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  1. Thread: 9mm largo success

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    9mm largo success

    Been ages since I posted a new thread here, but here we go.

    I've had a Llama Extra chambered in 9mm Largo for some time. I always meant to work up a load with it that was enough to cycle the...
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    Very interesting. I continued on and it was...

    Very interesting. I continued on and it was indeed the fourth pot that began acting normal...
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    To update this: After pouring out the offending...

    To update this: After pouring out the offending metal, I melted 5 lb of pure lead in the pot. Just what was clinging to the pot made pouring impossible, from a lyman ladle. Repeat. Same deal. ...
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    If I couldn't get a boolit to shoot at 800 fps...

    If I couldn't get a boolit to shoot at 800 fps with or without gc I'd hang up my hat... By shoot I mean function, not lead. Whether that's a good accuracy point or not depends on the gun, of...
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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    Lots of good advice so far. To reiterate. ...

    Lots of good advice so far. To reiterate.

    Don't worry about powder coating, or lube, or temperature. Worry about making good boolits.

    I assume you degreased your mold.

    Turn the Lee pot on...
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    Depends what you want to do. If you want to use...

    Depends what you want to do. If you want to use the magazine, then seat to the max length to feed through it.

    If you want best accuracy, seat just off or just touching the lands. If you're...
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    Good question; I'll look. Even if no, I can...

    Good question; I'll look. Even if no, I can probably get them out and just get replacement screws. My reason for asking is I plan on getting into the BPCR game. I eventually will get a more...
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    Well this was pre-eastern bloc, but it makes...

    Well this was pre-eastern bloc, but it makes sense... proably used the same tooling and equipment as they had during the war.

    My experience with zinc is that a tiny bit in a mix is ok, but this is...
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    Well that's a ruined batch

    I had been sitting on an old ammo box from some Bulgarian 8X56R ammo for awhile. I had heard it was tin and figured I'd use it for alloying. Well, it melted ok... seemed to melt a little harder...
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    Trapdoor sight question

    I have an 1873 trapdoor. My buddy has an 1888. I like the Buffington sight set up.

    Question: will the Buffington fit the existing 1873 sight base or no? I'm not drilling into an original gun to...
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    Webley and a HEAVY bullet

    So I have a Webley. Shaved to .45 acp. Bore slugs a generous .457. Even a fairly heavy .45 bullet has a pretty big jump to get to the rifling.

    I also have a 370 gr Lee mold. Just loaded a dummy....
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    I have a type I. Nice gun. Several Carcanos too....

    I have a type I. Nice gun. Several Carcanos too.

    Never had much luck with cast with them though. Maybe if the group buy that's over 2 years underway on the original spec 6.5 cruise missile ever...
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    Absolutely! Both with jacketed and cast....

    Absolutely! Both with jacketed and cast. Superbly accurate guns.

    I have two 88s, both still taking the enbloc, an an 88/05/14/35 Turk job where a .323 barrel was screwed on and the barrel jacket...
  14. Thread: Mold for 7.62x39?

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    Beagling involves opening up a mold to drop at a...

    Beagling involves opening up a mold to drop at a slightly larger diameter. There's a sticky on it somewhere if you look around. Suffice to say some aluminum HVAC tape usually does the trick.

    The...
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    I shoot a lot of said types of rifles. Vetterlis,...

    I shoot a lot of said types of rifles. Vetterlis, Trapdoors, 71 and 71/84 Mausers, Kropatscheks... first time for the Beaumont though! My camera does take video, the memory card will hold about 12...
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    Beaumont is gonna roar again

    Picked up a Beaumont Vitali about a year ago... took me forever to get some 50/90 brass to turn into 11X52R. But I finally snagged some off gunbroker at a reasonable price. 50 cases, lost 4 in...
  17. Thread: Wc872

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    With the kicker, do you get any unburned powder?...

    With the kicker, do you get any unburned powder? I gave up on it in semi autos because of this, and said unburned kernels getting into the chamber. I'd revisit it though if the kicker gives clean...
  18. Thread: Wc872

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    Old topic, but as this is one of the few surplus...

    Old topic, but as this is one of the few surplus powders still readily available, thought I'd bring back to the top.

    I played with it a bit and had mixed results, and decided this week to work up...
  19. Forum: Cast Boolits

    Right around 2000 fps, with a fairly heavy coat. ...

    Right around 2000 fps, with a fairly heavy coat. Which is about as fast as I can push any gas checked bullet. It was in a fairly short barreled gun. I find with the really long ones, like surplus...
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    If you go with cast, try the Lyman 314299...

    If you go with cast, try the Lyman 314299 (assuming bore is .313 or tighter, otherwise beagle it or get the NOE version that measures .316) and try it over 25 gr of 5744. Work up to that of course....
  21. Thread: Gun opener

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    Nice deer! I know what you mean. I got one when...

    Nice deer! I know what you mean. I got one when I had just blown out my back, but had to go anyhow. Fortunately another member was letting me hunt his land and he had some gear to make the job...
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    I've had this very problem with Lee collet dies,...

    I've had this very problem with Lee collet dies, which is my understanding of what he is using. Went away when I annealed the brass.

    What's odd is that it is holding the smaller diameter jacketed...
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    Well... the LLA isn't really good for black...

    Well... the LLA isn't really good for black powder. I know their molds are designed for such, but I think you'll get softer fouling and better accuracy if you go the traditional route, and seal the...
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    I am a skirmisher and shoot probably a thousand...

    I am a skirmisher and shoot probably a thousand minies a year. Some of my guns shoot better with a lubed base, some not; but in all cases I lube the sides with a good black powder lube, either SPG or...
  25. Thread: Hoarding Brass

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    Forum: Cast Boolits

    I know a guy in his 60s who has been shooting for...

    I know a guy in his 60s who has been shooting for about 50 years. When last we spoke, he had:
    700,000 loaded rounds of .45 ACP, and about 1.2 million more cases;
    2 million loaded rounds of 9mm,...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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