7.62x39 chambers vary a LOT by manufacturer.
Make a pound cast using once fired brass and fishing sinkers prior to buying molds. You really don't want to go buy a mold with a nice, long nose...
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Forum: Hunting with CB's
7.62x39 chambers vary a LOT by manufacturer.
Make a pound cast using once fired brass and fishing sinkers prior to buying molds. You really don't want to go buy a mold with a nice, long nose...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
If you don't want the gun all dinged up - take it to a machine shop. An automotive machine shop will work fine. Removing broken screws is bread and butter for them. Just be aware that you may be...
Forum: Our Town
These are mostly stuff you can dig up.
Trifoliate roses
Trifoliate orange
Osage orange
Black locust - the wild thorny ones
Honey locust - the wild thorny ones
Wild bramble -...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I would be sorely tempted to roll some of those Bullseye and Unique loads. My only question is if it would cycle the action properly.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Honestly, questions like this are why Quickload is such a powerful tool. My own experience has been that incomplete burn leads to much of the muzzle blast and even increases perceived recoil. I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yeah, 300+ rounds a month is definitely well into progressive territory.
After running a 3-station Lee Pro 1000 - my next progressive will have a powder check die station. No matter what I did...
Forum: Prepper Talk
Whatever you already own. If your gun isn't reliable enough for hunting then sort it out.
If you want to buy stuff that has proven reliable - look at Enfields, Mausers, and Mosin Nagants, The...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Locust is in the same density/hardness class as rosewoods.
Sure, you could do it, but it will be about double the weight of walnut.
Forum: Leverguns
For the most part, they are exempt from magazine restrictions and assault weapons bans.
Hunting. They are a very good choice in places where semi-auto rifles are restricted. They give you a...
Forum: Prepper Talk
That is the #1 thing I kept hearing from folks who were forced to live through big hairy catastrophes. The lone wolf is an easy target.
I think the other thing to remember is that while SHTF on...
Forum: Prepper Talk
I agree with others. This thread is pretty funny. A tumbler for brass? Really? An oil press? Yeah, nope.
Talk with some people who lived through the Balkan war or read the accounts of...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I actually loved my Pro1000 EXCEPT for the fact that it would fail to charge cartridges once in a while and I had no way to find out until I pulled the trigger and got fizzle instead of bang. I got...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Many of those old military rifles were badly worn when stuffed into storage after WWII. It is interesting to note how many No1mkIII Enfields saw service in both WWI and WWII. Same for Mosins, just...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Honestly, clubs with a lot of that lead dust stuff would do well to contact a smelter and sell direct.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Be very careful of trying to "lap" it out at home. There is a much greater risk of messing up the geometry even worse. The last thing you want to do is fish-bowl the chamber even worse than it is....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I recommend melting this down over a found-wood fire rather than propane. Last batch I did over propane cost me an entire bbq bottle for like 50# of the stuff. No thanks. After that, I just...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I think like many of the reduced power rifle and pistol cartridges, it suffers mainly from incorrect marketing.
Back in Ye Olde Days, there were mostly two camps of gun writers. Back east and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Reloading is a different hobby than shooting. It takes its own skills, time, effort, and cost. Many people just don't have the interest or inclination to research loads, make test loads, and then...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I can say from experience, buying other people's processed range lead is a winning proposition. It is a lot of work, especially if the range has a dirt backstop.
Forum: Our Town
Density/hardness and workability wise, this stuff is right in there with rosewood class woods like black locust, desert ironwood, and ipe. It's way harder and heavier than walnut class woods used on...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Sorry I can't help on new '06 brass. Hoarders are hoarding everything "normal" right now. I about choked at the price of new brass - some costs as much per round as it's respective loaded ammo. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The primer cups on pistol primers are considerably softer/thinner than rifle primers. I had significant issues with blown primers every time I've swapped them on full power loads.
I haven't...
Yeah, there are barrels that just won't shoot cast as they show up. I've got two. No matter what I do with them, they lead like mad. My solution was to shoot J-words.
It's a shame that many...
Forum: Our Town
Warm it up with a hair dryer and let it sit. This often fixes problems like that.
Forum: Our Town
I had to dose my current dog with peroxide when she was a pup due to eating rat poison. Luckily I saw her eat it and got it quick. The trouble is that there are dozens of different rat poison...
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 |