Don't bother with the 348. I wasted money on that. I was successful making 43 Spanish out of 45/90 and even 45/70 with a short neck. Both shot fine, and needed nothing more than a full length die....
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Type: Posts; User: bmac10
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Don't bother with the 348. I wasted money on that. I was successful making 43 Spanish out of 45/90 and even 45/70 with a short neck. Both shot fine, and needed nothing more than a full length die....
Forum: Military Rifles
Noce info - whatdo you mean by neck turning?
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I have read where people use @ 5grains of blank powder with a 150GR 30 cal lead bullet fr @ 1000 f/s loads - in "regular" cartridges, not the blank cartridge
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks fr the info! I'm on my way down there to get some!!:drinks:
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I was told that the used lead at our indoor range was not good to reuse. Is this true, or is there special precautions? Our range prohibits jacketed bullets indoors and most of the lead is from .22...
| 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 |