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Well, I guess this site only notifies me of new replies for a few hours after the original posting then forgets...anyway, there really isn't any petrified crud in there, it's all soft crud and was...

I thinned that part of the follower, but no change. I wonder if the springs can be bent or in some way modified?

What looks like rubbing is actually where the magazine wall moves inward, creating a constriction. I'm not sure that if I stone it that the spring is strong enough to push the round up, but there's...

My 1891 Argentine Mauser won't feed cast bullets from the magazine. It has at times, but not consistently. I'd like to use this rifle in our clubs CMP matches, but I can't get it to feed properly...

How far out of round are your bullets? Mine on a 314299 are about 0.002, but that's not even unusual in some ways, because it seems like nearly all of my moulds are out of round to some degree. You...

I've had trouble with the Fat 30 in my 1891 Argentine Mauser when using the magazine. The nose just jams against the end of the magazine below the ramp and stops there. I was able to get it working a...

I guess I had better decide what I want. I don't know enough about the Garand and parts to feel qualified to make a choice. From what I'm reading here, an old stock is better than a new? Is having a...

Thanks Bruce, I saw that one, but with new barrel and new stock, I didn't know how it compared to the "Select" grade that this guy is offering. I was wondering if the "Select" grade was more...

After Sunday's CMP match where I competed with my as-issued 1898 Krag using 314299's, I was talking to a fellow shooter. He's offering me an opportunity to buy a Garand and I'm wondering if it's a...

I finished shooting a CMP match the other weekend, and I was using an 1891 Argentine Mauser with cast bullets (Fat 30's). Another guy shooting a Garand assumed that I'd have a big clean-up ahead of...

If I did this right, there should be a link to a thread I kept from the old Shooters.com BPCR board about sloppy loading. One of the respondents is Lee Shaver (aka Missouri).

I got a new one a few years back (2001?) and it casts small too. I can get them up to .312-.315 (on the same bullet!) by shimming the mould with a few strips of aluminum tape. Yes, moulds made with...

I had exactly same thing happen 10 years ago with some lead I got from a scrap yard. My dross looked like the crust on a peach cobbler, and it just kept coming up. I'd scrape it off, and it would...

I just got a Belding & Mull powder measure from Axman on the Swapping forum here, and gave it a try today. I got a big grin as I realized that it could easily measure out very consistent amounts of...

...the 4 "B's" for making this hobby so much more productive and enjoyable. I would be a frustrated hit-n-miss caster if not for this site and its predecessors, especially those named above. Today I...

Here's my 358395 HB. I think you're supposed to fill those big fat lube grooves with tallow or something!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/StanDahl/358395HB.jpg

Here's a 31133 HP....

As to leaving loaded guns around the house, a guy in my club said: "If I come home and there's someone in there ransacking the place, if he's gonna shoot me, he'll have to bring his own gun."

The bore is 0.3575", give or take .0001, and the bullets are sized to .359" on a Lee push-through before being lubed on an RCBS luber at 0.360", so they are only 0.0015" over groove size. The lube is...

Holy crumb rubber - I already posted something almost exactly like this once before. (I'm not old enough for a senior moment excuse either.) I got excited about the 'slumped' boolits and forgot about...

NSP64: " Maybee they are not slumping, but being smeared back? "

It could be true. I measured the bullets, and the fired bullets are on average .04" shorter than unfired...

This bullet trap is fascinating to a geek like me. I can’t wait each time to dig out the bullets and see what they look like.

I loaded up 50 rounds of .357 mag with #105, (lot # 71195) last week...

Just so I'm good for something around here, I loaded up 50 rounds of .357 mag with this stuff (#105, lot # 71195) last week and launched it downrange today.

.357 magnum R-P nickel plated brass,...

Isn't loading up a case with half of the starting load risking a S.E.E.?
If that powder isn't actually fast-burning 4227, but a slow powder, a very low charge could cause that.

I can't find it...

I've got some, but it's meters so poorly that I haven't used it yet. What I did do was go through my sources and find loads that corresponded to my Lee dippers data and various bullets.

I very...

More than I thought!
37 total:
2-22 cal;
5-30 cal;
10-32-20/32 mag;
9-38/357;
7 round ball/black powder;
2-43 Spanish;
2-45-70
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