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Like Don said, that's how they look coming out of clean water. If you run them thru a tumbler with, say, ceramic media and some sort of polishing solution (I use a burnishing compound) they will...

The OP asked for advice on guns for CAS, not about CAS itself. Why hit him with all these negative posts? Let the person determine for themselves if they want to get involved in CAS. Offering...

I understand now. There's compression. Then there's compression. You're correct about disassembling a charged case. As I got closer to the primer the powder was looser; it wasn't compressed the...

Why is this a "disaster in the making" for a bottleneck cartridge? And just how hard is too hard when it comes to compressing the powder?

I've been compressing the powder in my .44-77 BN with the...

So Rick, what are you doing in the original post?

No. APP loads like real BP. Treat it the same. It may or may not like a lot of compression, can't remember which. Either way it won't hurt you.

As for lube with APP (or Goex Pinnacle, which is...

You can't get too much BP in a brass cartridge to hurt a modern firearm made for smokeless powder - provided the gun is in proper working order / undamaged. Fill the case and mash a bullet down on...

Are you setup for making dies to produce heeled bullets? I need a bullet that's got a 0.429" heel with a 0.452" body. The bullet will be loaded into a 44 Colt case and fired thru a .45-cal barrel.

Nobade pretty much covered it. I would caution you about annealing the cases, though. If you're not an experienced reloader and know what you're doing you can do more harm than good when trying to...

Yes.

As much as it could hold. Around 2.6cc volume if memory serves me correctly.

That's what's so nice about BP - you can't load too much.

What size overshot card are you using? if it's smaller than 10 ga (11 ga or 12 ga) you're gonna have problems getting it to seal regardless of what you use.
In the past, I used a hot glue gun to...

Did I miss something? I don't see a question regarding black powder paper patching. You might get better results asking these questions in the proper forum.

What is DISTORY?

PB - I have everything needed to cast and load heel-based 44 Colt rounds. If you'd like some bullets, or for that matter some loaded rounds to try, drop me a PM with your particulars. I can load...

Corbin CSP-2 MegaMite. The Big One.

You must be doin' this for a muzzle loader. Yep. Just saw "nipple".

I hear ya, Big Ted. It's been years since I shot anything other than true BP. For me, it started with CAS. I eventually bought a Sharps. I use BP in everything now - rifle, pistol, shotgun,...

I have a KAL mould and do everything you're doing now except I'm "pressure pouring" and I'm getting good bullets. I'm betting that pressure pouring (never heard it called that) will cure your...

Very Nice!

I bought a bunch of plastic ammo boxes bulk. I write the loads on yellow sticky notes and put them in the boxes. When I've settled on a load, I use adhesive load labels on the inside of the lid.

Is there a reason (some of) you are not seating the bullet onto the card wad covering the lube?

You can try Bernie Rowles @ Old West Bullet Moulds. If he doesn't have what you want on hand, he can make it. He's made a couple custom heeled bullet moulds for me over the years. His prices are...

I'll second what Don said - not all Italian guns are made the same. Some are very fine guns, like Pedersoli. Some are garbage and should be avoided at all cost.

To be fair, the same could be...

There's gonna be a BOGO sale on Bore over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Then we'll be calling it BOGO Bore.

My first Sharps was a 1874 Pedersoli that my wife bought for me for Christmas back around 1995 I think. I bought a 1875 C. Sharps about 6 or 7 years ago. Still have it. It's a tack driver. Got a...