I ended up getting a new RCBS rebel and a ram prime since I'm not loading in bulk anymore. When I move up to bulk stuff I'll get another 550C which was wonderful for large batches. Thank you for the...
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
I ended up getting a new RCBS rebel and a ram prime since I'm not loading in bulk anymore. When I move up to bulk stuff I'll get another 550C which was wonderful for large batches. Thank you for the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Your correct, the 50-90 shooters that did this mod had to dremel the slot in the lee auto prime a little bigger but it worked well. I have very little time these days so I feel the RCBS bench primer...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
That's the obvious answer but I work abroad and am only home once a month. Some google searching says my idea of cutting regular shellholders to fit will work. The one in question is RCBS #31 for 32...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
The Lee auto prime looks like a good little unit. However they don't make the auto prime shellholders for some of my oddball large rim cartridges. Looks like I can just grind the stub off the bottom...
Forum: Our Chapel
I cleared up some space just now. Tunnug, I received your email and will reply shortly.
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Forum: Our Chapel
I appreciate the comments fella's. Your a great group, and it helps. I am somewhat somewhat depressed as someone in my situation is likely to be. But my son keeps me moving. I do have an ASD,...
Forum: Our Chapel
I've been on here a long time, since I was 17 I think. I will be 27 in July. I've met a lot of good people on forum's. Well, just about the whole gun community in general is full of good folks.
I...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Yes, make sure you don't have a Nepalese copy like the Nepali Francotte on your hands. If it's a genuine Brit rifle, your headspace is off. My MKIV had a rough chamber but the cases never stuck one...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Wanted to say thanks to John Taylor Machine company for removing the broken tap for me. John milled it out and cleaned the hole up and installed a 8-32 set screw. The firing pin has an adjustable...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
In the link below is my results with cast in my Steyr long rifle. Results of my efforts on pages 2 and 3 with photos. I eventually settled on the Lee .329 bullet casted to .330 with scrap alloy and...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Another range day. This was a dozen rounds, lubed only with an alox tumble and dried. They cast .330 from the Lee .329 mould and sized through a .331 sizer with aluminum gas checks. The charge is 20g...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
So the above 50 rnds produced this much leading. 2 tight patches and the bore is clean again. This is range alloy, not very hard. No lube star at the muzzle. Using a lithium beeswax lube just softer...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
We have a similar range. Free to use, 1000 yards, a silhouette range with gongs out to 500 yards, skeet, small bore, blackpowder, archery. These teens come out in groups to show off their newest...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Heres a more detailed photo. The larger groups were a comparison of bullets bumped up in the Lube a matic vs not bumped up.
Next step, uniform flash holes, add extra lube via alox tumbling. If I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Finally a range test!
-Lee .329 drops at 330. I used my 338 Lube Sizer die and top punch to "squish" or bump up the diameter. Then I ran through a Lee .329 push through I honed to .331.
-21g...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
It's a tight stock, all matching Savage parts. Armorers manual says 4 to 5lbs of down pressure at the muzzle. Mine is only half that meaning the barrel is flopping around with vibrations. The fix is...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Can someone give a theory why a lower velocity bullet could have wildy different impacts on target compared to full power loads?
Below is two targets from my US property Savage Enfield. The left...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I neck size fired HXP brass in my only No.4 with my 7.65 Belgium RCBS FL die. Works great, I stop just short of the shoulder and leave a little donut for neck support. I use the 7.65 seater too. I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
USPS said he used retail ground which is their slowest lowest priority option. She said it's still probably okay. Fingers crossed he packed well, any extra transit time is never good for an old...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
My Berthier was scheduled to arrive Monday but it appears delayed with no tracking updates since that day. I've opened a case with USPS for it. Hopefully it just got caught up somewhere. Very hard...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
5 test cartridges with 45g RL22 with the Lee 338 sized 338. No gas checks yet.
Smooth extraction and feeding, clean burning and good power. But only 5 rounds gave me some lead frosting down the...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Does anyone know If the French reshaped bayonet tips if they were broken off? They often were as they were so long and skinny. I see a lot that are shortened.
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
They did but most if not all werent to French specs, so they were sold as surplus on the American market. Most are very clean
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I will have it Monday and will post detailed pics
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Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
The 8mm karabiner mould looks to be the ticket, I forgot midsouth distributed those limited moulds
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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 |