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    Sticky: Charcoal Ash Assaying Method

    HighUintas - Thanks for bringing up charcoal ash assay. DoubleBuck assayed some Charmin toilet paper charcoal not too long ago, and his results were off the bottom of the charts at something like...
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    Sticky: DoubleBuck I sent you a private message.

    DoubleBuck I sent you a private message.
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    Sticky: Well, gosh! It seems like using toilet paper as a...

    Well, gosh! It seems like using toilet paper as a source of charcoal is about the best thing to come along since, since what? Since toilet paper was invented! That, sliced bread, and the Victor mouse...
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    Sticky: Measuring by volume is pretty "iffy" at best, and...

    Measuring by volume is pretty "iffy" at best, and isn't reliably repeatable for what we do. How fluffy is the charcoal, etc. Stoichiometric ratios for chemical reactions are an absolute must, so how...
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    Sticky: Merry Christmas! Thanks, DoubleBuck!

    Merry Christmas! Thanks, DoubleBuck!
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    Sticky: Hey, guys, I have been following what has been...

    Hey, guys, I have been following what has been going on with using toilet paper as the source of charcoal.

    Pretty interesting from two standpoints:

    Outside of something like refined white...
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    Sticky: DoubleBuck, private message sent.

    DoubleBuck, private message sent.
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    Sticky: Perfumed Patoot, and Aloe

    Hey, guys! Not to worry about charcoal contaminated with "Chanel Number 2" and aloe. In my somewhat recent post somewhere up above, I mentioned that my dad was the electrical systems engineer at the...
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    Sticky: Charmin - what is in it may vary

    Alright! So, we can do our wood chopping at the local supermarket! Rainy day projects take on a whole new meaning now! However, at what, about 15 minutes wages at minimum wage for one roll of...
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    Sticky: Thanks for the warning! I sure wouldn't want to...

    Thanks for the warning! I sure wouldn't want to wake up being a gun control freak, having suddenly spontaneously transitioned!

    Quick! Another dose of black powder. Only Holy Black has the power to...
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    Sticky: SEED RANCH potassium nitrate label explained

    MaLar, and others: I'm a chemist. I took a look at the SEED RANCH potassium nitrate label, and it is way different from what it should be from a standard chemical laboratory label for potassium...
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    Show a side view. Head stamps don't mean an awful...

    Show a side view. Head stamps don't mean an awful lot, since military head stamps don't give what chambering the cartridge is for, like commercial cartridges do. About what could be between the sizes...
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    Sticky: Good point! Besides saving a fortune, making your...

    Good point! Besides saving a fortune, making your own tools is often the only way to get something done simply because the tool you need does not exist.

    That is why I have the following as part of...
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    Sticky: My dad told me about the wage and price freeze...

    My dad told me about the wage and price freeze during World War Two, with minimum wage at 25¢ an hour. He was a college student on summer break working as an electrician at the Hanford, Washington,...
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    Sticky: A long time back, I was experimenting with a...

    A long time back, I was experimenting with a mixture of wheel weight alloy and phos-copper brazing alloy to toughen the alloy, while still allowing good mold fill-out. Using phos-copper alloy was a...
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    Hi challenger_i, if you have not found the answer to your question, you can investigate for yourself whether or not your particular ammunition uses corrosive primers. This is the method I have used...
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    Sweet deal! Hitting an 8-inch target at 200 yards...

    Sweet deal! Hitting an 8-inch target at 200 yards right off is pretty good! Awright!

    Far too many of the Finnish Mosin-Nagants had corrosive ammunition fired in them without the barrel being...
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    Well, there is no exact substitute for Holy...

    Well, there is no exact substitute for Holy Black. Pyrodex comes pretty close for what I've used it for. But it just isn't the same, it's just pretty close.

    Back in about 2011, I was doing some...
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    What is "not all matching" about it? The only...

    What is "not all matching" about it? The only part on the older M1A rifles with a serial number is the receiver. The rest of the parts were purchased from government inventory, so couldn't have...
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    Sticky: Hi ConstructionK88, I'm not familiar with the...

    Hi ConstructionK88, I'm not familiar with the "melt method". How is it done?
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    Sticky: Quick Field Test For Ash

    That's too bad about the particular batch of grapevine charcoal running 7.5% ash. Yep, been there, had a similar thing happen!

    I've found what seemed like a good wood to make charcoal, peeled the...
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    Sticky: DoubleBuck, I didn't get my edit in time and my...

    DoubleBuck, I didn't get my edit in time and my browser didn't update, my apologies for jumping ahead of Brimstone for a reply to your question.

    It looks like a real "gold mine" of information!...
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    Sticky: Mad Monk

    DoubleBuck, pardon me for jumping in ahead of Brimstone on a response to your question about Mad Monk's booklet. Brimstone may still have a better answer than what I found, though, I didn't find...
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    Sticky: The trouble with black powder is - - -

    Hi Almar, and everybody else. Well, another rabbit hole just opened up to fall down and get lost in.

    The trouble with black powder is, at least for our basic 75/15/10 mix, is that there are only...
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    Sticky: beware sources of iron shavings and other metal particles in charcoal

    This is obviously not a big problem. But I thought about mentioning something about this some time back, when some of the participants here were talking about trimming trees and doing yard work with...
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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