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As always, Outpost75 provides excellent information.

I have the aluminum version of the 43-215C mold. I've loaded bullets from it on top of both black and smokeless powder, mostly BP, for use in...

Very nice.

I have a 550-1 that according to the date code stamped on the barrel, was made in March 1948. It's a tackdriver.

I've found that as long as it's well lubricated and the Williams...

It's all good!

Awesome info, gents!

I picked it up this morning and for a century old gun it's in nice shape.

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The Pachmayr grip adapter was in my parts stash.

The timing and lockup are solid and...

Thanks Outpost75.

This afternoon I won an auction for a pretty nice looking S&W Model 1905, 4th Change in .32-20, with a 4" barrel. The seller is local and I plan to pick it up tomorrow morning.

It's 1920s...

Thanks for the heads up, I just ordered 3,000, plus a roll of tape to get me over the $150 threshold.

I saw on the Muzzleloading Forum where someone was able to use the plastic Polish Capper with homemade caps. He had to remove some material to let it feed the homemade caps, which are a little bigger...

Yup, I've placed a couple orders there and got my stuff in about 10 days. That capper works very well, much better than the Ted Cash capper I previously used.

Certainly, but I was referring to metal tips mounted on the end of a ramrod and shown in this pic of my Jackie Brown canoe gun.

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I've tried hemp tow in my 20 gauge Jackie Brown canoe gun, but not enough to decide whether it's worth pursuing. Note that tow used as a wad will smolder if unlubed and can ignite wildfires. (I tried...

I'm in the avoid fiberglas ramrods boat.

However, I use Delrin ramrods from Track of the Wolf in a couple rifles and they work well. The one modification they need IMO is to pin the tips on. They...

Thanks!

Last year I picked up a pound of Winchester Autocomp after reading one of Ed Harris's articles on reloading for .32 ACP. I haven't yet tried reloading for .32 Auto yet but other .32s I load for are...

I picked up this Colt Police Positive in .32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long) made in 1910 the other day, and shot it yesterday. Nice little gun but the grips are cheap, no-name plastic and cracked, so...

A difference of 0.5" at 50 yard or even a couple inches at 100 yards is not relevant for hunting big game. I would definitely use the bullet with the flat meplat because it has greater wounding...

I generally use 3Fg in my .50s but 2Fg will work fine as well, with less velocity and more fouling per equivalent volumetric charge.

Anything coarser than 2Fg will be safe but unlikely to provide...

If you load it to .44-40 ballistics it will be pleasant to shoot. E.g., a 200 - 220 grain bullet at 1200 - 1300 FPS.

I have an Interarms 65 (older, rebranded R92) in .44-40 that is quite nice to...

Good grief.

It's a good example of why it's handy to have one of those cheap borescopes you can buy on Amazon.

I've loaded a bunch of these for informal clay busting. I shoot them in my Baikal 12 gauge O/U. Lately, I've taken to loading 20 gauge equivalent loads with 4.3cc each of BP and #7.5 shot. This works...

I have an Interarms 65 (R92) in .44-40. It feeds well with bullets cast in an Accurate 43-215C, or a similar bullet from Matt's Bullets.

I also have a Rossi 92 in .357. The only magnums I've shot...

I have an Uberti in .44 WCF that's been great.

They are really fun to shoot in a Remington 550-1 semiauto rifle. The 550-1 has a Williams floating chamber, so it functions with shorts, longs, or long rifles. Mine will work with the CBs as long as...

This is one of the coolest posts I've seen in a while. Bravo!

Let's be extra careful when discussing these cartridges, please.

.30 Mauser is the American designation for 7.63x25 Mauser. It was derived from the 7.65x25 Borchardt.

The Tokarev round's...