I anneal the neck portion and just below it. You can do it in a lead pot but you wont have time to cast bullets while doing it. A candle is slow a propane torch does good. use a socket and extension...
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I anneal the neck portion and just below it. You can do it in a lead pot but you wont have time to cast bullets while doing it. A candle is slow a propane torch does good. use a socket and extension...
starline recommends annealing their brass for black powder loads. I anneal my brass every other loading this is 44-40, 38-55,40-65,45-70, and 45-90. Annealing will help the case necks to seal better....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A small plastic jar with 1 die in it and media in the media of the polisher you can run 3-5 dies at a time with out them banging into each other. The vibration will transfer thru the jar and allow...
Forum: Cast Boolits
What I recommend is to try several different styles of commercial cast bullets, 50 of each will give you a good idea of what they will do. Then look for that mould or one close to it. Look in the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Decoy weight for a pterodactyl decoy
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I believe its a balancer weight for a door or parts on an assembly line. Heavy parts are suspended from a balancer to make them weightless for the workers.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The old ramrods were also soaked in linseed oil for several days to impregnate and strengthen the grain. A rod finished in this manner was very flexible and could spring bend more before breaking....
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
You can wipe them lightly with JO Joba oil or I put my cut patches in a ziplock bag with a few drops of Jo Joba oil and let them set for a few days. Yes if your going to lube do it before seating. I...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Preparation is the key to getting good results. the area needs to be clean and properly roughed up to get the ultimate bond strength. The other area a lot mess up on is they clamp to hard and press...
Forum: Sights and Optics
Aperture sights have a following most dont use an insert in them but just the open threaded ring as a large "ghost" aperture. The trick is to keep it close to the eye. The other plus to the tang or...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I can remember the one local shop had a keg of h4895 and h4831 on a table with a scales and stack of brown paper lunch bags. sold by the pound weigh out what you want.
Would be interesting to...
Forum: Processing wild game
As kids we would raid barns with our bb guns and "harvest" pigeons. shuck out the breasts. Mom would soak them and cook them till falling apart. then shred them up in a milk gravy served over...
Forum: Processing wild game
Like most animals preparation is important. cleaning and avoiding scent glands , keeping the carcass and meat cool,Keeping it clean thru the process. Coon, muskrat, wood chuck, and most others need...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
It was Bruce Hodgdon, Started with rail cars of 4895 and 4831 then was H 380 named after his favorite load in the 22-250 which was a wildcatt then.
For the lyman sight i believe midways, buffalo arms,Montanna vintage arms, brownells all carry them. I also like the MVAs fronts with the level.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Start at no airspace no compression. This is the base point and work up in 1 grn increments from there as the charge and compression increases you will see accuracy improve and fouling will drop...
Forum: Our Town
It shouldnt be to bad but may be more work just getting to it. Its probably a joint thats been rubbed or flexed and should solder up fine. The big thing is getting the joint clean and dry to...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I use a dry lube molybdenum disulfide on mine. wear gloves when using it. a rub it into the parts with a rag. You want a dry lube so that powders dont get contaminated or stick. The dry lubes dont do...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Tumbling will do a lot with little attention. Corn Cobs some mineral spirits to start and maybe a cap full or 2 of new finish wax. You may not be able to run to many at a time in a vibratory as...
Forum: Casting Equipment
With out a pin of some sorts you can use them. But a pin shouldn't be hard to make. A piece of rod that fits the bore and squared end will allow flat based or non hollow points. Actual hollow Base or...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A lot depends on how involved you want to get. evaporust may help but it may change surface finish. A clean and light polish will tell show a lot. A bore scope would be handy to see inside better. ...
Osborne are top of the line very good and available in a lot of sizes. Generals are good and work well not always available in the exact size you need. McMaster Carr, Graingers, MSC, Grizzly?, all...
I have put a rubber band on the handles to maintain tension easier.
When drilling in the mould make sure and have the depth stop set so you dont drill thru the bullet into the mould.
Make...
I would shorten them down what was needed. Most screws for fire arms are NEF ( national extra fine ) and hard to find in hardwares or big box stores. I would take out one at a time and set on an...
Beagaling a mould you use hi temp tape and all cavities dimensions get increased. Lapping a mould you can change just 1 cavity but seldom just 1 area of a cavity. Lapping can not only increase size...
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 |