I am well aware that Lee has made molds for years, some unchanged, others for a brief period. Their parts number can change as well. As the current mold catalog does not list of the Lee molds, does...
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I am well aware that Lee has made molds for years, some unchanged, others for a brief period. Their parts number can change as well. As the current mold catalog does not list of the Lee molds, does...
Forum: Our Town
https://www.scribd.com/document/40852596/Reloading-for-the-M1-Rifle-J-Clarke
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Did you mean 8x58R "Swedish " rolling block? As others said brass can be made from 8x 56r by fireforming. Buffalo arms does sell the correct reformed brass from 45/70. I used to neck size only but...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Does anyone have scans of old Lee mold lists from say the 80's ? there are quite a few molds not on the current list and the "specials" that midsouth sells. I recently picked up a used 6 gang TL...
Forum: Factory Rifles
A Mauser in 7 x 64 Brenneke. I am seeing a lot of older Husqvarna rifles on the market these days. The story is that in Sweden the maximum number of guns you can own is 4 ! So if someone wants of buy...
Forum: Our Town
I have buddy's who will pay my table fee so they can "help" me set up and be the early bird's for the deals long before the sale is open to the public. I am surprised as to how much gets traded...
Forum: Our Town
Like all of you I don't custom load but will mentor others , same as I was mentored a lot of years ago. When I started reloading years ago I brought the bullets, primers and powder to the fellows...
I have been looking for a mold for casting for some 32's for quite a while. In one online auction last week I got several wadcutter molds. A Saeco #323- 4 -cavity, RCBS 32-098 WC double cavity,...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
This is what many guys carry while hunting . Hammond game getter.
http://www3.telus.net/gamegetter/index.html
Forum: Our Town
No guns shows in my parts since March. Sure miss going. For all the stuff I could usually buy at the gun shows, online auctions on Icollector is what I have to work with. There are firearms and...
Forum: Our Town
I know what you are going through. I decap the berdan Swiss gp 11 with the RCBS decapper and it works good, 303 works good and most modern (1960's and newer) seems to be straight forward to decap...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
In recent years the PPU 6.5 brass has be pretty easy to find. A number of years ago I need 6.5 Japanese brass and reformed 35 Rem brass that I had on hand easily. One pass through a 308 die and then...
Forum: Cast Boolits
^^ I think #1. The volume of guns, ammo, reloading , accessories, etc the past year is astounding. Couple this with covid and the effects it has on the supply change make availability a problem. The...
Forum: Our Town
E books are a great thing to be able to download and read but in 50 years the real book buy today will still be able to be read. Pretty much a guarantee that the systems used in just a few years wont...
I have been looking at these for a while and ended up buying one on a online estate type sale for $27.50. Works good for me. Its a lot quicker than other methods, but may have problems if bullets are...
Forum: Our Town
We use a wilson to boost signal in our tin covered shop. Works good
Forum: Military Rifles
I have a had good luck with a 266305 gas check mold 109 grains with fairly light red dot. It worked better on some of the 6.5's than heavier molds.
Forum: Our Town
I have been lucky to travel alot of places and the beef that is available in north America is unparalleled. Almost every area has a place that does a good steak, from a high end restaurant to the...
Forum: Vintage Ammo
There is quite a bit of the old CIL, Dominion and Imperial ammo coming out of the woodwork these days. At the gun shows there was always boxes for sale. These days it is all online auctions and there...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Before the Privi brass was commonly available brass was harder and more expensive to find. Norma makes good 6.5 brass. But with lots of privi now carried by Grafs and the like its the easy way. I...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
For many of the Indian converted SMLE to 410 , they were made to use only modified 303 brass and about 2 inch's long, some guys had the chambers cut for regular 410 but most need brass cases.
On a online auction I bought a nice possibles bag with a lot of black powder goodies including a Lyman 457483 and a 457125. I'm partial to my Boomers mould though.
Forum: Our Town
Up here in Canada, its the same, gun prices have stayed creeping up constantly, with prices paid that would have been unheard of even a year ago. We have online auctions up here from several auction...
Forum: Our Town
I have met the deceased woman in the past and know the family. We do have bad gun laws and they are getting worse but in this case the article linked is not quite accurate. Having first hand...
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 |