This what I do with my 44/40 Uberti Henry and 38/40 Uberti '73 carbine cases, works well for me too!
Type: Posts; User: dromia
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
This what I do with my 44/40 Uberti Henry and 38/40 Uberti '73 carbine cases, works well for me too!
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am using RWS 1081s in my Pedersoli '59 with no problems using tubes with curler paper bases.
I would email Pedersoli about it direct I have found them pretty good in responding unlike Uberti.
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Why don't you email Al Nelson at NOE to get his take on your issue?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I was impressed by the new web site 'till I went to the forum. it looks like the old messaging boards we used to have in the early days of the netty and looks backward and not as easy on the eye and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
All original 1913 No1 MK111 Enfield in .303" British.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/adamsutherland/BSA%201913%20SMLE/IMG_6987B.jpg
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Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Youngs 303 is still available over here, haven't seen Motty past for years although I do have a couple of tins on my shelves, for old times sake.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Tried the powder coating and the epoxy, more grief and more mess, that PC powder is worse than the old lyman black lube, also it gave me no benefits in velocity or accuracy. I suspect it may have its...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a star and it lies unused in the loft at present it is a fine sizer, fast and works well however I do find the change over of sizers fiddly with the setting up of the sizers for different...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I roll my patches wet with the same lube I use for my RB BP patches, 1 part Youngs 303 to 3 parts water (Aquoil). Dries well just works for me. I lay out the patches an give them a light misting of...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Stay on topic and lets not get too hung up on semantics either.
If you don't want to post photos then don't but allow others to exercise their freedom to do so.
Photographs are the stuff of...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I think what such threads as these do show is just how well we are provided for when it comes to propellants.
There is no right or wrong answers just an interesting list of peoples choices. If...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Tried both the powder coating and epoxy methods but found it gave no benefits and in most cases worst results over my lube sizers and found it far more of a faff-on to do.
I load predominantly for...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have a Redding T7 and love it, I also had a Lee Classic turret for a while not at all a bad press but the priming system is a disaster as is Lee's overall lack of QC, any thing that needs whole...
Forum: Leverguns
I usually prefer the longer barrels but I picked up a new Uberti 1873 with a 19 1/2" barrel about a month ago, I was idly perusing the racks at the wholesalers waiting for my order to be completed...
Forum: Military Rifles
It works well in my Boer OVD Mauser, the gas check shank is standard for 7mm gas checks.
Forum: Military Rifles
If it is HXP then it is usually very high quality ammunition, what is the date stamp on it?
Forum: Leverguns
The bullet weight will depend on the calibre, which you haven't stated, it could be assumed to be 38/357 from your bullet selection. Still it is always better not assume.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Lee, sometimes their stuff works, sometimes it doesn't. You pay your money and you take your chances.
Wait 'till you get to using the small primer unit.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Any company that has as much internet space taken up by videos, articles and dedicated web sites telling you how to get their products to actually work says something pretty damning about their...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Unfortunately now you can only buy from the licensed dealer in the country you are living in, also upgrades will only come from them.
I had issues with the UK dealer when I tried to upgrade my US...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Piece of cake? Not in my case.
I don't seem to be able to get WINE to install, I can get the WINE install window up, I hit the install button, a progress bar appears at the bottom gets to 16% and...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I suggest that you go to the Black Powder paper patching forum on here and read the "Link to Brent Danielson's Paper Patching website" sticky.
Forum: Rimfire Area
The development comparison is a bit like apples and oranges as the centerfire rounds have a plethora of handloaders experimenting and developing loads, components and techniques which has been fed...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The Parker Hale Whitworths have an hexagonal rifled bore and the Parker Hale Volunteers have Henry or Rigby rifling.
That is how Parker Hale classified them.
Forum: Rimfire Area
The Vickers were only made during the inter war years, no one said they were contemporary with the Internationals.
They certainly seemed to hold their own in competitions of the time and were a...
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 |