Spoke with Dave Corbin a couple of times now, he assures me it is no problem to fix. When I showed him a pic of the dies, he told me that they were quite early production dies, and that there could...
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Forum: Swaging
Spoke with Dave Corbin a couple of times now, he assures me it is no problem to fix. When I showed him a pic of the dies, he told me that they were quite early production dies, and that there could...
Forum: Swaging
Yes a stuck bullet would only add to my frustration, not really frustration, but my lack of being able to see why my bullets are undersized. So with my new core seat punch today .205" I seated 11...
Forum: Swaging
Hello, sorry for being away for a few days. Had a trip out of town, and made some smoked cheddar for our local gun show coming up on the first. So I have started fresh some of the de-rimmed jackets...
Forum: Swaging
The Dr. or Dentist that I got these from his estate, was a big fan of .22 hornet. He even had a small custom progressive press to load hornets with. I had thought of this as well that they were for...
Forum: Swaging
Ok, so I cleaned the PF die solvent and Q-tip, and used a pure lead core with only just a hint of lube, none that I could see or feel. I pushed the core in till the lead went well into the ejection...
Forum: Swaging
Picked up a Walnut Hill press, and a set of dies for use in a reloading press made by D.R. Corbin. This was last summer. I have not done anything with the Walnut Hill press, except using it to trim...
Forum: Swaging
Yes, incomplete does not have any lower punches to fit in the press ram. With a selection of different rams top and bottom, could this die work?
Forum: Swaging
Hello; I've been looking and thinking about swaging for a long time. Well I came across this in a pawn shop along with a Herter's 9 ton press. The press was lacking a pivot pin, but more on that...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
The paint was only opened a day before my first try, but it was -25 outside, and everything I touched in the house had a static charge in it, shocks everywhere. But when they did not want to coat the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
And then today being the expert that I thought I was after a couple of batches, I find that my powder was thin, and not wanting to stick to the bullets. What could be the trouble?? So while thinking...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Last summer at the range I convinced my 10 yo. daughter to dig a handful of white ASBB out of a large over ripe mushroom that was somewhat spoiled. I had a plan, but it was hard to convince her of...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
153454 Good evening, I had also wanted a scope on my No4. Mk.1 , but I went with the scout idea, in .35 x .303 Imp. The bi-pod was just an idea that was abandoned soon after? It has a low profile...
Forum: AirGuns
Well, a PCP is a bit of an undertaking for a first home build, but not impossible. Here is a link to mine, http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1235&hilit=bullpup+condor Just made...
Forum: AirGuns
was the silver streak a .20 cal 5mm? my friend has a .20, so we swage .22s down for it.
camotes2
Forum: Cast Boolits
Santa brought me a Savage 340 in 30-30 around 1973. Black bears are not extinct, but not because I didn't try. Still have it, and I will give it to my son when he settles down. Too many hormones, I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I have had one of these kits for the last 15 or so years, and finally this winter it is being built. Half stock .58, but a walnut stock. It is going to be my next favorite, fired 5 shots at 30 yards...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Hello; Just catching up on my reading, a shame to get so far behind. And also finishing up a .58 1/2 stock Hawken, had the parts laying around for years. But anyway being percussion, i see the...
Forum: Special Projects
Hello; Just came from the shop tonight, with my Lee Enfield re-barreled in .35 x .303 sure looks like the .358 Malcolm. Mine is regular .303 on the base, and .35 Rem. on the shoulder and the neck....
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Hello; Just to let you know my friend, you are not the only one contemplating such an animal. I have been mulling the idea over for quite some time. I have settled on case dimentions of a .35 Rem. on...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Hello; I spoke for a mold the other day, and I cannot find my request, so, I must have missent it. Sorry for that. I would like a 3 CAV. 3 GC in .316 Dia. 311299. Thanking you in advance...
If my...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Hello; I have a Pact digital powder scale, it does not appear to be affected by my flouresent lights. But the thing that makes it fluctuate wildly is when a semi-truck drives past, and he is talking...
Forum: Gas Checks
Hi, yes I made the dies myself from pieces of hydralic ram and grade 8 bolts, and the non-serious parts just **** that was lying around..
Forum: Special Projects
Hello: This is my cast bullet wildcat, simply put just a .357 Max. case run into a shortened .303 Savage die to achieve a longer neck. It is in a thick walled small martini, with a 28" tapered...
Forum: Gas Checks
Hello: Here is a pic of my maker.http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28896&stc=1&d=1296074066. It works much the same as all makers, it cuts a disc first, but in mine the disc...
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 |