I just did a quick Google for muzzle energy, velocity and retained energy for the round balls on hand.
Check my assumptions?
Assuming I use the 224 gr. .430 ball and achieve 1500 fps, this...
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
I just did a quick Google for muzzle energy, velocity and retained energy for the round balls on hand.
Check my assumptions?
Assuming I use the 224 gr. .430 ball and achieve 1500 fps, this...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks!
Since I have a good number of .44 mag moulds (including Lyman and RCBS 240 gr. "Keith" styles and the Mihec 300 gr .44/444 HP and Mihec 240 gr. full wadcutter), also .452 pistol and .458...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have looked carefully from both ends of barrel while cleaning and do not see any Lead buildup. I'm familiar with what Lead looks like, I have a Ruger Super Blackhawk which left the factory with the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I do not have the correct tools to measure, but here is manual:
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The rifle also came with a full box of 100 hornady swaged Lead balls which micrometer measures at .530" plus a...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The bullet I recovered with an uneven base was not FIRED, so base dammage would have occurred during loading or possibly while removing it- But it took very little force to remove it.
As far as...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I've been playing with a Palmetto "Ridge Runner" in line .54 muzzle loader, picked up this lightly used rifle and a bunch of accessories at a gun show some time back for cheap. It has a 22" long, 1...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A couple of observations from someone who has mixed up several types of things that go "bang", even got a license to manufacture.
Your ingredients quality is very important. If you can access it,...
I tried casting a couple of rounds with the gang mould.
First thing I learned, the sprue plate needs to have the fill holes re-profiled. Sprue plate has straight through holes about 3/16" Dia....
Probably a little small for a 10 gauge rifle, the first reference I find is a guy using a .760 ball- And 200 grains of FFFG BP. Ouch...
https://youtu.be/SJvesjGissE
The mould has arrived, I've done a preliminary inspection.
Cavities are perfect, still coated in some kind of oil. There are a few rust freckles but no pitting on the exterior, I believe this is...
Does anyone make a RIFLED BP barrel suitable for round balls this size? Yes, a smooth bore cannon could be interesting too.
I do have ball mills and occasionally use them to grind pyrotechnic...
DHL has been delivering stuff to me from Japan in about 3 business days from placing my orders... Not shooty stuff, just knives. Really nice ones, though.
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I'm of the same mind, but the maker was a friend and it seemed a sad thing that it never be used.
I'm imagining a bench top fixture with two toggle clamps to hold the mould halves instead of bolts...
Frankly, I am worried about it being TOO cool. 7 lb. of a lower heat conductivity alloy, I may need to build a little pre heat tunnel for this baby to get good fill out.
Then, I have to handle it...
An acquaintence (who never used it) is passing on to me an unusual 15 ball gang mould, custom made for him by yet another acquaintance of ours who is now deceased (I have to qualify that bit about...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I can confirm, this follower allows the extractor to engage a cartridge rim in pretty much the same fashion as it would rim of a cartridge fed normally from the magazine. By the time the bolt is 1/3...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I just put 10 rounds of FNM '73 surplus 8mm, magazine fed through the new M48A. It's fine, asside from kicking like an 8mm Mauser (ouch) and the point blank sight setting being a real 200 yard...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I picked up an M48A yugo this weekend, took it home and while looking it over before hitting the range, found a plastic single shot follower left in the magazine well by a previous owner. Gun owner...
This rifle?
http://iownguns.com/remington-581-converted-to-32-sw-long/
Now THAT is cool. Will be keeping an eye open for one of those actions...
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Myself, I carry the CZ 527 .22...
I HATE ticks.
This is a link to a magazine article regarding an autopsy by field biologists on a poor little moose calf who got sucked dry in New Hampshire.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Is there an emoticon of a BROKEN lightbulb/the bad idea fairy?
You were kidding?
I wouldn't care to walk around with both Zirconium and black powder in close proximity while hunting. Two of my...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Well, I am one of those tinkerers who spend more time loading, testing and punching paper than hunting- So the Savage ML being requireing a bit of work isn't a flaw, it's a FEATURE!
The nice...
As noted by others?
Dry feet. Antiperspirant on your feet does help, managing any sweat or condensation is mandatory.
More than one layer of socks. Inner most is a wicking sock, one of the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks again, everyone.
I will pursue the manuals, even if I pass this one on after finding a smokeless version, I wouldn't feel good passing it on without precise load information.
I found...
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 |