i use the LEE 356 120 TC; then the NOE 357 135 (?) round nose flat point; I'm working with LEE 358 105 SWC sized to 357; I'm trying 358 140 SWC and having issues because of so much body in some...
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i use the LEE 356 120 TC; then the NOE 357 135 (?) round nose flat point; I'm working with LEE 358 105 SWC sized to 357; I'm trying 358 140 SWC and having issues because of so much body in some...
Forum: Cast Boolits
PROMO is an expensive variation/clone of RED DOT. It uses the same data. It is only available in 8 pound bottles.
I use it in 9mm...on my second bottle in 3 years.
Forum: Leverguns
NOE has a sizing system similar to the LEE PUSH THROUGH, but more diameter options. There is a sizer body and the additional bushings are under $10 each.
I'm using 432 in my 24 inch MARLIN COWBOY...
Forum: Leverguns
MARLINS like hard alloy, oversized for caliber, gas checks, lots of bore contact, and higher velocity.
i run 360 diameter in my 357 COWBOY RIFLES. 180 grain round nose flat point NOE.
My 30 30...
Forum: Leverguns
I have COWBOY RIFLES in 22LR, 30 30, 357, 44, and 45 70.
My long time favorite was a standard 1894 in 44 magnum; cut to 16.25 inch barrel, with a LYMAN receiver sight.
I made the mistake of...
Forum: Leverguns
Mihec 432640 or original Lyman 429640. Ranch Dog 432 265 and NOE clones. Size to 432 if you can. Lube of your choice.
Forum: Our Town
Local shop is $600 to $700 for multiple brands..DPMS, RUGER, ROCK RIVER or COLT.. IIRC yesterday.
I bought some AR, RUGER and GLOCK magazines in anticipation of HILLARY'S election..so happy that...
The LEE 452 160 was fine BUT 2 cavity moulds don't cut it for me.
I have a H&G original 68, an ACCURATE 45-175B, and a LEE 452 230 TC. I run all of them in GLOCK 30S and 41. I'd suggest you have...
Since you mentioned a rifle, I'd suggest a round nose flat point design. I've got both LYMAN COWBOY moulds in 44, plus MIHEC 434640 plain base and LYMAN 429640 gas check AND the RANCH DOG 432 265...
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I'm a brass scrounger. All brass goes through the appropriate DILLON case gauge. The 45acp GLOCK factory barrels were the worst offenders. Happiness is spelled KKM.
IF it doesn't pass the case...
Forum: Cast Boolits
My buddy at the range mines the backstops. He sorts it, washes off the dirt, and smelts in steel coffee cans on his wood burning furnace. The scrap yard pays 50¢ per pound, but I have a standing...
358156 feeds in my MARLIN COWBOY RIFLES, but the NOE 360180 has really impressed users. The people at marlinowners claim the 175/180 weight boolits improve performance in their 357 model 1894s.
I'm...
Got the same mould and had the same problems. I ran a file along the inside top of both blocks and across the top of each cavity to help venting. (LEE really got with the program venting the last...
I had the same situation with the LEE 356 120 TC . I bought the NOE SC 357 135. Using it in GLOCKS with KKM or STORM LAKE barrels.
Only problem is that I have 356 and 358 dies for the STAR and a...
Forum: Our Town
"I always wanted to shoot an educated man" was another quote.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I re-size on a single stage press and tumble brass to remove case lube. Then I use a LYMAN M die in first stage of my DILLON 550B and re-prime; second stage is powder drop; third to seat boolit; and...
RUGER ORIGINAL SIZE VAQUEROS, stainless steel, 5.5 and 7.5 inch barrel, 44 and 357 magnum.
MARLIN COWBOY RIFLES in 30/30, 357, 44 and 45/70, octagon barrels.
Lately GLOCK model 34 and 41.
Forum: Casting Equipment
My H&G ladle shot craps after 35 years. I need to find someone to weld it back together. In the mean time, I have a ROWELL #1..wish it was about half its size AND had the handle fitting on both...
Love mine. Get an aftermarket barrel for lead. Have a KKM PRECISION with one or their compensators (used for $175 off eBay.) And a standard length STORM LAKE. Have the factory "minus connector"...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I use a variety of different boolits in multiple 44 magnums, but for pistols I really like full wadcutters from 2 group buys here. OLD WEST BULLET MOULDS made a clone of LYMAN 429352 and MIHEC did a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Make sure mould top and bottom of sprue plate are clean, bring up to heat, and apply SPRUE PLATE LUBE with a Q tip SPARINGLY.
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
IF you have access to a drill press OR other machine tools, you can make an adapter to size all the way to the die mouth. You use three flat bars drilled with all thread and nuts to adjust. Bar...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The RANCH DOG designs were the first tumble lube boolits I used; really liked them. You can tumble lube conventional designs successfully, but tumble lube designs may be a problem when you try to ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The RANCH DOG designs were the first tumble lube boolits I used; really liked them. You can tumble lube conventional designs successfully, but tumble lube designs may be a problem when you try to ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
RANCH DOG 432 265 GC or NOE lube groove clone plain base. LYMAN 429640 GC or MIHEC 434640 plain base. 5 to 7.5 grains of 231 or TITEGROUP in 44 magnum ORIGINAL SIZE VAQUEROS or MARLIN COWBOY RIFLES.
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 |