I'm shooting the above rifle in 45 colt cal. and even with different powders (mostly slower) am finding the cases with heavy black streaks on one side. Is this normal? Do I need a faster powder or...
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Forum: Leverguns
I'm shooting the above rifle in 45 colt cal. and even with different powders (mostly slower) am finding the cases with heavy black streaks on one side. Is this normal? Do I need a faster powder or...
Forum: Our Town
I am somewhat ashamed to write this post. Some time ago (maybe a year or so) I posted a theme involving gas checks, and the high cost thereof, and wanting to shoot loads without them. A very nice...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I believe one of the good things about the 311299 bullet is that its long nose is designed to go into the lands while the base is designed to seal the bullet in the bore. I have read that seating...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I guess I’ll just start over. I plan to take a 311299 sized to .310 and place it in the breach of my B 78 and push it into the lands so that it is 1/16 in front of the case mouth. The primed case...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Catch here again…..I want to try some 311299 breach seated in my B78 single shot chambered for 30-06. I want to keep the speed down to 32 40 levels. I would like to use smokeless, perhaps 2400,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am shooting cast in a Browning B78, and wondering how the longer bullets are affected in accuracy when the bullet is seated below the neck in the 30 06 cartridge. Does it make any difference if...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Thanks guys. Now I'll really have somewhere to start having a good time...................
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have a high wall 1885 single shot reproduction in 30 06 and would like to shoot some cast bullets without gas checks (can’t afford them) at about 1300 fps. I am 85 now and a little tired of...
The Winchester 73 repros in 45 Colt caliber will hang up if the cartridges are the wrong length. I hope those that load these will share their ideas of the correct length. I have settled on 1.600...
My Cimarron Win 73 repro is not doing well with the 200 gr lead slug, averaging 3 in or more at 50 yds and poor to miserable at 100. Could be at my old age, maybe I just can't shoot any more, but...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I am still using wheel weights as my main source of lead. I don't want to mess with zinc but am aware that it is a problem. What is the best way to tell zinc from lead weights? I want to keep them...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Great help!! Thanks so much for your info...........Catch
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I have 3 old canisters of Hercules Green Dot. I have had it quite a while, and wonder if it is safe in a 38 special behind a 160 grain cast round nose. At 84 I tend to forget things but I seem to...
I recently purchased a 40s or 50s vintage Mossberg M4D 4 power telescope. It is in beautiful condition, and the rubber eyepiece is like new. It is clear and required only a minor cleanup to look...
I have two vintage rifles that were damaged in a fire, and while they have been restored I need to purchase a replacement scope for each of them. I have visited DEWAYNE GREINER rifle scope business...
I was 10 and shot a rock on the ice on Grandma's pond with a Hopkins and Allen 25 Caliber rimfire falling block single shot. I hit it and I wish I had that gun now.............Catch
Just scored some 160 gr .452 slugs and don't have a loads for the 45 Colt or the 45 ACP auto. Didn't know they cast them that small. Do any of you folks have a favorite load for this bullet in...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I am tired of cleaning the black powder crud from my old original Marlin Ballard. It is chambered for the 45-100 Ballard Express cartridge and I have shot it for years with some success and fun. ...
I have an old Delta Chrony chronograph that quit the other day without any noticeable reason. It was always rather picky about light conditions but I managed to work "with" it. Not any more.
When...
Forum: Casting Equipment
The one I lost in the fire was an old (40 yrs) RCBS. The threads on the die holder cap were worn out. Too fine.......... and the hex end of the lube res. shaft was worn out. Amazon has an RCBS for...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Lost my old lube sizer in a fire, but still have about 25 usable dies. I would like the members advice on the choice between the Lyman model and the RCBS units or any other one that will use the old...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
I wonder if you could use a 25 caliber bullet at 60 grains and paper patch it from .258 up to .264? One way to try a much lighter bullet?
Forum: Reloading Equipment
When I first purchased my tumbler, I noticed that the motor had a slight vibration up and down on the non belt end. As it progressed in the cycle it seemed to get worse now and then and I turned it...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks guys for a lot of good information. I now feel like I have a place to start from.........
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
My research over the chrono seems to bear out that it is a little slower than ordinary #9. It seems to be close to 2400. 44 Mag, do you use a mag primer with yours? Thanks for the answers...
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 |