Well, back in 1986 a friend of mine and myself fired about 50 rounds of .577 Snider ammo that was dated "1869." The rounds were almost 120 years old!
The ones that fired with no delay shot...
Type: Posts; User: Southron Sanders
Forum: Cast Boolits
Well, back in 1986 a friend of mine and myself fired about 50 rounds of .577 Snider ammo that was dated "1869." The rounds were almost 120 years old!
The ones that fired with no delay shot...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Re-enactors don't shoot live ammo, so visiting a Re-enactors forum would be a waste of time. The North-South Skirmish Association shoots LIVE AMMO in competition, so you need to check with the N-SSA...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Back in the 1970's when they were closing down Frankfort Arsenal I went to the "Surplus Sale" that was open to the public. I was amazed to see 55 Gallon steel drums full of ALUMINUM .45 Auto cases....
Forum: Cast Boolits
Here in the U.S. most states now have "Concealed Carry" laws on the books. This means that any law abiding citizen who applies for a Concealed Carry permit is issued one-the police have no say so.
...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The P-58 Naval Rifle with the Progressive Depth, 5 Land & Groove, 1 in 48" Twist is the best Minie Rifle ever made and also the most accurate.
Back in 1862 the Confederate Army of Northern...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I like Minie Rifles because they are so much faster and easier to load. I was at a public range and a fella started loading his brand new Lyman Plains Rifle.
I fired 5 rounds into a target using...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use Swiss in my pistols for competition. Schutzen in my muskets and carbines for competiton.
I would like to latch on to some of the new KIK for comparison purposes. Five years ago I tried some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
First of All, I am Glad that you are O.K.
You might never know what caused your gun to blow up. Personally, I would never shoot a Ross.
Replace your Ross with a "High Number" Springfield '03....
Forum: Swaging
I actually used a 1970's era Rock Chucker Press to swage .58 Pritchett Balls out of pure lead.
The press was fine, the die eventually cracked because the walls were too thin.
Let me tell you,...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I purchased my first Master Caster sometimes back in the early 1980's.
I sent them three Lyman Minie Ball Moulds and they "set up" those Lyman moulds to work on my Master Caster. They changed out...
NO SUCH THINGS AS A "STEEL" MOULD-
At leaset with Lyman and RCBS bullet moulds, because they are made out of Soft, Soft IRON!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I lived back in Virginia about 30 years ago. You could be towing a piece of field artillery behind your truck and the Troopers would just yawn when you went by-
If you had a radar detector on your...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Back in the late 1970's I dropped by Interarms in Alexandria, Virginia and purchased two wooden cases of French made 30-06 ammo. The rounds were in 8 round Garand clips and were head stamped 1948.
...
A buddy of mine casts .58 Minie Balls and used a triangular file to cut some additional vent lines. Rather than cutting the new vent lines parallel to the old ones, he cut them at a 45 "up and down"...
Forum: Swaging
I had a 7/8 x 14 die originally designed to be used on an "O" frame press like yours but with an adapter, I was using it in a Corbin Mighty Mite press which is basically a BIG press.
The die I was...
Brass Moulds are much superior to Aluminum Moulds-but Aluminum moulds dominate the market. WHY? Because Aluminum is so much cheaper than brass.
Unless ceramic materials fall to the price of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Most Americans don't realize it, but the lead mines around Wytheville, Virginia supplied the lead for most of the bullets used by Washington's Continental Army to win the American Revolution.
The...
Forum: Casting Equipment
For the record, Lyman and most other commercial makers of "Steel" moulds actually make them out of a SOFT IRON, not steel!
Forum: Cast Boolits
Also keep in mind that some of the propane cookers can get lead so hot, it might emit noxious fumes!
Be careful!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a mould that has a diameter of exactly .500 of an inch.
I cast a bullet out of pure lead. When the bullet cools, how much will it have shrunk?
Is there a chart showing the shrinkage...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am a N-SSA member, a Life Member of the National Rifle Association, and the last surviving Whig Party Member. I am also a former NMLRA member.
Battle Cry of the Whigs over the "Oregon...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Anyone got any idea what Remington, Winchester, etc., use for the lube on their .22 Rimfire rounds?
The lube seems to be stable at a wide variety of temperatures, doesn't flake off quickly and...
I was getting ready to load some cast .45 Colt bullets a friend gave me and to be prudent, I used my electronic calipers to measure the bullet diameter BEFORE I started the loading process.
...
HOW TO SOLVE YOUR "LOOSE SPRUE PLATE HASSLE" PERMANENTLY:
1. Get access to a drill press if you don't already have one.
2. Take off sprue plate and screw from the mould
3. Select a drill a...
Dear Canuck Bob:
Buckshot knows what he is writing about. I was having trouble making a Spoon for mould making and Buckshot told me what I needed to do.
I followed his instructions to the...
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 |