I have also a gew1911.
It shoots really well with boolits I make with a Accurate mould (catalog-item 31-200V)
at the moment I'm in the process of developing a load, and at the moment its quite...
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have also a gew1911.
It shoots really well with boolits I make with a Accurate mould (catalog-item 31-200V)
at the moment I'm in the process of developing a load, and at the moment its quite...
Forum: AirGuns
over the years I had a lot of sporter-airguns and also a few competition-grade stuff like:
Feinwerkbau 300S I like these a lot, its a springer which shoots so smooth.
Feinwerkbau 700 basic its a...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
In my K31 i tried several types, the ones I like are:
Lee 309-170F, with GC and .309'' sizing: loaded with 16 to 17gn Alliant 2400 (or Lovex S040), only dislike is: it cannot be loaded from magazine...
Forum: Castpic of the Month
Some .22LR accuracy potential from European point of view:
242532
Its an Anschutz M54 made in 1978.
I'm using it for competition shooting in the kneeling position (with 1-point sling,...
Hello,
Im positively surprized by the number of posts and good ideas...
In reply to several questions:
Im using the lee c312-155 mould.
During operating it i handle the handles with care. I...
Hello,
I recently started to use a lee 6 cavity mould.
I use it with the advised handles.
The thing is...
When i cast, the boolits come all nicely out the mould every time again. But several...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Since the last post I haven't shot a lot in general, but..... some developments were done also including a cartridge''development'' for this rifle.
So, time for a small update:
The Vithauori...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Good afternoon,
I'm planning to buy a rcbs lubeamatic and I found out that besides sizing-die's I need also top punches.
At the Castpics site I found a referencechart but not for all moulds I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The lube is a mixture of beeswax and partially hydrogenated palmoil.
The crud in end of the barrel was already there when i bought the rifle. I assume it's a result of not sufficient cleaning...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Yesterday was M76-testing-day again!!
The goal of the test: find out what kind of ''accuracy'' I have with the rifle ''as is'' at 100m.
(the inside of the barrel has a kind of deposit in the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Never heard of the Hakim, but what I found in the I-net, i do like it also (there are not much rifles I don't like... :) )
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
There is indeed a big piston-system in this Zastava, according to wikipedia is the Zastava a copy of the ak47, but then made a little bigger.
Within 2 a 3 weeks I'm able to make new rounds and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The test-shooting is done.
I also measured the velocity.
powder / charge / velocity (m/sec)
Alliant 2400 / 19gn / 516
Alliant 2400 / 20gn / 553
Alliant 2400 / 21gn / 567
Vitha N133 / 30gn /...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The as-cast size on the driving-bands is .3255". I made a dummy round with a gascheck pressed on (with a .329"-push through sizer) but the gascheck is bigger then the boolit, so it's making the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hello,
thanks for the reply's
Especially the one from 'historicfirearms'
I will note this in my cartridge-recipe for sure.
The first test I did was already with the gas-regulator at setting...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Hello to you all.
Maybe someone can help me to get on track at the right direction (in a safe way).
My current project is to get my Zastava M76 semi-auto shootable with lead boolits.
I managed...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
In 2013 I bought my Lee C329-205 mould and i'm still shooting bullets which I cast out of it at in december 2013.
My alloy is 50% soft lead and 50% hard lead (lino / mono ??, letter-lead). The...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
.348Win -> "8x60R" to fit my Steyr M1886 Kropatschek
small update:
the above info was about boolits shot with my Swiss K31.
The mis-aligned rcbs boolits do not perform very well in this rifle.
The boolits out of my Lee CTL-312-160 mould are also...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
I use the win.348 cases to make cartridges for my Steyr M1886 "kropatschek", an rifle wich was issued to the Portugese army at the end of the 19th century.
The cartridge is in use as "8x60R".
...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Because a big fan was not available I tried a little bathroom-fan mounted in the brick wall which is connected with some plastic-tubes:...
Forum: Castpic of the Month
A chaotic scene in the hobby-shed of a newbie in casting, photo is taken a few seconds before the very first casting with a brand-new mould :...
Gaschecks are used.
The velocity unknown, but i will take the chrony to the range some day.
The cases looked good (and clean) after firing, not cracked or primer flattened. And the cases...
After reading Cap'n Morgan's reply I felt there is a chance that the mis-alignment maybe isn't a problem. As far I can see the boolits are symetrical
At the pictures below you will see the result...
Thanks for the replies!
After looking very well to the closed mould I don't see sings of light coming trough the crack.
When the block is closed i can't move the mouldhalves, 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 |