I do collect range brass. A bit of tarnish won't hurt anything, shoots just as good. If corroded, I recycle that brass. The corrosion can weaken the brass because it thins the brass at the point of...
Type: Posts; User: 44magLeo
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I do collect range brass. A bit of tarnish won't hurt anything, shoots just as good. If corroded, I recycle that brass. The corrosion can weaken the brass because it thins the brass at the point of...
I don't load on a progressive or turret press, so I don't know how they work. So on saying this I don't powder charge through the expander die on the press. On a regular press if the expander die is...
Forum: Cast Boolits
On the Lee carbide crimp die, the carbide sizing ring is larger than what the carbide sizing die has. It's been awhile since I measure but I thin it was .0015 larger. It is there so that any bulges...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
When I got Mie I set it up followed the instructions that came with it. It works very well.
The spring when not installed right will bend and jam. No need for a wire in the spring, just mount the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
On the NOE plugs they list two numbers. One is larger than the other. The smaller number should, be about .002 less than boolit diameter. The other number will be bigger than boolit number. The...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pehaps using a piece of barrel for a 375 bore, then reaming all the cylinders to match that bore is an option. Then use bullets sized to match the new bore.
This may work with 38 cases or maybe cut...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was reading my local want ads paper.
In the recreation section I saw an add for primers. Didn't say what primers but was selling them at $100 per 100.
I wasn't sure if a typo or not but even at...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have used the Lee for years and like it vey much. I put a small dab of lube on my palms and roll 5 cases at a time in my hands to lube the bodies. Run a brass brush in the necks to cleam any crud...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
NOE makes m style plugs that fit in the Lee universal expander die.
NOE also makes thier own universal die and plugs.
They make them in various sizes for each caliber.
The NOE plugs for te NOE...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I checked for that video. Digital Scale Shootout. He compares 16 scales. Most are cheapies from Amazon.
The Lyman and Frank Fort scales are on the video.
Might want to view it.
Leo
Forum: Reloading Equipment
i don't recall the guiy's name that I saw on you tube, he had a bunch of digital scales from very cheap to very expensive. He compared then for all the things that have been mentioned on ths thread. ...
Lee makes the collet style crimp dies for mny pistol cartridges.
I have one for my 44. My 44 is a Marlin 1894. needs a boolit sized to .433 or a touch bigger for best accuracy.
The 44 revolvers I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Once you get your new decapping rod, could you taper the end by the pin? I might try mounting the rod in a drill and use the fine wheel on my bench grinder to do the job. A longer taper my just di...
Green frog, for the price of all those rotots you could buy a small bench top lathe and build your own.
Bjuying the stainless or brass for the rotor blanks my be a bit costly but just how much...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The boolits that drop from my NOE mold weigh about 270+ in wheel weights.
My Lyman 429421 dropped a 260+. I have found these penetrate deeper than most animals I've shot them at. Even from end to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
From what tyou have written we can't help much becase we don't know what cartridge your loading. My best guess would be 44 Mag.
If so I would skip the H110/296 and use 2400. I have expermented with...
Forum: Cast Boolits
As justindad showed with the Lyman pic, You want to crimp so the mouth of the cases just bottoms into the groove. This is about the max a roll crimp die can give. Trying to crimp more can bulge the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I stuck a 270 case in a Lyman Die. I bought an RCBS case remover. All i managed to do was pull the bolt out of the case. Tried the next bigger bolt size and pull that out too.
My local gun store...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
With just 300 or so uses it probably was a bad shell holder.
If your press is a rock Chucker, it is an over center press. as the ram cams over it exerts extreme pressure. If you adjust the die so it...
Forum: Casting Equipment
You could clean and lap the rod to the seat. That will help a bit. Adding some weight to the wire that lifts the rod will help.
Some have placed the rod on the other side of the wire. This may...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Great story. I didn't try stalking crows that way but did stalk lots of woodchucks with a 22. It was tough for me at the time.
I can remeber some of the older hunters talking about crows. They said...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have my own thoughts on a minimum bullet weight for deer. I think a minimum bullet weight should be 115 grs, Going 2800-3000 fps.
This is enough bullet weight to penetrate to the vitals from most...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I like the Lyman 55. It uses three slides so it can work well with anything from very large charges to very small charges.
Using as many of the slides as you can for a given charge keeps the size...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
You have the ACP, do you have the APP alsoi? I ak because the basic press look very much alike.
If they are the same press I think it might be nice if Lee sold the ACP as a conversion kit for the...
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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 |
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