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I'm a member of the 5.5 inch Remington 1858 Club as well. Quick to draw and fire, accurate at pistol ranges and cylinder swapping as with all 1858 Remingtons is on a par with reloading a SAA in my...

I have all Lee molds in my collection and they work great. I have followed the directions on breaking them in for first use and kept them cleaned up and in good working order over the years.
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Hi All,

I got to go out and shoot my new 1858 Pietta made Remington 5 and 1/2 inch barreled revolver yesterday. I ran all 72 of the Speer .451" swaged Round Balls that I had on hand seating them...

Hi Nick,

I will be shooting it as soon as I get time away from work and since I do cast my own, a whole lot more after that. I have plans to add it to my gunbelt along with my Uberti Colt SAA...

Hi Tedly,

You could try paper patching or for that matter, shoot a few balls down the barrel and once it gets a bit crusty, shove one down then. It ought to be a bit tighter at that point. Order...

Thanks Guys,

Oh yeah, my trigger finger is mighty itchy, found a partial box of Speer .451" round ball, got Pyrodex P and Goex FFFg and several cans of #11 caps all waiting. If they would let me...

Jump in your truck, drive down here to Vegas, and I will be more than happy to slap you up side of your head to disabuse you of the notion of tying up funds trying to build an overweight, obsolete...

Hi All,

Reading all this chit chat about the 1858 Remington revolvers here and a couple of other places sort of got my hankering bone wanting one. I have been looking around and when I discovered...

Excellent Buddy! And I thought mine were pretty cool when they gave up a beer on occassion.

When using a tumbler or vibrating case cleaner, put a used dryer sheet cut into strips in with the brass and media. It helps to trap the fine dust as well as adds a bit of shine to the cases over...

In my Thompson Center New Englander .54 caliber with a 410 grain REAL bullet I use 100 grains of FFG Goex. I got the load data from an old CVA Load Manual with a printing date of 10/98. Bear in...

Fresh out of the molds they look like this for me.

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As the get older they oxidize and get the old gray look that you see on...

Well, after years of having mostly Colt Clones, I finally pulled the trigger on a Pietta 5 and 1/2 inch barreled .44 Remington. Perhaps it was watching "Pale Rider" too many times or the idea of...

Interesting, looks pretty simple to use.

I received my Lee .375"- 130 grain conical boolit mould the other day. I have been trying to work up the gumption to fire up the lead pot and get busy...

Livin' in Las Vegas, it's pretty much a given that if it isn't January or February, it's hot! At night, cool is 95 degrees. Since I am a crusty old batchelor I can cast in the kitchen under the...

If you are having boolits that aren't dropping out properly tap on the bolt that holds the handles together with a hardwood dowel or soft headed hammer. Once you get the boolit out either smoke the...

Yeah, I sorta had wonders about the flash paper causing a pressure problem as well as what would happen it a whole package of them should all of a sudden "FLASH!":smile:

From all the other posts...

You can use the rosin core solder, just don't try to use any that is acid core based. No need to add acid to your alloy and run it through your moulds (especially steel ones) or your rifle or pistol...

I ordered up a 250 pack of .303 Aluminum Gas Checks from Jim Sage to try on my Lee 185/.312" boolits. According to the specs they are designed for a .284" base which is what my Lee Cast boolits mike...

I have been looking around for a good round for my Russian TOZ 8, a Tula Arsenal made single shot that I really like shooting a lot. So far the Remington/Eley Target Rifle seems to be the best so...

Yep, that one you illustrate in your Titan Reloading page is the same mould and boolits as you see in the picture in my post. I have had that one about 7 or 8 years now and it works great still. ...

Uh, I shoot the Improved Minie in .533"-410 grain and .540"-415 grain in my .54 T/C New Englander. I didn't know that they had any "new" ones. If those are the ones you are talking about, they...

Some good suggestions and points to consider fellas. Flash paper was, I always thought, impregnated with Potassium Nitrate, sort of what we were discussing before.

I got my Lee Production Pot...

I have 7 that have all been used on numerous occassions. They are all Lee Aluminum moulds, most (5) are black powder for my .54 or .36, the other two are .451" for my ACP or Long Colt and .312" for...

Gee Ted, I always use Hoppes #9 as my after shave and eu de cologne of choice, it overpowers Alox easily......;)

Have you tried good old automotive hand cleaner? It cuts most anything. As to...