Elmer Keith's experimentation with heavy .38 special loads was the entire basis for the .357M.
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Forum: Leverguns
Elmer Keith's experimentation with heavy .38 special loads was the entire basis for the .357M.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
How does the regiment feel about being done in the bath?:shock:
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I like page 31 "Are Bolt Guns Obsolete?"
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I just put the flat base plug on yesterday and degreased everything again. I think I'll get some time tomorrow so I'll get back at it and post back here.
I'll try heating the base plug up with a...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I didn't mean to give the impression that I'm blaming it on the mold. I just know I need to treat this mold different than my other mold and I'm having trouble figuring out how to feed it right.
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Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Do I need to do that for every bullet and keep it hotter than the rest of the mold? While I fill the dipper, I've been holding the protruding end of the base screw in the melt to heat up.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I think I'm doing all of those things. The bullets are really good except for that base edge. I cast good bullets with my other large PP mold. This one seems to always trap some air down in the mold...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
I'm still having some problems getting perfect bases.
Does it matter where I set the base plug in relation to the vent lines? Should I try to line the base corner up with a vent line or try to...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
You don't wipe up excess cutting oil after you use your drill press?
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Compressed air works better if you saturate the powder with oil and give it some oil ahead of the ball. Let it sit a while like that before you have a go with the air.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Same thing I do. I got a cutting board at ikea for $2 or something similar. It doesn't seem to dull things too quickly.
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
These are claimed to be patterned after the sharps co. crates.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
What made you think that would work OK? You wouldn't put a patch wet with just water down your bore for a few days. Why would you do it with a patch wet with mostly water and a little oil? Just...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
You must literally be a bigger man than I. I could shoot that offhand OK but laying down with it prone would just about kill me.
Forum: Our Town
Sorry to hear that. My Mom died of brain cancer about a year ago. It's awfully hard to watch and not be able to do anything. Just keep the humor up and be there to talk if he wants to.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
The action should have no problem with the pressure. Being a BP cartridge, 45-120 is still pretty low pressure compared to some of the other options for a handy rifle. I wouldn't want to feel the...
Forum: Our Town
One more neat trick I learned from a stage lighting designer. Get a poptart- flavor doesn't matter;)- and look through the wrapper with the shiny side (can't remember if there's a dull side or if...
Forum: Our Town
A welding glass is dense enough to allow viewing.
Forum: Special Projects
A harmonica rifle is a similar concept to a revolver: a repeater achieved by use of multiple chambers rather than cycling ammunition through one chamber.
Rather than being arranged in a cylinder...
and his molds are very, very nice. I have a gibbs style for my .45-2.4". I'm still getting the hang of casting with it but that's not the mold's fault.
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Now I'm torn. I took everybody's suggestions and cleaned the mould triply well, I broke the edge of the blocks under the sprue plate, and I checked the base plug to make sure the set screw wasn't...
Forum: Special Projects
That looks like a ton of fun. What do your cardboard tube cement bullets weigh?
W.R. Buchanan, is that shoot open to spectators? I don't own a cannon but that sounds like a fun way to spend...
Forum: Black Powder Paper Patching
Thanks, Gents. As per Rick's advice, I'm going to give the base plug a check over under magnification to make sure I'm not pushing it out from the block. I'll also try running it all a bit cooler and...
Forum: Black Powder Cartridge
Unless you have plates made out of a much harder steel, even modest rifle calibers will beat up most of those plate systems pretty quickly.
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 |