I use 45 ACP dies.
Type: Posts; User: Char-Gar
Forum: Our Town
Just a word to let you good folks know that I am still in the Land of the Living. Have not been here in a while, mostly for health reasons. "I endeavor to persevere!"
I also have a 5 " 629 and I can feel allot of difference between a mild target load and a full snort magnum load. I think the OP is bored and looking to start a discussion or others such nonsense.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pin gauges are the way to go if you are starting in this. I bought a set of Starrett expandable hole gauges in 1969 and with a good Starett micrometer have been measuring the inside diameter of any...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am not new to the Krag having loaded and shot them for 50 plus years. Here is my counsel to the poster.
1. Krag barrels are usually coated with metal fouling and all cast bullet efforts will be...
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
In Texas, rattlesnakes are now protected by law. They can't be killed unless they are a threat to you.
Forum: Leverguns
This would have been my post, plus when shooting for a group, single load a round in the chamber and don't run them through the mag tube. The shifting weight of the rounds in the tube will effect...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Armadillos are an iconic Texas critter and I have no reason to kill them. They do dig some little holes in my yard in their nightly search for some bugs to eat, but just step on the hole and it will...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have used 50 year old standard RCBS sizing to reload for the Garand for many years. I visually inspect, gage each time and trim when needed. When the cases start looking a little tired, I pitch...
50 yards will separate the men from the boys and the good handguns from the not so good.
The Python Myth has been around for a very long time. Supernatural accuracy became a standard part of the myth. WEll the things were so darn pretty and expensive, they just had to be better right?...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I also use a file trim die and fine hack saw, followed by a couple of spins in the Wilson case trimmer. I have mostly RCBS file trim dies, because they don't size the body as some others do. I have...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have:
RCBS A2
Pre-War Pacific C
Post-War Pacific Super C (black)
Three Lyman AA Turret presses
Two Lyman True-Line Jr. presses
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The Lyman family sold the company in 1970 to Leisure Group. That was when the color was changed from orange to grey. Later after another company bought it, they went back to orange, but it was not...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
A few years ago I bought a pair of "powder measure weights" from a guy who made and sold them on Ebay. They are a big help in throwing consistent powder charges.
The grips are Herrett's Made to Measure. The wood you get on those are just luck of the draw.
Without a doubt the 44 Magnum is my favorites big bore revolver round. I got my first one (Ruger) in 1961. I have owned 8 or 9 of them over the years. Without a doubt, my hands down favorites, is...
Forum: Our Town
The East Coast Yankee refugees go to Florida. The California Yankee refugees come to Texas.
Forum: Our Town
Every place changes as time moves on. There has been changes in Texas, but the core remains. I am a 6th. Gen Texan, my kids are 7th Gen and Grandkids are 8th. Gen. We have all married Texans did not...
Forum: Our Town
I live three miles from the Rio Grande River in Deep South Texas. Everybody North of the Border Patrol checkpoints (Sarita and Falfurrias) is some kind of foreigner or yankee.
Forum: Our Town
6th. Gen Texan here with family or friends every whip or stitch down any road in Texas. I hope you enjoy your time in Texas. We are a diverse state, but the differences can be subtle and may pass...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I bought my first one in 1958 and now have ten.
Forum: Our Town
In my last church before retirement, I mentioned one Sunday morning about how much I liked cooking with cast iron. I was flooded with old cast iron from folks who found it to heavy to use anymore. I...
Forum: Our Town
He also has a video on how to clean cast iron after use. It really works and is the easiest way to go.
Forum: Military Rifles
That practice began with the cupro-nickle bullets and it most certainly did raise pressure. The the Gliding metal bullets took over, this offered no advantage.
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 |