I have to confess to paying a goodly sum for a pistol on GB, several days ago.
OTOH, they didn’t make many of them, and I’d never seen one for sale before.
I’ve spent a lifetime following: Make...
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I have to confess to paying a goodly sum for a pistol on GB, several days ago.
OTOH, they didn’t make many of them, and I’d never seen one for sale before.
I’ve spent a lifetime following: Make...
Forum: Our Town
I carry two. One is small. The other is smaller.
Forum: Deep Theological Discussion
Without posting quotes, it has always been my understanding that it was prophesied that the Messiah would be betrayed and taken in the company of thieves and bandits.
He knew the time had come for...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Glad I found this thread. I use a small pot, lead, and a dipper for my single-cavity Lyman 35891 mold for my target rounds (just perversity; I use bottom pour and #2 Lyman allow for all else). I...
Title says it all.
I have begun using this boolit again; however, I'm reloading from memory as I can't find my notes. I have the cases prepared and several hundred boolits ready to go.
I need...
I recently sold my last .357 (a Model 28) and only have a Model 10-5 and a 15-8 left. I wish to find a load to use up my 358429 173 gr Keiths, but do not want to duplicate the .38/44 loads.
What is...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
As a court reporter, I buy cartridges for my laser printer in railroad car lots. I can print 3,000 to 3,500 pages for $70 (lawyers use up a LOT of ink). I find the black and white targets most...
I load the old .38-44 loads using the old data. But I only fire them out of my S&W 28.
Even in the old days they were very clear that the loads were meant to be fired in:
1: Smith & Wesson .38-44...
Forum: Classics & Stickies
Teflon is a very long string of carbon atoms, with a bunch of fluorine atoms stuck on. I don't know exactly what comes off this stuff when you overheat it, but it can't be good.
F F F F F...
Forum: Our Town
I don't have anything as old as those listed here. However, I do have 5 Winchester .30-40 Krag rounds with round primers. I have one Remington/UMC with a 200/220 grain round nose with a lot of...
Forum: Our Town
IIRC, Corbin makes equipment to make your own gas checks. (If I go to their site and check, I won't get off this computer before midnight). It would be more expensive than store-boughts, but it...
Forum: Our Town
I drifted away from Lee molds some time ago, but I use them from time to time.
OTOH, all my presses are lee. I have one Anniversary, one handheld, and one Turret. If there is anything to do with...
Forum: Our Town
I've been casting for my 38 for decades, but have only been "lurking" on this forum about a year or so. Most of the time I just read and learn.
What the heck are "condom bullets"?
Forum: Casting Equipment
Do the rcbs molds require rcbs handles? Or can I use lee/lyman handles?
Forum: Cast Boolits
They may have added cadmium or nickel (for some nefarious telephone company purpose). If they did, the addition of either would change the surface tension of the molten lead. This would account for...
FWIW, the older manuals used to specify that the heavier charges were for "large frame" pistols. That is, not for the J or the K frames, but for Heavy Duties and New Services.
I had manuals 25...
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 |