It's a Ballisticast and still is working well.
Type: Posts; User: MDF99
Forum: Reloading Equipment
It's a Ballisticast and still is working well.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Great video, glad I watched it, thanks!
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
badgeredd, the only 358-300 grain slug I've seen is the Australian mold maker Cast Bullet Engineering 360-300 GC
http://www.castbulletengineering.com/page009.html
What mold do you have?
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
What twist barrel are you guys using with your 35 cal. paper patch rifles shooting the heavy bullets and what velocities are you having success at? I have a 1:12 twist 35 cal. barrel blank gathering...
Forum: Casting Equipment
"also throwing the question to MDF99, Is the base of the sizer iron --- steel - aluminum?"
The base is an aluminum casting and there probably is enough material for a larger die but I can't say...
Forum: Casting Equipment
After thinking about what design I would most like to have in a new B-C mold, it would be a "proven" (flies well at practical hunting ranges and beyond) Keith design at 300 grains or heavier in...
Forum: Leverguns
I'm also working with an 1895 CB. I tried dropping a pin gauge down the barrel and it hung up almost immediately. The three dovetails cut into these barrels make constrictions that cause leading...
Here are my efforts from a quick trip to the field tonight. I shot these new peep sights with a freshly filed front sight at 50 yds sitting and shooting off my knees. I fired three shots at a time...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I own a Mark VI sizer. I’m satisfied with the product but will list my experiences and ideas for improvement.
On my Mark VI sizer I have the bullet feeder mechanism removed because I mostly use...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Thanks for the laugh gear! Yeah, that pot does double duty at my bedside.... :razz:
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I set my hot plate on the drill press and chuck up a long allen wrench to stir the oil. For this batch I used a quart of CVS mineral oil and a pint of castor oil from "www.thesage.com". After 1.5...
I had some success with the 45-70 Marlin tonight. The Skinner peep sight combo showed up at last and with the new tall front sight I shot a 1" 3-shot group at 50 yds that was 11.5" low below the...
I'm not sure how I missed that this was a paper patch match, I have no experience with paper patching. However, I figure I'd may as well post my results here anyways if no one objects. I will just...
I'll give it a go. For my scoped @ 100 yds, I'll use a 376 Steyr mountain rifle with a new 305 grain mold from Accurate and for open sight @ 50 I'll use a Marlin 45-70 cowboy with a 450 grain LBT...
Tom's design above is now listed in the Accurate Molds catalog #38-305S:
http://accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=38-305S-D.png
The only change was to shorten the gas check shank and...
Thanks Tom! I forwarded the drawing to Accurate Molds. Please let me know where to send the fifth of your preferred adult beverage!
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Here's a pic of the throat slug from my Steyr SBS rifle in 376 Steyr (0.375" caliber). As you can see, there's a...
Ballisticast makes GC molds and Mountain Molds can also make you one.
Here's my Mountain Mold 477 415gr GC bullet that I plan to try out this weekend.
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I'd be in for a mold from NOE or BRP in 44man's design. I have a BFR in 475 as well.
44man - What is the nose length on your 420 WLN bullet? I'm just curious if you made it longer to use up...
Forum: Leverguns
My 358 BLR is an older one with the magazine that hangs below the receiver. The receiver is made of blued steel instead of aluminum like the newer ones. Wood is nicely fitted and high gloss. It's...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Dust Collector, my sizer is a Ballisti-Cast, there's a write up about it on Gunblast.com I think.
The leathersmith is Rob Leahy of Simply Rugged (http://www.simplyrugged.com). Great quality and his prices are very reasonable. I recommend him highly.
Your 500s are beauties indeed Lloyd ! Wonder how much interest there'd be for a group buy mould dropping 0.513"GC bullets? Here's mine in same caliber:
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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 |