saw a news item about the supply of nitrocellulose... 50% of world production is from Russia and 30% is from China... they both are not taking many orders from any place in the west these days......
Type: Posts; User: slam45
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
saw a news item about the supply of nitrocellulose... 50% of world production is from Russia and 30% is from China... they both are not taking many orders from any place in the west these days......
Forum: Reloading Equipment
https://uniquetek.com/shop/ols/products/time-out-case-cleaner-timer
i had a buddy back in the late 80's that loaded on 3 Dillon 1050's.. ran two large dillion tumblers on one of these for...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
https://pacifictoolandgauge.com/content/17-upgrade-your-bolt-face
lots of savage stuff ... talk to them and they will fix you up...
https://accuratemolds.com/img/bullets/catalogue/31-235M.png
with accurate molds you spec the band diam so if 0.309 is what you spec he makes them that way...
i have a Colt M1909 and although i don't shoot it as often or as hard as my ruger blackhawk... it is a fine shooter and handles standard 45 Colt load fine and shoots where it looks... i consider it...
Dawson's sights offer plenty of options to find the best for how you shoot... when i used to shoot plates I'd practice by shooting 12 gauge hulls at 35'
using a G 30 with Dawson sights......
I've been shooting my SBH for just over 43 years now... from the start i never liked the dragoon grip at all... too skinny on top, too wide at the bottom and too short in general, and the square...
Forum: Factory Rifles
circa 1953 Win M70 flyweight in 308 win...
start at a distance you can make accurate, repeatable hits on a fine target ( something from a postage stamp to a playing card)
work at exactly placing your boolits were your sights are looking......
Forum: Our Town
i have 2 total hips that came a few years after a tough logging accident. the relief of the back ground pain I'd been living with was truly eye opening... it will give you another shot at living a...
Forum: Military Rifles
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i have not messed with a 8mm-06 or the AI bit but do shoot a 338-06 and have some observations... going up to 338 from standard 06 brass just requires running brass through the larger die, a...
Forum: Military Rifles
i fought with forester trimmers for years... never did get them right... now i just use file trim dies specific to caliber... not sure if i get them exactly to some book spec, but i do get them all...
Forum: Leverguns
i use an older redfield peep sight with a Skinner serrated blade front sight and a Merritt adjustable aperture in he rear sight...I'm 71 use glasses when shooting now but have on good days shot one...
Forum: Our Town
Colt New Service US Model 1909 manufactured and shipped to the Philippine Constabulary in 1911...
Forum: Cast Boolits
i haven't bought or shot any factory ammo in over 25 years... see no reason to go back to it ever again... i enjoy making my own... i do use a few jacketed rifle bullets, but shoot my own cast...
I've had good results with 4831 cast loads in 30-06... do more looking around than just Lyman...they are limited in the scope they chose to see... and a 215gn LFN at 1900f/s is handy in a rifle that...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
i have had very good results with the rcbs cowboy dies in 30-30 they use an M type expander... hornaday dies are an acquired taste, which come in the most awful box i have ever seen... a paper bag...
Forum: Cast Boolits
rechargeable LED lights are so much better and never buying batteries again quickly repays the investment...
Forum: Leverguns
2 pre '64 1894 30wcf have old redfield peeps with Skinner blades on the front, a Winny 1895 flat side 30/40 has a climbing Lyman and also a Skinner blade... M1 as issued from '42... and a Winny model...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
the AGI technical manual and armorer's course on dvd covers disassembly/reassembly, design, function and repair... gunsmithing and troubleshooting... handy to see it done and to go through it enough...
i shoot an old Winny 1895 flat side from 1896... does real well with a 215gr LFN and 20gr of 2400...
HP38 and Win 231 are the same powder... range for 230gr in 45ACP run from 4.6 to 6.2gr... i have shot pounds of those powders in several 45's at 5.5 gr with my cast that weigh in at 235gr from my...
Forum: Leverguns
used these on a couple of marlin 1895 and a 444...
might work with a peep installed...did not see that requirement at first...I've just took one or the other off going from scopes to irons and...
it may work but i doubt it would work well in that small a case... be sure to check the barrel is clear before firing a second shot... slowest powders i see loads with are RL7 and 4198 ... 20 some...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
the plastic tips are always flaky... a poor design that they don't fix... new tips often and chamfer the tube end ID a bit helps... toss them when you have to struggle... consider them a consumable...
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 |