Have a look at how this guy does it using a deep well socket, drill bit adapter, or the like.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QSxjWi_E4A
Put in socket, spin in flame til blue but not too...
Type: Posts; User: JBinMN
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
Have a look at how this guy does it using a deep well socket, drill bit adapter, or the like.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QSxjWi_E4A
Put in socket, spin in flame til blue but not too...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I am kind of "lackadaisical" about my load data records, but I do keep most of them in one of those white & black notebooks.
I usually only keep track of the things that "work" & not those things...
Forum: Our Town
I have an H-P .380 I got on a trade. I don't shoot it a whole lot, but both my oldest son & my missus think it is a grand shooter.
Glad to hear that the OP was not disappointed & after reading...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
:)
:drinks:
You'll get it figured out. Please share with everyone here, once ya do...
:)
Forum: Helping Hands
Nice!
Good folks around here, believe it or not...
;)
Try to do the same & pay it forward when ya get the chance.
;)
G'Luck! & Merry Christmas! or whatever celebration you might do for...
I did not in my post, but I should mention that those loads I mentioned in the post #5 were for 158 gr. SWC & 148 Gr. WCs.
While I have 102 gr., 120 gr., 124 gr. boolits to cadt & use, I usually...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Towards the bottom of the page, center right, there is a "Contact Us" link.
Perhaps using that yourself, might get the attention about what you are asking, rather than waiting for someone to read...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Nice deal. Good to hear they treated you well.
I currently own more than a few Rugers & have had even more in the past & have no complaints with them at all. All have performed to expectations so...
Yep. reduced loads can make for a lot of fun, with the addition of less expense as well as folks being more comfortable shooting for a longer period of time due to not as much hand fatigue, which is...
Forum: Our Town
Ya'll do realize that Ken Waters passed about 2 years ago when this topic was started & the OP posted on 02-18-2017, @ 07:21 PM.
Just pointing this out in case some are thinking that it just...
I think that if I was in your situation, I would try adding some more lube to the already lubed "store bought" cast ones since the lube currently on the boolits appears to not be able to do it's job...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Haha [smilie=l: That's what he said: >>>> https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.fdncms.com%2Fsacurrent%2Fimager%2Fu%2Foriginal%2F2479890%2Faliens-guy.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
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Forum: Our Town
A lot of choices here:
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/tools-hardware/welding-soldering-torches/solders-soldering-supplies.html
;)
It would be a doggone shame if you ruined the higher cost...
Welcome to CB.GL forum!
:)
If you will take the time to do some more research other than what tazman offered above, below is a topic about all different sources for load data that you can go thru...
I can agree with that. I also think that one should be able to shoot a handgun well, or it is no use to carry it if one has trouble hitting anything with it & either from recoil, the weight of it one...
I don't have an issue with CC a snubby, ( 38 sp. Off Duty C.A. w/bobbed hammer, & a .357M LCR) even with the added 3 finger grips on both, in my pockets. Particularly in cargo pants style shorts,...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Ummmm. OK. Kind of a patronizing way to respond to my post, IMO, but I will reply respectfully with my way of thinking regardless of gunpowder or smokeless powder, be it single double or triple...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Is it possible that the breakdown of the powder is releasing ammonia or a similar compound that could cause the brass to crack?
Gunpowder is made up of "Salt Peter" - Potassium Nitrate (...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
If ya feel like doing it & it would make ya feel better, then Just do it.
If not, forget about it.
;)
Forum: Our Town
I have been pondering this "thinning down" of possessions of all types for some time & am still struggling & having a hard time with doing it. Not so much from an attachment to things, but because I...
I prefer the Rugers. I have not ever been disappointed in the ones I have owned/own, and regret letting go some that I did.
They were a Single Six- .22, Security Six- .357M, Super Red Hawk- .44M,...
Forum: Our Town
In reading these posts, I am reminded of a saying/quote made by Samuel Clemens, or most would know him by his "pen name" of "Mark Twain", who wrote quite a few books like, Huckleberry Finn & The...
Forum: Cast Boolits
https://leeprecision.com/files/categories/bulletmolddesignation.jpg
The numbers for the Lee handgun molds & which type they are ( 2 cav,, 6 cav., etc. are below the image of each type of boolit.)...
Forum: Hunting Accessories
I have about a half dozen or a few more. I also have some folding Opinels. Both makes are reasonably priced & do the jobs I ask them to do. All of mine are carbon steel, but some folks like stainless...
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 |