The structural integrity of the projectile is definitely something I have to give consideration to. I can probably make some inert for testing by removing the guts, and replacing with equal weight of...
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Forum: Special Projects
The structural integrity of the projectile is definitely something I have to give consideration to. I can probably make some inert for testing by removing the guts, and replacing with equal weight of...
Forum: Special Projects
I understand the dangers here, but guys, what I'm doing is just making a black powder cannon. That it's a firework is, or should be irrelevant. Like any black powder firearm, it needs to not explode,...
Forum: Special Projects
They are 5" & 6" long cylinder shells that I buy. I don't make my own, but I was figuring on cutting the lift charge open to repackage a larger charge. I hadn't really settled on how to handle that...
Forum: Special Projects
That's an interesting idea, Super6. I especially like the idea of a wood bottom plug, for safety. You think HDPE pipe is strong enough? What kind of lifting charge do you use?
Winger Ed, you're...
Forum: Special Projects
So I buy these 60gram 5" mortars for the holidays. They come with fiberglass mortar tubes. The trouble is I'd like to fire these mortars higher. I'd like to get them twice as high, if possible, but...
Forum: Lathesmith's Custom Dies
Hey Lathesmith, could you make me a sizing die please? I sent you a PM.
TIA.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I've said my son won't fully appreciate this rifle till he's ready to teach his own children. Then. And that's the point, that the rifle is a symbol of a father's love and lessons that are to be...
Forum: Rimfire Area
Thanks for the kind words guys. I hope I live long enough and in good health enough to see my grandkids, or even great-grandkids learn to shoot with it. That would be an excellent treat.
As you...
Forum: Rimfire Area
My 8yo son's birthday present and his first gun (bottom, top one is mine.) I cut down a Ruger American Rimfire Talo edition 22lr to youth size. The barrel is 16.25" and threaded with a seamless...
Forum: Casting Equipment
You guys have it all wrong. Crocs are great for this because they allow the molten lead to flow through and out of the shoe unlike boots which would trap molten lead in next to the foot.
Kidding,...
Forum: Military Rifles
I've got all those things. I do have my suspicions that the x-die works in a way that is counter productive to fine accuracy but I haven't tested it much yet.
Its a wylde chamber.
Forum: Military Rifles
So I took a chamber cast of my AR barrel today. I bought the barrel new as a Wilson match grade barrel. Haven't shot it much yet. Its 20" stainless hbar style, 1:7 twist. Anyway, the one thing that...
Forum: Our Town
I was told that oysters were only legal to harvest in months with an 'R', thus you just couldn't get them in the other months. Granted, that was 20+ years ago by my grandfather who may not have known...
Forum: Our Town
My oldest is 4yo and we have this battle regularly. The rules are that he doesn't have to eat but he must eat the vegetable first before having the rest of the meal. This worked for a while till he...
Forum: Special Projects
Mind saying who? Or where to buy said punch?
Forum: Special Projects
Indeed. I especially like that a good non-corrosive primer can be made without ground glass. Just the idea of sending ground glass down the bore is like nails on chalkboard to me.
Forum: Special Projects
Is there a DIY smokeless powder thread yet?
Forum: Special Projects
I never said it was the best or even a good option. I merely presented a video of it actually being done in the real world by a real person "back yard" style. I wish we had this kind of video of all...
Forum: Special Projects
This was just posted on youtube. Now, keep in mind this guy isn't a "gun guy" really, he's a sciencey undergrad who's ambitious enough to try and fumble his way through all kinds of projects. This...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I think I did see a molybdenum disulfide powder coat at one point. Can't remember where.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Got a 2.5x-16x50 Bushnell. And I've got both Hornady 55gr fmjbt, and 77gr SMK. TAC, and H335. Lots of TAC so I'm hoping I can find "the" load with that. I'm shooting a 20" stainless Lothar Walthar...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I've got something like 1500 of '11, and another 1500 of '12 as my two biggest lots. That should give me plenty to work with.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I am interested in learning, testing, first hand whether there is any quantifiable difference in lot years. I'm betting not but I did sort the brass already. Took me all week but I did it.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Well, fortunately I've got enough brass and enough time to sort it and prep it in every possible way. I intend to debur flash holes, uniform primer pockets, neck turn, weight sort, and concentricity...
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 |