I was just wondering since they take a powder horn with them I would assume that they can take as many shots that a powder horn could produce I have no idea what that would have been..
Type: Posts; User: Survival Bill
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I was just wondering since they take a powder horn with them I would assume that they can take as many shots that a powder horn could produce I have no idea what that would have been..
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I was just wondering how many shots did they take with them in the 1700's?
yes I know its a matter of how much powder and lead and if they were able to recover their lead but I just want a...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Gary I have 4 molds but am thinking of getting another flat top while they are still relatively cheep and available. I am after heavy boolit molds as I find them or as someone is willing to part with...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
THats what I was wondering too I am going to give em the 1hr PC heat treatment then into ice water this makes sense to me..
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thats what I am hoping for with my 30-06 I got an ingot from the local lead supplier and its supposed to be 22 bhn I just wanted to find a way that keeps it as close to that as possible yes I water...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I know elvis has done a test and that to heat the PC for 13 min or their abouts and it seems to work for him other have tried and it has not worked for them.
or How long to keep PC boolits in the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks big time guys on the suggestions about making up a dummy round an using that for setting things up again..
Bill
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am casting 3 different bullet weights but same caliber right now I only have one bullet seating die should I spend the money and get 2 more so that each one is setup for each bullet weight or just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Awesome I am impressed amazing how much a little wind changes things I am working towards doing something similar later in the year as I get things setup on my end your post helps in setting things...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I wonder if anyone is working on bullet molds that are specifically made for a powder coated cast bullet or if anyone has even been thinking that far ahead of the game...
Forum: Special Projects
The Wife has a 243 she loves hers and they are all DRT shots.. Its a great Caliber.
The 30-06 has spawned off a fare number of other cartridge calibers I wonder if it wins the prize for that!
Forum: Special Projects
I did find and printed out a few pages worth for my personal Rifle Data book data logging as well as printed out reloading logs lots of great info online once you know what your looking for....
Forum: Special Projects
I can see now that I will need 20 or 30 MOA angled scope mount if I want to get out to 1000 yards I will have to see if I can find one that fits my scope setup right now I can get to 800 yards max...
Forum: Special Projects
Ya I looked online for after market turrets I could put on but no luck not that big a deal gave me something to do today making my own custom printed bands for the new turrets I am going to hot glue...
Forum: Special Projects
After taking a close look at things and how long it really does take to pull out the phone and look at info it is very doable and very versatile it will give fast shooting solutions at what ever...
Forum: Special Projects
OH yes I do understand I will be doing testing in fall conditions and at altitude just for my own information on how things work out and change..
Forum: Special Projects
Ah yes I do want to get a chrono very soon as I am just **** curious about what my cast reloads will be doing and their not that bad a price for what they are..
I doubt I will be doing much...
Forum: Special Projects
I realize that MOA will not be perfect but it will get me into the general ballpark I hope to where I can fine tune at that time and mark it on the turret is what I am planning.
Then when hunting I...
Forum: Special Projects
Yes I have that program and others but I like to play with the MOA clicks I think it will give me more versatility in what I want to do shooting all different manner of bullet weights and I think it...
Forum: Special Projects
I have no problem with that at all I like to tinker with stuff I always end up learning stuff good or bad ....
It helps one think outside the box...
Forum: Special Projects
Yes you have a point their I will try and get out and test that.
But one can compensate for that too once known right.. or reset the scope in the mounts if bad enough.
Forum: Special Projects
I used the moa that the printout gave me so it should be moa x4 for clicks.
This is all that I have for a turret no marking nadda its an old scope but works well for what it is so what I am going...
Forum: Special Projects
my clicks calculations are flawed above I think what I did was take the drop in inches and convert them to clicks so for the 12.3 inches it was x4 to give me the 49 clicks which is wrong right I...
Forum: Special Projects
Yup that helps I got it figured out by clicks now and have lots of numbers by clicks now for all the bullet weights I want to setup I am also going to make a nice big/tall custom scope turret so I...
Forum: Special Projects
I have a 30-06 with J and Cast bullets and want to figure out the clicks for distances I have it zero'ed at 100 yards for 180gr and would like to know how many clicks for 200 300 400 500 600 yards...
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 |