Your CVA Mountain Rifle, if its an old one may have a Green Mountain Barrel on it. That is what type of Barrels were put on CVA from around 1980 time frame. I also have a CVA Mountain Rifle in 50...
Type: Posts; User: stu206
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Your CVA Mountain Rifle, if its an old one may have a Green Mountain Barrel on it. That is what type of Barrels were put on CVA from around 1980 time frame. I also have a CVA Mountain Rifle in 50...
I have two Coonan's one a Classic and the other a camo dark black style. I have been loading mainly a 125 gr jhp, but do have moulds for 130 gr round nose and 158 gr wadcutters. Have been doing some...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
You also have some lead sleeving from telephone cables/splice coverings, the one piece of sleeving with the air valve on it, small tinned brass flange soldered to the sleeve with the air valve in it....
Forum: Our Town
I feel for you on a year in Hospital, I spent 100 days in Bremerton Naval Hospital with Infectious and Viral Hep, came out of Hospital and was discharged five months later with no rating or anything....
Forum: Our Town
As a Viet Nam Era Vet, 7/64 till 7/68 in Uncle Sams Nursery, yes I still have my DD 214 and Discharge Papers etc. Did apply to VFW but not on DD 214 form, but alas the rules change about in country...
As for catching Brass from the Coonan Classic Auto 357 MAG, I built a cage/box to shoot in Box is 16in wide by 30 in long and the window screen is 30 in high, screen is held upright by plastic pipe....
Forum: Factory Rifles
I had my 25-06 built back in 1960 time frame, cost was $10.00 for the Springfield and $50.00 for the barrel and chambering for the 25-06. Then around 1970 had a Gold Ring 3X9 Scope put on for $ 65....
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
For me lead is easy to come by, almost pure and I get it for cheap price of free. Where I used to work at still can get lead, around 300 pouds a year I can usually get. Have some lead/caclium sleeve...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
As they don't make that one any more, Factory burned down, the price on yours would be in the range of $ 400. or so, the last one that I bought was for $ 149, around 15 years ago. I picked up a...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
For a 50 Cal Rifle, can use a 490, 495, 498, 500 round ball in the rifle. If using a sabot, usually a smaller round ball is to be used. In my 50 cal Hawken I use a 498 with a 15 to 18 thousand patch...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
As a Cable Splicer trained in Lead work, using a Lead Pot to Wipe a Sleeve making joints out of Wiping Solder and Lead. Any water into the pot of 800 degree Lead meant the pot would blow and all the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want pure to 99% pure lead, check out your local telephone repair crew that works on the cables. Good source for cheap lead and still able to get around 300 to 400 pounds a year. I cast round...
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 |