I'm going to bump this thread, because there is little definitive info out there on 300-MP. Hopefully this will answer some questions.
300-MP is a great powder, and at $3+ less per pound than...
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I'm going to bump this thread, because there is little definitive info out there on 300-MP. Hopefully this will answer some questions.
300-MP is a great powder, and at $3+ less per pound than...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
And to think people want the govt running their healthcare even more than they already do? :roll:
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My first batch picture above got left in the solution over night after 3 hours of tumbling, due to time constraints. They came out completely clean, but yellowed and dull. The second batch, run...
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To revitalize this thread, here's my two cents:
In the old days I had a Vibratek walnut shell media case polisher, basically a margarine tub bolted to a buzzing piece of sheet brass. It worked...
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As a follow up, I took your advice as far as a new bullet manufacturer, and the results were telling. Thanks again.
A good bullet, the Missouri Bullet Co 18 BHN, 158 gr. SWC
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Speer #14 shows loads for 110 and 140+ gr bullets.
It was only the 125 gr .357 loads, and ALL .41 mag loads.
Speculation is those Speer/Aliant (same parent company, ATK) published loads were...
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Just called Pat's. No more WC297 (or 297) left, and they will NOT be getting any more.
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FYI, both the US Capitol Dome and the Eiffel Tower are made of cast iron, puddle iron actually for the ET.
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Lemishine's MSDS is very vague ("trade secret"), but it sounds no different than Jet Dry, and other liquid or powder dishwasher rinse aids, which are surfactants designed to displace entrained water...
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Here are three relevant quotes and links:
http://www.hodgdon.com/history.html
http://www.adi-powders.com.au/handloaders-guide/powder.asp
The most interesting is the Powder Equivalents...
Thanks Gents!
I intend to follow the getting into casting advise at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime I have heard decent things about Missouri Bullets. Curious to hear your thoughts.
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The rest of the pictures.
For these three I switched from a 6:00 hold on the red (white @ 13.5) bullseye, to 6:00 on the black, to pull the groups down. No sight adjustments were made.
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Ran a series of 12 round groups today with Bulletworks of Breckenridge, TX.
Load was Alliant 2400 (fresh) 12.0 gr - 15.0/ 0.5 increments, 158 gr SWC, Starline virgin .357 Mag brass, Winchester...
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WAL-MART has 6 cans of JPW on shelf for $5.97. DFW area.
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 |