I’d try Buffalo Arms. They have a really good selection of moulds and will help with advice if you call
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I’d try Buffalo Arms. They have a really good selection of moulds and will help with advice if you call
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Well I have an M527 Hornet being rechambered to K Hornet. Why? Because I’ve wanted a K Hornet for at least 60 years. Practicality and need have nothing to do with it. I intend to have a good time...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Perhaps the carbine load of 55 gr BP with a 405 gr bullet would be more appropriate?
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The trapdoor was strong enough to use when developing the .30-40 Krag. The block is massive. The action walls amply thick. It’s the metal used that is most suspect. In many ways its superior to the...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
The H&R had a set screw on the thumb piece. If it backed out or did not make solid contact with the locking cam’s shaft the block might not lock when closed. This was often fixed by drilling a small...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
When the firing pin falls the case can move forward. How much depends on headspace. Initial pressure from the burning powder will expand the thin case against the chamber wall. The thicker wall at...
You need about 16 mm of eye relief to effectively use binoculars with glasses. A bit more is better. All but the cheapest binoculars have adjustable eye cups largely for use with glasses, but if...
I have a Zeiss 8x32 Terra for my car and it is excellent and falls in your price range. Vortex Diamondbacks are very good and not expensive. Vortex Vipers are more expensive but not too much out of...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
It's not pure carbon but it no longer has significant hydrocarbon due to the charring process. Charcoal used in BP manufacture analysis is given for 14.286 gms as: Carbon 12.398, Hydrogen 0.401,...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
The ingredients are carbon (charcoal), saltpeter (KNO3), and sulfur. There is no Hydrogen in any of the ingredients to combine with the Oxygen from Saltpeter to make water. Combustion products...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
The Mad Monk did some research on "Moist fouling" several years ago and concluded the "moisture" was wood creosote that was present in the charcoal used to make black powder. It resulted in softer...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Well the problems at the Little Big Horn depends on your side. For Custer it was his tactics or lack of tactics or proper assessment of the enemy before splitting his command and attacking 5,000...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Whatever method you use the idea is to dissolve and mechanically remove the fouling to bare metal, usually with some water based solvent, remove the cleaner residue (dry the bore), protect the...
A properly done two stage trigger insures plenty of sear engagement to prevent an accidental discharge if the rifle is bumped, dropped, or the trigger brushed against something while allowing a very...
Forum: Group Buy Archives
I was on the list until a few months ago and finally went for a design from NOE. I do have the 180gr version of this bullet and it is a fine projectile just got tired of waiting. I suspect it will...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well honey contains water and flux should be stirred into the melt which means at least some of the flux would be under the surface which is a very bad idea with moisture and molten lead. Clean it...
Forum: Our Town
20" here. More rain today and the rivers and bayous are still rising from runoff.
Forum: Military Rifles
A good Mexican Mauser in one of the mod 98 variations is a very desirable action and can be worth a lot to a custom gunmaker. It would not be my choice for a 458x2 though and would be better used...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
A reason for keeping the cutoff in place on the 1898 Krag is that it often won't feed from the magazine without it. I believe Buckshot had to notch the cutoff shaft and wing to allow it to be used. ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I try to base my decisions on what works. The Lee Classic Cast works and works well and it cost less than the Rockchucker I used for many years. My brother has the RC and I have the Lee. I also...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I have CZ 452 and my son has a 455. Best bang for the rimfire buck there is - very well built, very nice wood, very well finished, very accurate.
Forum: Military Rifles
On rimless, which headspaces on the shoulder, case stretch rings in front of the web is a sign of excessive headspace. On a rimmed case, which headspaces on the rim, such a stretch mark is a sign of...
Forum: Military Rifles
Krag chambers are big. Mine headspaces just fine and the shoulder blows forward. If you want to have any kind of brass life just neck size and don't worry about if.
Jerry Liles
Forum: Military Rifles
Go to this site and study the arms that are for sale. Should give you an idea of the value of the rifle. Lots of very good information on the site and a very good source of rifles.
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Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Shoot - deprime at the range - immediately soak in a jug of water with some Dawn dishwashing soap - rinse at home and use a test tube brush to make sure all the crud is out of the case - tumble the...
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 |