I always liked the Lyman 575213OS myself, the trick now is getting one big enough. I also favor the Rapine 580460 International, (.580X460gr.) very much like the 575213OS but with a heavier skirt...
Type: Posts; User: oldhickory
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I always liked the Lyman 575213OS myself, the trick now is getting one big enough. I also favor the Rapine 580460 International, (.580X460gr.) very much like the 575213OS but with a heavier skirt...
Forum: Our Town
Our Wally-World has only been here a few years and never had real guns until a few weeks ago, (odd considdering our rural area). I ask the sporting goods manager what happened, he just shrugged and...
Forum: Casting Equipment
You're probably right about it being the easiest way. I need to dismount it anyway. I moved it to my casting bench, (former welding bench) from my reloading bench, (wood) and the plate steel bench...
Forum: Casting Equipment
That's pretty much my understanding too. This SAECO has only ever had Orange Magic in it, and I just want it cleaned out before I begin running Carnuba Red. I still have about a stick and a half of...
I can't find any reference to that number either, and I have a Lyman/Ideal manual #39-1953. I think Bret's right, a missprint. The 311410 is a 130gr rn-pb that generally works in about any .30 for...
Forum: Military Rifles
I've owned an H K 41, (pre-H K 91), a Springfield Armory M-48, (heavy FNFAL) and had on loan from the Marine Corps an M-14. Of those three, I would go for the M1A, but given a choice, it would be a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Yeah, there should be an old enamaled dish pan or something around here to boil it in. Heat and the house isn't a problem, I have an old summer kitchen where I do my casting/reloading in anyway. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm in Enders, about 45minutes N-W of you. I'm a member of the Marysville Sportsman's Club, that's about 1/2 way in-between.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I'll soon be using the last of my Lyman Orange Magic that I've been using for years and switching to Carnuba Red in my SAECO lubrisizer. I had planned on running it down until no more would squeeze...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I beleive the type of soil has a lot to do with the condition of a relic when found. I remember visiting George Marinos's shop in Gettysburg some years ago and hanging on the far wall was an 1861...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
BestI can do relic wise is an Enfield bayonet also, (from the Gettysburg Campaign) from where I found it, I beleive it to be Federal issue. I'm very impressed with the 1863 "Artillery" musketoon. I...
Forum: Our Town
Wally World's about the only dept. type store we got around here, unless we travel 25-30 miles to either Harrisburg, or Sunbury, so we buy certain things there. Most food items we buy at an Amish...
Hi Larry. I didn't chrony it, more or less loaded them just to see if they would work. I have a Lyman 311299 and it's now my primary '06 boolit,(just got the mold last Nov) and it does quite a bit...
I tried it in my M1 a few days ago using a modified version of the Bob S. load, 41gr. IMR 4831 in Remington cases, W-W primer. I got flawless functioning, though I think I can back-off on this load...
I have 2 Colt DS's, one old style with the long grip frame, and a newer type with the short frame. I prefer the older type myself, but I guess it's a matter of personal preference. The price seems...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Get on Hornady's web site and watch the videos for the LNL AP, a lot of good advice there and makes setting up the press easier.
Forum: Rimfire Area
I like old Colts, an old Police Positive Target .22 would suit me perfectly.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Been using one for a couple of years now and I like it a lot.[smilie=w:
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Let's say you have an RCBS Rock Chucker, (that one I'm familliar with). It has a bushing on the top already that adapts the threaded hole from 1 1/4x12 to 7/8x14. You would need to remove that...
Forum: Our Town
Yes, it's missing the bottom push rod, it appears to be the same as the newer ones, so it shouldn't be a problem to replace. SAECO dies and top punches are different from Lyman and RCBS, so you'll...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I always just "mined" my lead from the backstop at the fort-free and nothing wrong with it at all. Just had to work for it a little.
My 1862 Fayetteville rifle likes the Rapine 580460...
Forum: Our Town
Very nice, pat yourself on the back and have a "33".
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I skirmished with the N-SSA for almost 30yrs.before retiring from it in 1999, and like Baron, I used the thumb nail test for my boolits. A little alloy in the lead doesn't hurt a thing. I never...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I like them and think they're a good value. Probably 30-40% of my dies are LEE. They're not my favorite, and sometimes I mix a set, (LEE .30WCF sizer and a Lyman seater). I also like the "O" ring...
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 |