thanks Robert. Will check further. I'm willing to shoot it, occasionally, with BP if necessary, but smokeless is a lot easier party to clean up after.
Type: Posts; User: miltfarrow
thanks Robert. Will check further. I'm willing to shoot it, occasionally, with BP if necessary, but smokeless is a lot easier party to clean up after.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Looking for a very MILD load of smokeless, IF that's possible, for an old top-break Iver Johnson .38S&W that might be a black powder era pistol. BTW, how can I tell if it was made for BP or for...
Have bought a very tight lockup Iver Johnson .38S&W top break revolver. Can I shoot it with weak smokeless loads? I've read 'yes' and I've read 'no' so far. thanks.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have reloaded for 4 pistol cartridges and 6 rifle cartridges since 1981. I have Lee, Lyman/Ideal, SAECO, Redding, RCBS stuff. I can't complain about Lee. They fixed the few problems I had years ago....
I shoot a Low Wall in .25-20 SS. Only have shot it about 200 times so far but am really enjoying it. The load I got from an experienced shooter is 7.6 gr, 4227 IMR with both my 86 and 100 gr....
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I started reloading in 1967 and I recently finished off a yellow can of DuPont 4198 I bought that first summer of reloading. It still shot very tight groups. I basically kept it in a dry closet all...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Got my .25-20 SS brass from Rocky Mt Cartridge for, I think, about $45.00 for 20. They are NICE, and since I breech seat the bullets (Winchester Low-Wall) and do NOT resize the cases, they'll last me...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Nice looking rifle. Note the recoil pad. Good idea.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Lee will make you one any size you want. Contact them.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I like the SAECO-Redding sizers. I hate to stop and change the sizing dies, so I own four separate SAECO sizers, one for each caliber I size. I bought them all on eBay, over a period of several...
Has anybody used Dave Farmer's 105 gr. 25 cal. bullet in a 1-12 in twist? Can 1-12 twist stabilize a 105 gr. 30-1 alloy bullet? Thanks, Terry Morgan aka Milt Farrow
Forum: Casting Equipment
I've got four SAECO lubsizers, all bought VERY used at gun shows, and I've never had any problems. There are old, actually labelled Santa Anita Engineering Co, so that may be a factor. I had thought...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Sorry if this is off topic a little, but I don't know where else to ask. I have an early 1900s Winchester Low Wall that I found in .22 Hornet. I rebarreled to .25-20 SS. Whoever made it a .22 Horned...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I cast .25 bullets with an OLD Ideal mold #25720. And I size on a SAECO lub/sizer. I can't find a flat top punch. I'm using the same pointed top punch that fits my old Ideal 25719 mold. I'm slightly...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
I cast .25 bullets with an OLD Ideal mold #25720. And I size on a SAECO lub/sizer. I can't find a flat top punch. I'm using the same pointed top punch that fits my old Ideal 25719 mold. I'm slightly...
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 |