If you note the taper on the Hornaday 139 gr bullet, your load and the factory one will have the same diameter at the contact point in the throat. When you want to play with cast try the lee bullet...
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Forum: Single Shot Guns
If you note the taper on the Hornaday 139 gr bullet, your load and the factory one will have the same diameter at the contact point in the throat. When you want to play with cast try the lee bullet...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The practice cartridge for what the powder was developed for ran about 37000 psi. It does it's best in that pressure range, IME. Pick a velocity with a cartridge you want to use and 4350, 4320, 4064,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
It looked like you had decent groups @ 1875 fps. To add another 1000 fps you are going to need over 25 bhn.
Forum: Cast Boolits
If you want to try it, powder coat and go harder than woodpecker lips. You won't get there with ww. Try one of Rotometals alloy enrichment metals. You want to add some copper to your alloy or at...
Forum: Our Town
We had about 4 " on the ground by 10:00 AM. About as wet and heavy a snow as we have had in the past 3-4 years.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I killed several deer with a custom loaded rb and an 870.
In the early days of this board, Oldfeller gave the opinion that the 8x57 could be made to shoot faster and longer than the 35 Whelen. There was a Mid South custom 8mm bullet that weighed 240 gr....
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I break up cauliflower and coat it with seasoning salt, garlic powder, oregano, lemon and olive oil. Bake it at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Granddaughter's allergic to broccoli so we only eat it when...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
IME, heart shot animals do weird things. I have had whitetail run over 200 yards with their heart loose in their chests. I had an elk drop with it's heart split and another run in a 30 foot circle...
Forum: Our Town
Rabbits are happiest eating without bending over. Place your bait at least 4" above the floor of the trap.
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I use home made sausage either pork or venison. Mainly 22% fat, salt, garlic, ginger, marjoram and some smoked paprika.
My wife hates milk gravy. When the kids want some biscuits and gravy I use...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Following them on gbroker for about a decade the ML barrels are the slowest to sell. They take their own forend. I owned a 300 WM and currently have a 7 Rem mag I swapped for. Mike Belm reminds us...
I have the 4.25" 69 and a Ruger flat top 44 special as well. The ammo can interchange for each gun with no significant point of impact at 25 yards. I also have a model 24-3 Smith 4" that didn't have...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
The question seems to be, What are you shooting that is too dirty?
Forum: Cast Boolits
The old timers hated antimony as they felt the non-symmetrical grain of the stuff could cause accelerated barrel wear. i think if you cut it with 25-50% lead you would have a really good alloy for...
I had one and traded it. Mine was a 4" Charter Arms Target, CEO of Charter says they will make no more 327's. It is a high pressure cartridge, I see throat erosion in the future if they eat heavy...
As of today TC has a new owner who was a former owner. Plans are to have a full line open in 2025 made in USA.
Find a drill bit the diameter of the HP pin and drill it into a cabinet knob. Cut it to length and or put a stop on the bit.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Take a dab of your lube and put it on a piece of aluminum foil in your shop. If it melts, you need to swap lubes. If it doesn't you're good to go. Keep your loaded ammo cool and transport it to the...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I would ask if the street tacos had asphalt in them or just concrete.
Forum: Our Town
Been real happy with Costco Insurance program. I was at fault in an accident and have hit a deer and an elk in the last 15 years. you talk to real people who deal with you fairly. It might help that...
Forum: Cookin' Recipe's
I had friends from Mexico when we lived in Idaho. Their kids fought over fresh corn tacos filled with mashed potatoes and cheese. They were really good but didn't compare to a good fish taco, IMO. I...
Lee numbers changed every few years and they never kept track of them. If it shoots well, congratulations.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Pure lead uses are muzzle loader balls, 38 wadcutters and 32 long speed loads. Far better to spend $100 on a Rotometals alloy and make several years worth of cat bullets.
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 |