On 12-21-21 my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. We are more then overjoyed with the addition to our family as this is our first. But the joy was short lived as my wife started having...
Type: Posts; User: JTknives
Forum: Our Town
On 12-21-21 my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. We are more then overjoyed with the addition to our family as this is our first. But the joy was short lived as my wife started having...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Man it’s been a LOOOOOONG time. I wonder how many people I still know on here. Last tine I logged in here was 2016. Man time flys
Forum: Casting Equipment
Bringing home my lead today and going to test it out.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I plugged it in last night and it fired right up. All my lead is in storage right now but in a few days it will be moved out to the new house. I got to reload some 45 colt and 10mm, so good time to...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I scored this from an estate sale for $15. It's a herters bottom pour pot. It's crazy heavy, I could crush a lee pot with this bad boy. Any one know anything about it. Thank you. It's amazing the...
Forum: Swaging
Ya lead nose is not an issue as I'm going to bond the core to the jacket. I just need a bullet that can handle around 2500-2700fps. I would most likely turn the rims off and give it an actual boat...
Forum: Swaging
I'm wanting to build a set of swaging dies to make some 50 cal (.510) soft round nose bullets from 45 acp brass. I'm wondering if any of you guys have advice on how to do this. I need a bullet that...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I need a good size .510+ GC mold for my 510. I have never fired these out of the gun so I don't know how well thy work.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Long story short I got some 510 wells loaded ammo that where loaded with this bullet. Hell or high water I can't find anything about this gas check .510 450gr (bare no gas check) bullet. Does anyone...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thats what I was told to do. And reading on line seams to be a common way to measure the throat/chamber
Forum: Cast Boolits
I hammered the lead into the throat using a steel rod from the muzzle. It looks like a good fill out to me. I did it 4 times and the numbers all came out the same.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Nobody have any advice on the numbers I found above?
Forum: Cast Boolits
Ok I did just that and I'm getting some weird numbers. Seams like the throat is not round.
the rifling right in that area is .302 and .309 and the neck area is exactly .338. But now onto the throat,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I guess I'm asking is this. Will a 160-250gr boolit cast from WW and just air cooled with a small .0625 - .125 meplat going 2000-2300 fps expand in game animals well enough to hunt with. What has...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have often wondered what velocity is needed to reliably expand cast boolits. I know hardness and meplat size plays a part. But looking at rifle bullets for my 30-40, I was given some 247gr NOE 30...
Forum: Cast Boolits
How do I cast my chamber, can I use just lead? I don't have any chamber cast material
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm casting up some Ed Harris 30 cals from one of the molds I made a while back. I'm in need of advice on what diameter saeco lubrisizer die to get for my 30-30 marlin lever (old) and 30-40 krag....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
About the Humidity being low. It might be winter but our apartment does get very humid every few days or so as our dryer is in the kitchen and when ran we have to point the hose out the window and...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My TC is very prone to rusting. When I would clean it with boiling water and I mean boiling poured down the bore till it to hot to hold. If I let the water evaporate off it would rust. It takes like...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have also though about loading up my .700 *** with Tripple seven and see how it works. Wonder what 200grs of Tripple seven would push a 1150gr paper patched boolit to out of a 16" barrel.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Had a panic attack today when I remembered that we shot my muzzleloader 3 weeks ago and I spaced out cleaning it. I rush home after work and grab the gun and cleaning supply's and take up residence...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
First off if you decide you don't want that pistol let me know. I have the rifle and I'm looking for a pistol to go with it.
About loads im not shure but I Tryied a few different powders. I tryied...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I am getting into the muzzleloader game and wanted to get a TC pre-luber and come to find out thy have been discontinued for a while. That got me thinking, why don't I just make them out of aluminum....
Forum: Muzzleloading.
From what I believe and have read, a muzzloader pistol or rifle is NOT legally a firearm. That's how we can ship them with out an FFL involved. If the usps says you can't ship a handgun firearm then...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Well a local store has goex FFG, I was excited. Ran up to the counter and asked how much and the guy said ($24 a pound, how much do you want). I laughed and said um none for that much, I can buy it...
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 |