Starline brass is probably the best brass you can buy.
My experience with 45 Colt revolvers is the chamber dimensions in some cylinders tend to be generous. Some of my brass in my Bisley come out...
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Starline brass is probably the best brass you can buy.
My experience with 45 Colt revolvers is the chamber dimensions in some cylinders tend to be generous. Some of my brass in my Bisley come out...
Forum: Our Town
Another hint if you have a sales tax on vehicles since a wheelchair van may be tax exempt from sales tax.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Had a 357 Herret and a 7mm TCU,TCU was easy I just fired 223 surplus ammo and case were formed. The trick with the Herret was one the case was trimmed you needed to full length the case till it took...
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We had a van converted by MobilityWorks and we're blessed with it. My wife had some mobility so the power chair (rotated out/lower chair) was great but as her mobility decreased we gave up on the van...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a cast iron pot that will do 25 lbs of lead and my stove is a 2 burner camp stove by Fire Chef. Can be used on a bench but has attachable legs for a stand alone set up. Fuel is a 20 lb propane...
I use stainless pins and when they get dirty I run them with a dose of Simple Green and that cleans them up nicely.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I use Red Dot in my Reminton 700 heavy barrel in 308 with cast bullets of various weights the rifle has very low recoil ideal for women or older kids.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Ages ago at Kittery Trading Post the guy who ran the reloading dept had a cast bullet business and he was selling 8 bore bullets that he cast looked like a 38 round nose on steriods,I bought one for...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
If the bullet is the same as for the 45 acp seat the bullet till about 1/16 of an inch of the upper band is above the case mouth and crimp In place.
Forum: Our Town
Sirius xm tuned to 50s,60s or old time radio depending on my mood.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I pick up brass that I can use and use steel pins soap and citric acid and tumble for an hour or 2 and I'd say 99% come out looking like new. Run them thru corn cob with NuFinish and they stay...
I've had primarily RCBS,Redding and Dillon presses for single stage I'd go with Redding their decapping system will put primers in a trash barrel and has the ommff for case reforming.
Not sure how loud a 22 Hornet would be but I can attest to a S&W model 53 both muzzle blast and flash were quite impressive.
Forum: Our Town
I looked into the head gasket problem with subaru engines turned out the gasket design was prone to separation of a coating on it. There are after market gasket that are a much better design. I love...
In my 625s I haven't used anything over 230 grs. Anything heavier wouldn't fit in the chambers they would either be too long or have a case bulge if seated to fit the chambers. I use both 45 auto and...
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I remember the rope swing that my uncle put up for my sister's and myself all went well until one sister missed the landing spot and ended up in a briar patch. Mother wanted to kill my uncle and cut...
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Have family on Boothbay and as I remember winters were brutal at times. Late uncle had a house there heating ot was ok but his heater like most of the folks in the area used kerosene (K2) because it...
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I wear hearing aids when I go out for errands,movies etc. I have found that the aids do amplify everything the trick is you have to wear them enough that yout brain adapts and ignores the excess...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
To clean petroleum based lubes wash in mineral spirits if you don't have a case tumbler. Thought about acetone but that's an operation for outdoors not indoors.
Forum: Cast Boolits
357 mag fired in a 41 mag the cases would come out look like a Pilsner beer glass.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Make your own lube from liquid lanolin and isopropyl alcohol there are loads of recipes out on the web. Midway has a lube that looks like petroleum jelly that works well I use it but can't recall ots...
Forum: Our Town
I've a friend who has a Kelvinator fridge that's at least 30 years old and a console TV that is at least as old as the fridge. I've known him for 40 years and jokingly give him a bit of a hard time...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Saeco makes a 45 cal wadcutter block for 45 Colt that's 225 grs granted the diameter is .454 but as cast should drop at .456. I have the 250 gr version drop at .456 and use it in my 45/70 rifles and...
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+1 on internet streaming. I♡Radio has an app that streams all their stations thru out the country. In my area they own most of the AM/FM stations. If you have an Alexa or similar device it can pick...
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 |