I have a good friend who made his own civil war cannon, it's to scale about 2.5 in. bore that he rifled himself, he made his own molds, and swage his bullets, about 2 years ago he started to paper...
Type: Posts; User: Gerald C
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I have a good friend who made his own civil war cannon, it's to scale about 2.5 in. bore that he rifled himself, he made his own molds, and swage his bullets, about 2 years ago he started to paper...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
the way i was shown, is use scotch tape on the case head, keep adding layers until block wont close. then measure total thickness
Gerald C
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Don, no. she was shooting her new CPA 441/2 38-50, that gun is shooting real good, she just need's to shoot it more.
Gerald C
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
DON, I forgot to say that I was using a roller that I put a new Oregon barrel, 16 twist, 30 in. cal was 45-70.
have a good time, and good luck!!
Gerald C
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I shot pp placed 137 made my own mold first time out using pp, bullet wt was 528, 82 grs. 2f of OE, 1 .060 poly, 1 .125 felt wad, 2 drops of joba oil on felt.
Gerald C
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
what I did was use some 1/8 alum. plate, I spaced and staggered the rows 3 case widths apart, so my 45's are wider
than the 38s are. I drilled the primer holes on my lathe and taped them 6-32. I...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This is my setup for doing large boolits, these are from a BA mold,459 dia, 546 grains, I use in my 45/90 bp rifle, I shot out to 1280 yds. the first pic. is the oven in use, the second pic. is the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
] I finally got to test my pc tumble, black powder boolits over my Ohler35, I shot 10 rounds of naked but lubed boolits,I broke them into 2 groups
of 5 each, group 1: random seated. group 2: indexed...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Don, I don't know if I will make Alliance also, We'll be coming back from Alaska doing a little fishing and carbou hunting taking my 38-50 with me it's the same one I shot the Q with. I'm using old E...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I was there too. brought only 100 rounds had to reload one night so I could keep shooting!!! first time up there, didn't do so bad was in the top one third, next year I'll bring 200 rounds and still...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I screen also, but I use blasting powder that is a lot cheaper, after 3 screening in my 45-90 I get the same vel. as 1 1/2 KIK with the same load. I didn't do too bad at this past week at Alliance,...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I use a DZ mounts with 7.2" spacing ( 38-50 ) shoot to a thousand and still zero at 100 I shoot alliance every year. go to MVA web site go to thier scope mounting page and it tells you all you need...
Forum: Gas Checks
Hey, I just recieved my 2 rolls of check material from yonky, wow real fast turn around!!! took longer to make cannection with Ian, than it took to place and recieve the order. good looking stuff.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The scope is a MVA 6x I have put on DZ mounts now, they are the cats meow, a lot eazier to make adj. I have no problem getting to 1000yds. with room to spare!!!
I haven't gone fishing yet, with...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Here is some photos of the rifle I just build. took me 2 years. the action is a kit from Upper MO. Trading CO. It was post to be machined with some filing to be done, What a laugh that was, the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Kenny, I took your advice and put a 1-10 twist on it, Iwill post some pic of the rifle soon.
Don , I was hopeing to see you and Kenny up there, there is the august shoot, I plan on beeing there.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
no offset is used with the hepburn action I drop the block about 1/8" and the firing pin hits at the 6 oclock on the rim. no reamer was used, I single point bored the chamber and the rim, I forgot...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
HI I don't post much but I thought you might be interested in this insert I made for my new 38-50 Rem Hepburn. It took me 2 years to make the rifle. I got it shooting and I planed on using it at...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Don, I know that but certin people thought that useing blasting powder was a waste of time and told me so, so I thought I'd toot my own horn!!!! It was great to meet you, and your wife and to put a...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I shot at Alliance also, I started shooting on thursday, shot some friday, shot both matches sat. & sun. 148 bulootis in all I wet patch once each shot, never cleaned the gun till I got home sun....
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I made my own pot 60+ lbs used a band heater from e-bay solid state controller from Auberins. real tight temp control and when I cast 100 + booltits (560 grs) you can't hardley tell a diff. in higth...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I just had my order for a 38 1-12 twist refused for a badger barrel blank from BACO!!!
I had to re order a Kreiger. by the way BACO just got in a barrel of 30=40 rem brass!
Gerald C
Forum: Cast Boolits
just got my mega pot done, put a pid controller on it, I then fired it up and check the pid reading to a certified temp gauge using a K type thermocouple, the pid was 48 deg to low!! then I got...
Forum: Cast Boolits
try 8700 will fill case no filler, shoots 410 grs. in 40 cal.( 40-82) 1500 fps + great groups, a little dirty, but dosen't seem to hurt
Gerald C
Forum: Casting Equipment
I use a pid controler it was a night mare to program. I had my brother help me (retired EE) and it still was a head scracher. I used a dpdt 10 amp relay with the poles tied parallel to control the...
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 |