A few years ago when we were really starting to get this whole dry-tumble PC thing figured out, I decided to do some side-by-side tests. Till that point I had reverted almost completely to Alox for...
Type: Posts; User: Rangefinder
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
A few years ago when we were really starting to get this whole dry-tumble PC thing figured out, I decided to do some side-by-side tests. Till that point I had reverted almost completely to Alox for...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
All right... I've been away for a while, but it doesn't mean I haven't been playing...
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I HP'd a 358 button nosed wadcutter for Beagle333 a few years ago that he fondly calls the "turtle buster". Spud is a little larger, and it's pretty wicked on water jugs, etc. HP'd wadcutters are...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I got addicted to PC a couple years ago when a bunch of us were playing with different methods of application. I think most of us settled on dt as the go-to, and I haven't looked back since.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Word of warning, they work reeeeally well. Mine are coww in the lee 160gr, pc'd zombie green from our local forum vendor sitting over 25gr. H335. My mak is spot on to mil surp ammo. My pc loads were...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well boys, Beagle turned me onto the dry-tumble with the airsoft pellets a while back, and I gotta say---it's just a peach! This stuff just keeps getting better all the time. So, I guess, contrary to...
Several things work very well. I use water-soaked magazine stacks or jugs crammed tight with water-soaked newsprint or water-soaked sawdust. You need something fluid with something fibrous to give a...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Back to something a little odd-ball... Cut a new mold--here's my 275gr. "pointy" in .50 cal for the smoke pole with a nice little cameo paint job. :D ought to be able to sneak right up on my doe with...
Forum: Our Town
I had an Arctic Cat 500-I for a few years. It didn't have all the cushy bells and whistles like most others at the time. What it DID have was serious power, the highest clearance, slightly wider...
Forum: Castpic of the Month
My Lee 312-160-2R... after a 'nose job'.
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I've found that much more than half the meplat for pin diameter doesn't give enough meat in the nose to retain the nose. Alloy is important, but no alloy is going to hold together if the nose is too...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Well, I tried this new "shake-a-shake" method today, and took it a little off the deep end. I'll add, I didn't have the preferred "BLACK" magic bb's laying around, just for competition white, but...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
^^Pretty much sums it up. BUT, I get very good results with 147gr. steel core pulls loaded over 27gr. H335 to 2.20 OAL through my MAK. Just barely fits the mag, cycles well, and great accuracy (so...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Yup, it's a little frustrating when the 'skill' portion of anything gets constantly replaced by another gadget. I use to shoot archery leagues once upon a time. It got more frustration by the event...
Forum: Our Town
I don't say "good bye", my friend. Till next time...
Forum: Helping Hands
All right, everyone so far should have a copy in their email (resent since the attachment error).
One left!
Forum: Helping Hands
I'm reviving this because, at a glance at my email "sent" box, I see there are about 5 Ebook copies still up for grabs already paid for last fall by BrassMagnet (be sure to send him a thank you for...
Forum: Prepper Talk
If it isn't an illegal species in your area, Russian olive would work. Hardy tree that grows fast, olives are edible, and the tree is filled with 1" nasty spikes. And the seasoned wood is very hard,...
All totaled, I converted two Lee 2-bangers into effective single-cav's during the learning curve--less efficient by half, but still usable. Since then, all is as it should be. AND, the 6-cav that I...
Forum: Our Chapel
I'll have him in my thoughts today. Sorry to hear this, brother.
Forum: Special Projects
These are the times (and threads) that make me truly appreciate the place I've found here among such wonderful people. I've never sat face-to-face with another member here that I'm aware of--I've...
Done. Let's get your email out of public view, now, shall we?
Welcome to the addiction. ;)
Forum: Our Town
2:01 am... Drinking? Nothing. A Hot Buttered Rum would be nice though. Smoking? Tobacco in about 5 minutes. Doing? Well, sitting in front of the stupid computer thinking "I wish I was tired, because...
Forum: Swaging
Good LORD, you're a machine all by yourself! There will come a day that one of those sets has my name on it...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Guys, I'm just tickled at how everyone seems to be finding their own niche that is giving such great results. None of us can ever say this isn't an adventure... :D
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 |