If you are ever going to Africa the 9,3x62 is a great choice! Ammunition is available there which is not true of 35 Whelen. The 9,3x62 is just short of .375 H&H in terms of effectiveness and fits...
Type: Posts; User: mstarling
Forum: Special Projects
If you are ever going to Africa the 9,3x62 is a great choice! Ammunition is available there which is not true of 35 Whelen. The 9,3x62 is just short of .375 H&H in terms of effectiveness and fits...
Forum: Cast Boolits
'Tis sage advice to try some ammunition with a projectile nose shape similar to the mold you might like to acquire ... or to acquire some projectiles cast using that mold.
The H&G 68 shape and the...
Forum: Swaging
Am sooooo glad I can walk out my side door and plink on my 100 yard range! I do try to keep the real boomers to weekdays during the day so as not to aggravate the neighbors too much!
Feel compelled to comment that the best molds I've ever used are original H&Gs, modern Ballisti-Cast, and Miha's brass molds.
Ballisti-Cast and Miha can do you a fine H&G 68 design mold.
I'll...
The 16" is giving me sub MOA groups with both the 220 SMK and the 225 gr Hornady OTM with or without a suppressor. Barrel may be part of the key though ... was made by Paladin Machine Services from...
Guys,
I finally got the paperwork completed and the lower marked so I could build my upper with a 8.5" 1:7 300 BLK CMMG pistol position gas bbl. Cute little fella. Intended for subsonic only...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
9,3x62 is a great chambering! Kills way above its apparent weight class.
I have two. Both have gone to Africa and proved themselves.
They do a wonderful job on piggies of all kinds ;-) ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Can't hurt ... but I've never had a round fail on a hunting trip and I don't bother even to Texas, Wyoming, or Africa.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I do mean chambers.
Earlier Smith & Wesson revolvers had cylinders cut so that the rim of the cartridge was inset into the cylinder. This meant that there was only a very small gap between the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Guys,
I have had a recessed jug K frame Smith .357 forever. Loading for it has never been an issue using RCBS carbide dies of vintage similar to the revolver.
Recently found a much much newer...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Have used 2400 for medium hot loads in .357 and .41 Mag for the better part of 45 years!
Have recently found it makes a good propellant for 300 BLK and 338 Spectre as well.
Forum: Group Buy Archives
Miha does beautiful work!
The demand for everything is high. The best makers are over-subscribed.
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
I've used a bunch of DP2200 in 5.56 w 55 gr ball and some DP2200 and AA2200 in 6.8. There were apparently two lots of DP2200. One is faster than the other. The lot I have is similar to AA2200 and...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I had an old M106 push button model sitting in the safe. Had a 6" bull barrel w compensator and barrel weights mounted. Wanted to fit a can to it, but did not want to cut the original barrel so I...
Forum: Rimfire Area
I do love the old 52s.
In grad school one of the fella came back from a break and ask if I wanted a pretty decent 22 rifle for $35 as his old high school was selling off its match rifles cheap. ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Some years ago I came into possession of a very high grade custom 6mm Rem rifle based on a 1908 Peruvian Mauser. Has all the bells and whistles anyone could want done by some of the finest smiths in...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Indeed the Rigby with a 350 gr Barnes X at 2700 fps shoots pretty much like a 30-06 with a whole lot more impact energy. Can tell you that it kills the heck out of Cape Buffalo. That rifle is just...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Must admit that I am much more a big bore guy and prefer something that will kill quickly and with authority. Last buffalo I took was with the same rifle I had used that year to take a Cape Buffalo...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I love the .375 H&H M70 SS Classic. Is a GREAT rifle with 300 gr TSXs at 2600 fps.
Have worked some with the Lyman 375449 cast in WW and lubed with Carnuba Red propelled with AA5744. I chose...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Guys,
I have a rifle built w an FN Mauser action, 22" Douglas barrel, and Timney trigger on a composite stock. Is chambered for .416 Aagard which is a .376 Steyr case necked up to .416 and the...
Many years ago, I spent a summer working as a morgue denier to augment the regular as really he needed some support due to the work load. In this job, I set up the table, helped as asked, and...
On a lark I bought a 8.5" CMMG 1:7 Wasp bbl and built an upper for my registered M16. Threaded end of the muzzle turned out to be inside the YHM handguard I used. Realized the 5/8x24 adapter for...
I use 5744 extensively in large capacity cartridges and cast boolits. Things like the .375 H&H, .416 Aagard (.376/.416 Steyr Improved), .416 Rigby, .458 Acc-Rel, and .470 Nitro Express often do very...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Have switched from Javelina NRA 50/50 to CR for everything from 9mm to 470 NE. In handguns the smoke level is better than most lubes. I do use a heater when I lube projectiles in cooler weather.
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Understand ... wasn't planning to mount the 30 cal can on the .308 with these projectiles. Will save that for the 16" 1:8 300 BLK. But thought it might be interesting to try the case bullets for...
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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 |
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