Well made my 1st batch of BP. Made it last week before a week stay in the hospital so it had a good long time to dry.But I think the screen I used was a little to small, grains seem to be more 4f...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Well made my 1st batch of BP. Made it last week before a week stay in the hospital so it had a good long time to dry.But I think the screen I used was a little to small, grains seem to be more 4f...
Very load I use but use the Berry .32 HBWC but guess you can't get them anymore. Will get the Hornady HBWC when they become available again. Last winter ended up shooting 5 possums in our persimmon...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Lived in Florida for 15 years and kind of got used to the little brown scorpions we had there. Seems like I got stung seveal times a week when I was working construction. Dang things were under...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Prefer my H&R 158 in .357 over the newer NEF Handi. Lighter rifle with thinner tapered barrel. Mine has a long chamber and will take .357 Max brass trimmed down a bit to about .360 DW lenght with out...
Was bored yesterday and was looking at this big bag of cast .350 dia Round Balls I had casted for one of my muzzleoaders and thought why not. 6 of them plus the wad weighed right at 1 oz. And I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have you any plans for 7mm gaschecks....james
Currently have a Savage 6400 in .30/30 and love it. Love being able to play with spire pointed bullets in a .30/30. Mostly use it foe very light loads, 100gr Lee Plain Base RN and 3.gr of Bullseye....
Forum: Cast Boolits
The "Load".... 13gr Red Dot with a 405gr bullet....
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Had the same issue with a MGM barrel in 6.5x55mm Swed. The barrel was hard to close and very hard to open. Was told the barrel needed to be fitted to my receiver. Since this was a trade barrel I got...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My everyday shooting/plinking load with a 150gr Lead Cast (Berry's is plated Lead and can be treated as cast) in .30/30 is 8.0 gr of Unigue. About 1200 fps, quite and no recoil to speak of.......
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Since it seems next to impossible to buy percussion caps or the ones I'm finding are close to $10 a hundred, got me thinking. There used to be a line of replacement nipples that used small...
Load one over 3.0gr of bullseye and see if you have any chambering issues. I have load .314 with no issues in a H&R SS, 336...
I have loaded down to 3.0gr of Bullseye in .30 Car. with typical 110gr LRN bullet. No issues and hits pretty hard...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use the HBWC from berrys and 3 gr Bullseye in 30/30 and 30/06..nice light load...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Where do you buy the Sabot's? I have not seen them for sale and are they available in other calibers than .30, such as .270, 7mm?
Anybody tried this load or maybe a bit more say 15 gr Unique in the 7mm Rem Mag...
Forum: Cast Boolits
If no one gets them and you would ship, would like to have as a wall decoration. I'll pay shipping of course
Anybody been playing around w/light CB loads for the 7mm Rem Mag they would like to share...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Found them locally at Gander Mt but $7.99 a 100 is a bit steep....
Last night was the 2nd time I've had to use my lite 30/30 loads on a live target. These were loaded for pest control. The load was a Berry .312 HBWC loaded over 3.0gr Bullseye, bullet seated even...
Forum: Cast Boolits
.380acp ATM Backup...this little monster was the only gun to ever really hurt my hand when shooting
Forum: Cast Boolits
What kind of bore wear would the powder coat bullets do?
Forum: Cast Boolits
30/30 as I have 3...Marlin 336, H&R 158 SS and a Savage 340 Bolt..reloads are very cheap and have lots of brass...
My second choice is..38/357 in my H&R 158 SS...from mouse loads to Deer loads......
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 |