Hi Edward,
Very nice mate, when my mould gets here I hope I can cast bullets that good
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hi Edward,
Very nice mate, when my mould gets here I hope I can cast bullets that good
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Two interesting points there, One would think with a tin input it would have been a tad lighter than lead,,,, 16:1 for long range Sharps,,,,,, :bigsmyl2: I got a rolling block in 45/100:idea:
Forum: Casting Equipment
I did try split plastic spacers but I found the plastic wore badly if I used a power drive. As a few of my cals fall within limits that are close to each other some spacers were wearing out in a...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Hi Sheesh, Neither mate, they are large brass washers, when I want to change case length I unscrew the cutter slip it out of the base pop on the washer to suit and away you go,,,,,,, oh im using a...
I cant see anything wrong, if its making good shot that's all that matters. But to be fair the Littleton droppers work well and are well sorted the same cant be said for home made droppers, lots of...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thanks Edward, How well do the driving bands fill out, ive heard a pinch of tin helps them fill out
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thank you gentlemen. Think ill go buy a mould then, after seeing F/Ms pictures the 250 looks favourite, im well impressed with those groups. Can I ask F/M, what are you casting Pb or alloy and what...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hello All,
Ive been toying with the idea of using Lee R E A L bullets in my Pedersoli Kentucky. It has a 34" .45 barrel with a 1:48 twist . Up to now ive been shooting patched ball with 40g/v...
PS, If you do make your own shot, be careful when you load it, it can CLUMP, to stop this use your graphite spray in a simple tumbler and tumble the shot in a good dose of graphite, its messy but...
Hi, few years ago I built a shot dropper, it was an easy build and did work sometimes, when onsong it would drip #6 shot all day and it was perfect shot, however, most of the time I could only get 1...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Hi Larry, the secret to hydraulic decappers If your using the hammer type is the hammer, you need a heavy dead blow and a sharp strike, been converting 303Brit for years,,, if the primer is the...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Something I made a while ago now was length spacers for my case trimmer, I set the cutter to my shortest case then made up spacers to fit the shaft, now all I have to do is change the spacer and...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
As 95% of w/w here in the uk are zinc or steel I don't care what a bucketful weighs just wish I could get a bucketful
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Hi, im new to BP cartridges too so finding this very interesting. My thoughts on this are as follows..... lets take a 45-100, designed to take 100G by Vol of powder to give the needs push, to fill...
Forum: Gas Checks
Im sizing on a Lyman 450 so can set the depth to just crimp the G/C. Im casting from a Lee 185g that throws 0.314" and seating into the lands just enough to mark the nose. This bullet has quite a...
Forum: Gas Checks
Thank you Matey. Im loading for 303Brit at 0.314, they shoot quite well but need a bit more oooph. Ill try the GC's
Thanky kindly E/T
Forum: Gas Checks
Thanks Rc, Im using as cast for 303Brit at the moment 0.314" they shoot quite well but need a bit more oooph. Again Thanky kindley. E/T
Forum: Gas Checks
Hello All.
Just a quickie, when using GC's do you size the bullet/GC to throat dia or bore dia.
Thanks E/T
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 |