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    The only type of firearm on which I prefer a...

    The only type of firearm on which I prefer a thumbhole stock is a target rifle. Better control making minute aiming adjustments off a rest and better control during recoil are the reasons. For every...
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    I use a 54 caliber swaged lead ball (0.530"...

    I use a 54 caliber swaged lead ball (0.530" actual diameter)...placed inside a loose wrapped paper cup...inside a Claybusters wad. The ball is just a bit undersized for the wad (a 0.55" diameter ball...
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    Just for FYI purposes, that scope ring design was...

    Just for FYI purposes, that scope ring design was developed (and first used) well before scopes were inert gas filled. As I understand, they have been around since the 1930's. So, it was surely...
  4. Thread: 410 reloading

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    If anyone would rather, waterglass is defintely...

    If anyone would rather, waterglass is defintely not necessary. Plain old paraffin wax will do the same thing. Just dribble in melted wax, on top of the OS card, making sure to use enough to get a...
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    Free country, as they say. I am not willing to...

    Free country, as they say. I am not willing to have these hundreds of CB wads, that I have in hand, either go to waste...or waste $$ ordering different wads when I really don't need them.

    But...
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    I use a simple alcohol flame (Bunsen burner)....

    I use a simple alcohol flame (Bunsen burner). But, anything that will provide the necessary heat will do. A candle would work perfectly. Trying to hold a heat gun for this seems cumbersome, at best,...
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    Actually, it is very easy to "fix" tapered...

    Actually, it is very easy to "fix" tapered wads...to better fit straight wall hulls. I use nothing but Claybusters, myself ...but mostly Fiocchi and Cheddite hulls (which are both straight wall). ...
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    Looks a bit like the barrel could benefit from...

    Looks a bit like the barrel could benefit from lapping (it appears to be a bit rough). This is a step often omitted in this day and age. Perhaps further cleanup will eliminate the roughness. The...
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    The "1925" number is NOT a serial number or year...

    The "1925" number is NOT a serial number or year of production, but rather what was referred to as an "assembly number". In a nutshell, the rifles were fitted with all their parts during initial...
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    "There isn't much done" with slugs in the 20...

    "There isn't much done" with slugs in the 20 gauge because all of the 12 gauge snobs monopolize the issue with their over-sized bores and uppity attitude. :) So, the greatly superior 20 gauge gets...
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    OK - SOLD to blackbike, pending payment.

    OK - SOLD to blackbike, pending payment.
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    WTS - 20 gauge Foster slugs & wads...

    Free to a good home (except for the shipping cost) 100 ea.- 20 gauge Foster type "rifled" slugs...and the plastic wads with which they were loaded. These were recovered from some Herter's brand...
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    Congratulations on your success, Blood Trail. It...

    Congratulations on your success, Blood Trail. It occurs to me that, what you (and all of us creating various slug loads)...are really doing, as regards ballistics, is more or less duplicating black...
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    Poll: 20 gauge is the greatest. All others gauges are...

    20 gauge is the greatest. All others gauges are ridiculous. Na Na...Na Na Na.

    There. Stuck my 2 cents in. 🙃
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    I use ordinary parrafin wax, on top of a...

    I use ordinary parrafin wax, on top of a cardboard overshot card. In fact, I do not even crimp my shells - I just use the wax. Works just fine, including for weatherproofing purposes. Never a...
  16. I think what you are getting at is "will an...

    I think what you are getting at is "will an uncrimped hull of a certain size fit my chamber....or be safe in my chamber" ? If it fits, it fits. My side by side has looong chambers, so an uncrimped...
  17. I place an overshot card on top of the load...

    I place an overshot card on top of the load stack...then dribble in melted parrafin wax. Works very nicely, both with shot and my (round ball) slug loads. And....it does not tear up the hulls, as...
  18. Geez Loiuse ! Every time I see one of these...

    Geez Loiuse ! Every time I see one of these threads (about the agony and complication of getting crimps right)...it makes me deliriously happy that I do NOT crimp my shells.


    ....Just...
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    I did say that I am not an expert. I stand...

    I did say that I am not an expert. I stand corrected, for the most part. Thanks for the information. But, I can say, without much fear of contradiction, that the gun in question was NOT designed...
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    Am not surprised that you get "crap" accuracy...

    Am not surprised that you get "crap" accuracy with the round ball loads. The Savage 200 series, unless I am very much mistaken, are really designed for the specialized "sabot slugs" or their...
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    Yes, indeed. 20 gauge side by side....20"...

    Yes, indeed. 20 gauge side by side....20" cylinder bore barrels. 2" 5-shot groups at 25 yards. My eyes are not what they used to be, so at 50 yards, the best I can generally do is about 5" plus,...
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    I use 0.530" balls myself....in the Claybusters...

    I use 0.530" balls myself....in the Claybusters wads. As such, they are a bit loose - so I use a small strip of ordinary paper to dry wrap a sort of cup for the ball to sit in, inside the wad. I also...
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    Mine would be a Yugo Mauser, M48. Probably made...

    Mine would be a Yugo Mauser, M48. Probably made in 1951. I started reloading for that rifle. Rebarreled it myself...and learned how to do so...with that rifle. Restocked that rifle several...
  24. Thread: Lee Hand Press

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    I have used nothing but the Lee Hand Press, for...

    I have used nothing but the Lee Hand Press, for something like 25 years (the entire length of time I've been handloading). For all types of brass, even converting 30/06 to 8mm Mauser and pulling down...
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    I always use an overshot card in my round ball...

    I always use an overshot card in my round ball loads. The reason is that I don't crimp my shells. Instead, I use wax to seal them, on top of the overshot card. Never creates a problem...and...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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