I don't have all the experience I would like in this area but this is what I think.
First off, you need .002" neck clearance minimum. Then work back from there. You have to know chamber neck...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't have all the experience I would like in this area but this is what I think.
First off, you need .002" neck clearance minimum. Then work back from there. You have to know chamber neck...
Forum: Cast Boolits
One poster said, "Ask what size groups they are shooting." This is akin to an old adage from racing, "The Bullsh*t stops when the green flag drops"! A military rife chambered to reliably chamber...
Forum: Casting Equipment
When volume casting I used to pour from a bottom pour pot while keeping a supply of molten lead in a separate dipper pot. When needed I used a ladle to move metal to top off the "pour" pot. Worked...
Forum: Casting Equipment
When volume casting I used to pour from a bottom pour pot while keeping a supply of molten lead in a separate dipper pot. When needed I used a ladle to move metal to top off the "pour" pot. Worked...
Forum: Cast Boolits
From the horse's mouth, or keypad, the original intent of the acetone:
A stage in production of nitrocellulose powder is "lacquer". That's right, the stuff high-end guitars are finished with. The...
Forum: Special Projects
I had a .25-20 (thought it was 23B) that I had D&T'd for scope bases. My long-time best friend now has it. My current 23 is an A (.22LR) to which someone long ago added a scope base with the rimfire...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I recently bought a Finney Featherweight Deluxe (side safety) to install on a M1916 Mauser action. The trigger is #303 which Finney specs for M95, M96 Mausers. Installed on the action the sear...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
But you don't have to buy a caseholder for every cartridge. One caseholder fits .30-06 family, .25-06, 6.5-06, .270, .280, .338-06, .35 Whelen. Same for .308 based cartridges, and so on.
After using...
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I, personally, think a cartridge or gun is bad or unnecessary just because they are new nor do I think an old one is good because it is old. Or vice versa. There are ways of getting things done that...
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I think that with smokeless powder it likely takes much less lube than we might think. For some years I shot a 220 gr plainbase spritzer with 3 shallow lube grooves from my .32-40. I was able to...
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[QUOTE=Bazoo;4754527]Interesting responses. I got a buddy that was all interested in the 6.5 creedmoor. He asked me about it and then seemed to regret asking when I told him what I thought of it...
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I have no problem with the plethora of new cartridges. They do one thing very well - entice people to buy new guns to shoot them in and that keeps gunmakers in business. I do have my own thoughts...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The bolt head was removed and a visual inspection done. Before removing and after replacing the bolt head firing pin protrusion was checked. The nose of the pin is smooth, radiuses and free of...
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I have need to know ACTUAL diameter of currently produced unfired 8mm Mauser or .30-06 cases as measured just ahead of the extractor groove. What I'm after is (without having to buy brass just to...
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You will have to have a bullet that fits, however you get there. There is a smidgeon of truth to the old adage that soft lead will "bump up to fit" with black powder but if you want accuracy the same...
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Can someone casting/shooting the Lee 358-200-RF tell me what diameter in drops in COWW or #2 alloy?
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I find it interesting that just prior to WWI the .455 was loaded with a "wadcutter" bullet but during the War used the earlier RN bullet. Must have been deemed more humane. Like when you need to kill...
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Great article!
My Mk VI is a 1917 and is "shaved". I picked it at a gun show for $50 because someone had left a ring in the barrel. I "bet" 50 bucks it would still shoot acceptable groups. Firing...
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This raises a question in my mind I have thought about a good bit lately. What happens to powder coat in the barrel? If copper/copper jacketed bullets foul the bore, and they do, why not powder...
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If you shoot a .455 Mk VI what is your bullet diameter?
I have fired my Mk VI some, mostly with my .45 ACP H&G 68 target loads and a few light loads with a SWC intended for .45 Colt. I thought...
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Had a .30 Carbine Blackhawk 30 years ago. Don't recall why I let it go. I do recall this; forget carbine, remember revolver ( in terms of bullet fit, etc) and go about loading as if it were a .32-20....
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The only thing I disagree with Elmer Kieth on here is required hardness of bullets for semiautomatic pistols. Really hard (lino-hard) bullets won't hurt and may be necessary in some milsurp semi auto...
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Thanks for this post. Velocities from .22LR and .22WRM are my goal and enjoyable paper-punching or little critters the intended use.
I have Red Dot, sounds like as good a place to start as any.
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 |