This is me too. I'll sneak and use my wife's bathtub for a quick hot soapy soak, then use Ballistol after removing the barrel from the stock. Quick and easy.
Type: Posts; User: 248dm
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
This is me too. I'll sneak and use my wife's bathtub for a quick hot soapy soak, then use Ballistol after removing the barrel from the stock. Quick and easy.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I have a quality Thompson Center 50 cal cap & ball rifle that I have not shot in 15 or so years. I still have a 1 pound can of ffg black powder and about 70 caps. They have been stored in my...
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I cannot say for sure with I pad but can say for sure with my Apple laptop. After a period of lockup, I get a "your virus scan is complete message". Never had third party software.
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
I think a lot of the problems are with Apple. They hijack your device when it is open to run a virus scan, or to determine what you are viewing causing the device to freeze. Apple said this was to...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have reloaded 300 Black extensively. Couple points: For a 16" barrel, I needed the H2 buffer to cycle subs (220 gr) reliably. My SBR prefers pistol length gas system.
I do shoot subs...
Forum: Casting Equipment
My other hobby is salt water aquarium keeping. Makes for two very competitive hobbies.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
How about of list of what is needed and maybe a few compatible vendors? I reload and read on this site a lot but don't currently cast. The only reason I would cast would be to coat. I currently...
Forum: Our Town
Deer around here are big enough to roll right over the hood and come through the windshield with much speed. Usually it's not just one, but 5 or more crossing the road.
A neighbor a few years...
I love this thread.
This Lee loader was what got me into reloading many years ago. Mine was for 12 gauge shotgun paper shells when I turned 16 and was able to drive to dove fields instead of...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've had two squibs in 11 years of reloading. All were at a time when I was distracted or in a hurry or when setting up a load. At the time, I could not believe what I had done. It has now been...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
After Sandyhook, and the subsequent gun ownership scare, in desperation for some kind of powder I bought a big jug of Trailboss at scalper prices at a gun show.
It is a fluffy, doughnut shaped...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've been buying cast bullets from various suppliers for several years. For the last year I've been buying powder coated bullets and have been pleased with them. The PC I have been buying do not...
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 |