I inherited some boolits that my granddad cast in 1968 and I can tell you for a fact that Lyman supermoly lube turns into a rock after 46 years in storage. I'm gonna melt 'em back down and make new...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I inherited some boolits that my granddad cast in 1968 and I can tell you for a fact that Lyman supermoly lube turns into a rock after 46 years in storage. I'm gonna melt 'em back down and make new...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The COL for my 358315 load comes in at around 1.89". I don't have any loaded right now to measure, but they are very long. They're a load of fun, and they look cool too. I also would like to try the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I've spent the better part of this year looking for the load that my 16" 357 mag g2 carbine really likes. My best results so far have been with a 185 wfn gc mold from Accurate over 6.9 grains of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Thanks for all the input. I went out to the shop earlier to see if it would be possible to seat a boolit long enough to reach the rifling in this barrel. According to my rough measurements, it's...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I believe this barrell is a 1:14 twist. I did try some 220 grain JSPs and accuracy was similar to the 204s.
Y'all are all correct about the long throat, so far I have not seated a boolit that will...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Greetings! It’s been a while since I posted anything, but I’ve run across a situation that has me buffaloed so I thought I would toss it out to see if the collective wisdom could shed some light on...
Forum: Our Town
I've seen more primers here in N. Central Texas lately, the last time I looked they were still running around $50/thousand. Except for that one place in Garland that I had the misfortune to stop at...
I've been using a 204 grain Lyman 358315 over 16.5 grains of H110 in my 16" Contender carbine. It's the max load in my Lyman manual and boy, does it thump. I can't wait to get down to the farm and...
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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 |
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