So here is what I did, in pictures.
I didn't have a cookie cutter for the BP lube, so boolits were dipped, then sized with a Lee push through sizer. Lube is a beeswax/olive oil/something I can't...
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
So here is what I did, in pictures.
I didn't have a cookie cutter for the BP lube, so boolits were dipped, then sized with a Lee push through sizer. Lube is a beeswax/olive oil/something I can't...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Unfortunately, my wife just left her employment to get her breast reconstruction after her 0one year anniversary of the mastectomy, so my toy funds just shrank way down. So while I would love a new...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
OK, I have some wax bullets a buddy gave me that I melted to make bullet lube for the paper cartridges;
https://i.imgur.com/FbT2gS4.jpg
which is a mix of the beeswax and olive oil. I will try...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
So, that's the question - if i load a standard wad in the case for lube...will the lube cause the powder to go bad over time? Not like I am going to load a ton of these to stash, doubt black powder ...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Why not powder coat? What lube should I use on the bullets? Usually when I load black I just have a wad under the ball. Only lubes I have are either PC or Lee Liquid Alox.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Sorry I didn't get back to this one in a timely manner - my Howell conversion cylinder is coming tomorrow. I am going to use the info you fine gents have given me in three threads, (I obviously was...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I think I have some home made 2F, but my factory powder is all 3F. Conversion cylinder should be in tomorrow, and sizing die should be here maybe the next day. So this weekend I will powdercoat some...
Forum: Prepper Talk
That is my biggest Achilles Heel - dating product. We have not been consistent is making sur older product is moved forward to consume, and have had things go out of date...but following the...
Forum: Our Town
My Uncle was in Bastogne as a medic with the 82nd - it broke his mind. I never really had a chance to talk to him while he was alive. My Stepfather was with the Troop Transport Command ferrying fuel...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
This is going to be interesting. All I have is GOEX 3F and Olde Eysnford 3F. What I always liked is a grain weight load, instead of load then crunch. Seems more repeatable that way, even though my...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I'll be looking at everything I can find here for 45 Colt black powder. I got into 45 Colt by accident, (bought a Taurus Judge, and I can't own something I cannot reload, of course), but when I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have one NOE mold, all I know about, and it's excellent. Good luck on getting things right, sir.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Got to Tombstone, found some down there at Smoke Signals in tourist trap town just a few months ago. Not cheap, but hey, it's Tombstone. Yes, there's like 5 gun shops inside the tourist section. ...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
It would just be for range blasting, maybe 50 yards max. Thank you all for your help. Might get that conversion cylinder when they come back in stock.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Yes sir, I understand it's safe in a good modern revolver, I was just looking for suggestions - is there specific equipment I need other than my regular reloading gear, and like mentioned about no...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Da Boy was asking about shooting my revolvers with black powder cartridges. The Uberti SAA probably would handle them Ok, but I'm not sure I want BP fouling in a modern wheelgun. He has cut his teeth...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Holy resurrected thread, Batman! But sure, why not? Can you find plated data for that powder? If so, use plated data for powder coated cast boolits. If you can't find any data, try writing the...
Nice! The boxes alone are probably worth something to collectors.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
LAGS did something similar, but superior, for my lamented CZ 527M.
https://i.imgur.com/g1ztpQk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9kGqW8c.jpg
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
Well, I think this is the only one I can call either a miracle or divine intervention.
My ex wife was pregnant, and was showing signs of pre eclampsia. I went to work, supervisor for an armored...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I used the NOE 129gr .314 mold for 7.62x39mm for years, and I sized them down to .311 with no issue whatsoever.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Full face respirator is my suggestion.
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 |