel and will turn nice bright brass pinkish...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Do not remember saving any $ but I can load & shoot any caliber rifle or handgun I possess as much & as often as I please. I have guns that have never seen a factory round. When late wife passed...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Always took the usual precautions over the years (I'm 83 plus now): do not smoke so that was not a problem, tried to stay upwind of a heating pot with lead melting as well as when using wax or...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Always stainless steel pin/water/citric acid/Dawn dish detergent clean all my brass and separate by head stamp including 9mm brass. However, I've never trimmed or measured for length any 9mm brass...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Bazoo: All the above know whereof they speak and write. PC really is the way to go. Some additional thoughts: I started with Smoke's clear because from my reading it is the nearest to being...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
No shock buff. My shooting is with both thumbs on left side as learned from a 1911 instructor. Thumb not engaging or touching slide stop or safety lever when shooting. For now, just need to know...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Thanks everyone. Going to get with a gunsmith. Big Boomer
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Gtek: Got it. Will find a qualified gunsmith. Thanks everyone for the help. Big Boomer
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Got another problem. Got a new stainless steel slide stop and safety. The new safety went in but now it locks things up. So does the new slide stop. Just won't seem to work. I can get both in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Yesterday I emptied every 1911 magazine I have, 2 Novaks, a Kimber, a Colt, two Shooting Stars and a gaggle of other magazines, some unmarked, some with only assembly numbers on the base. They all...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Load is 4.8 grs of Bullseye, Lee 230 gr rn boolit, powder coated. Magazines are Kimber, Colt, Shooting Star and a number of others I can't think of right now, all good magazines that work well in...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I have an older Colt Commander (series 70 I think) that is nickel plated and the slide will not lock back after the last round with any magazine I have (and I have several). Can someone give me a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If I am not mistaken, RCBS took a gas check design and removed the gas check base and made a longer plain base mould. That's what I have, the plain base 2-cavity mould that varies in weight...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have no good words for Bushnell. Returned two scopes that were supposedly under warranty ... when I contacted them they said they were. Returned them to me saying the scopes were out of warranty. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Interesting thread, but I'm on the opposite side of the OP's position. I have a large dutch oven that I used to melt down wheel weights years ago. However, I converted a propane gas tank (cut in...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks for the info! I did not know whether there was a difference between a convection oven and an air fryer. That gives me two options when it comes to curing PCed boolits. Big Boomer
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
A few years back when I first got into PCing I purchased a nice convection oven at Wal-Mart. It has served me well & cost around $ 100 if I recall correctly. My wife just informed me that she is...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I have 2 Stars, both older San Diego, and both do not look much better than the one pictured but both work perfectly. However, after buying a few sizing dies from Lathesmith, my friend who sold the...
Forum: Our Town
Over the years I came to realize that I could cast my own boolits and load centerfire ammo cheaper than I could buy 22 rimfire ammo. I gave my entire stock - which was considerable - to my son since...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |